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MS does appear to have patents on the technology. so in theory they could implement it.

yeah thanks but no thanks.

In theory, yes. But having a patent and using a patent are different things. There are a number of reasons to hold such a patent.
1. To directly use the patent.
2. To charge other companies if they want to use that technology.
3. To have the option of using the patent in the future, with no current plans to implement. (most likely IMO)
4. To prevent others from using that technology (least likely IMO)

Your right, we should totally trust them because - when has a company ever actually taken out a patent to use? I'm sure they took out the patent so that other companies can't count the number of people in a room from a camera. When you combine the fact that they even own this patent with the need for the Kinect to be connected it pretty much negates all of the comments from people who are suggesting that we just "disconnect it" or "drape a cover over it". I don't care whether they actually choose to enforce the number of viewers in the room with licensing, if it so much as requires the ability to count the number of viewers that means I am required to allow the Kinect to be connected and have full view of my room at all times when using the system, therefor I have to agree with xs0u1x ... no thank you.