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appft.uspto.gov - 10/22/2009
Advertisement in Operating System
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Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s).

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Apple Exploring Ad-Supported Operating Systems?
MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors — [image] In an unusual patent application filed in 2008, Apple explores the possibility of integrated ads into an operating system. The graphics provided even show how it might be integrated into Mac OS X (see above). In exchange for the ads, the user would receive some goods or service for free or discounted: Among other disclosures, an operating system presents one or more advertisements to a user and disables one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system again enables the function(s). The ...

Apple patent application reveals ad-supported OS, desktop Armageddon
Engadget — You know, a lot of patent applications are company attempts to guard against the future however it might play out. But sometimes they predict the product pipeline as did this application for what ultimately became Apple's new Magic Mouse. So seeing an Apple patent application for "Advertisement in Operating System" attributed to "Inventor" Steven Jobs himself is enough to send chills up the spine. The idea is to make the OS ...

Is Apple Prepping Ad-Supported Operating System?
Cult of Mac — Is Apple Prepping Ad-Supported Operating System? 8:44 am, October 22nd, 2009, Ed Sutherland Talk is swirling around a 2008 Apple patent that could point to an ad-supported version of Mac OS X. The patent, credited to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, would permit embedding “one or more” ads in an operating system in exchange for goods or services.“The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as an operating system, for free or at reduced cost,” Apple explained in the application. To keep users from ignoring the ads, the OS would disable “one or more function while the advertisement is being presented,” according to the patent filing. Once the pitch is over, the disabled function is returned to ...

Apple Applies For Free Ad-Supported OS Patent [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... aside, ad-supported software has pretty much gone out of fashion. However, it does show that Apple, too, has at least contemplated the idea. [USPTO via ...

Apple Patents Free Ad-Supported OS [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... a pane on top of any other pane in a user interface of the device - in a designated area of a background of the user interface - in a window for an application program - inserted in content from an application program - through an audio output of the device; and combinations thereof. Ad-supported software has pretty much gone out of fashion, but it shows that Apple (and clearly Steve Jobs himself) has at least contemplated the idea. I wonder why, though? [USPTO via MacRumors] ...

Apple Patents Free Ad-Supported OS; Steve Jobs Listed as Inventor [Apple]
Gizmodo — ... aside, ad-supported software has pretty much gone out of fashion. However, it does show that Apple, too, has at least contemplated the idea. [USPTO via ...

Free, ad supported version of OSX being investigated
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Apple patented a method for putting ads into the OS X last year which was revealed today by MacRumors and Engadget.  This one has Steve Jobs' name on it so it might have some significance.  While this initially seems waaaay out of character, there might be some interesting possibilities here.   First, this type of OS could be used in a super low cost Mac.  Just as Microsoft is crippling its Windows 7 to go on Netbooks, Apple may be looking for ways to subsidize the cost of building a machine and selling it for less than $400.  Also, could this be a hint that Apple is considering releasing OS X, at some time in the future, for Generic PeeCees?  While Apple makes most of its ...

A Patent Nightmares are Made Of: OS X With Ads
TheAppleBlog — Halloween has come early this year, and I’m not talking about today’s release of Windows 7. Engadget reports (and I find it difficult to share this with you, dear readers, because I know it will cause you discomfort), in April last year, Apple filed a patent application for (shudder) an ad-supported operating system. That’s right. Mac OS X festooned with ads. The abstract of the patent reads as follows: ...

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