Why would anyone want to claim any part of Siri as theirs??
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Siri at Center of Latest Patent Lawsuit Filed Against Apple
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This patent trolling nonsense is a cancer.
Just patent something that would be cool but you have no idea how to actually pull off in reality and then just wait around for 10-15 years until someone actually makes it, wait for them to become wildly profitable, and sue then sue them for everything.
Just patent something that would be cool but you have no idea how to actually pull off in reality and then just wait around for 10-15 years until someone actually makes it, wait for them to become wildly profitable, and sue then sue them for everything.
It is a “non practicing entity” hence, technology-inept by definition.
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Patents are like science fiction scripts but with litigatory powers.
Yes I am. I just termed it colloquially, as in "he comes from money" or "her family is old money".I do believe you’re talking about wealth not just simply money
Exactly! I would deny any association with garbage like Siri.
That's not how this works. The Supreme Court recently ruled that the patent law doesn't allow what has been happening in these patent troll cases and that the law requires patent cases to generally be filed in home state of business, such as in this case where the business is located in Arizona. This is patent trolling pure and simple.
The speech recognition software built into Siri is licensed from Nuance Communications, a company that owns speech recognition patents going back to 1975 when Dr. James Baker first described his DRAGON system. Suing someone licensing software from another company makes no sense at all. What are we missing here? Is there more to this lawsuit than the obviously prior art owned by Nuance? Not to mention, Apple's own PlainTalk speech recognition software dates back to 1993! If only the USTMPO had to pay the legal fees and fines resulting from their bunglingly approving patents with obvious prior art. We can dream.
Patent trolls are horrible. I hope Apple fights this with every dollar they get from their over priced and outdated Mac hardware.
That being said, what apple has done with this tech, the judge might as well through this case out as Siri is quite useful. You would think the troll patented something that works
That being said, what apple has done with this tech, the judge might as well through this case out as Siri is quite useful. You would think the troll patented something that works
I hope this patent gets revoked for being overly broad since far too many speech recognition tech including tech that helps disabled people exists and the trolls could make it harder for disabled to have access to speech recognition.
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Would these patents supersede the patents cited by the patent troll since the Nuance Communications patents predate the troll's patent by decades?
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Considering how little progress huge companies have with Apple. This one is gonna have an uphill battle with such a weak patent and such small pockets.
It’s nothing to do with Siri, rather something to do with the same Siri between different operating systems and maybe also Siri working over mobile & wifi at the same time depending on what processes it faster.
Software patents are a nightmare. Process patents for things like this are tough. It’s impossible to even know if they are out there. Patents were to protect people stealing your ideas, not prevent someone from developing something that in some ways sort of resembles what a patent lawyer was able to create while bored.
In the 1980s, both German governments invested a lot in this technology to relieve data typists when listening to private telephone calls. It's just one example of an infinite number.
The idea is as old as governments exist.
The technical possibilities were already enormously advanced in the 80s.
This is the dumbest patent troll in a long time. He's obstructing American Justice in law enforcement and may generate taxpayer costs.
Is there a criminal law that the American judiciary can take action against such trolls? Insult to the court?
The idea is as old as governments exist.
The technical possibilities were already enormously advanced in the 80s.
This is the dumbest patent troll in a long time. He's obstructing American Justice in law enforcement and may generate taxpayer costs.
Is there a criminal law that the American judiciary can take action against such trolls? Insult to the court?
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Oh, imagine that. A post completely unrelated to politics that someone feels the need to bring politics into. What fun.
The American legal system has never been and will never be about right and wrong. It is about who can win what and how much can one make doing it. For civil actions like patents its about money, for criminal actions its about votes for the DA and other politicians.
To win in the legal system you only have to consider what that particular lawyer can get away with from that particular judge. Either or both the lawyer and the judge can have intentions from completely honest to completely corrupt. Based on what I'v seen, I think the honest judges and lawyers are few and far between.
It is also not uncommon, speaking from experience that went in my favor, that Judges will use bias based on previous court cases or interactions outside of the courtroom to determine the outcome of a particular case.
Didn’t Steve Jobs present the very first iPhone and said... “guess what operating system it runs? Yeah, that’s right: the iPhone runs OSX”
Arizona-based speech recognition technology company AVRS, short for Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc., has filed a lawsuit against Apple this week, accusing the iPhone maker of infringing on one of its patents with its virtual assistant Siri, according to court documents obtained by MacRumors.
The asserted patent is U.S. Patent No. 7,558,730, titled "Speech recognition and transcription among users having heterogeneous protocols." It was initially filed in 2001 but abandoned, refiled in 2007, and granted in 2009. Siri was first introduced alongside the iPhone 4s in October 2011.
The complaint is very exhaustive and technical, but in simple terms, AVRS believes Siri's ability to process voice commands across multiple protocols and operating systems, such as iOS and macOS, infringes on its patented technology.
AVRS claims that Apple has been aware of the patent since at least 2013, and that Apple has cited it at least 77 times in its other speech recognition patents and in other litigation. AVRS says it also sent Apple correspondence in 2015, but to no avail, as Apple allegedly continues its willful infringement to present day.
AVRS has demanded a jury trial in Arizona district court, where it is seeking damages from Apple, in an amount no less than a reasonable royalty.
AVRS says its speech recognition software was first introduced in 1994, but it does not appear to offer any products or services that incorporate its patented technologies on its website, so it is more than likely a non-practicing entity.
"Our portfolio of intellectual property is the foundation of our business model," the company's website acknowledges.
Advanced Voice Recognition Systems v. Apple by MacRumors on Scribd
Apple has yet to formally respond to the complaint.
Article Link: Siri at Center of Latest Patent Lawsuit Filed Against Apple
Different platforms, dear copyright infringement hunting losers? Do your homework!
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Come on, you forget the fiat Multipla and the Ford Ka. We should all be hiding in caves like Bin Laden used to do out of indelible shame for humanity
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Trump is nothing about politics, it’s a farce. Come on, don’t go and rant about that one line, it’s like you limit your critical abilities to the patent poachers. We’re not all that serious about the topic as you are. Oh well, about the topic: you were saying?
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I didn’t really “bring politics” into it... I merely stated that at least from outside the USA, he is viewed as a complete buffoon, even before he was given one of the most important jobs in the world.
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Ah come on, the Ka wasn’t a complete disaster! The Fiat Multipla though... what on Earth happened there...
