[OpenID] OpenID and Patent... ?

[SitG Admin]

>In fact it was a confusion with this patent: 
><http://news.openideurope.eu/us20040205243_0_959_A1.pdf>>http://news.openideurope.eu/us20040205243_0_959_A1.pdf

You aren't the first to wonder at their similarities;
http://suse.groenbaek.net/openlife/2008/01/20/is-openid-like-digital-identity/
The linked-to Digital Identity site is effectively down now (and has 
been for several years, according to the Internet Wayback Machine), 
but previous versions show that "Digital Identity Technology is 
designed and built by Ascio Technologies Inc.":
http://www.ascio.com/
It might be worth checking in with them about a non-assertion 
covenant. If you're looking to contact (either of) the inventors 
personally, O'Reilly Media has a page on Nikolaj Nyholm:
http://radar.oreilly.com/nikolaj/
This one looks promising because identity is mentioned. I also found 
a LinkedIn page for one "Hans Hurvig", but other than the location 
(Copenhagen) there's nothing to show that he's related to the Hans 
who copatented an identity technology.

-Shade
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