A U.S. company decided to enter the court against Microsoft, the software giant due to the presence of dynamic blocks (trade name in English: Live Tiles) systems running on several products developed by MS. The SurfCast asks the district court of Maine recognizes the use of a patent obtained in April 2004.
"System and method for simultaneous display of multiple information sources," the title of the patent registered by SurfCast, shows a series of graphs and diagrams as would be expected using the electronic device screen to display notifications of interest to the other party.
According to SurfCast, Microsoft infringes four patents by "making, using, selling or offering to sell devices and software products" protected by intellectual property. Still say that Microsoft encourages developers to infringe patents when they make programs for Windows Phone and Windows 8.
Live Tiles, as you may know, allow you to show animations and information on the application icon on the home screen that is both phones as computers and tablets. That has been the main focus of the smartphones since MS introduced Windows Phone with visual Metro.
A spokesman for Microsoft said the company is confident it will prove to the court's arguments have no merit SurfCast and that the company "has created a unique user experience.
Microsoft started selling Windows 8 last week. More than 4 million system licenses were sold to consumers in the early days, second says President Steve Ballmer. Event in New York on Monday served to show new features in Windows Phone 8.
"System and method for simultaneous display of multiple information sources," the title of the patent registered by SurfCast, shows a series of graphs and diagrams as would be expected using the electronic device screen to display notifications of interest to the other party.
According to SurfCast, Microsoft infringes four patents by "making, using, selling or offering to sell devices and software products" protected by intellectual property. Still say that Microsoft encourages developers to infringe patents when they make programs for Windows Phone and Windows 8.
Live Tiles, as you may know, allow you to show animations and information on the application icon on the home screen that is both phones as computers and tablets. That has been the main focus of the smartphones since MS introduced Windows Phone with visual Metro.
A spokesman for Microsoft said the company is confident it will prove to the court's arguments have no merit SurfCast and that the company "has created a unique user experience.
Microsoft started selling Windows 8 last week. More than 4 million system licenses were sold to consumers in the early days, second says President Steve Ballmer. Event in New York on Monday served to show new features in Windows Phone 8.
