I ka makahiki 2012, ʻo ke kaua kānāwai i nānā nui ʻia e pili ana iā Apple ʻo ia ka mea me Samsung. Ua puka mai ka hui Kaleponi ma ke ʻano he lanakila, akā i ka makahiki hoʻokahi ua paʻakikī pū kekahi. Ua uku ʻo Apple i $368 miliona iā VirnetX, a ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa ua nalowale kekahi mau patent FaceTime koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e kauoha ana iā Apple e uku i $ 386 miliona iā VirnetX no ka hōʻino ʻana i ka patent i hāʻawi ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, akā i kēia ʻAukake ua hoʻomau ʻia ka hihia me nā waiho hou aku. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole wale ʻo Apple e kū nei i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana o nā miliona hou i nā uku laikini, akā ʻo kāna lawelawe ʻo FaceTime e pilikia ana ma muli o ka nalowale ʻana o nā patent.
ʻO ka hihia o VirnetX vs. Ua noi ʻo Apple no kekahi mau patent e uhi ana i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka ʻōnaehana kamaʻilio wikiō FaceTime. ʻAʻole i lanakila ʻo VirnetX i kahi pāpā FaceTime piha i ka ʻaha, akā ua ʻae ka luna kānāwai e uku ʻo Apple i nā royalties no ka hōʻino patent.
Ua puka mai ka ʻike i kēia manawa ua hoʻolālā hou ʻo Apple i ka hoʻolālā backend o FaceTime i mea e hoʻopiʻi ʻole ai i nā patent VirnetX, akā ma muli o kēia, ua hoʻomaka koke nā mea hoʻohana e hoʻopiʻi nui i ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe.
ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻia ka hoʻokolokolo hoʻokolokolo, e pili ana i nā uku aliʻi a i mālama ʻia ma ʻAukake 15, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia e nā mea hoʻolaha, a ʻo nā palapala e pili ana i ka hihia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia. Loaʻa nā nūhou āpau mai VirnetX a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka server Kukahikōkikō kekahi o lakou ninaninauia. Ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopukapuka ʻo VirnetX, ua komo ʻo Jeff Lease i nā kaʻina hana a pau a mālama i nā moʻolelo kikoʻī loa, e pili ana i hiki iā mākou ke wehe i ka hihia holoʻokoʻa. Ua hōʻole ʻo Apple, e like me VirnetX, e haʻi i ka mea.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Apple ʻaʻole ia e hōʻino i nā patent, akā hana ʻokoʻa
Ua hana mua ʻia nā kelepona ʻo FaceTime ma o kahi ʻōnaehana kamaʻilio pololei. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ua hōʻoia ʻo Apple he moʻokāki FaceTime kūpono nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua a laila ʻae iā lākou e hoʻopili pololei ma luna o ka Pūnaewele me ka ʻole o ka relay a i ʻole nā kauā waena. Ma kahi o ʻelima a ʻumi paha pakeneka o nā kelepona a pau i hele ma ia mau kikowaena, ua hōʻike kekahi ʻenekini Apple.
Akā, i mea e hōʻino ʻole ai ʻo Apple i nā patent VirnetX, pono nā kelepona āpau e hele i nā kikowaena waena. Ua ʻae ʻia kēia e nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua, a i ka manawa i ʻike ai ʻo Apple hiki iā ia ke uku i nā royalties no kēia, ua hoʻolālā hou ʻo ia i kāna ʻōnaehana i hele ai nā kelepona FaceTime āpau ma nā kikowaena relay. Wahi a Lease, ua hoʻololi ʻo Apple i ke ala o nā kelepona i ʻApelila, ʻoiai ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ʻaʻole ia i manaʻoʻiʻo ua hōʻino ʻia nā patent. ʻOiai, ua hoʻololi ʻo ia i nā kikowaena hoʻouna.
ʻO nā hoʻopiʻi a me ka hoʻoweliweli o nā uku kiʻekiʻe
Ua wehewehe ʻo Apple engineer ʻo Patrick Gates i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o FaceTime i ka ʻaha, e hōʻole ana i nā koi e pili ana ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana hoʻouna i ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe. Wahi a ia, hiki i ka maikaʻi kelepona ke hoʻomaikaʻi ma mua o ka hōʻino ʻana. Akā ʻaʻole paha ʻo Apple e hoʻokaʻawale ma aneʻi e hoʻohuli i ka manaʻo mai nā patent VirnetX.
