Microsoft Seeks Another OS-Level Adware Patent 195
theodp writes "Microsoft has just published a patent application for advertising triggered by sequences of user actions, which describes how to interrupt game playing, music listening, and photo viewing with pop-up ads ('the components may be integrated directly into the operating system'). So will this ad technology get a free pass from Windows Defender?"
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Adware to interrupt games??? (Score:5, Funny)
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Explains the network interrupt problem (Score:3, Funny)
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