InterDigital demonstrated SAM at Mobile World Congress in February with Alcatel-Lucent's lightRadio system, which uses that company's 5780 Dynamic Services Controller Wi-Fi Control Module to send carrier policies to subscribers' devices. SAM has been tested on and is available for Windows Phone and for Android versions 2.3 (Gingerbread), 3 (Honeycomb) and 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). If Apple asks for it, potentially because of requests from carriers with the iPhone, SAM will be implemented for iOS, Nolan said.

InterDigital has deep roots in digital mobile technology and claims about 8,800 patents. Last year the company Nokia, Huawei Technologies and ZTE claiming patent infringement, and it reportedly has been a by Google for its patent portfolio.

The IDG News Service