Microsoft Seeks Another OS-Level Adware Patent

theodp writes "Microsoft has just published a patent application for advertising triggered by sequences of user actions, which describes how to interrupt game playing, music listening, and photo viewing with pop-up ads ('the components may be integrated directly into the operating system'). So will this ad technology get a free pass from Windows Defender?"

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Have a big ol' nice mug

[Anonymous Coward]

Of some crisp, refreshing frostyness.

Adware to interrupt games???

[TaoPhoenix]

I'm dying to see the reaction to this.

"Quick, get to the health fountain.... What the.. My character DIED so I can learn about Diet Caffeine Free Tab??"

I See

[Anonymous Coward]

I see you are rebooting again, click here to burn a Live CD, courtesy of Canonical.

Ideal Ad Opportunity

[bateleur]

advertising triggered by sequences of user actions

Hmm... maybe a Linux ad if you hit CTRL-ALT-DELETE more than three times in an hour?

I have a better name than FASS

[StressGuy]

How about "Community Released, Ad Supported Software"?

Re:I have a better name than FASS

[BronsCon]

I prefer Completely Retarded Advertising Program, myself.

Re:I have a better name than FASS

[Anonymous Coward]

...which comes out of Ad Supported Software

Re:I have a better name than FASS

[BronsCon]

Of coursed, that's linked with Binary-Only Web Enabled Libraries

Or, alternatively...

[StressGuy]

Perrier Spring Water, "The Pause that Refreshes!"

Guiness -- FOR STRENGTH!

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Why Wouldn't People Want This?

[eno2001]

Read my lips people. We live in the U.S.A. Anyone who lives in any other backwards countries need not apply to this discussion. Here in the U.S. we have this system called capitalism. It allows us to have a high standard of living and the best thing of all, it's FREE! We're trying to get the rest of the world to use the same system since it does wonders for the standard of living and politics. The U.S. is brimming with opportunity thanks to capitalism. Anyone can become a millionaire and what Microsoft is proposing is just giving everyone (who matters) a new tool with which to make even more money by showing your service or product to trillions of people on the planet. I think anyone who doesn't see this is probably just some backwards communist or socialist who wants to steal my property and redistribute it to people who don't matter. Kudos to Microsoft for arming capitalist with another powerful way of getting at other people's cash in exchange for our great services and products!

CEO and Christ Figure
of PhilthyLucre.com

Re:Are MS-users really that dumb?

[hanshotfirst]

How soon we forget Clippy -- Now brought to you by Staples(tm).

Explains the network interrupt problem

[EmbeddedJanitor]

A week or so ago we had probelms of sound playing disturbing network trafric. Inmagine the extra overheads of processing adware.,

and the user clicks

[thorkyl]

Allow, Allow, Allow Damn It, ohh $#&* i just bought what

how wonderful

[rastoboy29]

I can see why they felt the need to rush of and patent this.  What an extraordinary invention.