Google granted ‘magazine patent’
November 20, 2007 at 9:50 am paulbradshaw 2 comments
“Techcrunch and Huomah are reporting that Google is looking into launching a Do It Yourself Publishing Service for Magazines.”The patent abstract says that Google is investigating
“A method includes receiving personalized content from a plurality of content sources. The personalized content is based on user input. The method further includes receiving a personalized advertisement based on user input, and creating a customized publication including the personalized content and the personalized advertisement.”"
More here. Thanks to Richard Grimes of the NUJ New Media mailing list for the link.
Entry filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: google, new media magazines, personalisation.
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Dr John Cokley | November 20, 2007 at 11:31 am
next thing they’ll be patenting “the computer”?
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