[TechWeb] July 2, according to foreign media reports, Apple once again faced with patent litigation surrounding the iPhone integration technology. Monday, manufacturer of low-power GPS Location Based Technologies (referred to as the LBT) claims that Apple violated a series of inventions of the more popular PocketFinder products used.
Location Based Technologies to the Delaware District Court filed suit against Apple, the company alleged that Apple infringed its five patents, each patent related to energy-saving features are related portable devices. Specifically, the lawsuit against the iPhone and iPad, as well as their ability to kill background tasks in a particular environment.
Location Based Technologies claimed that Apple's products use technology US Patent Nos. 8,421,619 and 8497774,8542113,8102256,8421618 covered by the patent are the names of all with a "tracking device to determine the location and device and method for tracking coordinates."
Broken down according to the patent, 8,497,774 and 8,542,113, respectively, these two patents covering the "low power mode" and "core positioning" technology, designed to reduce or stop the GPS function of background processes, to conserve battery power.
Allegedly, Apple's "screen-down detection mode" guilty of three patents 8102256,8421618 and 8421619.
"Screen-down detection mode" is a new feature iOS 9 introduced, which uses a near field sensor and accelerometer data, to determine when the iPhone facedown on a plane. When the iPhone screen facing down, the phone display will be turned off, it receives notification will also be muted.
Location Based Technologies claims that this feature also disables some background activity, including GPS functionality, including.
Location Based Technologies sold a series of GPS devices in the PocketFinder brand. PocketFinder products designed for long-term personal and vehicle tracking and design, the use of a GPS receiver, WiFi modules, cellular transmitters and other technologies to provide customers with position monitoring and geo-fencing service.
As, or WiFi device receives a GPS signal PocketFinder explained site to triangulate its position, and then connect to the cellular network, periodically upload the data to the offsite server.
Users can move through the pages or PocketFinder application to retrieve location information of a family member or vehicles. In addition, users can set geofence parameters included with the application, activate the alarm function. In addition to PocketFinder device, the user must also subscribe to a monthly service to access location data.
Location Based Technologies informed infringement Apple may exist in a notice issued in June. In the lawsuit against Apple, the company asked for damages and compensation for legal costs.
This is not the first time Apple faces patent litigation. In April this year, when Wyoming company called WiNet Labs sued Apple, alleging that Apple iPhone and iPad in the "Personal Hotspot" feature infringed a patent network. Patents involved in this case is a US patent No. 7,593,374, that "temporary multipoint wireless data transfer protocol."
WiNet Labs said the company's predecessor was proposed in 2014 by agents to sell the patent to Apple, but was ignored. The ultimate goal of the company is to demand "fair and reasonable licensing fees", "treble damages" as well as before and after the trial in accordance with interest "the highest rate permitted by law" computing.
In February, five group companies sued Apple for patent infringement of its seven LTE area. Opp association Andean wireless technology, the company initiated litigation against Apple, spread to all of Apple's LTE products, including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. (Little Fox)