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Re:Creator of Linux virtual assistant blames 'patent troll' ... by VWWHFSfQ on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:49PM (#34780234)
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.
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Re:Creator of Linux virtual assistant blames 'patent troll' ... by AnthonyMouse on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:59PM (#34780372)
If software that runs on a prior art general purpose computer can infringe a patent, it's a software patent.
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Re:Creator of Linux virtual assistant blames 'patent troll' ... by EarlKing on Monday February 13, 2023 @03:57PM (#34780347)
Describing 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.
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Re:Creator of Linux virtual assistant blames 'patent troll' ... by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday February 13, 2023 @05:30PM (#34781789)
If 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.
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