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Microsoft Seeking Hot-Or-Not Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-colder dept.

theodp writes "In its just-disclosed patent application for the Online Personal Appearance Advisor, Microsoft describes the 'invention' of its three Microsoft Research employees in these words: 'The contributor uploads self images for viewing and rating (or voting) by viewers who choose provide an opinion on different fashion and/or cosmetic looks of the contributor.' So what do you think — is Microsoft's invention really Hot or Not?"

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  1. It's not really the same by jperl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well Hot or Not is mainly about breasts and not about fashion. This is what might differ.

    1. Re:It's not really the same by syousef · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well Hot or Not is mainly about breasts and not about fashion. This is what might differ.

      Hot or not is mainly about sexual attraction and self esteem. What do you think fashion is about? Did you think that plunging neck line was fashionable because it didn't accentuate breasts?

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  2. Re:29/m/Australia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It depends. What is your annual income?

  3. Microsoft and Fashion by redkcir · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Like anyone in their right mind would take the advice from MS on fashion issues. They have a hard enough time trying to keep their OS running and that's their main job. If they can't do that I hardly think their fashion advice will be any better.

  4. out of touch by speedtux · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think a lot of these bogus patent filings from Microsoft simply show that the people at Microsoft have not the slightest idea of what is going on in the real world. Microsoft is designing software for the last century. Even Bing is merely a Google clone.

  5. Re:Desperate for Future Income? by Dogtanian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sure that MS will sell Windows 7 to OEMs to be shipped on new PCs - there probably won't be as much resistance as Vista saw

    (Which I'm taking to mean that you think most people will be mostly happy to keep Windows 7 on new systems).

    but unlike many of the previous Windows releases, most XP users generally seem to be pretty happy with the status quo to I'm not really expecting to see huge numbers of people flock to the shops to buy upgrades for their existing systems.

    That may be a red herring then; as far as I'm aware, the majority of new OS installations nowadays occur on new computers rather then existing systems. In other words, most people get the new OS when it's installed on a new computer (doing all their "upgrades" in one go by buying a new computer).

    So if it's offered on the new computer and they're happy (enough) with that, then Windows 7 will eventually be a success.

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