Google Awarded Broad Patent For Location-Based Advertising

10 Mar 2010 - Slashgeo

Slashdot runs yet another geo-related story, this one namedGoogle Awarded Broad Patent For Location-Based Advertising.Their summary: "Mashable has a report of a patent that just issued (6-1/2 years after filing)— apparentlyGoogle now has a lock on location-based advertising. It's not clear that the search company intends to assert the patent against any other companies (such as emerging rival Apple), but it's useful as leverage. Here isthe patent."

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