<s>
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
software	O
firm	O
based	O
in	O
Monroe	O
,	O
Michigan	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
HyperTerminal	B-Protocol
Private	O
Edition	O
and	O
HyperACCESS	B-Protocol
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
earlier	O
years	O
,	O
HyperTerminal	B-Protocol
had	O
been	O
licensed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
ranging	O
from	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
to	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firm	O
's	O
first	O
software	O
product	O
was	O
HyperACCESS	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
was	O
initially	O
designed	O
to	O
enable	O
Heath	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
to	O
communicate	O
over	O
a	O
modem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
this	O
same	O
product	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
IBM	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
and	O
compatible	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
the	O
same	O
version	O
of	O
this	O
technology	O
would	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
including	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competition	O
heated	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
and	O
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
would	O
compete	O
in	O
the	O
online	O
communications	O
software	O
market	O
against	O
the	O
likes	O
of	O
Datastorm	B-Protocol
's	O
ProComm	B-Protocol
line	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
Delrina	O
's	O
WinComm	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
IBM	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
OS	O
vendor	O
to	O
bundle	O
one	O
of	O
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
products	O
with	O
a	O
32-bit	O
OS	O
by	O
including	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
firm	O
's	O
terminal	O
program	O
with	O
OS/2	B-Application
Warp	O
3.0	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
named	O
"	O
HyperAccess	B-Protocol
Lite	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
Microsoft	O
followed	O
suit	O
and	O
licensed	O
a	O
low-end	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
HyperTerminal	B-Protocol
(	O
essentially	O
a	O
"	O
Lite	O
"	O
version	O
)	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
their	O
set	O
of	O
communications	O
utilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
bundled	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
up	O
to	O
and	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
was	O
an	O
early	O
entrant	O
into	O
devising	O
anti-virus	O
software	O
,	O
and	O
received	O
patents	O
for	O
its	O
HyperGuard	O
product	O
,	O
designed	O
to	O
prevent	O
viruses	O
from	O
being	O
downloaded	O
while	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
online	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
's	O
Healthcare	O
business	O
(	O
HyperSend	O
and	O
HyperBridge	O
)	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Compuware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
sued	O
McAfee	O
Associates	O
and	O
Symantec	O
Corp	O
.	O
for	O
alleged	O
infringement	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
patent	O
they	O
were	O
issued	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	O
was	O
settled	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
Symantec	O
agreed	O
to	O
a	O
$6.2	O
million	O
settlement	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
settlement	O
,	O
"	O
Symantec	O
said	O
it	O
would	O
buy	O
a	O
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
patent	O
that	O
covers	O
scanning	O
for	O
viruses	O
and	O
other	O
malicious	O
code	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
rights	O
to	O
other	O
Hilgraeve	B-Protocol
patents.	O
"	O
</s>
