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The demultiplexing patent tag on WindowsForum.com covers a legal dispute where Implicit Networks sued Microsoft, alleging that Windows 7 and Vista breached a patent related to demultiplexing packet components. The patent, US 6,629,163, describes a method for identifying specific components in a sequence of packet components without re-identifying subsequent components. The lawsuit claimed this technology was used in Microsoft's Windows Filtering Platform. Discussions on the forum focus on the implications of this patent infringement case for Windows users and the broader software industry.
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    Windows 7 alleged to breach patent

    Link Removed Implicit Networks launched a law suit against Microsoft in a California district court, alleging the software giant had breached a patent it owns. Implicit claims its patent, US 6,629,163 and with the wordy title Method and System for Demultiplexing a First Sequence of Packet...
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