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all "numeric" memory values are actually symbolic

Authored by: Wol on Friday, May 18 2012 @ 04:40 AM EDT

However, for Oracle to argue that promptly confirms that it's all abstract and,
therefor, unpatentable subject matter.

Well, it is all unpatentable as we know, but I doubt Oracle want to deploy that
particular footgun ...

Cheers,
Wol

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

Patent claims must limit scope

Authored by: darrellb on Friday, May 18 2012 @ 06:49 AM EDT

I think that indirect references and symbolic references are different things.
All Symbolic reference are indirect but not all indirect references are
symbolic.

I consider a table index and the subsequent table lookup to be indirect not
symbolic.

When the table contains names and the table is searched (one way or another) to
find the reference, I consider that to be symbolic.

Both techniques can be used statically or dynamically.

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

And both have existed since the middle 1950s - Authored by: jesse on Friday, May 18 2012 @ 07:04 AM EDT
- And both have existed since the middle 1950s - Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, May 18 2012 @ 09:28 AM EDT

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