These are the secret patents Microsoft used to squeeze billions out of Android vendors

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Microsoft's return to the mobile space following the epic downfall of Windows Mobile has been slow going so far. In fact, the company's Windows Phone operating system was first unveiled four years ago now, and Microsoft's share of the global smartphone market still sits in the low single digits. But despite the company's struggles to regain its footing in mobile, Microsoft continues to make billions from the smartphone and tablet markets. How? By using a list of patents it claims have been infringed by Android to pressure smartphone makers into licensing deals. And now, for the first time, that secret list is no longer a secret.

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