is if ALL software patents are bogus. And on that I agree, because software is more than adequately protected via copyright and trademark laws.
However if you are to argue that even SOME software patents are legit, then I cannot see how one could argue that this one is not legit. This was quite an original idea at the time, and I do not see any evidence of prior art.
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