"I'm so sorry, I didn't help you." The two of them sent Hoffman away. James held Zhou Shuo's hand with regret and said regretfully.

"Don't say that James, you have helped me a lot." Zhou Shuo patted his hands and comforted him.

This is not wrong. Although we have not reached a cooperation with SBC, we have at least contacted them. In the United States, where we are unfamiliar with our lives, the worst thing is not to be rejected, but to not even receive the rejection. At least we know where the problem occurs and we can have a direction to move forward.

"Okay, if there is anything I need, don't be polite." James was obviously a little depressed that he didn't help Zhou Shuo last time.

I don’t know if I have been in China for a long time, but James’ personality is also a bit Chinese. Since he climbed to the middle level of Microsoft with Zhou Shuo’s ERP system, he always feels that he is a little indebted to him. How to say it in Chinese? I can’t pay off the debts of favors!

Zhou Shuo thought about it, then suddenly nodded with a smile and said, "Don't say, I really have a place that needs Mr. James' help."

James's eyes lit up when he heard this, he quickly patted his chest and nodded, "You said, I will definitely help you if you can do it."

"Mr. James can definitely do this." Zhou Shuo blinked and smiled: "I want to find a place where I can access the Internet, and it is best to be able to access the Internet with many people. I am not very familiar with the Internet in the United States. Can you please help me introduce the websites I often visit and the services I use?"

"Oh, you're talking about an Internet cafe." James suddenly realized: "I know there is an Internet cafe, the largest and best in Seattle. It will definitely meet your requirements."

Zhou Shuo smiled happily and nodded quickly and said, "It's there. Please, I'm not familiar with Seattle."

"Pack it with me!" James opened the car door and invited Zhou Shuo to sit on, and ran away at lightning.

The night view in Seattle is very beautiful, unlike the tranquility and dimness of the night in Embroidery City, where it is full of noise and colors. Neon lights, advertising screens, and various lights and colors fill the eyes. Cars, music, and various sounds resound throughout the world.

James's car entered the river of car at night. He walked through the city in a row and finally stopped in front of a large building in the suburbs.

"It's here, E2Cafe, the most famous Internet cafe in Seattle." James parked the car and said arrogantly.

Zhou Shuo jumped out of the car and looked up. There was a wide parking lot around him, and two-thirds of the cars were already parked. Not far away, a red two-story building was constantly in and out.

The design of this building is very modern. The entire wall on the first floor is made of floor-to-ceiling glass, and the roof on the second floor is designed to look like a bow, and there is even a rooftop with parasols on half. The entire building is surrounded by soft neon lights, and there is constant gentle music and joyful laughter.

"How is it, isn't it good?" James said proudly when he saw Zhou Shuo's dazed.

"Well, it's really good." Zhou Shuo sighed a little. Seattle is not about every inch of land, but it is also a top-ranked city in the United States. An Internet cafe can open to such a scale, which shows how the Internet is in the United States.

The two walked into the Internet cafe. A huge front desk immediately caught my eye. James took out a membership card with a familiarity, registered for a while, and took Zhou Shuo to go deeper.

The interior of this Internet cafe is very spacious. Unlike the Internet cafes that were popular in China in the early years, the environment here is very beautiful.

The entire Internet cafe is divided into several areas, with a whole piece of seats next to the machine, a deck that is isolated from plants, a VIP seat that places the computer on the coffee table, and a real private private room seat. To be honest, it will take at least ten years for such a high-end Internet cafe in China to appear.

The two of them found a cafeteria holder and sat down. Of course, James didn't need to say anything about how to surf the Internet. He also omitted some common sense content and opened a website directly, introducing it.

"One of the main services of the Internet is to send and receive emails. People who surf the Internet like to send emails very much, but unfortunately there are few websites that can provide this service, and they all need to be charged."

"I use Eudora to collect emails, which can automatically filter some content that I don't need. But there are still many emails that I need to organize. There is no way, everyone loves to use it too much."

As James said that, he began to click on his emails one by one. Zhou Shuo signaled to see if he minded reading the content of the email. James smiled generously and nodded in agreement.

