Foxtel is going through a authorized problem from Sydney-based agency Advanced Technology Group over its “distant recording” tech which permits subscribers to file tv on IQ bins through cellphone and desktop instructions.
The Australian Financial evaluate reviews ATG had a patent for “distant recording” between December 2013 and June 2018.
In 2015, Foxtel filed a case with the Australian Patent Office opposing ATG’s patent, and pushed for a collection of modifications, with extra instances and claims filed over the following six years. ATG claims this reveals Foxtel knew the expertise was lined by an current patent.
Foxtel first launched Remote Record to subscribers in 2007.
“Forgot to file your favorite tv program? Stuck in visitors fascinated with a brand new TV present you’re late for? At a celebration you couldn’t go on however itching to understand how the film ended?,” it stated on the time. “Never miss your favorite program once more with Foxtel’s newest digital providing, which gives entry to view Foxtel’s web-based Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and talent to make use of the Remote Record performance to file packages on the Foxtel iQ from 3G cellphones.”
It additionally provided Reminder Alerts despatched through SMS to the person quarter-hour previous to the TV program commencing with the identify of the present, the channel and what time it begins.
Documents have been filed within the Fedeeral Court.
Foxtel and ATG each declined to remark.
