Patent on server side image generation

Question

I was just browsing on server side image generation and stumbled on following link:

http://www.encke.net/Article13.html

Does any of you know if this holds good any more or not?
Did anybody challenged this patent?
What does this patent mean?
Do I need to respect this patent in UK and other countries too?

Answer 1

an excellent example of a really stupid patent that should never have been granted

you should give this patent all the respect that it deserves ;-)

Answer 2

It seems like the prior art concept would negate any attempts to enforce this. People were doing this exact thing well before even the application was submitted. It's even sillier than Amazon's click once patent.