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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: 3D pie widget
From:       Amaury JACQUOT <sxpert () multimania ! com>
Date:       1999-09-28 18:38:42
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Thorsten Westheider wrote:
> 
> Amaury JACQUOT wrote:
> >
> > Thorsten Westheider wrote:
> > >
> > > Amaury JACQUOT wrote:
> > > >
> > > > warning, some stupid company has patented this kind of stuff... (check
> > > > comments on
> > > > slashdot)
> > > >
> > check that one...
> >
> > http://www.patents.ibm.com/cgi-bin/viewpat.cmd/US05844572__
> 
> Well, but this one looks like a special type of graphs
> to me:
> 
>   "Specifically, a method and apparatus are provided for
>    using dynamic graphs wherein the computer user is
>    able to manipulate the graph shape directly, which in
>    turn not only modifies the graph, but also alters the
>    corresponding and underlying tabularized data..."
> 
> IMHO this patent covers dynamic spreadsheet manipulation
> using pie charts but not the representation of data in
> pie charts in general. Do you agree? ;-)
> 
>         cu
>           Thorsten

I do agree. However, if you vant to implement this same function in
kspread,
you're screwed....
furthermore, I found another one referenced to on slashdot which
partents these
(sorry for the crude drawing)
["patented.png" (image/png)]

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