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`·1· · · · · · · IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`·2· · · · · · · · ·FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`·4· ACCELERATION BAY LLC, a Delaware
`· · Limited Liability Corporation,
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`· · · · · · · · · · · · Plaintiff,
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`· · · ·vs.· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · NO. 15-228-RGA
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`· · ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., a Delaware
`·8· Corporation,
`·9· · · · · · · · · · · Defendant.
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`12· · · · · · · · · · · · ·DEPOSITION OF
`13· · · · · · · · · · · · ·PAT GRIFFITH
`14· · · · · · · · · · · ·**CONFIDENTIAL**
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`16· · · · · · · · · · · · ·May 17, 2016
`17· · · · · · · · · · 9:37 a.m. - 6:49 p.m.
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`19· · · · · · · 333 South Grand Avenue, 38th Floor
`20· · · · · · · · Los Angeles, California 90071
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`24· · · · · · · · Alisia Patricio, CSR No. 13606
`· · · · · · · within and for the State of California
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`·1· · · · · · · · · ·APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
`·2· ·For the Plaintiff:
`·3· · · ·KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL
`· · · · ·BY:· WILLIAM HANNAH, ESQ.
`·4· · · ·990 Marsh Road
`· · · · ·Menlo Park, California· 94025
`·5· · · ·(650) 752-1729
`· · · · ·(650) 752-1829 (Fax)
`·6· · · ·whannah@kramerlevin.com
`·7· · · ·KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL
`· · · · ·BY:· AARON FRANKEL, ESQ.
`·8· · · ·1177 Avenue of the Americas
`· · · · ·New York, New York 10036
`·9· · · ·(212) 715-7793
`· · · · ·(212) 715-8363 (fax)
`10· · · ·Afrankel@kramerlevin.com
`11· ·For the Defendant:
`12· · · ·WINSTON & STRAWN
`· · · · ·BY:· MICHAEL A. TOMASULO, ESQ.
`13· · · ·333 South Grand Avenue
`· · · · ·Los Angeles, California· 90071
`14· · · ·(213) 615-1848
`· · · · ·(213) 615-1750 (Fax)
`15· · · ·mtomasulo@winston.com
`16· ·Also Present:
`17· · · ·Luis Garcia, Videographer
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`·1· · · · · · · · · · INDEX OF EXAMINATION
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`·3· ·WITNESS:
`·4· ·PAT GRIFFITH
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`·6· ·EXAMINATION:· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·PAGE
`·7· ·BY MR. HANNAH· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 8
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 1· · Plaintiff Acceleration Bay LLC's· · · · ·10
`13· · · · · · · · Notice of 30(b)(6) Deposition of
`· · · · · · · · · Defendant Activision Blizzard,
`14· · · · · · · · Inc.; ten pages
`15· ·EXHIBIT 2· · Screen capture entitled Destiny· · · · · 16
`· · · · · · · · · - End Credits; one page
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 3· · Screen capture printout from a· · · · · ·21
`17· · · · · · · · website entitled State Engine
`· · · · · · · · · Architecture, Bates-stamped
`18· · · · · · · · AB-AB002386; one page
`19· ·EXHIBIT 4· · Puppet at Demonware, Ruaidhri· · · · · · 31
`· · · · · · · · · Power, Bates-stamped AB-AB002400
`20· · · · · · · · through AB-AB002428; 29 pages
`21· ·EXHIBIT 5· · Treyarch Confidential T7 Parties· · · · 101
`· · · · · · · · · and Sessions, Vo. 1, dated
`22· · · · · · · · January 10, 2014, Bates-stamped
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI0025895 through ATVI0025920;
`23· · · · · · · · 26 pages
`24· ·EXHIBIT 6· · Page of code; one page retained· · · · ·163
`· · · · · · · · · by counsel
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 7· · Xbox One Technical information· · · · · 171
`·4· · · · · · · · on P2P Networking Behavior
`· · · · · · · · · Version 1.0, last updated
`·5· · · · · · · · October 6, 2013, Bates-stamped
`· · · · · · · · · AB-AB002810 through AB-AB002813;
`·6· · · · · · · · four pages
`·7· ·EXHIBIT 8· · Document Bates-stamped· · · · · · · · · 182
`· · · · · · · · · ACTVI0026136 through
`·8· · · · · · · · ATVI0026139; four pages
