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This is different. This isn't a patent of an algorithm or similar implementation in software. This is a means of controlling a device by decoded voice command
by VWWHFSfQ 4y ago
This is different. This isn't a patent of an algorithm or similar implementation in software. This is a means of controlling a device by decoded voice commands via another device. It's not a software patent in the way FOSS people mean when they say to ban software patents.
- EarlKing 4y agoDescribing a shovel as an "emplacement tool" does not make it not a shovel. Similarly, dressing up a software patent to disguise its functionality as a software patent does not make it cease to be a software patent.
- AnthonyMouse 4y agoIf software that runs on a prior art general purpose computer can infringe a patent, it's a software patent.
- yjftsjthsd-h 4y agoIf the difference between a device allegedly infringing and not infringing is whether it's running a certain piece of software, then obviously the software is what's patented.