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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks Shade for theses links… very interesting !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I have contacted directly the owner of this patent in Denmark to
have more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>-Snorri<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> SitG Admin
[mailto:sysadmin@shadowsinthegarden.com] <br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> samedi 12 juillet 2008 03:00<br>
<b>À :</b> Snorri<br>
<b>Cc :</b> general@openid.net<br>
<b>Objet :</b> Re: [OpenID] OpenID and Patent... ?<br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Importance :</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Haute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>>In fact it was a confusion with this patent: <a
href="http://news.openideurope.eu/us20040205243_0_959_A1.pdf">>http://news.openideurope.eu/us20040205243_0_959_A1.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You aren't the first to wonder at their similarities;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>http://suse.groenbaek.net/openlife/2008/01/20/is-openid-like-digital-identity/<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.":<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>http://www.ascio.com/<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>http://radar.oreilly.com/nikolaj/<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>-Shade<o:p></o:p></p>
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