{"id":3712,"date":"2012-09-20T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudnewsdaily.com\/?guid=50b7636bc1d995e03b7eb81ce76b176b"},"modified":"2012-09-20T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-20T14:45:00","slug":"old-model-patents-protect-products-new-model-patents-themselves-are-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/old-model-patents-protect-products-new-model-patents-themselves-are-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Model: Patents Protect Products. New Model: Patents Themselves Are Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"org fn\">Unwired Planet, Inc. has filed patent infringement complaints against Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.\u00a0 Unwired Planet claims to be &#8220;the inventor of the mobile Internet.&#8221; It is now an &#8220;intellectual property<br \/>\ncompany that makes and sells no products &#8211; except patent licenses. Or as they say on their website:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span class=\"org fn\">Old Model: Patents Protect Products. New Model: Patents Themselves Are Products<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In two separate complaints filed in Reno, Nevada, Unwired Planet charges Apple with infringing 10 of its patents, and charges Google with infringing 10 different patents. Together, the two cases charge infringement of a total of 20 patents related to smart mobile devices, cloud computing, digital content stores, push notification technologies and location-based services such as mapping and advertising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s actions follow a careful review that we launched in late 2011 as we began to transform Unwired Planet into an Intellectual Property company,\u201d said Mike Mulica, CEO of Unwired Planet.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-12321\"><\/span>In the case against Apple, the complaint specifically alleges that infringing Apple products and services include, among others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Devices (including mobile phones, tablets, and music players<br \/>\nwith the iOS operating system including iPhones, iPads, and iPods),<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Digital Content Systems and\/or Services (including Apple App<br \/>\nStore, Apple Apps, iTunes),<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Cloud Messaging Systems and\/or Services (including Apple Push<br \/>\nNotification Service (APNS), Siri), and<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Map and Location Systems and\/or Services (including Apple Maps, Local<br \/>\nSearch, iAds, Safari web browser, Find My iPhone, Find My iPad, and<br \/>\nFind My Friends).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The patents asserted against Apple are:<\/p>\n<p>1. United States Patent No. 6,317,594, entitled \u201cSystem and method for providing data to a wireless device upon detection of activity of the device on a wireless network,\u201d asserted against devices such as iPhones and iPads which are able to get information, for example update notifications, when the device is switched on or moves between cells of the cellular network.<\/p>\n<p>2. United States Patent No. 6,317,831, entitled \u201cMethod and apparatus for establishing a secure connection over a one-way data path,\u201d asserted against services which use a push mechanism to get notifications to devices such as update badges sent to iPhone and iPad applications.<\/p>\n<p>3. United States Patent No. 6,321,092, entitled \u201cMultiple input data management for wireless location-based applications,\u201d asserted against devices such as iPhones and iPads which use more than one source of location information, for example GPS, Wi-Fi and cell tower location.<\/p>\n<p>4. United States Patent No. 6,532,446, entitled \u201cServer based speech recognition user interface for wireless devices,\u201d asserted against wireless server-assisted speech recognition for personal assistant services and dictation, such as Siri on iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>5. United States Patent No. 6,647,260, entitled \u201cMethod and System Facilitating Web Based Provisioning of Two-Way Mobile Communications Devices,\u201d asserted against Appstores for selecting and downloading applications on devices such as iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>6. United States Patent No. 6,813,491, entitled \u201cMethod and apparatus for adapting settings of wireless communication devices in accordance with user proximity,\u201d asserted against ways of using motion and proximity sensors to control devices like iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>7. United States Patent No. 7,020,685, entitled \u201cMethod and apparatus for providing internet content to SMS-based wireless devices,\u201d asserted against automated searching and information delivery based on keywords in a message from a mobile device, for example as used in Siri for iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>8. United States Patent No. 7,233,790, entitled \u201cDevice capability based discovery, packaging and provisioning of content for wireless mobile devices,\u201d asserted against digital stores with content and Apps for devices with different capabilities, for example the App Store for iPhones and iPads.<\/p>\n<p>9. United States Patent No. 7,299,033, entitled \u201cDomain-based management of distribution of digital content from multiple wireless services subscribers,\u201d asserted against services such as iTunes or the App Store that distribute digital content to multiple domains, internationally.