Digimarc claims patent infringement against music recognition specialist.
The firm says Shazam’s tech infringes three of its patents, relating to technology that “enables devices to identify audio and visual content and immediately link the consumer to associated internet services."
The release adds: “Digimarc has invented a range of technologies that employ cameras, microphones and other sensors to enable instant identification of all forms of media content.
"The contextual awareness of the phone combined with instant object identification enables new, more efficient and higher quality methods to search without text input.”
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