] The details of the patent itself are being kept a closely
] guarded secret, pending completion of the legal
] formalities. This is in case some naughty person goes out
] and tries to establish prior usage, or other
] jiggery-pokery. However the integer is generally believed
] to be in the so-called high 64-bit range, from
] 4,294,967,296 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 inclusive