Google's New Patent on Commercial Breaks

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."

Re:Ads

[MadFarmAnimalz]

I use sites like YouTube enough that I'd pay to get rid of 15 second ads every video play.

Youtube finally found its (one person) market! Now if you can figure out how to cover a USD 1 billion annual subscription fee, we'll have sorted out the site's revenue model once and for all.

Re:Sounds like an abuse cool technology

[Hasmanean]

So will the algorithm try to maximize the annoyance caused by the commercial, or minimize it?

 

Re:Sounds like an abuse cool technology

[Tony Hoyle]

It could be worse.. it could be patented by Apple!

Then anyone who suggested it might be wrong would be modded into oblivion.