Tony Mason consults in the Technology arena while he pursues his PhD in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia.
I know we have talked about meta-data in the past (see previous discussion of meta-data here) concerning photographs (Meta-Data), but today I turn my attention… Read More »Why The Narrative Meta-Data Tells Should Concern Legal Professionals – Part II
Last year I came across the use of this term and had to look it up. I ultimately understood the idea as soon as I… Read More »Winsorizing: How to Complicate a Simple Idea
Recently, I wrote about how blockchains work. However, I did not really delve into what it is good for? Maybe the answer is (like war) absolutely nothing! As… Read More »Blockchain: Fad for Innovative Technology?
I have been working in distributed systems for decades. The fundamental problem when we have multiple active sources of information is finding a way to… Read More »Blockchain as understood from an Expert
Recently one of my clients contacted me and asked about what I know concerning “determining authorship.” I pointed out that I have a published paper… Read More »Effective Mechanisms for Authorship Determination
As an inventor, one of the things I did not appreciate is how to maximize the value of a patent family. I suspect that one… Read More »Improving Patent Family Value
Much of my work relates to meta-data. That is, “data about data.” For example, the name, size, and creation date of a given file is… Read More »Why The Narrative Meta-Data Tells Should Concern Legal Professionals – Part I
Generic framework for embedded software development Each morning I receive an e-mail detailing the patent legal cases that have been filed from the fine folks… Read More »US7,069,546
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton This blog, unlike those I have done before,… Read More »The Journey Begins