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Per the claim chart in Florian Mueller's blog post, http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/these-tables-show-how-android-infringes.html http://fosspatents.blog
by dpatru 15y ago
Per the claim chart in Florian Mueller's blog post, http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/these-tables-show-how-android-infringes.html http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/these-tables-show-ho..., it seems than any vendor selling a computer with a web browser on it infringes Apple's patent.
Claims Accused HTC Android Products
1. A computer-based system for detecting structures in data and performing actions based on detected structures, comprising:
an input device for receiving data; (a mouse)
an output device for presenting the data; (a screen)
memory storing information including program routines including (computer memory)
an analyzer server for detecting structures in the data and for linking actions to the detected structures; (a browser which detects anchor tags (structures) in html and links actions to them (clicking on a link opens a web page.))
a user interface enabling the selection of a detected structure and a linked action; and (The web browser allows the user to select anchor tags with the mouse.)
an action processor for performing the selected action linked to the selected structure; and (The web browser is also the "action processor" which performs the "selected action" (opening a web page) linked to the "selected structure" (anchor tag).)
a processing unit coupled to the input device, the output device, and the memory for controlling the execution of the program routines. (All computers have a processing unit, CPU, linked to their input and output devices and memory which "control the execution of the program routines.")
- dpatru 15y agoGiven how broad these claims are, I think the patent office should reexamine the patent. If claim 1 stands, Apple could shut down not just the mobile phone industry, but all vendors of computers with browsers. Note that there is no limitation in claim 1 to phones or tablets. Indeed, the patent was filed in 1996, long before the invention of the iphone. Here you can download a copy of the patent: http://www.google.com/patents/about/5946647_System_and_method_for_performing.html?id=aFEWAAAAEBAJ http://www.google.com/patents/about/5946647_System_and_metho... Note the figure on the front page: a computer system with a floppy drive and printer attached. The computer system Apple is referring to in the patent is any personal computer.
- kenjackson 15y agoI believe Apple and MS have a patent cross licensing agreement. Apple and MS may have created a legal duopoly. Google really needs to treat the legal situation around Android like a serious threat.
- fpgeek 15y agoIf this patent is as broad as it seems, Google needs to treat the patent situation around Chrome as a serious threat. In fact, depending on how liberally you can interpret things like "input device" and "output device" I could make an argument that elements of Google search infringe (e.g. the bits that parse a site's menu structure into a virtual ToC for faster access).
- neuroelectronic 15y agoI also read the patents, and to me, it sounds like Apple has patented both the smart phone, and applications that use a network.