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Synchronized playback is absolutely not trivial.
by fidotron 3y ago
Synchronized playback is absolutely not trivial.
- cr3ative 3y agoIt might not be trivial to achieve technically, but at the point you have multiple speakers dotted around a multi-room space, making them all play the same thing in sync is a fairly obvious idea, which I think is more what is being argued here.
- NotYourLawyer 3y agoDepends how broadly it’s claimed. A detailed claim that gets into the technical specifics of how this is implemented might well be nonobvious. A broad claim that covers all possible ways of synchronizing audio is a tougher sell.
- adhesive_wombat 3y agoThen you patent the specific method, not just the idea of "make speakers play at the same time, but with a computer"
- nikanj 3y agoBut the patents are often not on the technical implementation nitty-gritty, but on the very general idea of "Two speakers that play the same song in sync". The latter ("concept patents") just stifle innovation.
- ilyt 3y agoYeah entire week of dev time to figure out /s