IBM Accused of Patent Infringement Over Location-Based Data Tech

Several International Business Machines Corp. products infringe patents that use GPS information to deliver content to mobile devices, a complaint filed in federal court says.

A quartet of IBM products, including cybersecurity tools and a weather application, infringe three patents held by H2 Intellect LLC, a Houston-based tech firm owned by a pair of upstart entrepreneurs. Its complaint was filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

H2 Intellect’s patents allow delivery of content “to areas as specific as particular business or home locations,” and when a mobile device enters “an area for a predetermined/specified ...