Microsoft Patents Your Local Weather Report

theodp writes "After a seven year wait, Microsoft was granted a patent Tuesday for the Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on a server computer using unique user identifiers, patent lawyer-speak for using preferences stored on a server for such purposes as "displaying stock quotes for the companies in which the user is interested, and displaying the user's local weather report.""

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Re:who really DOES understand the patent system?

[Compulawyer]

I do. Feel free to check my posts. I agree with you - rants about topics you don't understand not only waste time, they are damaging if they contain misinformation that others believe.