IBM applies for social media remote control patent

IBM have applied for a patent for a new way of blogging that people would be able to do with a remote control linked to their television set.

People watching TV could soon be able to access social media sites without having to move away from the set, if a new patent filed by IBM is accepted.

It is believed that the innovation could be the computer company's attempt to become more involved in social media, according to Paul McDougall on his Information Week blog.

He described excerpts from the patent application where it was made clear that this remote control was ideal for blogging on services such as Twitter and Facebook, while at the same time receiving blog posts from other people.

The papers filed to United States Patent and Trademark Office stated: "These blog communications may be accomplished without the viewer having to leave the broadcast receiver of the television."

It was pointed out in the application that people always enjoy discussing television programmes and this allows them to do that even when they are not in the same room.

Earlier this week a security expert, Nicki Wallace from RSA, warned that people's use of social media sites is responsible for the loss of a lot of corporate information belonging to their employers as well as their own confidential information.

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