Flutterby™! : Patent on web settings 2003-03-07 18:45:44.806754+01

Patent on web settings

2003-03-07 18:45:44.806754+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

As reported on Fucked Company, Gateway (I think it's the computer company) has a patent on a "System for personalized settings":

A method and system for adjusting the settings of an information handling system based on the individual user preferences of one or more users is disclosed.

Filed on June 19^th, 1998. Alas, I didn't publish My Color Scheme Code until September 15^th, so I suppose that doesn't count as prior art. I wonder if I'll be getting a "cease and desist" for that or the ability to specify comment order or text box size?

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