My app uses machine learning to predict people you are likely to call, as a way of enhancing the phone dialer.
Google's shiny new patent gives them the exclusive right to use machine learning on phones (claim 1). Amongst other things, they claim it can be used to predict people you are likely to call (claim 9).
I know about not being evil etc, but this is such a broad patent - and not really novel. I am struggling to understand how a non-evil researcher/engineer would have written the application (I never considered my app to contain anything patentable) - they have essentially claimed rights to the use of machine learning services on phones. So, nobody can make an adaptive app for and phone platform, if Google objects!
I know about the rational for defensive patenting, but still, they have claimed an invention where none exists (they do not have any demonstrated products using this yet - and even if they did, it would not really be invention), and they have subjected all AI implementers to seek their consent before developing!
I am not in America, but my app is on app store. I am wondering what would be the best course of action to take? Ideally, I'd like to show my app as very obvious prior art, and get them to donate the patent to EFF or something.
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