Intel snaps up Real Networks' music streaming patents

Intel has gone on a patent buying spree, snapping up 190 patents and 170 patent applications from Real Networks, including those related to music streaming.

The company puts it

As the company puts it, the patents will allow it to "continue to offer richer experiences and innovative solutions to end users across a wide spectrum of devices, including through Ultrabook devices, smartphones and digital media".

Real Networks, in the meantime, will all in all be able to continue using some of the patents in its current and future digital music products as part of the deal.

Other patents included in the deal relate to creation of video codecs that allow efficient exchange of filmed content over networks.