Microsot Patents Mood Stamps For Email
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Looking through my RSS feeds this morning I came across an article on SlashDot that mentions that Microsoft has patented 'Emoti-Flags for Email Messages'. Here's the abstract from the patent form :
I wonder if 'Mood Stamps' in Lotus Notes would be considered prior art or if I could patent the concept of mood stamps for blog entries.
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Looking through my RSS feeds this morning I came across an article on SlashDot that mentions that Microsoft has patented 'Emoti-Flags for Email Messages'. Here's the abstract from the patent form :
Email emotiflags are described. A collection of emotiflags, each including a graphical icon and a text tag is maintained. Custom emotiflags may be defined by a user. While composing an email message, a user may associate an emotiflag with the email message such that when the email message is sent, the emotiflag is sent with the email message. Email messages may be received that include emotiflags.
I wonder if 'Mood Stamps' in Lotus Notes would be considered prior art or if I could patent the concept of mood stamps for blog entries.
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Posted by Ed Brill At 01:03:19 PM On 12/19/2006 | - Website - |