# Column: Detecting Audio Transitions — Patents and the Future of Streaming AI

AI Times, a Korean AI publication, has published Managing Partner Yongduck Kim's column on AI patents.

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HOME / NEWS & INSIGHTS NEWS & INSIGHTS Column: Detecting Audio Transitions — Patents and the Future of Streaming AI AI Times, a Korean AI publication, has published Managing Partner Yongduck Kim's column on AI patents. AI & Software 2026.03.31 published IPLEX 2 min read AI Times, a Korean AI publication, has published Managing Partner Yongduck Kim's column on AI patents. Yongduck Kim, a patent attorney, focuses on patents in cutting-edge technology fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), smart factories, and blockchain, and has experience performing intellectual property (IP) work for various technology companies such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Xiaomi. In addition, he has written books such as “AI Patent Examination Practice Guide” and “AI Patent Strategy” and continues to share his expert knowledge on AI technology and patent strategy. The column examines machine learning for identifying transitions in continuous audio streams, including boundaries between music, advertisements, and presenters' speech. The analysis centers on U.S. Patent No. 11,935,520, 'Identifying shifts in audio content via machine learning.' The described system combines overlapping three-second samples, MFCC feature extraction, CNN classification, analysis of relationships between adjacent samples, and HMM post-processing. This column goes beyond just a technology introduction to shed light on what AI technology that detects the ‘bounds’ of continuous data can mean from a patent perspective. It analyzes the strategic value of system design combined with overlapping sampling and model interaction and probabilistic post-processing structure in terms of inventive step and scope of rights, and provides direction for AI patent in media, streaming, and content analysis in the future. The full article can be found at the link below. Read the column Read the Korean source This article reflects the information available when it was published. Contact us to discuss your circumstances. Discuss this topic ↗ All articles TALK TO IPLEX Discuss your IP questions We consider your technology and business needs together. ↗ Contact us Newer Faster Product Design Protection through Partial Examination ↗ Older Understanding Trademark Opposition ↗ Related insights AI & Software 2026.10.01 FiX: fine-grained forgetting in softmax attention Yongduck Kim examines FiX’s feature-wise gates, numerical implementation and paged cache, distinguishing reported gains from unresolved limitations. ↗ Read article AI & Software 2026.09.30 MHAR: Reading earlier layers through different feature subspaces Yongduck Kim examines Multi-Head Attention Residuals: depth routing, reported training results, implementation costs and the relationship between technical features and effects. ↗ Read article AI & Software 2026.09.28 Column: Claude Computer Use and the Data That Trains AI Agents Writing for AI Times, IPLEX Managing Partner Yongduck Kim examines the training data behind computer-operating AI agents through U.S. Patent No. 12,585,862. ↗ Read article

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