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Posted to pluto-user@portals.apache.org by Huohui Zhu <hu...@yahoo.com> on 2005/01/04 07:50:12 UTC

Is the entire "Portal" idea patented?

Hi, there,

  I know this is not directly related to Pluto - but
please bear with me ... I was just curious and
searched to see if there are any Portal-related
patents. And I found this patent issued in 2001
(Patent No. 6832263) - 

<a
href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=portal.ABST.&OS=ABST/portal&RS=ABST/portal">
"Method and apparatus for implementing a dynamically
updated portal page in an enterprise-wide computer
system"</a>
(http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=2&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=ptxt&s1=portal.ABST.&OS=ABST/portal&RS=ABST/portal)

Just wondered if anyone knew this patent before. I am
not an expert to make good judgement on this patent -
My first feeling is that the "Portal" is not that free
any more ... hope I am wrong. Any inputs?

Regards,
Joe



		
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