[Swordmaker]

Reading patents is very tricky and the focus has to be on the claims section and read with an mind toward lawyer speak.

I just read the patent. It's not new.

[heiss]

“I just read the patent. It’s not new. “

You graduated from Stanford Law, right?

Seriously, leave patent claim analysis for professionals. Typically patents, like this one, try to capture some very detailed scenarios, not just basic scenario such as “sudo”. The claim 1 is long and includes many limitations that are presumed novel.