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Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy
theodp writes "Microsoft said you could count on them to improve patent quality. For an example of how they're raising the bar on innovation, check out this just-published patent application for Emotiflags, which Microsoft explains solves the problem of indicating an emotion associated with an email message. At the risk of infringing on the patent, this one Makes Me Mad!"
They're going to have to fight Despair, Inc for the frowny-face emoticon.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
Microsoft patents stupidity. World governments cringe in terror!
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
This is so great, innovative, and quite amazing, it solves a common problem of not understanding the sarcastic tone of say... a post!
What makes me mad is that someone saved this capture as a JPEG instead of a PNG, which would have been a quarter of the size and better quality.
:-( That is all I have to say about this news.
With their writing system, is anyone sure that the ancient Egyptians didn't invent it? Squiggle-Sguiggle-birdhead-hook-smilely face...
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Give it time.
Like until Monday.
i-Curse Microsoft
Apparently fear, uncertainty, and doubt were already taken.
-1 NO EMOTIFLAG
Your sarcasm wasn't spelled out for me. Furthermore, I'm filing a lawsuit for intentionally causing me confusion and emotional distress while trying to figure out if your post was insulting me or not.
the patent was filed almost a year and a half ago.
Yeah, a year and a half ago, the idea of using emoticons was an amazing inspiration. Nobody used them then. I don't think they even had the interweb yet.