I'll keep repeating myself, When this is all said and done, we're all going to be very wealthy people.
The last company Dr. Tucker sold was for 25 billion. He wouldn't come on to sell it for a billion, that's nothing to him. Most people on this board can't even comprehend how much revenue these patents will make.
Look back on the post about the MG revenue, all those service charges on your cell phone. The amount of revenue Microsoft will make in India and China's markets from skype, which have said Microsoft must have a way to monitor what is being said in order for Skype to be legal. However much the govt will rent the LI for, along with most other countries...
Microsoft, Cisco, Google, and I've heard rumors of Carlos Slim being interested...and frankly, it'd be silly for him not to be.