53 MS patent application - assuring delivery of paid advertising to a user
Monday 12th February, 2007
Who even thinks of this stuff? I mean who would be so sad as to sit down and dream up of ways to force us to watch advertising, and then go so far as to patent it?
A method and apparatus for assuring delivery of paid advertising to a user may involve asking a question about an advertisement or requiring data about the advertisement to be entered.
When the allowable number of incorrect answers has been exceeded, several response are possible, from noting a user's record but taking no action, to a follow up communication with the user, to disabling or even repossessing the computer
(Emphasis added.)
This is something to be proud of?