Re: Transparent compression in the FS

["Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>]

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Dave Jones wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>  > FYI, I invented RLE and I also
>  > put it into JMODEM the "last" file-transfer protocol that
>  > I created in 1989.  http://www.hal9k.com/cug/v300e.htm
>
> RLE has been around a *lot* longer than that.
> There are even several patents long before you 'invented' it.
>
> 1975:
>  http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F4031515
>
> 1983:
>  http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4,586,027.WKU.&OS=PN/4,586,027&RS=PN/4,586,027
>
>
>
> 		Dave

JMODEM was done in 1989 as stated. RLE was invented my ME in 1967 and
was first used for a digital telemetry link between the Haystack research
facility in Groton, Mass. and MIT's main campus. I was a technician there
during my senior year at Northeastern. Whether or not it was patented
by others is immaterial.

FYI, there are a lot of things I invented that others patented.
The "Rubber Duckey" antenna (used in cell-phones and other
transceivers) comes to mind.

Even stuff, in which my name is mentioned as a "co-inventor"
ends up being attributed to others, i.e., Gordon, et.al.

 United States Patent 5,577,026
Apparatus for transferring data to and from a moving device.
 European Patent number 95906032.8-2206

This, where I not only invented it, but single-handedly
built it because the others mentioned in the patent were
nay-sayers, claiming it wouldn't work.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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