Software is an implementation of an idea, not an idea in itself. Most ideas behind software are extremely commonplace and dull and should never be patented, but because it's done in software (or "with computers"), all of a sudden mundane everyday ideas become patentable. Not only are software patents mundane, they're painfully obvious ideas. This one is no exception. Hopefully Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank will help curb some of these patent ideas, but without addressing the issuance of such stupid patents at the root, this problem is unfixable.

Perhaps the patent office just needs more specialized staff that is both highly technical and legally trained. I'm not sure, but what I am sure is that I can't think of a single, properly patentable piece of software in existence today.