Google’s New Patent on Commercial Breaks

March 15, 2008 | By alimul In News |

theodp writes “What could be more annoying than having ads precede online videos? How about having commercials interrupt the videos? That’s the premise behind a newly-published Google patent application for Using Viewing Signals in Targeted Video Advertising.”

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