4 Comments

1. United Hackers Association says:

   April 21, 2009 at 5:09 pm

   college 1999 – prior art
   college 1999 – prior art
   based on a circle mud [ http://www.circlemud.org] ( with its liscense intact aka a free for non commercial use ) i designed a method of using the game like structure for interacting and making lessons fun.

   While it was turned down by the college the students i worked with in its development loved it. Nothing like interactivity in the dark ages.

   YOU could in effect go back to a dikumud and really go for it or if i had more time to develop back then i would have started form scratch and made my own.

   all those styles a games offer a way to communicate via crude artificial intelligence pre programmed in.
2. J Lane says:

   April 21, 2009 at 7:37 pm

   Great News
   If Blackboard’s patent claims are upheld, then it would be extremely difficult for anyone to get a foothold competing with them in the LMS market. WebCT/Blackboard are already lacking in a lot of ways. With no competition, I can’t see that improving.
3. Riley August says:

   April 22, 2009 at 10:44 pm

   Joke Patent
   This is why software patents in Canada are illegal, idiocy like this. I’m going to extend to my department at Ottawa U here that we slap down a do-not-deal policy on Blackboard.
4. Anonymous says:

   April 27, 2009 at 10:27 am

   Joke Patent: response
   The same patent granted in Canada in February 2009… the system is broken.