Back to 1995

Chapter 95
Song Yang explained to Wesley that ICQ is going to cooperate with Yahoo, Netscape, AOL and other companies to divert all the users of these platforms to ICQ.

Of course, it won't be that easy in the middle, and there will be all kinds of hidden things happening.

"In addition," Song Yang pointed to the screen, "develop an address book function, users can import friends from the platform, import or invite them to join ICQ!"

Hearing Song Yang's words, Wesley had a weird look on his face. This is digging the roots of other platforms, which is a marginal technology, but it's still the same sentence, there is no law in the American Internet, and this kind of behavior is not allowed.

Song Yang experienced ICQ for a while, and the functions are definitely not as powerful as the fully mature social software functions of later generations, but the basic social functions are already available.

The same is true for ICQ space, which is divided into several initial functions such as home page, log, picture, and sharing. It is basically a platform to show itself to the outside world.

But even so, just because of the ability to show photos to the outside world, ICQ space has also created a precedent for the Internet, and the whole world is the only one with scorpion shit!
"How many patents have you applied for?" Song Yang turned to Wesley and asked after experiencing it for a while.

Patents, when others use them against you, feel that the whole world is full of malice, but when you use them against your opponents, it feels like the more the better, you can't wait to beat your opponents to bankruptcy with a patent lawsuit.

"So far, more than 2 patents have been applied for, including status display patents, P[-]P file transmission, screen capture patents, multi-person data communication, text and photo editing patents, font patents, message withdrawal patents, picture sharing patents,... emoticon package patents Wait, 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 the status patent, which is to open ICQ and see the status of friends showing online, offline, busy, etc. This is not a very important function, but ICQ is still very important. Disgusted to apply.

Not to mention font patents. Microsoft's use of font patents almost disgusted Internet companies all over the world.

Microsoft not only collects patent fees from computer manufacturers, but in the era of smartphones, relying on a large number of patents including font patents in its hands, it charges more than US$5 in patent fees from each Android brand mobile phone, and can rely on patent fees every year. Earn more than 16 billion US dollars!

Now ICQ is also a student of Microsoft, and Sheng Yulan has applied for all available patents, even the emoji patent.

Emoji is one of the most important parts of Internet culture. It has been popular all over the world since its birth. Since Scott Falman inadvertently created the first abstract emoji in 1982, there have been Countless Internet emoticons began to appear.

However, in the past, emoticons basically had no attribution and no restrictions, but now ICQ has to teach colleagues a lesson, telling them that there are some things that cannot be posted randomly, such as... emoticons.

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

In addition, an art team was specially hired to design emoji packs. Now ICQ has more than [-] emoji packs in its patents, including the "crying smile with joy" emoticon pack that will be popular all over the world in the future. in the bag.

ICQ is to build the world's largest emoji empire, master the standard of emoji, without the permission of ICQ, no emoji can appear on any other software or electronic products!

Think about it, as an integral part of Internet trend culture, if a computer or mobile phone cannot display an emoji package, use a second font, transfer files using P2P technology, take screenshots, edit text, or share pictures Wait, what scene would that be?
Whether ICQ can become popular all over the world, Song Yang is not sure, but Song Yang is clear that the patents in ICQ's hands can disgust the latecomers. Whether it is Microsoft, Yahoo or other Internet giants, if they want to launch social software, they will It is absolutely impossible to bypass these patents in the hands of ICQ.

Anyway, if Microsoft wants to launch chat software like MSN, every time it gets a user, it has to pay a patent fee to ICQ, not even a penny less!
Not only software, but also those PC computer giants, as well as mobile phone giants such as Nokia and Motorola, and even those brands in the era of smart phones, in a few years, they will obediently pay for ICQ!

Song Yang raised his eyes from the computer screen and looked at Wesley, "For the ICQ project, complete the development as soon as possible. When the ICQ development is completed, I will hold a product launch conference for ICQ. The world announces the birth of ICQ."

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

As for ICQ, well, it really can't be regarded as developed by Wesley, he just acted like a horse, and completed Song Yang's structure and requirements for ICQ.

But the outside world doesn't know. Song Yang obviously wanted to give Wesley the credit for developing ICQ. What an honor for an engineer to be the founder.

Not to mention that, like Netscape's chubby Anderson, he is sought after by programmers all over the world as the patriarch, but after Wesley, he is also a famous figure in the Internet industry!
"Boss, I..." Wesley was at a loss for words for a moment, but he rubbed his hands nervously, feeling that it was nothing to be a fool in double-clicking the company, Hotmail mailbox, ICQ and other projects all this time. It gave him, and the rest of the developers, a great honor that they may never get in their lifetime.

"I look forward to that day!"

Song Yang patted Wesley on the shoulder and said, Microsoft, Netscape, Yahoo, etc. are all playing the God-making movement, and Song Yang is also planning to play it once, packaging Wesley into the American Internet, another rising Internet big cow!
Developing the title of ICQ will indeed make Song Yang's Internet geniuses more stable and Bigger more prosperous, but that's all. Unless Song Yang is going to squat in a row for a lifetime like Anderson or Yang Zhiyuan, otherwise for Song Yang Yang didn't help much.

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

The most important reason is that with the example of Wesley in the front, it can also take the opportunity to attract a large number of technicians to defect, which is the same as buying horse bones with thousands of dollars!
After leaving ICQ's development department, Song Yang went to the office to process various documents sent 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 electronic mailboxes is a huge change for the office industry.

In the past, I used to work with paper documents, and I only worked when I got the documents, and fished in the rest of the time. Now it is different. I have to stare at the e-mail for fear of missing important documents. I don’t know how many fish farmers in the office. They're all cursing at Hotmail mailboxes.

However, Song Yang feels that it is too early to scold these people. When ICQ is launched, the boss can ask the project progress through ICQ at any time, and customers can make requests through ICQ at any time...

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

Putting aside those thoughts, Song Yang started to deal with the double-click and Hotmail mailboxes. Apart from these, Song Yang also received several other emails, all of which were sent by Irene and Greg.

After clicking on an email, Song Yang couldn't help taking another look. The "Enron Online" energy trading website developed by Enron Company has entered the internal testing stage.

This speed can be said to be astonishing, and Song Yang can only lament that money can make American people work overtime. Enron Online started work almost at the same time as ICQ. As a result, Enron Online is going to be tested internally, and ICQ is still under development. among.

As the technology supplier of Enron Online, and also responsible for the promotion and publicity after it goes online, Kenneth wants Song Yang to go to Enron Company in person to discuss this matter with them.

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

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

After reading these emails, Song Yang felt that he might have to go back to Houston next month. Regardless of whether it was Anran or Adrian, Song Yang would definitely need to deal with it himself.

Even if you want to build an old nest in San Jose, you can't lose the base camp in Houston. Texas is a very special place in America. Regardless of other states in America, Texas is regarded as a retreat by Song Yang!
When Song Yang was processing these mails in San Jose, a person also rushed towards San Jose.

Arkadi Woroz, who flew back several flights in a row, transferred from Lao Maozi to Europe, then flew from Europe to America, and finally arrived in San Jose, also let out a long sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)