Stream Theory Sues Three Firms for Patent Infringement

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 26, 2006 - 11:50am.

Irvine, Calif. - Stream Theory, a provider of streaming application technology that enables software-on-demand, announced this week that it has filed patent infringement claims against three companies: Softricity, AppStream and Exent. Filed with the U.S. Patent Office in 1997, Stream Theory's patent describes a "method and apparatus to allow remotely located computer programs and/or data to be accessed on a local computer in a secure, time-limited manner, with persistent caching." Irvine, Calif.-based Stream Theory's technology has been used by game publishers and developers including Atari, PlayFirst and Team6 Game Studios to deliver games online.
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