Facebook Remote Control: Microblog while watching TV

Filed under: Gadgets | By: Jamie Pert
Posted on: September 2, 2009 | 1 Comment

Facebook Remote Control: Microblog while watching TV

According to a report on InformationWeek it seems that IBM have filed a patent for a device which would allow people to blog by using an “enhanced remote controller” to blog, this technology would allow users to autoblog without needing the use of a computer.

In part of the patents documents it says “One of the joys of watching television is discussing with one’s friends the juicy bits of a favorite show or the latest television program,” and also states that “The enhanced remote controller allows the viewer to both communicate with a blogging server, and thus to a blogging service, as well as display responses to and from other bloggers with whom the viewer is communicating,.

With the ever growing popularity of blogging from mobile devices it seems natural for more simpler ways of blogging to progress, whether this particular system will ever be used is hard to say, however it seems that IBM think that it will.

Would you like to be able to blog from your TV remote?

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One Response to “Facebook Remote Control: Microblog while watching TV”

  1. Kev - LG says:

    I think it’s a nice idea. Most sites have a Tweet/Facebook this link, it would be great to share the best bits of a TV show you were watching, which would post a short link to a Hulu clip of the moment you were commenting on …

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