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To: JimC1997 who wrote (6501)	7/14/1999 10:41:00 PM
From: bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

I am posting an email from Robert Putnam taken from the RB board. I am doing so because I believe this is the first time I have ever heard someone from the company mention that we are partnering with IBM. Intel and LU we all know about, but IBM? Yes we are a founding member of the VoiceTimes but that in itself doesn't make us a partner. Or does it? Interesting development.... By: browninvst Reply To: None Wednesday, 14 Jul 1999 at 3:13 PM EDT Post # of 42519 Email From Edig. I sent two successive e mails to edig. The first got a canned response, the followup got a good reply from Robert. 1st Email: Dear Sir/Madam, I am a shareholder of EDIG and have great optimism for EDIG's prospects. However, it seems much is riding on the patents you have in place for MicroOS. And, since this is a global market, I am fearful that copyrights/patents will be ignored, especially if competitors reside offshore. One of the ways US companies have adapted to this is to be constantly atuned to customers and have the ability to innovate at the speed of a customer's taste and my investment dollar thinks EDIG has this dynamism. If I could receive the corporate view on these issues, I would be much obliged. Thank you. -------- Response: Canned 2nd Follow up email: Thanks for the reply. I have already received the package and am quite impressed. However, to again reiterate, I am curious as to how EDIG will guard its intellectual property rights in the global market and will EDIG be dynamic enough to shift its products quickly according to consumer tastes. This last point is a great way to render intellectual piracy somewhat mute since I feel that product lifecycles in the digital arena are amazingly short. ------ Response from Robert Our plan is two-fold; first, partner with companies such as Intel,Lucent and IBM. If they are using our technology, they will help guard and defend our intellectual property rights, and two, by customizing our services and technologies, as needed, to the ever-changing tides of product development and marketing cycles. Since we were the first company to develop and bring to market a digital voice recorder using flash memory, and, the first company to interface a digital recorder to the PC and the Internet, we believe we have what it takes to stay ahead of the technology curve.

To: JimC1997 who wrote (6501)	7/15/1999 12:04:00 AM
From: bob	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18366

One person's thoughts on Audiohighway's patent. From jlaboda on Clearstation. From : jlaboda Jul 14 1999 9:52PM Re : POINTS FOR 7/14 1. I posted a PR at RB today which was issued from Lucent. Bell Labs has finally completed the WaveStar OpticAir system. I have beenn following this for months on the BellLabs page. I posted here sometime back the significance of this technology. BellLabs is now capable of multiplexing light waves for voice/video/data. Meaning, Multiple light channels can be created to transmit MORE information at a FASTER speed than a regular copper wire network. What have I been saying here for so long? The ability to proliferate the digital voice/video/data transmission,in this new paradigm, will require a new "medium" for transmission. We now have it ... This laser medium will allow for 15 CDs to be transmitted in 1 second. 2. AudioHighway.com established a patent today for portable devices that record and playback digital audio files from the Internet. I studied this patent VERY CAREFULLY today. "...record audio programming digitally in a faster than real time format and can play back audio programming, where such programming has been digitized and stored in data files using a variety of compression/decompression algorithms". The AudioHighway aparatus will account for MANY CODECs ... Their PR was issued today after the SDMI specifications were ratified. "Audio programming is stored digitally on a non-volatile medium, such as a hard drive, or in a flash EPROM, or other solid state non-volatile memory. " Their device will utilize a hard drive, i.e. the IBM Mini drive, for audio storage information. 3. Lucent and AudioHighway will BOTH be attending the 'Plug-and-Play' conference on Monday and Tuesday. 4. AudioHighway also stated the 'bigger' picture with the digital media paradigm. "Other alternative embodiments of the invention allow one using the device to obtain program material through a digital direct broadcasting satellite system, such as is offered by DirecTV." AudioHighway communicates ABUNDANTLY in the Patent about the digital video market. "The video-on-demand industry is just evolving." What has Wendy been saying for months about the "...lions-share of revenue." ? 5. AudioHighway metions frequently the potential markets in the automobile industry for digital audio aparatuses. "Thus, those persons listening to a broadcast while in their automobiles have less control because they cannot time shift a program by recording the program, although they may nevertheless want to listen to certain programs while traveling. Additionally, those persons listening in the automobiles may want to listen to program material that is not normally available on a public broadcast channel. While those persons listening in their automobiles may listen to recordings that they have purchased or recorded themselves when the program material was originally broadcast, the mobile listener cannot take control of the program selection process and the time at which the program is heard, nor can such materials be combined or edited without a significant commitment of the listener's time to assembling the desired materials, or portions of the desired materials, in the desired order. " AudioHighway understands the POTENTIAL in the automobile industry. Lucent's EPAC has been determined to have SUPERIOR QUALITY to other formats. This makes it marketable to 'higher-end' markets, i.e. Home and Car Audio markets. This is where profit margins will be higher. CONCLUSION: Continuous speculation and frustration on 'no news' means not understanding what is occurring at this time. I am not inclined to tell you to 'buy, hold or sell'. However, IMO the information is there for those who want to take the time and read it. - J