Yesterday I told you that a new lawsuit filed by Apple against Samsung is about to start, the Americans demanding 2 billion dollars as compensation from the Koreans. The process is based on 5 patents for 5 functions iOS, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), arguing that Samsung violates them through installation AndroidOS in their own terminals. In the following I will talk briefly about all 5 functions, and if Apple wins the lawsuit, Google will have to modify them all in order not to risk being sued.
1. System for transforming words/expressions into links accessible in applications
iOS has the ability to transform various words/expressions into links that can be opened in applications such as Calendar or Maps, allowing the setting of reminders or the automatic calculation of routes. The technology is protected by this patent.
2. Universal search system in iOS and on the Internet
Protected by this patent, this technology allows us to use the iOS Spotlight system to search for various expressions and words in terminals or on the web. Any search will be carried out both through the information available in terminals or applications, we then have the option to continue the search on the web.
3. Synchronization system in the background, between multiple devices, of application data while they are being used
Launching iCloud, Apple implemented a system that allows the automatic synchronization of the data of our applications with iCloud even while we are using them, this data being automatically displayed on other iDevices logged in to iCloud with the same Apple ID. Protected by this patent, the technology is apparently also used by Google in Android, Samsung being accused of its implementation.
4. Slide to unlock system
This is the fifth or sixth time Apple has used it this patent, which protects the slide to unlock system, to get money from Samsung and maybe this time his lawyers will be able to convince the jury.
5. The auto-correct system for writing using the virtual keyboard.
The auto-correct system is protected by this patent and allows the automatic correction of words written using the keyboards of our iDevices, Samsung having implemented it slightly differently in the Android of its terminals, Apple arguing that the method of accepting the recommended words representing the infringement .
Of all the 5 functions claimed by Apple, only the one concerning slide to unlock is specific to Samsung, the rest being the problem of Google.
