A Malaysian firm called StreetSpace has become the latest company to accuse a raft of major mobile tech firms of patent infringements. StreetSpace, a maker of public Internet kiosks, filed a lawsuit Monday accusing around 20 high-profile firms of infringing a US patent it holds concerning location-based services. Among those named in the complaint are Apple and Google – with their respective mobile advertising subsidiaries, Quattro Wireless and AdMob – plus Nokia, NAVTEQ, Millenial Media and Jumptap. StreetSpace is suing for the breach of a patent described as a “Method and System for Providing Personalised Online Services and Advertisements in Public Places.”

StreetSpace says it has been deploying its public Internet terminals – known as Web Station – in California and elsewhere since 1999. The complaint concerns a service called Streetpartner, which allows StreetSpace customers to operate the Web Station kiosks remotely. This service "allows network managers, businesses, and retailers to monitor and analyse users' locations, profiles, and network usage histories, thus enabling them to deliver personalised content (such as targeted advertising and/or location-based services) across the Web Station network," the complaint explains. StreetSpace argues that the various defendants are trespassing on its intellectual property with their respective mobile advertising services.