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Re:Federal Circuit case renders many broadly written softwar... by btcoal on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @11:35AM (#2895668)
"CyberSource's patented invention is simple: when validating online credit card purchases, use IP address information (such as IP addresses) as a check against fraud. Thus, the patented method might raise a red flag if someone attempts to make a large internet purchase through an IP address that had previously been used for a fraudulent transaction."

IANAL and this is not legal advice, but the guys (probably) that tried to patent this should go f* themselves.

Re:Federal Circuit case renders many broadly written softwar... by nitrogen on Wednesday August 17, 2011 @06:09PM (#2897164)
Rather than do a drive-by downvote, I'm going to say that while I may share your sentiment to an extent, it has been my experience that HN usually prefers more substantive comments.