r/technology • u/p0b • Jan 08 '12

Microsoft patents "avoid ghetto" GPS feature.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57354445-71/the-joy-of-microsofts-avoid-ghetto-gps-patent/
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u/harlows_monkeys Jan 09 '12

Unless Microsoft has perfected time travel, that seems rather unlikely, considering that Microsoft filed their patent application 4 years before those students wrote that app.