[Greasemonkey] Greasemonkey covered by IBM patent?

[Aaron Boodman]

Quick, somebody hide all the money we made off this. Also, destroy the
code so nobody can duplicate the work.

- a.

On 6/2/05, Justin Mason <jm at jmason.org> wrote:
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> ho hum.  Another day, another overbroad software patent.
> http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,886,013.WKU.&OS=PN/6,886,013&RS=PN/6,886,013
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> HTTP caching proxy to filter and control display of data in a web browser
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> [....]
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> Claims:
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>   1. A method of controlling presentation on a client of a Web document
>   formatted according to a markup language and supported on a server, the
>   client including a browser and connectable to the server via a computer
>   network, the method comprising the steps of:
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>   as the Web document is received on the client, parsing the Web document
>   to identify formatting information;
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>   altering the formatting information to modify at least one display
>   characteristic of the Web document; and
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>   passing the Web document to the browser for display.
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> [....]
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> Sounds like that claim covers Greasemonkey, imo.
> 
> - --j.
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