TiVo Buys Six New Patents From IBM

Thomas Hawk writes "TiVo reported in an 8-K filing today that on March 31, 2005 they purchased six new patents from IBM. The patents purchased reportedly have to do with audience research and measurement, integration of television signals with internet access, automatic rescheduling of recordings, content screening, enhanced program information search and electronic program guide interface enhancements. For those of you privacy advocates out there you will love Patent No. 5,872,588: Method and apparatus for monitoring audio-visual materials presented to a subscriber. " The link has very little additional information.

Comments

Re:Kill all Muslims.

[Timo_UK]

To muslims Jesus was also a prophet. Not as important as Mohammed, but the believe in him. Don't believe everything (anything?) your Texan warmongers tell you.

Oh the irony: Anglicans bow to Catholics!

[ArsenneLupin]

Let's not forget how the Anglican Church came to be: because the pope refused to annul one of his many marriages, King Henri VIII simply decided to found his own Church!

Now, fast-forward a couple of centuries...

Prince Charles (a divorcee...) and Camilla Parker Bowles (another divorcee...) plan their wedding ceremony on April 8th. Unfortunately, the pope dies, and the cardinal decide that, out of 3 possible dates, they absolutely have to bury him on April 8th!

What happens next? Charles and Camilla, not wanting to compete for the media's attention with the pope discretely move their ceremony to the next day... thus acknowledging that Catholic Church carries more weight than the Church of England!

Re:Kill all Muslims.

[ZephyrXero]

To call Jesus anything but the son of God would completely nullify the concept of Christianity. But don't get me wrong, the grand parent is a complete idiot. (see my other post below)

Not all of us christians are idiots and assholes ;)