Microsoft files for *bleep*ing good patent

A recently unearthed patent application originally filed in October 2004 by Microsoft could make television and radio broadcasters very happy. In it, Microsoft describes the use of an “automatic censoring filter” that can censor undesirable speech in real-time (or batch mode, for Chris Rock).

If this actually works, then this could be a dream come true for content providers. Maybe Microsoft should begin work on an auto-nudity censor. They could test it out at any live event that Janet Jackson stars at. Check it out at ArsTechnica.