VideOptimizer - 9:56 pm on Jan 4, 2008 (gmt 0)

"By filing patents frequently for technologies that probably aren't even close to workable in the near future, Google appears to be a technology leader and innovator without having to deliver anything and without even promising anything at all."

I don't know that these new technologies aren't close to workable...aren't all the video search engines (Blinkx, Pixsy, Everyzing, Truveo) in the business of searching videos using both image recognition software and voice recognition software? That is why those schooled in video optimization recommend using titles on the video screen, etc. So, the question for me is how much is the technology that Google is trying to patent like that image recognition software used by video search engines?