看看其專利請求項內容先。侵權的可能性不大，因為可專利性在Alice案後被限縮，這個專利很可能會被無效掉。
發明方案中，使用通用電腦的程式（軟硬體系統組合）CBM（基於電腦的方法），電腦的使用必須「顯著改善」”significant more”該技術方案，而成其重要且不可或缺的組成部分，使其並非抽象概念（單純的操作步驟描述）。你在這請求項，除了選擇方式的描述外，有看到任何技術內涵嗎？
即使本發明在Vanda案後，可能可以用“連結實際應用”來取得可專利性，另外，在2005年，ping也是公知常識，所以這專利在進步性上也很有問題。
（註：最新的美國專利商標局有關可專利性的判準在這裡：https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Quality_Chat_1_10_2019.pdf。
（註：最新的美國專利商標局有關可專利性的判準在這裡：https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Quality_Chat_1_10_2019.pdf。
而基於美國聯邦最高法院在Alice與Vanda兩案中所表達見解所更改的可專利性審查基準，合稱“Alice-Vanda Test”。）
「報導也指出，這項技術是美國第7593374號專利，於2005年被授予一家名叫M-LABS的中國公司，而它的共同專利權者為 WiNet Labs和M-LABS。不過這也不是第一次 M-LABS提到蘋果侵權，其實早在2014年他們就曾通過代理商想出售專利給蘋果，但沒想到卻被忽略了，因此最近才決定走向法院，希望得到蘋果公平合理的使用費、三倍的賠償損害金以及法律允許的最高利率來得到蘋果專利的使用利息。」
美國第7593374號專利：
Claim 1. A method for forming an ad-hoc network with a plurality of nodes, the method comprising:
electing a coordinating node from the plurality of nodes, the coordinating node then:
assigning an ad-hoc network address to each of the other nodes with the ad-hoc address recognizing participation of a respective node in the network; and
assigning a local address to each of the other nodes with the local address setting a position of a respective node in the network,
wherein the electing step comprises:
emitting pings from each of the nodes to locate nodes within a radio range; broadcasting a tag from each of the located nodes to identify each of the located nodes; sending out an election-ballot packet by each of the identified nodes to each of the other identified nodes,
wherein the electing step further comprises electing the coordinating node based on information in the tags,
wherein each of the tags includes a serial number, the electing step further comprises electing the node with the highest serial number.
electing a coordinating node from the plurality of nodes, the coordinating node then:
assigning an ad-hoc network address to each of the other nodes with the ad-hoc address recognizing participation of a respective node in the network; and
assigning a local address to each of the other nodes with the local address setting a position of a respective node in the network,
wherein the electing step comprises:
emitting pings from each of the nodes to locate nodes within a radio range; broadcasting a tag from each of the located nodes to identify each of the located nodes; sending out an election-ballot packet by each of the identified nodes to each of the other identified nodes,
wherein the electing step further comprises electing the coordinating node based on information in the tags,
wherein each of the tags includes a serial number, the electing step further comprises electing the node with the highest serial number.
