The patent trolls are at it again, and this time beloved music streaming service Spotify is the victim. Nearly immediately upon its entry into the US market, the company has been sued by PacketVideo, a subsidiary of Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo, for violation of patent 5,636,276, “Device for the distribution of music information in digital form.”
The patent in question dates to 1995 and essentially describes the process of streaming music to a device over a communications network. A device connects to the network, which has a “databank of digitized music information” and retrieves music over an encrypted link. The mus
Some of you might remember when we reported on the virtual grocery store at train stations, and here is another advancement in grocery shopping technology with SK Telecoms Smart Cart. 