Loopt patenting location sharing

Posted by cjoh on Saturday February 27, 2010 @08:25AM
from the google.com dept.

http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=EWeoAAAAEBAJ&dq=loopt

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Re:Loopt patenting location sharing by joris on Saturday February 27, 2010 @10:20AM (#1155350)

Software patents are terrible.

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Re:Loopt patenting location sharing by fnid2 on Saturday February 27, 2010 @11:40AM (#1155446)

This attitude is really self-defeating. Even pg has software patents. It'd probably be in your self-interest to start thinking about why patents aren't terrible.

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Re:Loopt patenting location sharing by starkfist on Saturday February 27, 2010 @11:59AM (#1155473)

Agreed. They certainly aren't terrible if you own the patent. Great companies like Intellectual Ventures simply could not exist without them. Software patents open up a lot of innovative business models without the need to spend all the boring time and effort building stuff.

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Re:Loopt patenting location sharing by derwiki on Saturday February 27, 2010 @12:11PM (#1155492)

To be fair, Loopt does seem to be one of the pioneers in location sharing. And they have built a product. IV, on the other hand..

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Re:Loopt patenting location sharing by nazgulnarsil on Saturday February 27, 2010 @11:54AM (#1155468)

thinking a system sucks doesn't preclude taking opportunities that system presents you.

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