The website of the Ministry of Commerce exposes Microsoft's "Android Killer" patent

Google's Android system uses a large number of Microsoft patents in Beijing June 17 Morning News, the Ministry of Commerce's website recently released information shows that Microsoft has hundreds of of the patents have been used by the Android phone, and Microsoft charged the license fee. As early as 3 years ago, Microsoft has pointed out that Google's Android system uses the company a large number of patents. Microsoft's Intellectual property Director explained the decision of Microsoft to sue the Barnes Bookstore's Nook reader 2011 years ago, and said authorization is the solution to the problem. The Nook reader is based on the Android system. Microsoft then filed lawsuits against a number of Android device manufacturers. In the process, Microsoft's patents were gradually exposed. But most patents remain confidential, and industry insiders are speculating about how much of this type of patent Microsoft holds. Such speculation could come to an ending, according to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's announcement. The information on the ministry's website is about Microsoft's approval of a Nokia deal. It shows that Microsoft's patent portfolio covers a wide range of technologies, including Microsoft's self-developed technology and Microsoft's involvement in Rockstar Consortium's patents. Rockstar Consortium the company's patent portfolio after the Nortel Network went bust. $4.5 billion trillion. In a April 8 blog, Microsoft said the Chinese Ministry of Commerce believes that Microsoft holds about 200 patent families necessary to develop Android handsets. Industry insiders believe that the Chinese government to declare the conclusion of the unusual. In fact, with the exception of Microsoft itself, no one has enough expertise and resources to confirm from Microsoft's thousands of patents that the patents are necessary to develop the Android phone. More likely, Microsoft has provided the list to Chinese regulators. China's regulators may worry that the company will be overly aggressive in its patent field after Microsoft buys Nokia. In addition, Microsoft does not appear to worry that these patent information is publicly released, but the Chinese Ministry of Commerce's English web site did not publish the patent list. Although Microsoft has used the term "patent family" in its blog, according to China's Ministry of Commerce, most patent families contain only one patent. A list of two Microsoft patents is published on the website of the Ministry of Commerce, with a long list of 310 patents and patent applications, a shorter list of which is a subset of the former, which contains more than 100 patents and patent applications that the Ministry of Commerce focuses on. In the longer list, 73 patents are considered to be standard-related patents and are used for all smartphones. The next 127 patents, Microsoft believes, have been used by Android phones. And the last chapter is non-standard related patents, including 68 patent applications and 42 patents. (Zhang Fan)