Though the patent exists it is impossible to say how widely this mode of advertising is likely to be applied.
The patent's abstract describes the the suspension of "interactive content" in order to display an advertisement, after which interaction resumes.
The development hints that, in future, in-game advertising may adopt a model much closer to commercial television.
The filing suggests that gamers could be warned of an impending advertisement by a warning message, or by slowing down gameplay.
During online games, the patent has clauses for the display of the same advertisement to all users simultaneously, and different adverts for one or more players.
Friends may be priceless. But 'friending' is worth $38 a share.
That's what Facebook set as the initial price when its stock begins trading on Wall Street Friday morning. That's at the top end of the range analysts were expecting and gives the company a valuation of roughly $104 billion.
"A $104 billion market capitalization puts Facebook at more than 100 times its trailing earnings," wrote John Constine and Kim-Mai Cutler for technology blog TechCrunch. "That's a big multiple to live up to, and it will likely need to add bold new revenue streams to justify the mammoth valuation."
If you're one of the millions who purchased an iPod between September 12, 2006, and March 31, 2009, you might be in for a surprising email from RealNetworks.
Back in 2004, the company created the music service Harmony, a digital rights management (DRM) translation service. It allowed users to play songs downloaded from the RealPlayer music store on Apple's iPod.
Apple created an iPod firmware update not too long after the announcement of Harmony, which blocked it and other music services from uploading songs to the iPod.
Verizon Wireless Sale Representatives are openly telling people are thinking of buy an Iphone to buy a rival of that product
David Goldman wanted to see if this was true, he went into online chats and regular chats with Verizon Wireless sales reps. from what he could gather, basically you are going in for an Iphone, out with a Android
As of right now Iphones for Verizon are only for 3G, they have not been able to find out how to make it compatible
This is why most of them are against it
Personally I prefer An Android over an Iphone, because I truly do not like APPLE
