{"id":1202004,"date":"2023-11-10T17:31:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T22:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1202004"},"modified":"2023-11-10T17:31:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T22:31:39","slug":"alexa-just-cost-amazon-another-46-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1202004","title":{"rendered":"Alexa just cost Amazon another $46.7 million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enlarge<\/a> \/<\/span> The first Amazon Echo speaker. (credit: Luke MacGregor\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

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A Delaware federal court has ordered Amazon to pay $46.7 million for infringing on four patents belonging to VB Assets with Amazon’s Echo smart speakers and Alexa virtual assistant. A lawsuit from Nuance Communications-owned VB Assets, previously known as VoiceBox Technologies, claimed to have already invented a circular speaker that could connect to the web and answer voice-dictated prompts with a female, robotic voice.<\/p>\n

Wednesday’s judgment [PDF<\/a>], initially reported by Reuters<\/a>, orders Amazon to pay the sum via running royalty<\/a> rather than a lump sum. The ruling follows a jury verdict [PDF<\/a>] finding that Amazon infringed upon four of VoiceBox’s patents. The patents relate to providing network-coordinated conversational services, a conversational voice user interface, and tying advertisements to natural language processing of voice-based input. VB Assets originally accused Amazon of infringing on six of its patents.<\/p>\n

Amazon still has time to appeal the judgment, and VoiceBox has time to seek reimbursement for related costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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