It looks like at least the following patents assigned at least at some point to Autitude are floating around:
7,325,013 Database with efficient fuzzy matching
7,421,376 Comparison of data signals using characteristic electronic thumbprints
7,516,074 Extraction and matching of characteristic fingerprints from audio signals
These seem at first glance to date back at earliest to a provisional patent application filed April 24, 2001, so making some reasonable dot-connecting (e.g. if intonow has rights to these patents etc.), it looks like even this "amazing twelve weeks to liquidity event" was actually at least ten years in the making.
(Obligatory disclaimer, this post doesn't constitute legal advice, talk to your own attorney if you'd like legal advice on these matters.)
7,325,013 Database with efficient fuzzy matching
7,421,376 Comparison of data signals using characteristic electronic thumbprints
7,516,074 Extraction and matching of characteristic fingerprints from audio signals
These seem at first glance to date back at earliest to a provisional patent application filed April 24, 2001, so making some reasonable dot-connecting (e.g. if intonow has rights to these patents etc.), it looks like even this "amazing twelve weeks to liquidity event" was actually at least ten years in the making.
(Obligatory disclaimer, this post doesn't constitute legal advice, talk to your own attorney if you'd like legal advice on these matters.)