El Mundo.es (a Spanish newspaper) reports that Oracle has been granted with a patent that cover blogs. The database giant filed the patent in 2000 and is described as "Self service system for web site publishing". The abstract of US Patent #6,745,238:
«A web site creation and maintenance system permits distributed control and centralized management of a web site. The physical implementation of the web site resides on a database maintained by a database administrator. The web site system permits a site administrator to construct the overall structure, design and style of the web site. This allows for a comprehensive design as well as a common look and feel for the web site. The web site system permits content for the web site to originate from multiple content contributors».
More on Blogs, also patented (elmundo.es, Spanish).
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