the Internet. Many of these claims could not be supported." In order to avoid further legal costs, Walker agreed to surrender the ownership of the VMSK patents US 5,930,303 and US 6,748,022 to AlphaCom in return for AlphaCom making no further claims against Walker or Pegasus regarding any newer methods. The special near zero group delay filters required are claimed by Walker to be non patentable due to prior publication. In 2002, "Walker said the company (Pegasus Data Systems) was delayed when one of its financial backers (AlphaCom) went out of business in late 2000. Now armed with new backers, the company is again moving forward with a new method, he said." In 2007, Compress Technologies, Inc., announced on their web site that they had "acquired VMSK Technology." Their domain name has since been acquired by someone else. References External links Welcome to the Ultra Narrowband Club VMSK developer's website Quantized radio modulation modes Pseudoscience