____/ Doug Mentohl on Friday 07 March 2008 15:17 : \____
> "Acacia's latest target centers on its patent describing how wireless
> networks present unidentified computer users with Web pages that
> redirect them to log-in or subscription pages. Hotels, airports and
> other areas with Wi-Fi hot spots typically use such redirection
> schemes"
>
> "Acacia's patent, No. 6,226,677, was originally granted in May 2001 to
> LodgeNet Entertainment, a Sioux Falls, S.D., information technology
> company targeting hotels. Acacia purchased the patent in July"
>
> http://www.news.com/Wi-Fi-Acacias-next-patent-target/2100-1030_3-5471767.html
>
> "a system for controlling TCP packet transmissions relative to the
> Internet is disclosed. The system includes a user machine, a forced
> proxy server, and an intranet"
>
> patft.uspto.gov
Headsup: from 2004.
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