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IBM’s “innovative” patent on Time Management..

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Ever wondered being called into a meeting where you had absolutelty nothing to contribute ? Or have you been to a meeting wherre there is some guy who is showing you a presentation packed with zillion lines on the company template, with his back to you and reading through those lines as if you ( or others in the room) never existed?

Well, IBM seems to have wondered about such meetings. A little too much. So much that, they have “figured” it all out and are claiming a patent..haa! who knew ? and how… They have put some cute screenshots from, i guess, Lotus Notes ( IBM does NOT use Outlook) and are proclaiming that well, if you schedule a meeting for one hour, you end up finding enough issues to keep you occupied for that one hour… Solution? oh well… Keep the meetings short….. Brrrrrrillliant, i say and yes, definetely patentable….

No wonder, they keep shattering the “patent records”. maybe, they need to file another patent for shattering existing patent records…

Here’s the link for your viewing pleasure… http://ipwatchdog.com/patents/US_20090119148.pdf

Written by Vasu Ramanujam

June 23, 2009 at 11:12 pm

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