Microsoft apparently has a plan to profit in the smartwatch business, that revolves around receiving royalties on patents relating to the wearable. The plan is to let others make and sell the devices, while Microsoft gets paid for allowing these companies use of the intellectual property it owns. One recent patent received by Microsoft is for Discreetly Displaying Contextually Relevant Information on a display device. The patents revolve around a smartwatch receiving information wirelessly via a smartphone. The information being sent from smartphone to smartwatch can include simple notifications, ...from PhoneArena http://ift.tt/1m72zNY
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