This comment refers to my other product. I am working on it. :)

Sorry for delay in response. Yes I solved that problem. I'll e-mail you.

it would actually be trivial to integrate Tungle and turning off data connection on a device. Just an option. I might make such an app on top of my platform. :)

Consider making audio recordings of your presentations. I use a Zoom H2 to record mine, but there are many options. It would be quite a bit more valuable. :)

I'd probably share them through screencasting in addition to slideshare. Timing the slides to audio is not complicated.

Why not post and dissect an effective executive summary?

I applied copywriting techniques when I wrote mine. After all, when seeking financing we are essentially selling a piece of the company, so why not make it a clear advertisement. When writing an advertisement, I consider how I would write scripts for a primetime TV commercial with focus on benefits and absolute minimum about the technology. That would be vastly different from a trade magazine full-page ad where I would expect to see technical jargon.

Yum.. yum.. yum! This loyal T-mobile subscriber has the credit card in his hand... :)

That would be Mozilla Ubiquity

Expose IMEI via Bluetooth and you are basically there. An easier approach is again a bluetooth sniffer and a on opt-in bluetooth app. You walk into the bar, pass the BT scanner at entrance, you are checked in.

Helium is a non-renewable resource currently being squandered on balloons and such. It is critical for such applications as cooling superconductors.

However, this is still interesting.

What if we were to require the patents to be substantially narrow and complete that another person given adequate tools and materials can accurately re-create the subject of the patent?

After all, is that not how we look at older patents complete with detailed engineering drawings?

This would kill overly vague patents. I have no problem with very specific patents for inventions. I would like to invite anyone who thinks that software patents are a good idea to read a software patent. As a software engineer, I should be able to figure what is really being patented. However, patents are intentionally written excessively broadly to the point of absurdity.

For example, here is a newly granted Microsoft patent 7,747,965 regarding control of opacity of multiple windows (one implementation that comes to mind is the "peek" feature of Windows 7):
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=P...

Just try to read that thing. Then notice how many patents it references, which you also must read...

For example, here is a definition of computer

"With reference to FIG. 1A, an exemplary system for implementing the invention includes a general-purpose computing device in the form of a computer 110. Components of computer 110 may include, but are not limited to, a processing unit 120, a system memory 130, and a system bus 121 that couples various system components including the system memory to the processing unit 120. The system bus 121 may be any of several types of bus structures including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures. By way of example, and not limitation, such architectures include Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) bus, Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) bus, Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) local bus, and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus also known as Mezzanine bus."

ISA, EISA, MCA, VLB have long been extinct.

Network protocols are also being discussed... This is a patent on a UI element!

If granted at all, it should be very short.

"Problem - multiple overlapping windows in a software environment make it difficult to find the desired window"
"Invention - make all windows temporarily transparent"
"Steps to reproduce - Sample code in C plus plus (IntenseDebate hates pluses) using Win32 API with build instructions - (enclosed)"
"Patent examiner compiled the code and tested it on a representative sample of operating system prevalent in this era - (endorsed)"

Edit: this patent actually appears to be about the Vista Win-Tab mechanism, but I already thought of a different thing because the behavior of Windows 7 Peek is similar in nature.