Wahi a nā moʻolelo o nā mea kūʻai aku ua hāʻawi ʻo Apple i nā ʻelele VirnetX mai ʻApelila a waena o ʻAukake, ua loaʻa iā Apple ma mua o ka hapalua miliona mau kelepona mai nā mea hoʻohana ʻino e hoʻopiʻi nei i ka maikaʻi o FaceTime. E pāʻani ana kēia i nā lima o VirnetX, no laila e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ʻaha hoʻokolokolo he mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻenehana a kūpono i nā uku laikini kiʻekiʻe.
ʻAʻole i kūkākūkā ʻia nā helu kikoʻī, akā ke ʻimi nei ʻo VirnetX ma mua o $ 700 miliona i nā royalties, e like me ka Lease, ka mea e ʻōlelo nei he paʻakikī ke koho i ka mea a ka luna kānāwai e hoʻoholo ai no ka mea paʻakikī ke heluhelu.
ʻAʻole ʻo FaceTime ka hihia mua a Apple i hana ai e pili ana i nā patent VirnetX. I ʻApelila, ua hoʻolaha ka hui ʻo Apple e hana ia i kekahi mau loli i kāna lawelawe VPN On Demand no iOS ma muli o ka hōʻino patent, akā ua hoʻohuli ʻo ia iā ia iho i kekahi mau pule ma hope a haʻalele i nā mea āpau e like me ia. Akā ʻaʻole maopopo loa inā e hoʻi hou ka ʻōnaehana kumu no FaceTime.
Hmm. ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo mai iaʻu ua pāpā lākou i nā patent software ma ʻaneʻi ma New Zealand.
No laila ʻaʻole wau makemake e loaʻa kahi hui polokalamu ma laila ;-).
Akā, hana wau. I kēia lā, aneane hiki ʻole ke kākau i kekahi polokalamu me ka ʻole o ka hōʻino ʻana i kahi patent. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia ka nui o ia mau patent a ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ʻoe i kēia manawa, ua kākau ʻia ma ka manawa. Akā, e kākau i kekahi polokalamu kaulana i lilo i mea kaulana a i ʻole e loaʻa i ke kālā nui, a e lele mai nā manu lele patent iā ʻoe. Inā lākou e hoʻāʻo liʻiliʻi, 100% loaʻa iā lākou kekahi mea.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hui polokalamu ma kahi ʻāina kahi i pāpā ai lākou i nā patent software e like me ka lani…
Ke hilinaʻi nei inā ʻae ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e ʻaihue a inā ʻaihue ʻoe ;-).
Malia paha i ka wā e kākau ai kekahi i kekahi mea a loaʻa i ka manawa "hana" i kahi hana i ʻike nui ʻia a patent. no laila, ʻaʻole paha ia he coincidence ;-).
Heʻoiaʻiʻo ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻohana hiki iaʻu ke mālama iki, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, no ke aha e hana ai ka poʻe i nā hoʻomaka a kūʻai aku iā lākou i nā hui nui no ke kālā nui, ʻoiai ʻo kāu hana wale nō ke kope iā lākou.
A laila ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻomaka ai i kekahi mea, ke ʻole ʻoe i loko o kahi hui nunui.
ua like kēia me ka ft hoʻohui ʻana ma o nā kikowaena apple wale nō inā ʻaʻole hana pololei, e laʻa ma o NAT. Inā ʻo ia ke kumu o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa, a laila e lūlū i nā iwi.
Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole pili wale nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i nā patent kaulana. Ua loaʻa i kekahi nā manaʻo patented ma lalo o nā ʻatikala? :)
I koʻu manaʻo, ʻo ke kope wale ʻana i kahi manaʻo ʻaʻole ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka kūleʻa, kūʻai ʻia nā mea hoʻomaka i kūleʻa, ʻeā?
I ka hiki ʻana i kekahi mea patent i kahi mea maʻamau (kekahi mea e like me nā manaʻo ma lalo o kahi ʻatikala, a i ʻole kahi ʻāpana Apple me kahi hōʻike), ʻo ia ka pilikia nui o kekahi "kanaka akamai" e ʻae ʻia e hāʻawi ʻia ma ke ʻano he patent. ʻO ka manawa hope naʻe, ua nalowale ʻo Apple i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa no kēlā ʻano like. Pono paha kekahi e hana like i kēlā me kēia kikoʻī, no ka mea, maopopo iaʻu he mea kūpono ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi patent, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kope ʻana. - ʻOiai ua hōʻike wau i ka faila ma HW, ua like ia.
He manawa liʻiliʻi a pono mākou e kamaʻilio hou me ka leka maʻamau.