new form of "entertainment" possibly on it's way

Interesting how blatantly dumb some of these patents really are.
 
no...... not quite. i'll give ya a hint. it's a patent for something we've always hated about our computers (or at least visiting some websites on our computers), but for television
 
thats weird, when i clicked on your link it took me to some tv patent
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060064700%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060064700&RS=DN/20060064700

is it for recording stuff on your pc... if not what is it for then

CONCLUSION

[0095] The techniques described above enable configurable notifications to be presented to television viewers based on a channel change event. Although the invention has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological steps, it is to be understood that the invention defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or steps described. Rather, the specific features and steps are disclosed as preferred forms of implementing the claimed invention.
 
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Steevo got it. apparently MS made a patent for a way of delivering pop-ups to your TV between changing the channel (i think).
 
The future of HDTV is copy protection and ad bombardment.

And then we'll be looking back on our halcyon analog days.

Melon
 

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