`·9· ·EXHIBIT 9· · Set of documents with first page· · · · 188
`· · · · · · · · · entitled Contents, Bates-stamped
`10· · · · · · · · ATVI0025819 through ATVI0025832;
`· · · · · · · · · 14 pages
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 10· ·Set of documents with first page· · · · 200
`12· · · · · · · · entitled CORE MW3 GOALS,
`· · · · · · · · · Bates-stamped ATVI0027267
`13· · · · · · · · through ATVI0027275; nine pages
`14· ·EXHIBIT 11· ·Spreadsheet with tabs entitled· · · · · 206
`· · · · · · · · · Feature, Task, Implementor,
`15· · · · · · · · Priority, and Start Date,
`· · · · · · · · · Bates-stamped ATVI0027244
`16· · · · · · · · through ATVI0027246; three pages
`17· ·EXHIBIT 12· ·Article entitled Meet the People· · · · 221
`· · · · · · · · · Who Keep Some of Your Favorite
`18· · · · · · · · Games Running, by Brian Crecente
`· · · · · · · · · on December 7, 2013; 13 pages
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 13· ·Set of documents Bates-stamped· · · · · 238
`20· · · · · · · · ATVI0026163 through ATVI0026167;
`· · · · · · · · · five pages
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 14· ·Page of source code· · · · · · · · · · ·241
`22· · · · · · · · Bates-stamped
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000209; one page
`23· · · · · · · · retained by counsel
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 15· ·Page of source code· · · · · · · · · · ·244
`·4· · · · · · · · Bates-stamped
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000060; one page
`·5· · · · · · · · retained by counsel
`·6· ·EXHIBIT 16· ·Module Bates-stamped· · · · · · · · · · 246
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000221; one page
`·7· · · · · · · · retained by counsel
`·8· ·EXHIBIT 17· ·CLvoice.CCP module Bates-stamped· · · · 257
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000226; one page
`·9· · · · · · · · retained by counsel
`10· ·EXHIBIT 18· ·bdSession.H module Bates-stamped· · · · 264
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000221; one page
`11· · · · · · · · retained by counsel
`12· ·EXHIBIT 19· ·LobbyMatchmaking.LUA module· · · · · · ·270
`· · · · · · · · · Bates-stamped
`13· · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000041; one page
`· · · · · · · · · retained by counsel
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 20· ·design_mesh module Bates-stamped· · · · 275
`15· · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000054; one page
`· · · · · · · · · retained by counsel
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 21· ·Multiplayer peer-to-peer· · · · · · · · 278
`17· · · · · · · · requirement module,
`· · · · · · · · · Bates-stamped
`18· · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000055; one page
`· · · · · · · · · retained by counsel
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 22· ·peermesh_net.cpp module· · · · · · · · ·282
`20· · · · · · · · Bates-stamped
`· · · · · · · · · ATVI-SRC-COD000114; one page
`21· · · · · · · · retained by counsel retained by
`· · · · · · · · · counsel
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 23· ·Article entitled Call of Duty:· · · · · 284
`23· · · · · · · · Black Ops 3 Lag and In-Game
`· · · · · · · · · Performance, Bates-stamped
`24· · · · · · · · AB-AB002368 through AB-AB002371;
`· · · · · · · · · four pages
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 24· ·Article entitled Call of Duty· · · · · ·287
`·4· · · · · · · · Devs Helped Improve Overwatch's
`· · · · · · · · · Shooting; four pages
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 25· ·Activision Associate Multiplayer· · · · 292
`·6· · · · · · · · Gameplay Engineer - Sledgehammer
`· · · · · · · · · Games job posting; two pages
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`· · ·EXHIBIT 26· ·Defendant Activision/Blizzard· · · · · ·296
`·8· · · · · · · · Inc's Second Supplemental
`· · · · · · · · · Responses to Plaintiff
`·9· · · · · · · · Acceleration Bay LLC's Second
`· · · · · · · · · Set of Common Interrogatories to
`10· · · · · · · · Defendants, Numbers 5 and 9;
`· · · · · · · · · 14 pages
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`12· · · ·(Exhibits 6 and 14 through 22 were designated
`13· · · ·confidential and retained by counsel.)
