Eolas發動大規模的專利訴訟

伊利諾州的Eolas Technologies Inc.在2004年對Microsoft提起US5,838,906號專利的侵權訴訟，索賠US$56,500萬元，並獲判勝訴。該專利是一種自動啟動提供互動和顯示超媒體文件嵌入物件之外部應用軟體的分散式超媒體方法。
2009.10.6.又控告23家知名廠商，被告包括Adobe、Amazon、Apple、eBay、Google、Sun Microsystems、Texas Instruments、Yahoo和YouTube等等。這次的訴訟標的，除了原來的US5,838,906號專利外，又增加了一個延續案US7,599,985號專利。它是一種自動啟動提供互動和顯示超媒體文件嵌入物件之外部應用軟體的分散式超媒體方法和系統。

US5,838,906
Title:Distributed hypermedia method for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document
Filing Date:1994.10.17
Issue Date:1998.11.17.
Abstract:
A system allowing a user of a browser program on a computer connected to an open distributed hypermedia system to access and execute an embedded program object. The program object is embedded into a hypermedia document much like data objects. The user may select the program object from the screen. Once selected the program object executes on the user's (client) computer or may execute on a remote server or additional remote computers in a distributed processing arrangement. After launching the program object, the user is able to interact with the object as the invention provides for ongoing interprocess communication between the application object (program) and the browser program. One application of the embedded program object allows a user to view large and complex multi-dimensional objects from within the browser's window. The user can manipulate a control panel to change the viewpoint used to view the image. The invention allows a program to execute on a remote server or other computers to calculate the viewing transformations and send frame data to the client computer thus providing the user of the client computer with interactive features and allowing the user to have access to greater computing power than may be available at the user's client computer.

US7,599,985
Title:Distributed hypermedia method and system for automatically invoking external application providing interaction and display of embedded objects within a hypermedia document
Filing Date:2002.8.9.
Issue Date:2009.10.6
Abstract:
A system allowing a user of a browser program on a computer connected to an open distributed hypermedia system to access and execute an embedded program object. The program object is embedded into a hypermedia document much like data objects. The user may select the program object from the screen. Once selected the program object executes on the user's (client) computer or may execute on a remote server or additional remote computers in a distributed processing arrangement. After launching the program object, the user is able to interact with the object as the invention provides for ongoing interprocess communication between the application object (program) and the browser program. One application of the embedded program object allows a user to view large and complex multi-dimensional objects from within the browser's window. The user can manipulate a control panel to change the viewpoint used to view the image. The invention allows a program to execute on a remote server or other computers to calculate the viewing transformations and send frame data to the client computer thus providing the user of the client computer with interactive features and allowing the user to have access to greater computing power than may be available at the user's client computer.