Back To 1995

   Chapter 95

  Song Yang explained to Wesley that he planned to let ICQ cooperate with a number of companies such as Yahoo, Netscape, AOL, etc., to attract all users of these platforms to ICQ.

   Of course, in the middle, it will definitely not be so easy, and there will inevitably be all kinds of hidden things happening.

   "In addition," Song Yang pointed at the screen page, "I will develop an address book function, users can import friends on the platform, import or invite to join ICQ!"

   Hearing Song Yang's words, Wesley looked strange. This was digging the roots of other platforms, and it was an edge-wiping technique. But still, there is no law in America's Internet, and this kind of behavior is not allowed.

  Song Yang experienced ICQ. The functions are definitely not as powerful as the fully mature social software in later generations, but the basic social functions are already available.

  ICQ space is the same, divided into several initial functions such as homepage, log, picture, sharing, etc. It is basically a platform to show itself to the outside world.

   But even so, ICQ space has also created a precedent for the Internet just by showing photos to the outside world, and the whole world is the only one in the world!

   "How many patents have you applied for now?" Song Yang turned to Wesley and asked after experiencing it for a while.

  Patent, when others use it against you, it feels like the whole world is full of malice, but when you use it against your opponent, it feels like the more the better.

"At present, more than 300 patents have been applied for, including status display patents, P2P file transfer, screen capture patents, multi-person data communication, text and photo editing patents, font patents, message withdrawal patents, image sharing patents, ... emoji package patents, etc. , all of them have been applied for, and patents in Europe, Asia and other regions are also being applied for!”

Song Yang built a solid patent wall around ICQ. Like status patents, it is a place where you open ICQ and see your friends show their online, offline, and busy status. This is not a very important function, but ICQ is still very useful. Disgusting to apply.

   As for font patents, not to mention font patents, Microsoft almost didn’t disgust Internet companies all over the world by using font patents.

Microsoft not only collects patent fees from computer manufacturers, but in the era of smartphones, it charges more than $5 per Android-branded mobile phone with a number of patents, including font patents, and can rely on patent fees every year. Earn more than $1.6 billion!

   Now ICQ is also studying at Microsoft, and Better than Blue has applied for all the patents that can be used, even the emoji patent.

Emojis are one of the most important components of Internet culture. Since their birth, they have been popular all over the world. Since Scott Falman inadvertently created the first abstract emoji in 1982, there are Countless Internet memes began to appear.

   However, in the past, emojis basically had no attribution and no restrictions, but now ICQ is going to teach their peers a lesson, telling them that some things can’t be posted randomly, such as... emojis.

  ICQ is now collecting emoji patents all over the world, including obtaining patent authorizations from emoji founders such as Professor Scott.

In addition, an art team was specially hired to design expression packs. Now ICQ has more than 600 expression pack patents, including the "Crying with Joy" expression pack that will be popular all over the world in the future. It has also been collected. in the sac.

  ICQ is to build the world's largest emoji empire and master the standards of emoji. Without ICQ's permission, no emoji can appear on any other software or electronic product!

Think about it, as an integral part of Internet trend culture, if a computer or mobile phone cannot appear an emoji, cannot use a second font, cannot use P2P technology for file transfer, cannot take screenshots, cannot edit text, cannot share pictures Wait, what scene would that be?

Song Yang is not sure whether ICQ can be popular all over the world, but Song Yang is clear that the patents in ICQ's hands can disgust latecomers to death. Whether it is Microsoft, Yahoo or other Internet giants, they want to launch social software. It is absolutely impossible to circumvent these patents in ICQ's hands.

   Anyway, if Microsoft wants to launch a chat software like MSN, every time it gets a user, it has to pay a patent fee to ICQ, even a cent less!

  Not only software, like those PC computer giants, but also mobile phone giants such as Nokia and Motorola, and even those brands in the era of smart phones, in a few years, they have to pay for ICQ obediently!

Song Yang lifted his eyes from the computer screen and looked at Wesley, "The ICQ project, the development will be completed as soon as possible, when the ICQ development is completed, I will hold a product launch for ICQ, it is up to you to show the whole world. The world announces the birth of ICQ."

   Hearing this, Wesley's face flushed visibly to the naked eye. What is Daniel, Daniel is able to develop products that amaze the world and make peers impeccable.

