the internet?

Question

is there a patent on the internet?

Answer 1

The Internet was the result of some visionary thinking by people in the early 1960s who saw great potential value in allowing computers to share information on research and development in scientific and military fields. J.C.R. Licklider of MIT, first proposed a global network of computers in 1962, and moved over to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in late 1962 to head the work to develop it. Leonard Kleinrock of MIT and later UCLA developed the theory of packet switching, which was to form the basis of Internet connections. Lawrence Roberts of MIT connected a Massachusetts computer with a California computer in 1965 over dial-up telephone lines. It showed the feasibility of wide area networking, but also showed that the telephone line's circuit switching was inadequate. Kleinrock's packet switching theory was confirmed. Roberts moved over to DARPA in 1966 and developed his plan for ARPANET. These visionaries and many more left unnamed here are the real founders of the Internet.

When Senator Ted Kennedy heard in 1968 that the pioneering Massachusetts company BBN had won the ARPA contract for an "interface message processor (IMP)," he sent a congratulatory telegram to BBN for their ecumenical spirit in winning the "interfaith message processor" contract.

Answer 2

Yes. Heres a list of all things about the internet that are patented.
Software.
modems.
Servers.
Cables & fiber connecting the computers.
UMD boxes.
repeaters.
ceos'.

In essence, everything that the internet requires to operate is patented, and those things are the definition of the internet. BUT, these things are not covered under one "Internet" patent, they are all individually patented. So, with that info, you may make the choice for yourself. You should have first asked, "what is the internet".

Answer 3

The Internet is not synonymous with World Wide Web. The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the Internet.

Answer 4

there are patents for certain routers and servers which make the internet function.... but nobody can or does have a patent on the internet

Answer 5

No, the internet is not a thing, just a name for a super network. If you connected two computers together it's a network, but if you connect all of them together it's the internet. (There is only one internet, and can't be two).

Nobody owns the internet, just some of the content on it. If you sorta think about it, it's the ISP that owns the internet as you need to connect to an ISP to get the internet, but they don't control the content, just the access.

Answer 6

I like internet

Answer 7

Not on the internet, but there is on nearly everything that conects us to it.

Answer 8

Hi. No. But you may want to double check with Al Gore.

Answer 9

yes. the internetz are srs business.

Answer 10

No, there isn't. It was invented for army use.