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Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy

Posted by Zonk on from the cute-little-guys-hey-those-are-smilies dept.

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!"

2 of 157 comments (clear)

  1. This is so great... by gQuigs · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is so great, innovative, and quite amazing, it solves a common problem of not understanding the sarcastic tone of say... a post!

  2. My response... by TerovThePyro · · Score: 5, Funny

    :-( That is all I have to say about this news.