Patently I'm confused

[Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB)]

According to Joe, one is supposed to read the claims until
one finds one that doesn't match. Here, it is claim 1:

"...system which includes a feature module and a management 
module within an application layer and a data base within a
basic operation system layer..."

Erlang/OTP doesn't include a feature module, but most 
importantly, doesn't include a database within a basic
operation system layer.

In claim 2, hardware is called for. Erlang/OTP doesn't
include hardware.


BR,
Ulf W

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED 
> [mailto:owner-erlang-questions@REDACTED] On Behalf Of 
> Richard A. O'Keefe
> Sent: den 16 augusti 2006 08:10
> To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: Patently I'm confused
> 
> I've just been reading, or rather, trying to read, a patent.
> It's
>     Software structure for telecommujnication switching systems
>     Larsson, Odling, Rosberg, & Karlson of Ericsson,
>     filed in 1994
> and can be found at
>     http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5388258.html
> 
> Apparently when it was originally filed it came with some of 
> the Erlang manuals as attachments, which is how I happened to 
> stumble across it.
> 
> As near as I can figure out, they are claiming anything even 
> remotely similar to Erlang/OTP, but that can't be right, surely.
> 
> Does anyone know what the heck that patent is about, and to 
> what degree Erlang/OTP is affected by it?
> 
>