Software consultants at Quandary Peak Research recently completed an lengthy, in-depth source code review of twenty-nine mobile devices running the Android, Windows Mobile, and Windows Phone 7 operating systems. The consultants, George Edwards and Brad Ulrich, drew on their many years of experience in smartphone application development and mobile systems research to document the structure and behavior of the software components at issue. Both Brad and George have worked on a number of cases as an Android expert witness.
The extensive analysis effort was conducted on behalf of Desmarais LLP in connection with a patent infringement matter, MobileMedia Ideas LLC v. HTC Corporation and HTC America Inc. The case initially involved eleven patents for smartphone technology related to voice dialing, call handling, contacts management, media playback and streaming, and image processing.
The patents asserted by MMI include the following:
- U.S. Patent No. 5,490,170
- U.S. Patent No. 5,841,979
- U.S. Patent No. 5,915,239
- U.S. Patent No. 5,977,887
- U.S. Patent No. 6,043,760
- U.S. Patent No. 6,049,796
- U.S. Patent No. 6,070,068
- U.S. Patent No. 6,253,075
- U.S. Patent No. 6,427,078
- U.S. Patent No. 6,871,048
- U.S. Patent No. 7,349,012