Una società semi-sconosciuta, la SmartPhone Technologies, ha denunciato Apple (e anche RIM, AT&T, Samsung, LG e Motorola) per la violazione di alcuni brevetti relativi all’iPhone.
Nello specifico la denuncia è stata presentata presso un tribunale del Texas e riguarda 6 brevetti:
- Patent No. 6,950,645: “Power Conserving Intuitive Device Discovery Technique in a Bluetooth Environment.”
- Patent No. 7,076,275: “Method and System for Single-Step Enablement of Telephony Functionality for a Portable Computer System.”
- Patent No. 7,506,064: “Handheld Computer System that Attempts to Establish an Alternative Network Link Upon Failing to Establish a Requested Network Link.”
- Patent No. 7,533,342: “System and Method of a Personal Computer Device Providing Telephone Capability.”
- Patent No. 6,711,609: “Method and Apparatus for Synchronizing an Email Client on a Portable Computer System with an Email Client on a Desktop Computer.”
- Patent No. RE40,459: “Method and Apparatus for Communicating Information Over Low Bandwidth Communications Networks.”
Principalmente i brevetti riguardano la sincronizzazione e l’utilizzo del Bluetooth.
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