[LINK] More on OS advertising patents

[Kim Holburn]

I don't see how this is patentable except in a bizzaro world [(c) DC  
comics]*.  I seem to remember Eudora had a mode that effectively did  
this.  If you were using it in (non-paid) adv mode it would whinge at  
you if you covered up the annoying advert with another window.  I'm  
pretty sure I remember this around 1998 which would be prior art by a  
good margin.

Kim

On 2009/Nov/16, at 11:36 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote:

> Steve Jobs at it again. Same comment as before (they might or might  
> not choose to either implement it, or allow others to use it.
>
> <http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220090265214%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20090265214&RS=DN/20090265214 
> >
>
> "Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more  
> advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while  
> the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the  
> advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s).  
> The advertisement can be visual or audible. The presentation of the  
> advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user  
> obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or  
> at reduced cost."
>
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