To: Bucky Katt who wrote (5185 ) 6/19/2001 10:16:47 AM From: Bucky Katt Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 48461 I forgot to mention INSP, which has some good news out today. It is becoming one of my favorite lt RatDogs...> (As with any Rat, it must be bought/added at a right price) InfoSpace Awarded Two New Patents for Internet Infrastructure Technologies Building on June 6 announcement of two issued patents for mobile commerce technologies, InfoSpace announces further expansion of its intellectual property portfolio that includes over 50 patents pending BELLEVUE, Wash., June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP - news), a leading provider of the platform and applications that enable partners to deliver consumer and commerce services across the Internet to any device over current and next-generation networks, today announced the company has been awarded two additional patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patents protect two of the many technologies behind InfoSpace's platform and suite of applications that enable its partners to offer their customers a wide range of advanced interactive services that can be delivered to any device under their own brand name. U.S. Patent Number 6,208,998 (method and system for altering content of a record in an online database) and U.S. Patent Number 6,230,188 (method for protecting the privacy of a person's email address by establishing an alias through which messages are sent while masking the user's actual address) provide enhanced security for users of InfoSpace-powered services and underscore InfoSpace's commitment to pioneering new technologies that help the company to maintain its lead in providing new, cutting edge solutions to its partners. InfoSpace currently has over 50 patents pending and, with an engineering force of over 650 skilled and dedicated professionals, InfoSpace is committed to maintaining, expanding and maximizing the value of its growing portfolio of intellectual property. Since being founded in 1996, InfoSpace has been a leader in providing the underlying infrastructure technologies and applications that advance and enable its partners to fully capitalize on the latest developments in Internet-based wireless, wireline, broadband and merchant services. infospace.com ;