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____/ Phil Da Lick! on Sunday 10 Jan 2010 19:12 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Google Seeking Patent On Ads For Street View
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>> | theodp writes "CNET reports that Google is
>> | 'musing' about placing ads in Street View. The
>> | search giant reportedly floated the idea in a
>> | presentation to marketing and ad agency types in
>> | Europe a few months back. So will virtual
>> | billboards be popping up in Google Street View? A
>> | Google rep said the company had no current plans
>> | to put ads in Street View, but you might want to
>> | take that with a grain of salt. On Thursday, the
>> | USPTO revealed that Google is seeking patent
>> | protection for Claiming Real Estate in Panoramic
>> | or 3D Mapping Environments for Advertising. From
>> | the patent application: 'The street view display
>> | server can locate an ad image within the image
>> | database and overlay the region of interest with
>> | the associated ad image.' Connect the dots, and
>> | it sure sounds like a plan, doesn't it? Selling
>> | the Brooklyn Bridge is a pretty good scam â
>> | selling a view of it is even better!"
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>> http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/01/09/1829241/Google-Seeking-Patent-On-Ads-For-Street-View
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> They'll probably be "repainting" existing ad boards within the images.
Google joins IBM as a felon that promotes software patents while pretending
to be FOSS proponent.
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