IP Innovation L.L.C. and Technology Licensing Corporation (collectively, "Plaintiffs") have brought a patent-infringement action against Red Hat, Inc., and Novell, Inc., alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Numbers 5,072,412; 5,533,183; and 5,394,521. The patents concern a user interface that has multiple workspaces. The Plaintiffs' complaint identifies as accused products "Red Hat Linux system," the "Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop," and the "Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server."
UPDATE: THESE THREE PATENTS WERE INVALIDATED BY THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, ON APRIL 30, 2010, IN THE ABOVE REFERENCED ACTION.
UPDATE: THESE THREE PATENTS WERE INVALIDATED BY THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, ON APRIL 30, 2010, IN THE ABOVE REFERENCED ACTION.
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | Multiplayer game for the IBM VM/CMS operating system environment. Up to 5 players. Freely distributed. Documentation attached. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | |
| Author/Creator | W.J. Clayton |
| Title | GroundStrike |
| Publication Date | January 1, 1978 |
| Publisher | W.J. Clayton |
| Directions to Document Location | I have a copy of the executable module and documentation on disk. |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
The game takes control of a Virtual Machine and allows up
to five users to dial that machine to play the game. To initiate,
LOGON as any valid cms machine and type STRIKE ; this will cause the
the Strike module to be loaded and commence execution. The Strike
module does the following:
1) SPOOL 00d *
2) It then punches the IPL"able standalone operating system
3) SET ASSIST OFF, SET ECMODE OFF and goes into a wait.
Enter IPL 00c and Strike takes control of the machine and disconnects.
Then to play, up to 5 users may DIAL XXXXXX , where XXXXXX is the
name of the virtual machine containing the control program.
The video display simulates the radar screen of an aircraft, with
the plane always pointed in the forward position. The terrain
is displayed logically (being rotated with the aircraft attitude)
such that a small segment of the terrain is visable at all times.
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Claims
Display characteristic data including respective positions
The system of Claim 3 in which the respective display characteristics of the first and second display objects are respective positions, the first and second display characteristic data indicating the respective positions of the first and second display objects, respectively.
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I'm afraid you will have to work that out. I really don't don't understand this gibberish.
I'm afraid you will have to work that out. I really don't don't understand this gibberish.
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User interface with mulitple workspaces
A system comprising:
a display;
first and second workspace data structures relating respectively to first and second workspaces that can be presented on the display; each of the first and second workspaces including a respective set of display objects; each of the display objects being perceptible as a distinct, coherent set of display features; the display objects of each respective set being perceptible as having spatial positions relative to each other when the respective workspace is presented on the display;
display object means for generating first and second display objects; the first workspace data structure being linked to the display object means so that the first display object is in the respective set of display objects of the first workspace; the second workspace data structure being linked to the display object means so that the second display object is in the respective set of display objects of the second workspace; and
control means for accessing the first workspace data structure to cause the display to present the first workspace including the first display object; the control means further being for accessing the second workspace data structure to cause the display to present the second workspace including the second display object; the display object means generating the first and second display objects so that the second display object is perceptible as the same tool as the first display object when the second workspace is presented after the first workspace.
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I'm afraid you will have to work that out. I really don't don't understand this gibberish.
I'm afraid you will have to work that out. I really don't don't understand this gibberish.
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