The
scoop is on ArsTechnica. The patent is for a
"multimode interactive television chat." Like Jeremy, I also worked for a company during the dotcom boom time
that had the brilliant idea of embedding clickable links in QuickTime video content. Anyone seeing this today? I didn't
think so. The holy grail of TV and interactivity may come to pass, however, if MS can figure out how to make it useful
or at least fun. Personally I think it's boring enough to see "live" comments during a broadcast. Kinda like
listening to the callers on QVC. I can't imagine it gets better
interacting with the inane comments you're
likely to see in the middle of a
Cribs marathon. But I'm sure MS has plans to make TV chat a lot less
annoying... right?
Tags: arstechnica, dtv, interactive, news, television, tv, tvsquad
