A perfect example of all that is wrong with the US Patent System. To grant
a patent on a community process just does not make sense! Besides, what is
new and innovative here? Any standards organization worth its salt has
been using similar techniques for decades. (01)
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Carl Reed (03)
> Thank you very much, Bo. ... Very interesting, indeed.
>
> (Can't do the attachment for the open lists, but) The
> online version of this "Knowledge management system and
> method" patent (US Patent 7,127,440 - Jeanblanc et
> al., October 24, 2006) is available at:
>
>http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,127,440.PN.&OS=PN/7,127,440&RS=PN/7,127,440
>
> It is well documented. I like the comprehensive lists
> of references cited too. In particular,
>
> o application US2002/0073080 - " Method and
> apparatus for an information server" where the use of
> metadata in RDF and various agent processes are used -
> see:
>
>http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&p=1&S1=20020073080.PGNR.&OS=DN/20020073080&RS=DN/20020073080
>
> &
>
> o appllication US2002/0138590- " System method and
> article of manufacture for creating a virtual
> university experience" - see:
>
>http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220020138590%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20020138590&RS=DN/20020138590
>
> Well, at least someone has pull all the pieces together
> and wrote it up very nicely. In my opinion, it would
> have been a good book, rather than a patent. I am
> surprised, though, that a patent like this could still
> be granted in October 2006 (despite that fact that they
> applied for it as early as Nov. 2001)! I am almost
> certain a few of us here (Bo yourself, at the least;
> myself too) have been practising these things for a
> long time ... not to mention, Doug Engelbart, who has
> evolved these ideas for at least four decades, wrote
> about them, and had both research results and
> implementations to show us throughout the years.
>
> Thanks & regards. =ppy
> --
>
>
> Brian (Bo) Newman wrote Fri, 03 Nov 2006 09:29:01 -0500:
>>
>> This hit the street last night -- Thought our COP might find it of
>> interest
>>
>> United States Patent
>> Patent NO.: US 7,127,440 B2
>> Date of Patent: Oct. 24,2006
>>
>> Inventors: Anne H. Jeanblanc, Galva, IL (US);
>> James M. Coffey, Peoria, IL (US)
>> Assignee: Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US)
>>
>> A method is provided for establishing a community of practice including
>> a plurality of users, one or more experts, and one or more community of
>> practice managers. A need for a community of practice is identified. The
>> roles and responsibilities of participants in the community of practice
>> are identified. One or more goals are identified for the community of
>> practice based on the identified need. A plurality of the participants
>> in the community of practice collaborate to achieve the identified
>> goals.
>>
>>
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