Tech site Engadget has uncovered a patent filed by Google Inc. in 2011 designed to patent certain gestures to “signify what is important”. The patent was filed in July 2011 but was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office just recently on October 15, 2013. The patent intends to turn hand gestures into a quick way of transmitting messages to a tech-device. In short, the “hand heart” gesture which is greatly loved by ravers would be interpreted as a “like” by Google.

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