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and that was, in turn, based on a patent filed by mcdonalds for smart tvs to show ads you had to interact with. "say 'mcdonalds' to continue watching".
you have to stand up for it too I think
idk if that was technically part of it but the pictures in the application definitely had a person jump up and scream the name.
actually I'll go look it up
Edit: huh, it's not a mcdonalds patent at all, it's filed by sony: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8246454B2/en
but the picture definitely says mcdonalds
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