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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. Master of the obvious... by Alex+P+Keaton+in+da · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I will be master of the obvious- Giving things away for free is not a business model that leads to big profits. Give away ad supported free stuff is a different story....
    I would take free wifi in exchange for looking at some ads-

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    1. Re:Master of the obvious... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      That is obvious. Which means it shouldn't be patentable...

  2. GooglEvil by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Patents on business model ideas, not working machines, are evil.

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  3. Linksys by quokkapox · · Score: 5, Funny
    As I've stated previously here, I cannot conceive how Google nor anyone else plans to compete with the existing "linksys" free wi-fi monopoly.

    I don't like monopolies, but linksys is free, ad-free, and conveniently ubiquitous. I sometimes have to deliberately tell my PC to connect to my own secured wireless AP so I can get to my files. It's almost annoying.

    BTW how *does* linksys make their money, anyway?

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