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Software patents are drafted by patent lawyers, who have come up with a lot more ways to describe manipulating data than just “storing” and “executing.” To take just one of the stupid patents above, the first claim in the Ultramercial ad-watching patent described an Internet-based process of “receiving” media products, “selecting” a sponsor message, “providing” the media to the public for sale, “restricting” general access, “facilitating” display of the ad, “recording the...