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Isn't this too trivial to be patented? I mean, the complex part of such a machine would be the implementation of mood, word and other detectors, but as far as I
by blauditore 9y ago
Isn't this too trivial to be patented? I mean, the complex part of such a machine would be the implementation of mood, word and other detectors, but as far as I can tell, that's not part of this patent.
By that logic, one could patent a machine for finding better hiring candidates by running their CVs through a "programming skills detector" and "soft skills detector", then filtering based on their output.
- helb 9y agoThey don't call it "skills detector", but… https://patents.google.com/patent/US5197004A/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US5197004A/en ("Method and apparatus for automatic categorization of applicants from resumes ")
- blauditore 9y agoWow, this is ridiculous. It's a bit more complex than the call routing one, but still not much more than a high-level feature specification.
- bpicolo 9y agoGood news is it has expired. The world of software patents frequently feels like "oh ok so you did something we already do, but with a computer", and it's amazing that translates into patents.