Apple sued for fast Mac boot tech
Operating Systems Solutions filed a federal lawsuit against Apple, claiming the Cupertino, California-based company infringes on its patent for quickly booting Mac OS.
The company says it wants an injunction against Apple and “the immediate destruction of all remaining advertisements, circulars, brochures, or other promotional or advertising items, Web site, or other materials for the infringing method.”
The lawsuit is notable because it was originally assigned to LG Electronics, the South Korean company that makes smartphones and tablets powered by Google's Android.
Apple and several Android device makers including Samsung and HTC have been wrangling in court over patents for months, says ComputerWorld.
Google's head counsel lately took rivals, among them Apple, to task for waging what he called a “hostile, organised campaign against Android using bogus patents”.
The suit claims Apple's computer systems, specifically the MacBook Pro and others, infringe at least Claim one of the patent.
That claim states: “A method for fast booting a computer system, comprising the steps of: A. performing a power on self test (POST) of basic input output system (BIOS) when the system is powered on or reset is requested”, says PCMag.
The claim further states: “B. checking whether a boot configuration information including a system booting state which was created while executing a previous normal booting process exists or not; C. storing the boot configuration information from execution of the POST operation before loading a graphic interface (GUI) program, based on the checking result; and D. loading the graphic user interface (GUI) program.”
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