__/ [ Rex Ballard ] on Thursday 13 July 2006 16:09 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Not much of a critique of Microsoft as much as it is a criticism of
>> patenting software ideas ('algorithmic' property).
>>
>> Biometric group sues Microsoft, IBM alleging patent infringement
>
> I could be confused but - - -
>
> Wasn't IBM one of the partners who created the electronic fingeprint
> identification systems used across the US and most of the rest of the
> world?
>
> What's the history of Biometrics?
I would try Wikipedia. I'm in the field of computer vision, but I keep a
distance away from biometrics.I certainly know nothing (or just a scarce
bit) about the industrial context. I believe that IBM released the first
laptop with an on-board fingerprint recognition appendage.
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>> | A Utah-based company, International Automated Systems Inc., said Tuesday
>> | that it was suing Microsoft, IBM and "others" for alleged patent
>> | infringements related to its biometric technology.
>> `----
>
> Smells like another Squatter just made hisself at home. :D
Darl McBride's cousin?
>> http://www.physorg.com/news71829268.html
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