Apple於2010.3.在ITC指控HTC侵害其10項專利案，ITC於2011.7.15.初判HTC侵害其中2項專利─US5946647、US6343263。
Smart的看法
眾所矚目的Apple vs. HTC初判結果終於揭曉了，在此不預測二造是否會和解收場(雖然可能性不小)，先試著從市場面、技術面及策略面來看二造的策略。
市場面：
專利戰在市場上就是一種遲滯作戰，運用各種訴訟及行政手段，讓競爭對手在市場中的進入障礙提高，根據市調機構的統計，HTC的智慧型手機，2011年Q1在北美地區的市占率約23%，已超過Apple及RIM，當然是Apple的眼中釘，欲去之而後快。
技術面：
Android陣營在各公司的發展之下，功\能早就媲美、甚至超過Apple，HTC、Samsung推出越來越多吸引人的Android產品之後，Apple當然開始緊張，只好用專利做為干擾的工具。
策略面：
HTC購買S3的主要目的，應是看重他的數百個影像處理的專利，且已有二個專利在與Apple的訴訟中勝訴，專利訴訟的最高指導原則不是要把對方打倒，而是能拿到授權金，所以，大多數的專利訴訟最後都是以和解收場，當然，古有明訓：弱國無外交，要和解如果自己拿不出一些武器的話，是無法止戰的，因此，以戰逼和就是最好的策略，自己如果沒有足夠的自製武器， 最快的方式就是外購，HTC此時購買S3就是在這種思維下的產物，既然S3有那麼多專利，而且還打過勝仗，顯然就是個即戰力，立刻可上場作戰，這應該是HTC在這個時候要買下S3的原因了。
US5946647
Title : System and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data
Filing Date : 1996.2.1.
Issue Date : 1999.8.31.
Abstract :
A system and method causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified in computer data. The system provides an analyzer server, an application program interface, a user interface and an action processor. The analyzer server receives from an application running concurrently data having recognizable structures, uses a pattern analysis unit, such as a parser or fast string search function, to detect structures in the data, and links relevant actions to the detected structures. The application program interface communicates with the application running concurrently, and transmits relevant information to the user interface. Thus, the user interface can present and enable selection of the detected structures, and upon selection of a detected structure, present the linked candidate actions. Upon selection of an action, the action processor performs the action on the detected structure.
US6343263
Title : Real-time signal processing system for serially transmitted data
Filing Date : 1994.8.2.
Issue Date : 2002.1.29.
Abstract :
A data transmission system having a real-time data engine for processing isochronous streams of data includes an interface device that provides a physical and logical connection of a computer to any one or more of a variety of different types of data networks. Data received at this device is presented to a serial driver, which disassembles different streams of data for presentation to appropriate data managers. A device handler associated with the interface device sets up data flow paths, and also presents data and commands from the data managers to a real-time data processing engine. Flexibility to handle any type of data, such as voice, facsimile, video and the like, that is transmitted over any type of communication network with any type of real-time engine is made possible by abstracting the functions of each of the elements of the system from one another. This abstraction is provided through suitable interfaces that isolate the transmission medium, the data manager and the real-time engine from one another.
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