Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Recent patent/copyright infringement cases filed in U.S. District Courts
>
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>| Electronic Data Systems of Plano claims it holds the rights to U.S. Patent
>| Nos. 7,156,300 and 7,255,268 which generally relate to a system and method
>| for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services. The plaintiff's
>| original complaint describes the inventions whereby a customer can purchase a
>| specified amount of telephone service through a personal computer or an ATM
>| machine.
> `----
>
> http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-40080/setexasrecord:recent-patent-copyright-infringement-cases-filed-in-u-s-district-courts
Telephone cards were first used in the 1980s in large numbers, before
the explosion of the mobile market in Europe and Asia. We still have
some card-phones around, but as pretty much everyone has a mobile, there
are few call-boxes left.
Cards are now more frequently used in mobile pre-pay services, where
codes are entered and verified, so we're already on the 3rd generation
of these things.
Will someone *please* shut down the USPTO.
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