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`16· · · · · · · · · · INFORMATION REQUESTED
`17· · · · · · · · · · · · · · None.
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`20· · · · · · · · · INSTRUCTION NOT TO ANSWER
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`·1· · · · · · · · DEPOSITION OF PAT GRIFFITH
`·2· · · · · · · · · ·TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2016
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`·4· · · · · · THE VIDEOGRAPHER:· Good morning.
`·5· · · · · · This is Media No. 1 to the videotaped
`·6· ·deposition of Pat Griffith in the matter of
`·7· ·Acceleration Bay, LLC versus Activision Blizzard,
`·8· ·Inc.· This is being heard in the United States
`·9· ·District Court for the District of Delaware.· The
`10· ·case number is 15-228-RGA.
`11· · · · · · This deposition is being held at 333 South
`12· ·Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071.
`13· · · · · · Today's date is May 17th, 2016, and the time
`14· ·is 9:38 a.m.
`15· · · · · · My name is Luis Garcia.· I'm the
`16· ·videographer.· The court reporter is Alisia Patricio.
`17· · · · · · Counsel, will you please introduce
`18· ·yourselves and affiliations, and the witness will be
`19· ·sworn.
`20· · · · · · MR. HANNAH:· I'm William Hannah of Kramer,
`21· ·Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, representing Acceleration
`22· ·Bay.
`23· · · · · · MR. FRANKEL:· Aaron Frankel, also from
`24· ·Kramer Levin, on behalf of Acceleration Bay.
`25· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Michael Tomasulo from Winston
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`·1· ·& Strawn on behalf of the defendant Activision
`·2· ·Blizzard, Inc.· And with me is Omer Salik, S-A-L-I-K,
`·3· ·in-house counsel at Activision Blizzard.
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`·5· · · · · · · · · · · ·PAT GRIFFITH,
`·6· · having been duly administered an oath by the Court
`·7· · ·Reporter, was examined, and testified as follows:
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`·9· · · · · · · · · · · · EXAMINATION
`10· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`11· · · · Q· ·Good morning, Mr. Griffith.
`12· · · · A· ·Good morning.
`13· · · · Q· ·Could you please state your full name for
`14· ·the record.
`15· · · · A· ·Patrick William Griffith.
`16· · · · Q· ·Thank you.
`17· · · · · · And do you understand that you're under oath
`18· ·today?
`19· · · · A· ·Yes.
`20· · · · Q· ·And do you understand you have a duty to
`21· ·provide accurate and complete answers to the
`22· ·questions you are asked?
`23· · · · A· ·Yes.
`24· · · · Q· ·You have a -- do you understand you have a
`25· ·duty to not withhold relevant information in
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`·1· ·lot of people just want to play multiplayer.· And if
`·2· ·you go into the normal game, there's a whole bunch of
`·3· ·menus you have to get through to get to multiplayer.
`·4· ·So it's just meant to speed people up who just don't
`·5· ·want to fuss with the other part of the game.
`·6· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`·7· · · · Q· ·But there's no technical reason --
`·8· · · · A· ·No.
`·9· · · · Q· ·-- for that?
`10· · · · A· ·Oops.
`11· · · · · · No.
`12· · · · Q· ·Okay.· And then Black Ops 3, also the Black
`13· ·Ops 3 did not split those two up, correct, on PC?
`14· · · · A· ·I do not recall.· I don't play on Steam --
`15· · · · Q· ·Okay.
`16· · · · · · (Reporter clarification.)
`17· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· On Steam.
`18· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`19· · · · Q· ·What do you play on?
