http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/ Engadget Comments for Verizon patents system for location-aware classifieds http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/
Haha, I can't wait for the location aware casual encounters]]>Jan 20th 2010 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/No shit man. This patent business is nonsense. I was thinking about patenting the 'thought process'. Or the act of 'phrasing a question'. I'm going to be so rich!]]>Jan 20th 2010 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/
Oh why must the patent system be so broken?]]>Jan 20th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/
This is one of the more absurd patent claims I've seen in years. There's SO much prior art here that was documented long before Verizon jumped on the bandwagon and lied, calling it their own idea. People have been writing about, mocking up and building prototypes of location-aware classified ad systems for at least 10 years, and some location-aware ad delivery systems have already hit the market.
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Finally – I had to dig to find that the most important fact you reported here is (thankfully) incorrect: This story refers to a patent **application**, not a patent. The overworked USPTO has awarded bogus patents before, but let's hope this one doesn't make it.]]>Jan 20th 2010 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/verizon-patents-system-for-location-aware-classifieds/Jan 20th 2010 9:45PM