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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 05:52 AM EDT |
As bad as the oracle case is, this issue must be not much
better than a roll of the dice as fas as the jury is
concerned.
Thanks for the explanations btw - I don't mean to imply that
they aren't helpful here.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 15 2012 @ 08:58 AM EDT |
I like this analogy too. Lets take the 104 patent and apply it to this
analogy...
Imagine you follow the same path for a week:
(please ignore everything in [brackets])
1) Walk to the local bus stop [B23]
2) Ride the bus to your subway station [S4]
3) Take subway line [U44] to courthouse [Main St]
4) Watch the Oracle lawyers deceiving jurors
5) Take subway line [U44] back to your subway station [S4]
6) Ride a bus back to bus stop [B23]
7) Walk home
Because you don't know the area, you have no idea which buses or subway lines to
take. You bring the list of directions with you. You keep track of which buses
and subway lines were taken and update the directions with the actual
buses/lines/stops. On the first day, its a pain because you had to look all of
this up at each step, but the rest of the week is easy since you already know
what to look for.
The difference between the patent and the way Android works is.. the patent says
you must follow the path and update the directions along the way. Android would
rather do all the work up front - before leaving the house, you look online and
write down all the details up front.
Something that isn't obvious is that the patent requires resolving each symbolic
reference - so steps #2 and #5 both require resolving the subway line. Android
may only have to resolve each *unique* symbolic reference once since it is doing
the work all at once and can remember (cache) each reference and its value and
use it when it appears again.
Oracle would have you believe that just because you took notes about what buses
and subway lines to take using Android that you are violating the patent, but
the patent states clearly that the directions must be updated en route.
These are the symbolic references and the values they point to:
* Local bus stop -> B23
* Your subway station -> S4
* Subway line -> U44
* Courthouse -> Main St
OK, I have to admit I changed my use of the original analogy completely. Rather
than moving to a new thread, I'll leave it here since the original post was the
inspiration for this :)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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