How can you state or think Google went in a different direction? They did not and they highlighted why what ONEV does is needed in the process. <a href="http://blog.onev.com/blogsite/2008/06/voice-search-patents.html#more" target="_blank">http://blog.onev.com/blogsite/2008/06/voice-search-patents.html#more</a> "Subsequently, Google was issued a voice search patent and had a difficult time narrowing their patent around One Voice. Enjoy reading..." Then the CEO came out and publicly stated the google patent is a subset. If google narrowed their patent "around" the ONEV patent that leaves ONEV in the center of it all.