Zvekare isu tinotaura nezvekushandiswa kwemvumo nekambani yeCupertino-based tisina kumbobvira tarisa. Ino nguva yaive Network-1 Technologies kambani, inotsigirwa neMirror World Technologies, kambani yakanyoresa patent muna 1999. Iyi patent ine nhamba 6.006.227 inoratidza inoenderana nenguva yekuchengetedza ruzivo system, yakafanana neiyo inoshandiswa neApple muTime Machine.
Sezviri pachena haisi nguva yekutanga iyo Apple inotarisa mudare redzimhosva kuti ishandise iyi patent. Yale University purofesa David Gelernter nemudzidzi wake Eric Freeman vakagadzira iyi nzira yekuverenga yekuchengetedza ruzivo muna 1996. Vakazogadzira kambani Mirror Worlds LLC uye ndipo pavakamhan'arira Apple.
Mukuyedza kwekutanga, iyo Cupertino-based kambani akamanikidzwa kubhadhara 625 mamirioni emadhora nekuda kwechikonzero ichochi patent iyi, asi gore rakazotevera mukukwidza nyaya, mutongi akatonga achitsigira Apple uye mutongo wapfuura wakabviswa, zvekuti kambani yaisabhadhara zvachose.
Asi zvichitevera kutengwa kweMirror Worlds LLC neNetwork-1 Technologies, kambani yakaenda kudare zvakare kukambani asi panguva ino nerombo rakawanda, kubvira pakupedzisira mukutongwa kwechipiri uku, Apple yakatongerwa kubhadhara mamirioni makumi maviri nemashanu ekurwadziwa, mari iri pasi zvakanyanya pane iya yakatongerwa muyedzo yekutanga yavakazokwidza nyaya.
Redmond-based kambani Microsoft yakaionawo yakamhan'ara kushandisa imwecheteyo patent, asi nguva ino akangotongwa nemamiriyoni mana emadhora, nhamba iri pazasi pemamiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu emadhora iyo Apple yaifanira kubhadhara kuti ishandise iwo mapateni akafanana usati wambotarisa.