Google wins the Sonos patent battle, users will be able to control multiple sets of Google Home smart sound volume at the same time

Thank CTOnews.com netizens soft media Xinyou 1933769 for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, October 10 / PRNewswire-Asianet /-- A patent dispute broke out between Google and Sonos a few days ago, mainly over "controlling the volume of a group of smart speakers at the same time." Sonos claimed to own a patent for this function, which led to an update released by Google a few days ago, banning functions related to Google Home smart speakers.

▲ Google Google Home Audio reported that Google began selling products that can "adjust a set of sound volume at the same time" in 2015, while Sonos applied for a patent for the feature in 2019, but Sonos artificially adjusted the retroactive period of its own patent function by linking a 2019 patent to a 2006 application.

While the judges held that this "should not count", CTOnews.com found that a judge named William Alsup believed that Sonos was trying to link its patent for "multi-room audio technology" to a 2006 application, claiming that its invention predates Google's device.

This is not a case of an inventor leading an industry to new things, but a case of an industry leading new things, while an inventor pops up when the industry is moving towards new things, saying that he came up with the idea first.

A federal judge in California has dismissed a patent dispute over Sonos, and Google is expected to bring similar features back to its series of Google Home smart stereos in the near future, Reuters reported today.

▲ Tuyuan Reuters