I really don't understand the Kodak Lawsuit against Sun w/rt Java

Can some one elaborate? I mean it was only $1 Billion dollars
http://www.rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041002/BUSINESS/410020333&SearchID=73185676035359
i don't think "asking for help" is patentable
The patents describe a method by which a program can "ask for help" from another application to carry out certain computer-oriented functions. That's generally similar to the way Java operates, according to Kodak and other experts.

forget the last link, the patents in question are:
from my reading of these they describe systems that process objects that exchange data, and have common attributes (eg .equals, .hashcode)
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5206951.WKU.&OS=PN/5206951&RS=PN/5206951
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5421012.WKU.&OS=PN/5421012&RS=PN/5421012
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5226161.WKU.&OS=PN/5226161&RS=PN/5226161

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