Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:51:25 02/24/98
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On February 24, 1998 at 12:21:58, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On February 24, 1998 at 12:07:18, Bert Seifriz wrote: > >>On February 24, 1998 at 08:58:28, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>>I have heard of a DGT board, but I have no details. >>>However, before we would get involved with any other >>>piece-recognition board, we certainly will consult >>>our patent attorneys and Bruce Bogner (Brehn). >> >>Hi Steve, is Bruce Bogner >>the father of Hal Bogner >>who used to run Chess Labs >>in South Pasadena? >> >>If so, I know that they were pursuing >>this thing a long time! >>Bert > >Hi Bert, >Yup! Hal is Bruce's son and yes, they have been at this >for quite awhile. After all, the patent is from 1991 >and not much after that, Bruce traveled to TASC and not >much after that, TASC came out with the Smartboard. > >Bruce has been on TASC's case (literally) ever since. >- Steve Of course this is only about 13 years after the technology was displayed by Ken Thompson in Washington DC, 1978, at the ACM event that year. :) It's a shame no one took up the gauntlet and challenged the patent based on widely-known prior work by Ken.
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