`20· · · · A· ·On Play- --
`21· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.
`22· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Sorry.
`23· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Relevance.
`24· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· PlayStation 4.
`25· ·///
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`·1· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`·2· · · · Q· ·Do you play Xbox at all?
`·3· · · · A· ·Not very recently.
`·4· · · · Q· ·If you'd flip over to the next page of the
`·5· ·document in front of you, it says "Games" and then
`·6· ·"DemonWare" at the top, and then it says "Call of
`·7· ·Duty."
`·8· · · · · · After that, it lists a lot of Call of Duty
`·9· ·games.
`10· · · · A· ·Uh-huh.
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`15· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`16· · · · Q· ·Did any of these Call of Duty games use what
`17· ·you would consider a peer-to-peer system?
`18· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Foundation.
`19· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· There are components of the
`20· ·game where peers will directly speak to each other.
`21· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`22· · · · Q· ·And what do you mean by that?
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`·3· · · · Q· ·And does Call of Duty Black Ops 3 have
`·4· ·direct communications for voice chat between peers?
`·5· · · · A· ·Yes.
`·6· · · · Q· ·And does Call of Duty Advanced Warfare have
`·7· ·direct communication between peers?
`·8· · · · A· ·Yes.
`·9· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Foundation as
`10· ·to -- I'm sorry.· Vague.· But keep going.
`11· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`12· · · · Q· ·Is there any other components other than
`13· ·voice chat where the peers or the clients would talk
`14· ·directly to each other?
`15· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Vague.
`16· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Yes.
`17· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
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`·3· · · · Q· ·Now, does that normally -- is there an
`·4· ·acronym for that usually called QOS?
`·5· · · · A· ·Yes.· That's quality of service.
`·6· · · · Q· ·Quality of service.· Okay.
`·7· · · · · · Now, does Black Ops 3 use this quality of
`·8· ·service --
`·9· · · · A· ·Yes.
`10· · · · Q· ·-- that you just described?
`11· · · · · · Could you take me more through the process
`12· ·for Black Ops 3?
`13· · · · · · When I start the game, how is -- when is
`14· ·this quality of services used?
`15· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Vague.
`16· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· So when you start the game, it
`17· ·would be after you've searched for a match.
`18· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`19· · · · Q· ·Okay.
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`·1· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`·2· · · · Q· ·And what are they complaining about when
`·3· ·they say that you don't have dedicated servers?
`·4· ·Where would they get that idea?
`·5· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Foundation.
`·6· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· We don't specifically mention
`·7· ·them, so they're not getting information about their
`·8· ·existence.
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`·4· · · · Q· ·Okay.· And what happens if that customer
`·5· ·quits the game?
`·6· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Vague as to
`·7· ·platform and game.
`·8· · · · · · (Reporter clarification.)
`·9· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· And game.
`10· · · · · · I'm sorry.
`11· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Do you mean during game play?
`12· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`13· · · · Q· ·Let's say during game play.· We'll start
`14· ·with that.
`15· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Same objection.
`16· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· So if they explicitly quit,
`17· ·like they hit the quit button?
`18· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`19· · · · Q· ·They hit the quit button.· Say that.
`20· · · · A· ·Okay.· So if they hit the quit button, then
`21· ·what happens is
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`21· · · · Q· ·Okay.· Now, does that operate similarly with
`22· ·Black Ops 3 as it does with Advanced Warfare?
`23· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.· Vague.
`24· · · · · · THE WITNESS:· Yes.
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`·1· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`·2· · · · Q· ·And does that operate similarly across all
`·3· ·the platforms, as in Xbox, Sony PlayStation and PC?
`·4· · · · A· ·Yes.
`·5· · · · · · MR. TOMASULO:· Objection.
`·6· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`·7· · · · Q· ·Now, what type of -- if I -- if I hit the
`·8· ·quit button, what type of quitting would you call
`·9· ·that, just a normal quit?
`10· · · · A· ·Yeah.· It's called a normal or explicit
`11· ·quit.
`12· · · · Q· ·What other types of quits are there?
