Exclusive: Microsoft Patents The Search Engine

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Microsoft has received a patent that covers a search engine platform that is based on a "bag-of-words" and "essential pages" ranking system to make searches more efficient.

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[Netherscourge]

Good luck having that patent upheld in court.

 

[zorky9]

Wow.. Now that's a patent ogre.

 

[Trizomik]

They really want us to hate them...

 

[bdaonion]

These things keep getting more and more petty...

 

[IzzyCraft]

[citation][nom]Netherscourge[/nom]Good luck having that patent upheld in court.[/citation]
obviously you never seen some of the frankly ludicrous cases that has flown out of US patient court cases.
[citation][nom]Trizomik[/nom]They really want us to hate them...[/citation]
Who microsoft or google both gobble up tons of patents for things people would think should be allowed for everyone some of which was listed in the article if you read it, and google has moved to gobbling up upstarts that compete with them on some level.

They are both large corps =p

 

[drakefyre]

First off, awesome article. It really reads like one of the older Tom's articles.

Second, wow Microsoft is stupid, as is the whole patent system. This is ridiculous.

 

[tntom]

Wow! I'm going patent "Systems and methods to perform efficient mode of transportation for passengers of a powered vehicle." Maybe I'll just patent the most efficient of everything. That wouldn't be to vague would it?

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Looks like they are following in IBM's footsteps.

 

[diablob]

Unpatentable: A*X=B
Patentable: Puppies x Cuteness = Adorability-Factor

The more I read about software patents, the more angry I get. When are we going to fix the system and formally pass a law that stops software from being patentable?

 

[verbalizer]

things will only continue to get worse and worse in the future.
judgment day as in Terminator is coming and MS will be the source.. lol

 

[ispam]

[sarcasm=true;]
I'm going to patent sex and all of you are going to be very sorry you didn't have this idea earlier when you'll be forced to license it from me.
[sarcasm=!sarcasm;]

 

[ares1214]

Wheres the patent on air? Or is Apple going to beat you to that? Water? Maybe google will get that, google>goggles>water, id see that upheld in court. Seriously, i feel like everyday tasks will be patented soon, and all its doing is destroying business.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Really Microsoft? Really? I don't think they have the right to patent that.

Pretty soon someone is going to patent the act of sex and plant chips inside of your body that extract money from your account every time you masturbate or have intercourse.

 

[znegval]

Am I the only one who thinks any patent starting with "systems and methods" should be automatically rejected? Perhaps excluding a few ones.

 

[kelemvor4]

Well. The patent system STILL needs a major overhaul. Things like this seem humorous until they end up costing someone a truckload of money to defend themselves in court.

 

[GNCD]

"Systems and methods" Can they be more vague?

 

[AMD_pitbull]

Same thing I usually say, I blame the government. The courts have to stop this.

 

[brando56894]

Microsoft needs to go to hell with a this stupid patent BS, they literally want to own everything. If MS disappeared tomorrow I think they world would be a better place.

 

[cronik93]

Microsoft is a monopoly that needs to be stopped.

 

[loomis86]

This is what happens when you have lawyers and stock traders running the economy instead of entrepreneurs and industrialists.

 

[digiex]

I should have filed a patent for the IBM clone computer years ago...

 

[Accidental]

Apple is just as bad, if not worse with patents.

 

[Tomtompiper]

And people wonder why I love open source! Screw MS and Screw Google I can do without both of them.

 

[rohitbaran]

Looks like the patent giving authority got bored reading the whole thing and just gave the patent out of frustration. :lol:
One could write a ton about how water is flushed down a toilet and maybe a patent would be awarded for that!