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Google Patents RSS Advertising

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday July 30, 2005 @05:20AM from the thought-of-that dept.

IO ERROR writes "Google filed a patent application for targeted advertising in RSS feeds about a year and a half ago. The USPTO has now assigned it a number and placed it online. The patent application covers both targeting in RSS feeds and geotargeting by IP address. It gives some insight into how Google's ad servers work."

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at this point.. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-07-30 05:23 · Score: 0, Flamebait

i would just like to announce to the world that i would love to patent myself... if i don't somebody else will...

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Re:The USPTO has done it again, brilliant. by Gothmolly · 2005-07-30 05:32 · Score: 1, Flamebait

How about you back up your claim that the USPTO has simply rubber-stamped this patent because they're clueless? THATs one of the easiest Slashdot karma whore posts to make...

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Re:Evil Done, Dirt Cheap by Temporal · 2005-07-30 07:50 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I did read some of the patent before my original post. I thought it looked more specific. Now I read more and I'm not sure. So I'm retracting my argument and leaving it at that. Maybe if I read every line I'd return to my original conclusion, or maybe I'd decide it was evil. It's not worth my time.