Propellerheads patents; what´s this all about?

[stm.mitchell]

I was doing my regular browsing round and came across this on the KVR forum.

http://patents.justia.com/patent/20150052514#history

Updates to the Rewire protocol? A plugin host outside of Reason? ...or is this simply something to do with the Rack Extension format?

[tibah]

Abstract: In a method of distributing an extension module for a host data program, the extension module is arranged to cooperate with and extend the functionality of the host data program. Source code is provided for the extension module, the source code being arranged so as to be compiled to executable code, and the source code is independent of the platform in which the executable code is to be executed. A first compilation step is performed on the source code to provide the extension module in an intermediate format, the intermediate format also being independent of the platform in which the executable code is to be executed. A vendor stores the extension module in the intermediate format, so that the stored extension module can be compiled to machine-executable format at a later stage.

Seems like RE?

[jimhowell1970]

It might be RE next gen, the abstract suggests more platforms than currently supported by REs

and I'm pretty sure that's not how the build chain works at the moment either

[raccoonboy]

Patent is from 10 months after 6.5 was released. Not sure if this is usual for patents or not. I would have thought you'd apply beforehand.

[normen]

Its basically just describing REs, yeah. The special thing about REs is that they are not dependent on any OS or CPU architecture like other applications or plugins are. They only depend on the main application and their final distribution form can be compiled for any platform that the main application runs on.

[Stranger.]

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[Aquila]

Patent is from 10 months after 6.5 was released. Not sure if this is usual for patents or not. I would have thought you'd apply beforehand.

I think the term Patent Pending is used in situations like this.