schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoFord Patents A Way To Bring Ads Inside Your Carinsideevs.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down13 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarewander1236linkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down2·4 months agoNot to defend the mega corporation, but companies file patents for ridiculous things all the time that never end up actually being made or used.
minus-squarebzzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoYeah this was probably some rank and file employee that was trying to cash in on that sweet patent filing bonus Ford probably provides
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoExactly. A few months ago the headline was a patent of Roku hijacking HDMI to show ads. I’ll save my energy to be pissed off when this garbage actually makes it to market.
Not to defend the mega corporation, but companies file patents for ridiculous things all the time that never end up actually being made or used.
Yeah this was probably some rank and file employee that was trying to cash in on that sweet patent filing bonus Ford probably provides
Exactly. A few months ago the headline was a patent of Roku hijacking HDMI to show ads.
I’ll save my energy to be pissed off when this garbage actually makes it to market.