Gamasutra – Product News: “Worlds.com Awarded U.S. Patent for Scalable 3D Client Server” [04.25.01]
Umm… can you say “Quake”? Can you say “prior art”?
“Worlds.com, a 3D virtual reality entertainment portal on the Internet, today announced that it was awarded U.S. patent 6,219,045 for its scalable 3D server technology from the United States Patent Office. The Company believes the patent may apply to currently, in use, multi-user games, e-Commerce, web design, advertising and entertainment areas of the Internet.”