google was recently assigned a number of unusual and interesting patents from outland research, llc,
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it appears that louis rosenberg now spends more time as a screenwriter with his company outland pictures than as an inventor,
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these patents cover a wide range of inventions, but none of them really involve search. in addition to an alternative game controller or computer input device, there’s another patent that describes controlling electronic devices by looking at them and commanding them. another watches where you’re looking on a computer or ebook reader to save your place if you look away or switch documents. a pair of the outland research patents provide ways to use your cell phone to collaboratively rate or reject songs that might be played in restaurants or nightclubs. a series of other patents add enhancements to cell phones and/or media players such as the ability for a group of people to run their own collaborative radio station,
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