Google Awarded New Patent for Spoiler Filter Software
We’ve all experienced
the frustration of casually flicking up Facebook on a morning only to be
bombarded with spoilers from our favourite shows. It seems some people just can’t
resist summarising the entire plot on their social media accounts the second
the show has finished; blissfully unaware they’ve just ruined your plans for
the evening (Walking Dead or Game of Thrones, EVERY episode…). But there may be
light at the end of the tunnel.
telegraph.co.uk
On Tuesday 7th
April, search engine giant Google was awarded a new patent covering software
that filters through your news feed and hides those pesky spoiler posts until
you choose to read them. The system works by tracking your viewing on any sites
linked to your accounts, much like how companies such as Netflix post to your Facebook
wall. This data, including which shows and films you are watching as well as
your progress through the series, is then logged and used by Google's algorithms
to identify any posts relating to content you haven’t yet seen.
When the
system flags a post as containing spoilers the post is blurred out, a warning
message is displayed and the user is then asked whether they would like to read
more. The system will also allow users to flag content they post as containing spoilers
from the offset, avoiding any worries of Google’s algorithms missing one
(although those people who routinely insist on telling me who won the Formula 1
as I sit down to watch it each week are unlikely to be concerned enough to use
the feature).
qz.com
If it’s
released, I could see this idea taking off and becoming massively popular. The
market is there, now all they have to do is make the software.
It’s still
unclear if and how the system will be rolled out, or if the social media giants
like Twitter and Facebook will even let Google integrate the system within
their sites if it was released. With Google’s own attempt at social media succumbing
to a slow death they would need these companies to support the project for it
to work.
A Google representative
talking to Quartz neglected to give a straight answer, simply stating that “some
ideas mature into real products or services, some don’t.”
Hopefully,
this one belongs in the former category.
Sam Bonson
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