and that was, in turn, based on a patent filed by mcdonalds for smart tvs to show ads you had to interact with. “say ‘mcdonalds’ to continue watching”.
I was in a company town hall meeting where the C-level executives were making announcements and circle jerking each other with compliments on their success. At one point, the CEO was remarking how innovative they were pivoting the software from a standalone to a SaaS. Truly enlightened times to have such visionaries…
and that was, in turn, based on a patent filed by mcdonalds for smart tvs to show ads you had to interact with. “say ‘mcdonalds’ to continue watching”.
you have to stand up for it too I think
idk if that was technically part of it but the pictures in the application definitely had a person jump up and scream the name.
actually I’ll go look it up
Edit: huh, it’s not a mcdonalds patent at all, it’s filed by sony: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454B2/en
but the picture definitely says mcdonalds
I was in a company town hall meeting where the C-level executives were making announcements and circle jerking each other with compliments on their success. At one point, the CEO was remarking how innovative they were pivoting the software from a standalone to a SaaS. Truly enlightened times to have such visionaries…