   As for ICQ, um, it really can't be regarded as developed by Wesley. He is just a bully and completes all Song Yang's structure and requirements for ICQ.

But the outside world doesn't know, Song Yang obviously wants to give the credit for developing ICQ to Wesley. Wesley knows too well that once ICQ goes online, the founder of the world's first instant messaging, even a joint The name of the founder is such an honor for an engineer.

   Not to mention that, like Netscape's little fat Anderson, he is sought after by programmers all over the world as a grandfather, but after Wesley, he is also a well-known figure in the Internet industry!

"Boss, I..." Wesley was at a loss for words, and just rubbed his hands nervously. He just felt that it was nothing to be a bull and a horse in the Double-click company, Hotmail mailbox, ICQ and other projects. Song Yang is this. Giving him, the rest of the developers, a huge glory that may never be gained in a lifetime.

   "I look forward to that day!"

Song Yang patted Wesley on the shoulder and said, Microsoft, Netscape, Yahoo, etc. are all playing the game of making gods, Song Yang is also going to play it again, and packaging Wesley into America Internet, another rising Internet big cow!

The development of ICQ's reputation can indeed make Song Yang's Internet genius more stable and Bigger more prosperous, but it is limited to this, unless Song Yang is prepared to stay in the same line for a lifetime like Anderson or Yang Zhiyuan Yang's help is not much.

   On the other hand, if the title is given to Wesley, it will have a completely different impact. If one is given to the Internet giant, it can make Silicon Valley VCs and Wall Street feel more at ease with ICQ, and users will also have feelings for ICQ who owns Wesley.

   One of the most important reasons is that with Wesley’s example in front, it can also take the opportunity to attract a large number of technicians to defect.

   After coming out of ICQ's development department, Song Yang went to the office to deal with various documents from Houston and other places.

   After turning on the computer, Song Yang logged into the Hotmail mailbox and saw dozens of emails appearing on the screen. It has to be said that the emergence of e-mail boxes is a huge change for the office industry.

In the past, I used to work with paper documents. I only worked when I got the documents. I spent the rest of the time looking for fish. Now it is different. I have to stare at my e-mail when I have nothing to do. I am afraid of missing important documents. I don’t know how many fish farmers in the office are. They're scolding **** at Hotmail mailboxes.

   However, Song Yang feels that these people are still scolding too early. When ICQ is launched, the boss will ask the project progress through ICQ at any time, and customers will make requests through ICQ at any time...

However, in the future, LinkedIn, DingTalk, etc. will be launched again, and an "online office" function, "check-in function", etc. will be launched. You can check the online office function at any time to see the progress of the project completion, and face recognition three times a day. It's okay to have a meeting, eighteen hours a day, all on this stuff. At that time, Song Yang doesn't know if those people will miss the days when they only had Hotmail mailboxes.

   Putting aside those thoughts, Song Yang began to deal with the double-click and Hotmail mailboxes. In addition to these, Song Yang also received several other emails, all from Irene and Greck.

   Clicking on an email, Song Yang couldn't help but glance at it. The "Enron Online" energy trading website developed by Enron Corporation had already entered the internal testing stage.

This speed can be said to be very astonishing. Song Yang can only sigh. Having money can make people in America work overtime. Enron Online started work almost at the same time as ICQ. among.

   As the technology supplier of Enron Online, he is also responsible for the promotion after the launch. Kenneth wants Song Yang to personally go to the Enron Company to discuss this matter with the company.

   In addition to this incident, Adrian's campaign will start next month, and he also sent a message through Greck, hoping that Song Yang would go back and canvass for Adrian's platform.

  The rest is the America Interactive Advertising Association established by IAB, a double-click company. The inauguration ceremony will also be held next month. Song Yang also needs to go back.

   Song Yang read these emails, and felt that he was going to go back to Houston next month. Whether it was Enron or Adrian, Song Yang definitely needed to handle it himself.

  Even if you want to build a nest in San Jose, you can't lose Houston's base camp. Texas is a very special place in America. No matter what other states in America, Texas is used as a retreat by Song Yang!

  While Song Yang was handling these emails in San Jose, a person also came to San Jose in a hurry.

   After several consecutive flights, from Lao Maozi to Europe, and then from Europe to America, Arkady Voloz, who finally arrived in San Jose, also breathed a sigh of relief.

   (end of this chapter)