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"12-week old company" ? From their press release the core of their product is "SoundPrint, a patented technology platform" Patented means wading through years
by aresant 16y ago
"12-week old company" ?
From their press release the core of their product is "SoundPrint, a patented technology platform"
Patented means wading through years of patent office shenanigans, and if it was patent-pending (2 weeks) they would have said as much.
Hard to find any history on the company beyond press release - anybody have further insight?
- pramanat 16y agoIntonow was spun out of Auditude which developed the audio fingerprinting technology, and Auditude has been around since 2006.
- bfe 16y agoIt looks like at least the following patents assigned at least at some point to Autitude are floating around: 7,325,013 Database with efficient fuzzy matching 7,421,376 Comparison of data signals using characteristic electronic thumbprints 7,516,074 Extraction and matching of characteristic fingerprints from audio signals These seem at first glance to date back at earliest to a provisional patent application filed April 24, 2001, so making some reasonable dot-connecting (e.g. if intonow has rights to these patents etc.), it looks like even this "amazing twelve weeks to liquidity event" was actually at least ten years in the making. (Obligatory disclaimer, this post doesn't constitute legal advice, talk to your own attorney if you'd like legal advice on these matters.)