Zhou Shuo looked at James opening a list of several emails. The emails were very long, almost hundreds of emails. The contents of these emails were very short, almost only a few sentences, or even some phrases. Only a very small number of them were really like a letter, written very long and separated by paragraphs.

"How often do you usually receive emails?" Zhou Shuo asked thoughtfully.

"Almost every day." James pursed his lips and said, "It's like a part of life. You have to keep replying to him, otherwise you will feel like something is missing."

Then he smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "But this process is both happy and tormenting. This damn Internet speed can make people wait crazy. To be honest, it's not okay to have a good patience on the Internet."

James continued to demonstrate to Zhou Shuo with great enthusiasm: "If you need to download the software, you can use Archie software. He can search for software archives displayed around the world. Look, I can search even German and British servers across the Atlantic Ocean!"

"And this!" James opened NetView browser, entered a website address, and said, "This is my favorite website, yahoo! It can find almost all the websites on the Internet, and it is impossible to use it to surf the Internet!"

Looking at the slowly loading web page, James sighed and said, "The Internet is good everywhere, but it's too slow, which greatly limits its development."

Zhou Shuo laughed and said, "James, if I could double the internet speed, would the situation be better?"

"Double? That's...56Kbps?" James was startled and shook his head and said, "This is too difficult. Many companies are studying technology in this area. However, the material of the telephone line itself limits the transmission rate. After using the echo cancellation technology, the telephone line channel has increased from the original single to two channels, which is almost the limit."

Zhou Shuo raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It is not necessary to increase the channel to speed up. As long as you can transmit more content at the current speed, it is equivalent to increasing the network speed."

"You mean, compression technology?" James thought for a while and nodded, "I heard that some people are studying this aspect. Compared with increasing transmission bandwidth through hardware, it is indeed a possible route."

"But, hehe." He then smiled helplessly: "This is more unreliable than the innovation of hardware technology. Hardware research and development can come up with a timetable, but those who study mathematical algorithms have to wait for the light of inspiration to emerge."

"Oh, that's right, a light of inspiration appeared." Zhou Shuo nodded and smiled, "I happened to have such inspiration a few days ago."

There is no such a flash of inspiration in this world. In fact, this is the technology used by Zhou Shuo in cable modems. The data pump he designed for this purpose is for this purpose. Later, Menghai Microelectronics Design Center was established, and the first special integrated circuit design was to complete the hardware implementation of this algorithm.

"You?" James said in disbelief: "Oh, my dear Zhou! I'm so used to you that you can always create miracles!"

He thought for a while and exclaimed: "If it is true, it is no less than a revolution for the Internet. Zhou, this algorithm is so important! Can you tell me what method you used? I can't wait to know!"

"Of course it's OK, I used it..."

Halfway through Zhou Shuo's words, James slapped his forehead and suddenly interrupted: "Wait a minute! I'm confused. You have to apply for a patent first. You can't let others know your technology before this."

Zhou Shuo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but shook his head and sigh at James' cuteness. It can be seen that sometimes good people and bad people really have nothing to do with nationality. Even if there are people like Farrell and Haoge in the United States, there will be kind and cute people like James. This is what is called "one rice to raise a hundred people".

He patted James on the shoulder and laughed: "James, don't worry, I have applied for a patent for this technology. Not only patents, but I have even designed the chips using this compression algorithm."

James patted his shoulder and said, "I don't know what to say. Zhou, you not only have a way of invention, but you are so safe in doing business. You are a genius! You are simply a natural genius!"

You should know that the patents of software algorithms have always been criticized, and it is believed that they have greatly hindered the development of software technology. Software algorithms are defined by patent law as pure intellectual activities and do not accept patent applications. However, if a software can solve certain technical problems in production, or has hardware as a carrier, it can be considered as a patent protected.

If Zhou Shuo applies for an algorithm as a software patent, it may be bypassed by others through different implementation methods. But if he uses an algorithm as a problem-solving technology and has hardware as a carrier, then this patent is impregnable.
Chapter completed!