Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 17 May 91 22:37:38 GMT From: Ron Heiby Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Hayes Wins Damages on its Command Set Patent Message-ID: Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 371, Message 2 of 8 Lines: 16 think!barmar@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Barry Margolin) writes: > If you had read the article carefully, you would have seen that it is > not the AT command set that is patented, it is the escape sequence In fact, if memory serves me right, Hayes itself had to license the patent held by another (all but forgotten, probably) modem manufacturer who had patented the controlling of a modem by commands sent to its RS-232 port or to the same port as the data stream. Perhaps someone who knows/remembers better the details would chime in with them, or correct me if I'm wrong? Ron Heiby, heiby@chg.mcd.mot.com Moderator: comp.newprod