<\/p>\n<p>10. United States Patent No. 7,522,927, entitled \u201cInterface for wireless location information,\u201d asserted against ways of obtaining device location information such as Find my iPhone, Find my iPad and Find my Friends.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint against Google specifically alleges that infringing Google products and services include, among others:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Search and Advertising Systems and\/or Services (including Google<br \/>\nSearch, Google AdWords, Google+Local, Google Places, Google Mobile<br \/>\nAds),<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Digital Content Systems and\/or Services (including Google Play,<br \/>\nGoogle Apps, Bouncer, C2DM, and GCM),<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Cloud Messaging Systems and\/or Services (including C2DM and GCM),<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Maps and Location Systems and\/or Services (including Android Location,<br \/>\nGoogle Maps, Google Street View, Google Latitude, Google My Location,<br \/>\nGoogle+, Google+Local, Google Places),<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Short-Range Radio Communications Systems and\/or Services (including<br \/>\nGoogle Wallet, Google Offers, and Google Mobile Ads), and<\/li>\n<li class=\"bwlistitemmargb\">Mobile Devices (including mobile phones and tablets with the Android<br \/>\noperating system, including Motorola Mobility and Nexus mobile phones<br \/>\nand tablets).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The patents asserted against Google are:<\/p>\n<p>1. United States Patent No. 6,292,657, entitled \u201cMethod and Architecture for Managing a Fleet of Mobile Stations Over Wireless Data Networks,\u201d asserted against mass updates to applications installed on devices such as Android phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>2. United States Patent No. 6,654,786, entitled \u201cMethod and Apparatus for Informing Wireless Clients about Updated Information,\u201d asserted against push mechanisms to get updated information to devices such as Android phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>3. United States Patent No. 6,662,016, entitled \u201cProviding Graphical Location Information for Mobile Resources Using a Data-Enabled Network,\u201d asserted against placing a location marker for the current location of a mobile device on a corresponding map, such as My Location in Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>4. United States Patent No. 6,684,087, entitled \u201cMethod and Apparatus for Displaying Images on Mobile Devices,\u201d asserted against zooming into a map on devices such as Android phones and tablets, and providing zoomed-in images to users of Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>5. United States Patent No. 6,895,240, entitled \u201cMethod and Architecture for Managing a Fleet of Mobile Stations over Wireless Data Networks,\u201d asserted against group and mass notifications\/updates to mobile devices such as Android phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>6. United States Patent No. 6,944,760, entitled \u201cMethod and Apparatus for Protecting Identities of Mobile Devices on a Wireless Network,\u201d asserted against authenticated push of information from application developers to devices such as Android phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>7. United States Patent No. 7,024,205, entitled \u201cSubscriber Delivered Location-Based Services,\u201d asserted against search and advertising using location, such as sponsored links in Google searches which are paid for using Google Adwords.<\/p>\n<p>8. United States Patent No. 7,035,647, entitled \u201cEfficient Location Determination for Mobile Units,\u201d asserted against identifying the location of a device, such as an Android phone or tablet, with increased accuracy using multiple sources, such as GPS, Wi-Fi and cell tower location.<\/p>\n<p>9. United States Patent No. 7,203,752, entitled \u201cMethod and System for Managing Location Information for Wireless Communications Devices,\u201d asserted against privacy control for applications requesting access to the location to a device, such as an Android phone or tablet.<\/p>\n<p>10. United States Patent No. 7,463,151, entitled \u201cSystems and Methods for Providing Mobile Services Using Short-Range Radio Communication Devices,\u201d asserted against devices with advanced Near Field Communications (NFC) services, such as NFC-based commerce, advertising and coupons, and access to content using NFC.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=b30302ff-5621-4258-a5a7-ae6f8584f785\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ch2sfkpDsk8izho-w7wPuRy_fgs\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ch2sfkpDsk8izho-w7wPuRy_fgs\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ch2sfkpDsk8izho-w7wPuRy_fgs\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/ch2sfkpDsk8izho-w7wPuRy_fgs\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/CloudNewsDaily\/~4\/iwxGdWYxv5A\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Complaint against Apple Cites 10 Mobility Patents            Separate Federal Complaint against Google Cites 10 Different Patents     RENO, Nev.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;Unwired Planet, Inc. 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