Sentence examples for a broad software from inspiring English sources
Five years before, Creative applied for a broad software patent for a "portable music playback device" that bore minor similarities to the iPod, an Apple product that had gone on sale the same year.
JSERD emerged in this context as the result of extensive discussions in the Special Software Engineering Committee (CEES) of the Brazilian Computing Society SBCC) that lead to the recognition of the need for a broad software engineering journal that promotes rapid publication.
"Oracle's strategy is to acquire companies with the intent of delivering a broader software suite," says Subramanian.
The kit that Valve plans to release later in January will be part of a broader software tool chest that will help give developers a standard way to control games via Steam Box, he adds.
While examination decisions are less public than court rulings, it is a safe bet that companies will face greater resistance in obtaining broad software patents (particularly those in the e-commerce space) from the USPTO than before.
In particular, the overhaul did nothing to rein in the overly broad software and business-process patents that have given rise to the protection racket operated by "non-practising entities".
Someday when broadband is truly broad, software like this will let Web spuds explore flashy interactive worlds without leaving their comfy computer screens.
In a recent Vanity Fair feature on Microsoft that you should certainly read, a comment from former CEO Bill Gates is worth considering: "[T]he original idea of having great software people and broad software products and Office being the primary tool that people look to across all these devices, that's as true today and as strong as ever".
BSA/The Software Alliance, which represents companies like Apple and Microsoft, said in a brief that a decision against Monsanto might "facilitate software piracy on a broad scale" because software can be easily replicated.
It became a true standout in a broader business software market characterized by slowing growth.
Will HP finally build a broad-based software business that meaningfully contributes to the success of the rest of the company?
