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Muna 2012, hondo yepamutemo yakatariswa zvakanyanya inosanganisira Apple yaive iyo ine Samsung. Kambani yeCalifornian yakabuda seyakahwina, asi mugore rimwe chetero yakarova zvakanyanya kamwechete. Apple yaifanira kubhadhara $368 miriyoni kuVirnetX uye, sezvazvakazoitika, yakarasikirwa akati wandei akakosha eFaceTime patent.

Mutongo wekuti Apple ibhadhare $386 miriyoni kuVirnetX yekutyorwa kwepatent wakapihwa gore rapfuura, asi Nyamavhuvhu uno nyaya yacho yakaenderera mberi nekumwe kupihwa. Zvakazoitika kuti Apple haisi kungotarisana nekutyisidzirwa kwemamwe mamirioni mumari yerezinesi, asiwo kuti sevhisi yayo yeFaceTime iri kutambura nekuda kwekushaikwa kwemvumo.

Nyaya yeVirnetX vs. Apple yakanyorera ma patent akati wandei anovhara zvikamu zvakasiyana zveFaceTime vhidhiyo yekutaura system. Kunyange VirnetX isina kuhwina kurambidzwa kuzere kweFaceTime mudare, mutongi akabvuma kuti Apple inofanirwa kubhadhara mari yekutyora patent.

Ruzivo rwave kuoneka kuti Apple yakagadziridza iyo backend architecture yeFaceTime kuitira kuti ienderere mberi kwete kukanganisa VirnetX patents, asi nekuda kweizvi, vashandisi vakangoerekana vatanga kunyunyuta muhuwandu hukuru nezvemhando yebasa.

Kutongwa kwedare, uko kwaisanganisira zvikwereti uye kwakaitika muna Nyamavhuvhu 15, hakuna kutaurwa nevezvenhau, uye zvinyorwa zvine chekuita nenyaya iyi zvakaramba zvakavharwa zvachose. Nhau dzese dzinouya zvakanyanya kubva kuVirnetX uye seva investor ArsTechnica mumwe wavo akabvunzurudzwa. Semuridziri weVirnetX, Jeff Lease akatora chikamu mune zvese zvaiitwa mudare uye akachengeta zvinyorwa zvine ruzivo, zvichibva pane zvatingagona kuburitsa nyaya yese. Apple, seVirnetX, yakaramba kutaura nezvenyaya iyi.

Apple inotaura kuti haina kukanganisa patents, asi inoita zvakasiyana

FaceTime mafoni ekutanga akaitwa kuburikidza neakananga kutaurirana system. Izvi zvinoreva kuti Apple yakasimbisa kuti mapato ese ane iyo FaceTime account inoshanda uye ndokuvabvumira kuti vabatane zvakananga paInternet pasina kudiwa kwechero relay kana yepakati maseva. Vangangoita mashanu kusvika gumi muzana emafoni ese akafamba nemasevha akadaro, mumwe injiniya weApple akapupura.

Asi kuti Apple isatyore VirnetX patents, mafoni ese aifanira kuenda nemaseva epakati. Izvi zvakabvumiranwa nemapato ese ari maviri, uye Apple payakangoona kuti yaigona kubhadhara mari yeizvi, yakagadziridza hurongwa hwayo kuitira kuti mafoni ese eFaceTime afambe nemasevha ekudzosera. Sekureva kweLease, Apple yakachinja nzira yekufona muna Kubvumbi, kunyangwe yakaramba ichipokana mudare kuti yaisatenda kuti iri kutyora patent. Kunyangwe zvakadaro, akachinjira kumaseva ekutumira.

Zvichemo uye kutyisidzira kwemari yakakwirira

Injiniya yeApple, Patrick Gates akatsanangura mashandiro anoita FaceTime mudare, achiramba zvirevo zvekuti kushandura nzira yekufambisa kunofanirwa kukanganisa kunaka kwesevhisi. Sekureva kwake, hunhu hwekufona hunogona kutovandudza pane kudzikira. Asi Apple ingangove ichingo shungurudza pano kutsausa kutarisa kubva kuVirnetX patents.

Zvinoenderana nerekodhi dzevatengi Apple yakapa vamiriri veVirnetX kubva Kubvumbi kusvika pakati paNyamavhuvhu, Apple yakagamuchira nhare dzinopfuura hafu yemirioni kubva kuvashandisi vasingagutsikane vachinyunyuta nezvemhando yeFaceTime. Izvi zvinonzwisisika kutamba mumaoko eVirnetX, iyo yaizove nenguva iri nyore kuratidza mudare kuti marezinesi ayo akakosha zvakanyanya mutekinoroji uye anokodzera muripo werezinesi.

Mari chaiyo haina kukurukurwa nezvayo, asi VirnetX iri kutsvaga mari inodarika mazana manomwe emamiriyoni emadhora, sekureva kweLease, anoti zvakaoma kufungidzira kuti mutongi achasarudza chii nekuti zvakaoma kuverenga.

FaceTime haisiriyo nyaya yekutanga iyo Apple yakabata nayo maererano neVirnetX patents. Muna Kubvumbi, kambani yeApple yakazivisa kuti yaizoita shanduko kune yayo VPN On Demand sevhisi yeIOS nekuda kwekutyorwa kwepatent, asi yakazozvishandura mavhiki mashoma gare gare ndokusiya zvese sezvazviri. Asi hazvina kujeka zvachose kana iyo yekutanga system yeFaceTime ichadzoka zvakare.

Kunobva: ArsTechnica.com
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