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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Exactly, Jeff didn&#8217;t read the
actual email (or doesn&#8217;t understand Patents).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Regards,</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-AU style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Dean Collins<br>
Cognation Pty Ltd<br>
<a href="mailto:dean@cognation.net" title="mailto:dean@cognation.net">dean@cognation.net</a>&nbsp;<br>
<u1:dial u2:st="on">+1-212-203-4357<br>
</u1:dial><u1:dial u2:st="on">+61-2-9016-5642</u1:dial> (<u3:City u2:st="on"><u3:place u2:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</u3:place></u3:City></st1:place></st1:City>
in-dial).</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org
[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Randall Mason<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 03, 2007
12:03 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> List for <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">OpenMoko</st1:PersonName> community discussion<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: need someone to
develop this....</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Actually, I don't think
&quot;shoogle&quot; mentioned the pairing-shaking security idea.&nbsp; I
thought that they were only creating non visual user interfaces to things like
number of SMSs and battery charge.&nbsp; The main similarity is shaking, which
maracas and rainsticks both clearly have prior art on these ideas. <br>
<br>
Randall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 12/3/07, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jeff
Andros</span></b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jeff@bigredtj.com">jeff@bigredtj.com</a>&gt;
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>um, is anyone that's replied on this thread a member of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> team that developed the
software(shoogle)?&nbsp; I'm guessing not.&nbsp; it has obviously already been
invented, which means that disclosure arguments are rendered moot by prior
art.&nbsp; Moreover, trying to patent something that someone else invented is
theft of intellectual property... preventing this is one of the reasons the GPL
exists.&nbsp; If you want to go forward on this, check with the authors(see
below for contact information) they'd probably be delighted to have community
help in developing it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Authors(taken from <a
href="http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/%7Erod/publications/WilMurHug07Interactive.pdf"
target="_blank">http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~rod/publications/WilMurHug07Interactive.pdf</a>
):<br>
John Williamson<br>
Dept. Computing Science<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:City> G!2 8QQ, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<a href="mailto:jhw@dcs.gla.ac.uk" target="_blank">jhw@dcs.gla.ac.uk </a><br>
<br>
Roderick Murray-Smith<br>
Dept. Computing Science<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:City> G!2 8QQ, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
and<br>
Hamilton Institute<br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ireland</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Maynooth</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
 w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
<a href="mailto:rod@dcs.gla.ac.uk" target="_blank">rod@dcs.gla.ac.uk</a><br>
<br>
Stephen Hughes<br>
Dept. Computing Science<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:City> G!2 8QQ, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
and<br>
SAMH Engineering<br clear=all>
<br>
<span class=sg>-- </span><br>
<span class=sg>Jeff</span><br>
<span class=sg>O|||||||O </span><br>
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<br>
-- <br>
Randall Mason<br>
<a href="mailto:randall@mason.ch">randall@mason.ch</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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