Facebook sued over social net patent

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

A small Maryland company has sued Facebook, claiming that the social networking
site violates a 'personal relationship information management system' patent

http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?ctl=59888:46C72B916E30854815D096567DB003
63&&p=GO&sub=7345

If you look at the patent abstract (so far I've only got 
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7246164/fulltext.html ) it sounds like they are 
patenting Usenet ...

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Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine
and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for
Bavarian sugar cookies.  And, fortunately, when there aren't any
cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our
skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a
loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital
gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets,
and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of
fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances,
the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize
our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause.  They
are here to save our lives.  I know the idea seems strange, but I
also know that it just so happens to be true.
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