ATB system patented!?

[LiquidManZero]

Long long ago, in the year of 1991, Squaresoft actually patented the ATB system. Here's the info:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/5649862

In case you want to see the images, but don't like the TIFF format (or more likely, your browser doesn't). Here's all 28 pages of the thing in PNG:

http://thegshi.org/lmz/atb_patent/

Most of these aren't the text itself, but diagrams. Including ones like this:

http://www.thegshi.org/lmz/atb_patent/013.png

[Lazy Bastard]

Heh, that's pretty interesting.