Replies to post #106069 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[greg s]

If Wave had a patent and if it held water, Intel would have bought them out before paying royalties. It would be cheaper (not kidding).

[jmslat]

Weby, internet & dude_danny: precisely -- I don't know, technically, what protection Wave's portfolio of patents affords them, but it sure seems that the peter-meter and WaveXpress/Sarnoff patents are very closely related to what Viiv, MCEs and Apple are doing with regard to digital downloads. I guess we'll find out soon enough if the WinTelApple efforts have deceloped a process that circumvents Wave's IP.... under the NASDAQ delisting shadow, as well as yet to be addressed/resolved class action law suits, and no sign of anything propelling WAVX over a buck, it sure seems that the "belated" happy new year from the TVTonic folks is a pretty weak effort towards reassurance.

Hoping as always for WAVX redemption.... now, there's no basis for stealth behavour to the extent that the whole TCG-based industry is mobilizing directly into the alleged Wave-sweet-spot.

[dig space]

internet, likely not,

the patents depend heavily on the notoin that the content is filtered, delivered and cached for POTENTIAL consumption and ONLY paid for if decrypted and consumed.

An argument I and a few others (BigTim e.g.) routinely made was that the value of the datacasting patent was inversely proportional to the size of the pipe.

Today, folks click and consume on-demand content. They select, pay, and download. They have a 3meg pipe. Wave is in the cold on this.