[ILUG-Cochin.org] Microsoft patents sudo?

[Anivar Aravind]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Althaf K Backer
<althafkbacker at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Syam Kumar R. wrote:
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>> See Microsoft's patent for "Rights elevator <http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,617,530.PN.&OS=PN/7,617,530&RS=PN/7,617,530>" :
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>> "Systems and/or methods are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. In one embodiment, these systems and/or methods present a user interface identifying an account having a right to permit a task in response to the task being prohibited based on a user's current account not having that right."
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> Indeed our this time IRC meet is on software patents,well good
> coincidence.


Can we submit the following xkcd comic as prior art/evidence of SUDO
Rights  elevation
http://xkcd.com/149/