`13· · · · A· ·From our perspective, there's only one other
`14· ·because you've just disappeared.· So either we've got
`15· ·an explicit you intended to quit or you didn't.
`16· · · · · · So abnormal disconnect, I guess is what we
`17· ·would call the other case for -- and who knows all
`18· ·the reasons why an abnormal disconnect would occur.
`19· · · · Q· ·So that would be like, say, someone gets
`20· ·very frustrated with the game because, say, another
`21· ·player with a purple baseball bat keeps killing them,
`22· ·and so I just unplug my Internet.
`23· · · · · · Would that be the abnormal quit?
`24· · · · A· ·That would be an abnormal quit.
`25· · · · Q· ·And when you have an abnormal quit with the
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`·1· ·know what that's talking about?
`·2· · · · A· ·Yes.
`·3· · · · Q· ·And what is that talking about?
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`12· ·BY MR. HANNAH:
`13· · · · Q· ·Okay.· So back around, now that you've read
`14· ·that line and everything, do you recognize this
`15· ·document from before?
`16· · · · A· ·No, I don't recognize the document still.
`17· · · · Q· ·Okay.· If you'll please flip to Page
`18· ·ATVI0025831.· The top of the page is going to be
`19· ·called Lobby Flow.
`20· · · · · · Do you see that?
`21· · · · A· ·Yes.
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`20· · · · Q· ·And then how would it actually -- how do
`21· ·you -- how do you work around NAT problems with this
`22· ·quality assurance?
`23· · · · · · Kind of explain the NAT and how that fits
`24· ·into this.
`25· · · · A· ·So you can discover your own NAT type by
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`·1· ·talking to DemonWare.· DemonWare can tell you through
`·2· ·the communications whether it believes you're an open
`·3· ·or a restricted or -- I forget what the second term
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`·5· · · · Q· ·Is that what pops up on my screen, like in
`·6· ·the -- sort of like in the corner or something, like
`·7· ·"Open NAT," or is that -- do I have to go into the
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`·9· · · · A· ·It would depend on the game.
`10· · · · Q· ·Okay.
`11· · · · A· ·Some games you have to go to the settings.
`12· ·Some games it pops up on the screen.· Some games we
`13· ·don't show it all.
`14· · · · Q· ·Okay.
`15· · · · A· ·But yes, that is what we're talking about.
`16· · · · · · It's on your screen to help you troubleshoot
`17· ·your issues.· There will be guides that can tell you
`18· ·how -- if your NAT is moderate -- that was the other
`19· ·term -- if it's open, moderate, or restricted, how
`20· ·you can try and do things to your router to try and
`21· ·get an open NAT.
`22· · · · Q· ·And then that's -- and so having a more open
`23· ·NAT, that can help problems that are -- that are
`24· ·created in this -- in creating this mesh?
`25· · · · A· ·Yes.
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`ACCELERATION BAY LLC.
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`REPLY EXPERT REPORT OF MICHAEL
`MITZENMACHER, PH.D., REGARDING
`INFRINGEMENT BY ACTIVISION
`BLIZZARD INC. OF U.S. PATENT NOS.
`6,701,344; 6,829,634; 6,732,147; 6,714,966;
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`Asserted Patents more generally. Indeed, the claim language he cites in paragraph 795 describes
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`as
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`connections between Destiny participants.” This argument is inconsistent with the parties’ claim
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`constructions and the specifications of the Asserted Patents which do not preclude the
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`participants in a broadcast channel from having additional connections to other networks. For
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`example, at Column 12, lines 4-6 of the ‘344 Patent, it states: “As described below, it is possible
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`channel type and channel instance.” Here a computer corresponds to a participant. If an m-
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`any way to be part of the network, then multiple broadcast channels would not be needed or
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`available. The Asserted Patents also expressly state that broadcast channel participants can have
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`non-broadcast connections to other computers. ‘344 Patent at 6:19-24. Similarly, the patent
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`discusses multiple settings where newly connected participants may be ignored, or not
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`portal computer and the neighbor participants is not established.” The Accused Products
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