ADVERTISEMENT IN OPERATING SYSTEM

Patent №

US 8,712,902

Granted

2014-04-29

Filed 2008

Owner

APPLE INC.

Lab

AI components

1

hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12105863

Among other disclosure, an operating system that presents one or more advertisements to a user. The operating system can disable one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system can again enable the function(s). The advertisement can be visual or audible. The presentation of the advertisement(s) can be made as part of an approach where the user obtains a good or service, such as the operating system, for free or at reduced cost.

AI hardwareG06Q 30/02G06Q 30/0272

AI classification

AI hardware0.92
Planning0.04
Natural language0.02
Evolutionary computation0.01
Machine learning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00
Vision0.00

Ownership

APPLE INC.

assignment · 211870016

Assignors

JOBS, STEVEN, ANZURES, FREDDY A., MATAS, MIKE, CHRISTIE, GREGORY N., COFFMAN, PATRICK

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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