I-Apple ibisebenzela ukufumana amalungelo kumalungelo awodwa abenzi benkampani. inkampani yokhuseleko yebhayometriki ikomkhulu eVirginia e Charlottesville, ebizwa Privaris, ngokutsho kwe-CNN. I-Privaris isanda kudluliselwa 26 kumalungelo akhe omenzi angama-31 ukuba Apple, kuquka 4 ipatent ngoDisemba 2012 kunye amanye amaninzi ngo-Okthobha wama-2014.
Amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza anxulumene ikakhulu neminwe, esetyenziswa kwiscreen sokuchukumisa esingakhokelela phucula iTouch-ID yezixhobo ezizayo. NgoFebruwari ophelileyo, umhlalutyi Ming-Chi Kuo, uxelele abatyali-mali ukuba i-iPhone elandelayo iya kuba nayo Ukuphuculwa kweTouch-ID kunye neempazamo ezincitshisiweyo.
Umzekelo, ipatent yePrivaris igubungela ukukwazi Sebenzisa isifundi sesikrini esichukumisayo kunye nesifundi somnwe ngaxeshanye. Enye ipatent yePrivaris iyakuvumela vula umnyango nge-iPhone yakho ngokuskena umnwe wakho, efana neentlawulo ze Apple Pay.
Ngokuphathelele inkampani 'Privaris', kukho amarhe okuba I-Apple ifumene le nkampani ngelinye ixesha kunyaka ophelileyo. Nangona kunjalo, akukho nto ibonisa ukuba oku kunjalo. Abaphathi be-Privaris abakhange batshintshe iiprofayili zabo ukuze babonise izikhundla ezitsha e-Apple, kwaye akukho webhusayithi ye-biometric firm ihlaziywa ukususela ngo-2010. UPrivaris ufuna ukuphuma kweli shishini kwaye i-Apple isebenzela ukufumana i-patent portfolio yayo.
NgoFebruwari walo nyaka, njengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, ingxelo enikezelwe ngumhlalutyi uMing-Chi Kuo, apho wabhengeza ukuba i-Apple izakwazisa imveliso. isivamvo se-ID sokuchukumisa ngakumbi kwixesha elizayo elingekude, kwaye oku kufunyanwa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza kunokunceda ukwenza oko kwenzeke.