- From: Fred Andrews <fredandw@live.com>
- Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 22:13:43 +0000
- To: Jeffrey Chester <jeff@democraticmedia.org>
- CC: "public-tracking@w3.org" <public-tracking@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <BLU002-W14408882B1E86E1DC72F180AA7D0@phx.gbl>
Hi Jeffrey, Exploring the links you posted shows a number of patents in this area, namely: 6108637 Content display monitor 6115680 Computer use meter and analyzer 6327619 Metering of internet content using a control 6418470 Metering of internet content using a control 7386473 Content display monitoring by a processing system 7613635 Content display monitor 7716326 Content display monitor 7756974 Content display monitor Just looking at the 6108637 series patent: it looks very broad and seems to claim the sending of monitoring instructions with the advertisement that examines if the ad was visible and for how long and then reports this back to a server. I expect this is only a fraction of the patent claims in this area. It may be problematic for an open standard to sanction collection methods claimed to be controlled via patents. Perhaps this would be a good reason to specifically exclude any Digital GRPs that involve sending monitoring instructions and reporting in any way back to a server! Please also try to get a response tracking status flag added to indicate that a script implements monitoring instructions so that UAs have the option of blocking them. cheers Fred From: jeff@democraticmedia.org Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:17:50 -0400 CC: rob@blaeu.com; public-tracking@w3.org; brooks.dobbs@kbmg.com To: joe@cdt.org Subject: Re: Proposed Text for Local Law and Public Purpose In order to address the MRC issues, we need to discuss work done to define Digital GRPs, etc., as I mentioned.
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