I think the problem you're running into here is that retrieving data from a remote computer by whatever method is a decades-old concept that's been a staple for so long that it's simply not something you can patent anymore. Almost any method you come up with for doing it is merely a straightforward application of existing techniques. If you're looking in this area for patentability, you shouldn't find it at all.

You're looking at the nuts and bolts that hold an automobile engine together and wondering how the unpatentability of the bolts will affect a patent on a new kind of engine. Answer: it won't. Stop worrying about the bolts and think about the entire engine and whether it's novel enough to be patentable.

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• I think I see the problem - Authored by: Ian Al on Wednesday, June 05 2013 @ 02:58 PM EDT