[b]Microsoft[/b] faces a trial in a patent infringement suit over the 'autoplay' feature in [i]Windows[/i] that automatically starts an application after storage media is loaded into a PC.
[blockquote]TVI charges Microsoft infringes on four of its U.S. patents, three entitled "host device equipped with means for starting a process in response to detecting insertion of a storage media" and one entitled "method for starting up a process automatically on insertion of a storage media into a host device." The patent numbers are 5,597,307; 5,795,156; 6,249,863; and 6,418,532.
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