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Whoa! Hold on.....
Am I misreading something here?

if I may quote a paragraph from the article:
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That patent, according to an AT&T release announcing the suit, describes "transactions in which a trusted intermediary securely processes payments over a communications system such as the Internet. The use of a trusted intermediary ensures that one party will not have to disclose sensitive information, such as a credit card number or bank account number, to the other party to the transaction."
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Doesn't using a lawyer as an intermediary via phone fall under this definition? Or some sort of trusted or official go-between via phone, email, fax, whatever?

This sounds insane......
Posted by: jvahabzadeh   Posted on: 11/21/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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patent ********!  dg mh | 11/20/03
ZDnet should add new div  Arrg | 11/20/03
I am patenting soon  FirstNLastN | 11/20/03
even better  ghetyei | 11/20/03
This is worrying  VicVics | 11/20/03
oh yeah  lmaxwell | 11/21/03
i am gonna patent home decore,  Chris Moller | 11/21/03
Patenting hyperlinks  blahfeld | 11/23/03
Follow up  blahfeld | 11/23/03
So... IBM has a patent on ESCROW ?  BitTwiddler | 11/20/03
Are you following this, EU  Frihet | 11/20/03
In other news  Arrg | 11/20/03
Why this is a good thing.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/03
The Difference  FirstNLastN | 11/20/03
Here's a fix  voska | 11/21/03
If you take this to the illogical conclusion... (FIX Feedback)  AbsolutelyNot | 11/20/03
Patents, Patents everywhere  master of illusion | 11/20/03
wow  lmaxwell | 11/21/03
(NT) This is getting ridiculous......  James T. Kirk | 11/21/03
My new patent.  edpotrafke | 11/21/03
ridiculous  wk2000 | 11/21/03
Whoa! Hold on.....  jvahabzadeh | 11/21/03
Mother-of-all-patents  dougbatchelder | 11/22/03

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