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by jakelazaroff
2351 days ago
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> I'm sure that thousands, if not millions of people thought about connected speakers. Sonos build an enclosure and a PCB, specified the protocols to be used, designed the software that goes with it, etc... patenting the technical innovations they spend money on developing along the way. That's what Sonos brought to the table, not the idea of connected speakers. That's not what Sonos patented, though. Take a look at their "method and apparatus for adjusting volume levels in a multi-zone system." [1] There's nothing about hardware, protocols, algorithms, etc. It's basically a patent on a UI that lets you make a group of players on a network, and if you change the volume for one player the rest of them also change. [1] https://patentswarm.com/patents/US8588949B2 |
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