tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999118035210794416.post2721303340975036158..comments2021-11-10T21:19:19.842+13:00Comments on PatentBuff: A not so cool inventionPatentBuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740740331905014250noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999118035210794416.post-50568343935911628632014-06-13T17:45:16.425+12:002014-06-13T17:45:16.425+12:00The inventor's recollection is not correct. V...The inventor's recollection is not correct. Vodafone was well acquainted with these concepts and had already discussed their use with multiple providers. One platform provider had visited in August 1999, and a senior marketing manager had visited Finland to view key word "pull" services in action, also in 1999. The "inventor' was party to this information, but not given Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999118035210794416.post-53653233240907486402012-04-19T21:23:38.774+12:002012-04-19T21:23:38.774+12:00Why would a former employer that absolutely discre...Why would a former employer that absolutely discredited the concept outlined in the patent as being of no commercial interest to them in 2000 ask for an apology from the inventor for filing a patent?<br /><br />Did I break the law by filing a Patent that was accepted by IPONZ?<br /><br />I always maintain that SMS was fairly "old" when I developed the system so if it was 'obvious&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999118035210794416.post-85706767034515132942012-04-14T04:58:11.900+12:002012-04-14T04:58:11.900+12:00I think you will find that the invention was a sol...I think you will find that the invention was a solution to the existing problem of spamming by advertisers using mobile phones to receive messages from businesses. The solution here was to get the user to initiate the text message to "PULL" a response from the server. Its a fine line but considering the concept was initially rejected by Vodafone on the basis that it was "not a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com