13. März 2008

Patentierte Usability

Via dem SEO Blog von BusinessOnLine bin ich auf diesen Patent-Eintrag von Yahoo gestoßen: QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF WEB PAGE CLUTTER THAT ACCOUNTS FOR SUBJECTIVE PREFERENCES (United States Patent Application, 14 Februar 2008).

A method to determine a usability measure for a web page, comprising:processing a representation of the web page in view of a usability model; anddetermining the usability indication based on the processing step. [...] This invention relates to web page clutter and, more particular, to methods to determine a measure of clutter on a web page.

Hm, lässt sich da Yahoo eine Methode zur Messung von Usability pattentieren?