Ray Tomlinson is credited with inventing email, but he just created the first messaging service. Dr. Shiva actually was the first one to create a messaging service called “email” which included many of the key components of modern day email, including the Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Folders, Trash, Attachment, Address Book, Compose, Forward, Reply, Return Receipt, and the Memo, with the (now ubiquitous) terms, “To,” “From,” “Date,” “Subject,” “Cc,” and “Bcc.”. Saying Tomlinson invented email, is like saying Charles Babbage, who created the first computer, made the first personal computer.
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It kinda is. As I already said, the guy who made the first computer didn’t create the first personal computer. Also, dr.shiva included a lot more than the “@“ sign and inbox folder in his invention.
key word: kinda
the US patent office would not recognize adding an "@" + a folder titled "inbox" as an invention.
the CPU/PC was the invention.
an ethernet port: invention.
typing on a keyboard is not novel - it's just a hack.
That’s true, but they would recognize adding a “a” + a folder titled “inbox” + a Outbox, Drafts, Trash, Folders, Attachment, Address Book, Compose, Forward, Reply, Return Receipt, and the Memo, with the (now ubiquitous) terms, “To,” “From,” “Date,” “Subject,” “Cc,” and “Bcc.” as a invention.
i strongly disagree.
https://www.shahiplaw.com/software-patents/
even in the early days of the internet, sending text from one terminal to another terminal would not be considered "patentable".
(1) this usually requires an algorithm that has not yet been published.
(2) creating multiple folders folders (e.g., “To,” “From,” “Date,” “Subject,” “Cc,” and “Bcc.”) would not ever be considered "unconventional".
mind you, lots of stupid shit gets approved by the patent office, only to be rejected by courts at a later date. i.e., even if your patent is approved, it doesn't mean your patent will hold-up in court as "novel" or "patentable".