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Google Wireless Patents Published

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-onto-the-aethernet dept.

Ian wrote to mention a ZDNet article about several patents on wireless technology held by Google employees. From the article: "The patent applications, filed by Google employees Wesley Chan, Shioupyn Shen and former Google product management director Georges Harik, propose lowering the cost of wireless access by offsetting the costs via advertisements on the service. Google, which receives the bulk of its revenue from advertisers, is seeking to expand its potential advertising base by moving further into the wireless market."

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  1. They have no choice... by pablo_max · · Score: 1, Interesting

    now that the FCC has thrown their weight behind ATT and other service provider, Google has one option, become an even bigger service provider without using "Their line". By their lines of course I mean lines which were paid for with tax dollars on public lands.
    There is a reason why google is picking up all those hardware guys and buying up dark fiber...it's not just for fun.

  2. Another set of garbage patents. by will_die · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Let see patent 20060058019 if for changing your browser display to show the vendor or ad, Cisco has been providing this for years. The only thing that may make it different is that it requires that it is for free access.
    Then 20060059044 in there words "the appearance of a screen presented on the client device is modified to reflect the bran associated with a provider of the access point. " This is what was seen in free dial-up services a long time ago, only difference now it is wireless.
    Finally 20060059043 is one to provide free access by displaying ads. Again this was done at various times through dial-up and cable organizations.
    It should not rate a patent to get something that was done under dial-up and cable and change it to wireless.

  3. Re:Master of the obvious... by mwilliamson · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, I don't want to have to run some closed, proprietary software that's going to take over my browser to administer these ads. It's not that I would disagree with seeing them, but rather disagree with turning over control of my machine to google. Sorry, but I really don't see a way to impliment this without first 0Wn1Ng the client's box.

  4. These are just Patent applications by Fnord666 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As far as I can tell these are just patent applications. No patents have been awarded for these proposals.

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