Microsoft's New Patent Uses A Kinect-like Device To Count And Perhaps Identify You Watching Streamed Content.

[Electric Wizard]

In its patent application, Microsoft envisions a scenario whereby
consumers would be required to have a Kinect-like device attached to
their viewing system in order to purchase content. The system could
then be used to monitor the people that are in the room watching the
content as it is streamed.

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-microsoft-patent-technology-users-streamed.htm l

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[Zombieneighbours]

Electric Wizard wrote:

In its patent application, Microsoft envisions a scenario whereby

consumers would be required to have a Kinect-like device attached to
their viewing system in order to purchase content. The system could
then be used to monitor the people that are in the room watching the
content as it is streamed.

http://phys.org/news/2012-11-microsoft-patent-technology-users-streamed.htm l

.html

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here, let me link that for you.

[Slaunyeh]

Clever. Then it just needs access to your 3D printer so it can print out police robots to detain you if you're doing something illegal with your streaming service.

[Zombieneighbours]

Slaunyeh wrote:

Clever. Then it just needs access to your 3D printer so it can print out police robots to detain you if you're doing something illegal with your streaming service.

[outragiously bad and steriotypical wiseguy accent]No...This is the content mafia we are talking about, they print little robot button men to wack you, no need for the cops.[/outragiously bad and steriotypical wiseguy accent]