Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2003 14:19:35 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Transparent compression in the FS |
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > FYI, I invented RLE and I also > > put it into JMODEM the "last" file-transfer protocol that > > I created in 1989. http://www.hal9k.com/cug/v300e.htm > > RLE has been around a *lot* longer than that. > There are even several patents long before you 'invented' it. > > 1975: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F4031515 > > 1983: > http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,586,027.WKU.&OS=PN/4,586,027&RS=PN/4,586,027 > > > > Dave
JMODEM was done in 1989 as stated. RLE was invented my ME in 1967 and was first used for a digital telemetry link between the Haystack research facility in Groton, Mass. and MIT's main campus. I was a technician there during my senior year at Northeastern. Whether or not it was patented by others is immaterial.
FYI, there are a lot of things I invented that others patented. The "Rubber Duckey" antenna (used in cell-phones and other transceivers) comes to mind.
Even stuff, in which my name is mentioned as a "co-inventor" ends up being attributed to others, i.e., Gordon, et.al.
United States Patent 5,577,026 Apparatus for transferring data to and from a moving device. European Patent number 95906032.8-2206
This, where I not only invented it, but single-handedly built it because the others mentioned in the patent were nay-sayers, claiming it wouldn't work.
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.
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