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December 6 2012
They Can Hear You Now: Verizon Patent Could Listen In On Customers http://t.co/ljejXK3Q
December 06, 2012
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They Can Hear You Now: Verizon Patent Could Listen In On Customers
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) - Verizon has filed a patent for targeting ads that collect information from infrared cameras and microphones that can detect the amount of people and types of conversations happening in customers' living rooms. The set-top box technology is not the first of its kind - Comcast patented similar monitoring technology in 2008 that recommended content to users based on people it recognized in the room.