JMH
Emeritus, Contributor
- Apr 2, 2012
- 7,197
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just published a patent application by Microsoft that may raise some eyebrows.
"Like" an application, "recommend it" to a friend and you are in patent territory.
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Microsoft says that the sheer number of applications makes it more and more difficult for software developers to reach the eyeballs they need to score downloads. A viral distribution method that is based on word of mouth to distribute software may be much more effective in the future, a patent application that was filed in November 2010 claims.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/software-patent-microsoft-social-likes,15558.html#xtor=RSS-181