[IP] Google patents free wi-fi
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From: Randall <rvh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: March 29, 2006 4:08:40 PM EST
To: Dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dewayne Hendricks
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Subject: Google patents free wi-fi
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 4:07 PM EST
The search-engine giant has developed three technologies for offering
wireless Internet access, and advertising, free of charge.
Business 2.0 magazineBy Owen Thomas, Business 2.0 Magazine online editor
and Oliver Ryan, Fortune Magazine reporterMarch 28, 2006: 11:43 AM EST
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - More evidence has emerged that
Google is getting ready to blanket the U.S. with free Wi-Fi, as Business
2.0 senior writer Om Malik reported last year. Now, the company has
filed for three patents related to offering wireless Internet access.
Search Engine Roundtable points out that the patents all have to do with
serving up advertising through a wireless Internet connection maintained
by a third party, whose brand Google would include in the presentation
of those ads. Sounds a lot like Google's latest plan to unwire San
Francisco, where it has teamed up with EarthLink (Research). By teaming
up with partners who would build the actual Wi-Fi infrastructure, Google
(Research) could complete a nationwide Wi-Fi network much more quickly
than if it had to build it itself.
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