RE: [VANILLA-LIST:3019] technical question

["Mike Moore" <mnmoore@uswest.net>]

> So, as Dave writes: 
> 
> 	They are specifically laying claims to high level aggregate 
> 	messages sent over a high level protocol at the application 
> 	level.  
> 
> Yes, the patent disclosure says
> 
> 	A key concept in the present invention is the aggregation of 
> 	multiple messages in a message queues into a single ULP
> 	receive message to a host that maintains multiple
> 	payload items in the payload.
> 
> So the definition to be used is that 'aggregation' is done at the 
> ULP level,
> not the transport level.  We have an ability to argue in court that
> 'aggregation' is a term of art and could mean concatenation on 
> the transport
> level, but the opposing attorneys have a strong argument against us since
> aggregation is defined in the patent's disclosure.


Sounds in that case very much like a Majordomo or ListServ digest.