I'm right behind Richard. I plan to patent the use of grass in landscaping
and make a ton of cash from my neighbors ;-)

BTW, here's my short list of "one-click" technologies that pre-date
amazon.com:

(1) Windows Task Bar
(2) HP's Dashboard
(3) Mac/OS
(4) Remote Control Wand
(5) The Light Switch

--Ken Kirby
  Management Information Systems
  Vanderbilt University


-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Gambrell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: More Patent Nonsense


Erik Vistica wrote:
>
> B&N should simply patent pressing RETURN once instead of a mouse-click
> (or does 'click' imply 'key-stroke' too?)

Is a username/password pair for authentication taken already?
A return and line feed at the end of each line?
CSY should patent vplus's form entry of data...

Richard 'lining up at the patent office' Gambrell