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Did anyone try to look at this patent (mentioned in the original blog-post):- http://www.google.com/patents/US20040083101 http://www.google.com/patents/US20040
by deobrats 14y ago
Did anyone try to look at this patent (mentioned in the original blog-post):-
http://www.google.com/patents/US20040083101 http://www.google.com/patents/US20040083101
And the blog-post wasn't talking about "Google Voice". It was regular phone conversation (pre-android). The author believes (and I sort of agree with him) that Google perhaps has a deal with service providers (in India) that allows them to mine voice conversations and use the information to provide targeted content.
- stef25 14y agoHow would it map a voice conversation to a computer ('s IP) to serve ads to?
- deobrats 14y agoPhone number! Telcos ask for email addresses at the time of subscribing to their plans. Most people end up providing their gmail address. This gentleman did too.
- brudgers 14y agoIf both are using the same WiFi router, it's trivial to correlate a phone and computer on a small network. Particularly if you have lots of data regarding the browsing patters of both devices.