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Rivals keep mum on AOL patent | |
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| Time: 01:02 EST/06:02 GMT | News Source: Seattle PI | Posted By: Bill Roach | ||
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A broad patent on instant messaging granted months ago to America Online has elicited no reaction from rivals Microsoft and Yahoo! even though it seems to threaten their competing instant-messaging services. Microsoft and Yahoo! have released no statements about Patent No. 6,449,344 -- covering "an improved communications system for facilitating locating a user who is connected to a communications network" -- which was approved on Sept. 10. | ||
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