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`APPLE INC., : CBM2014-00102
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` Petitioner, : CBM2014-00106
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` Deposition of JONATHAN KATZ, Ph.D.
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
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` ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER:
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` JAMES R. BATCHELDER, ESQUIRE
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` Ropes & Gray LLP
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` Ropes & Gray LLP
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` MICHAEL R. CASEY, ESQUIRE
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` Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP
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` Dallas, Texas 75201
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`KATZ PAGE
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`Exhibit 1 U.S. Patent No. 8,118,221 46
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`Exhibit 2 Katz Declaration, Case 46
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`Exhibit 3 2-21-12 Petition for Covered 55
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` Business Method Patent Review
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` Docket -801
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` of U.S. Patent No. 8,118,221
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`Exhibit 5 U.S. Patent No. 5,530,235 59
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`Exhibit 6 U.S. Patent No. 5,629,980 79
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` THE VIDEO OPERATOR: Stand by.
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` On the record with Disc Number 1 of the
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`video deposition of Jonathan Katz taken by the
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`Petitioner in the matter of Apple Incorporated
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`versus Smartflash LLC, being heard at the U.S.
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`Patent and Trademark Office before the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board, Case Number CBM2014-00112.
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`offices of Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey at
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`8, 2015 at approximately 9:06 a.m.
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` My name is TJ O'Toole. I'm the Certified
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`Legal Video Specialist. The court reporter is
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`Cappy Hallock. We are both here representing
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` MR. CALDWELL: Brad Caldwell,
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`WHEREUPON,
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` JONATHAN KATZ, Ph.D.
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` A Witness called for examination, having
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`been first duly sworn, was examined and testified
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` Q. Would you state your full name for the
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` A. Jonathan Katz.
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` MR. CASEY: Jim, can I make a quick
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`assume many of them have been known?
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` Q. In the prior art was digital content
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`I'm not sure how else to answer.
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` Q. You said, "I believe it was known," but
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` Q. What would that understanding have been?
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` Q. Different ways?
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`sir?
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` Q. Do you not know it off the top of your
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` A. That's right. Can I have copies of my
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` Q. I will represent to you it was October of
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`'99. So the record is clear, would one of
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`ordinary skill in the art in the prior art time
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`period prior the October of '99 have known about
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`debit card processing?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. Would one of ordinary skill in the prior
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` A. I think so, yes.
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` Q. And what would that understanding have
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`been?
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`understood what a credit server was?
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` A. Yes, I think so.
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` Q. What would that understanding have been?
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` A. That would have been a computer server
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`that could be used for verifying credit or for
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`validating electronic payment information.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What would that understanding have been?
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` A. That would involve verifying the
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` Q. What would that understanding have been?
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`that could be used for processing electronic
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`payments.
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`person of ordinary skill in the art have known
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`what a credit account was?
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` A. Yes, I think so.
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` Q. What would that understanding have been?
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` A. A personal credit card account.
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` A. Well, customers have credit cards, and
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`those credit cards -- the accounts associated with
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`those credit cards maintain certain balances, and
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`those are the accounts that we are referring to.
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`what activating a credit account was?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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`content?
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`understood what authorizing payment was in the
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`context of an electronic sale of digital content?
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` A. Sorry, can you repeat the question?
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`authorizing payment meant verifying the validity
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`understood how to effectuate an electronic sale of
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`digital content?
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`effectuate?
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`understood how to effectuate an electronic sale of
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`digital content?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. What makes you uncertain about that?
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` A. I actually don't know the word
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`effectuate. Maybe I'm mishearing you.
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` Q. You're not familiar with the word
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`effectuate is that what you said?
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` Q. In that prior art time period would a
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`to implement an electronic sale of digital
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`content?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. And what makes you unsure about that?
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` A. Well, again, I can't think of any
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`particular prior art doing something like that.
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`identify any particular reference, is it the case
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`that you just don't know one way or the other
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`whether there were electronic sales of digital
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`content in the prior art?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`understood what validating payment was in the
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`context of an electronic sale of digital content?
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` A. I think you've already asked me that.
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` Q. I'm not sure that I did, so would you
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`understood what validating payment was in the
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`context of an electronic sale of digital content?
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` A. They would have understood validating
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`payment, yes.
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` Q. And what would they have understood that
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`to mean?
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` A. Validating information associated with a
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`payment.
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` Q. Does validating payment -- strike that,
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`please.
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` In the prior art time period would a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood that validating payment happens before
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`payment, after payment or both?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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` A. I think it's -- it could be part of the
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`process of making the payment itself.
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` Q. Let me break that down into a time period
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`so we have a clear record.
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`before payment is made?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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` A. It could happen that way, yes.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`understood that validating payment can take place
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`after payment was made?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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` A. It could happen that way also.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`that validating payment can take place in realtime
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`while payment is being made?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Can you give me an example of how
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`validating payment would have been understood by a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art in the prior
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` A. I'm sorry, perhaps you could rephrase the
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`question?
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` Q. Would you give me an example of how
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`validating payment could have been understood in
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`the prior art time period by a person of ordinary
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`skill in the art to apply to a situation where the
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`payment has already occurred and the payment is
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`then validated.
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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` A. Without being exhaustive, again, one
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`could make a payment with a credit card, using a
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`credit card number, and the validity of that
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`credit card number could be verified before,
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`during or after the payment.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art have had in
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`mind a reason for validating payment after payment
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`was made?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. Can you think of a reason as you sit
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`be able to verify data associated with payments
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`previously made.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood that payment validation could be made a
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`condition of providing content that was
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`electronically sold?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood what a pointer was in the context of
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`computer network?
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` A. I think the term pointer had several
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`meanings but the term was in use.
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` Q. The term was in use in the prior art time
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`period?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What are those several meanings?
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` A. Well, without being exhaustive, a pointer
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`could be used to refer to an address in memory, it
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`could be used to refer to the address of a remote
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`well. I don't have other examples off the top of
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`my head.
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`a pointer was something that points to an address
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`in memory, correct?
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` A. That's right.
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` Q. Would a person of ordinary skill in the
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`art in the prior art time period have understood
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`that a pointer on a given computer in a network
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`could point to an address in memory either on that
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`computer or on some other computer in the network?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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`data structures would be to point to memory within
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`the -- within the same computer, but in principle
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`it would be possible to have a pointer that would
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`further explanation it would refer to a server
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`pointer on a given computer, let's call it
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`computer X that is on a network, that that pointer
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`can point to an address in memory when that memory
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`is located on another computer also on that
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`network?
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` A. Again, I think without further
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`qualification if I just saw the word pointer it
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`would most naturally refer to memory on that
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`computer X.
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`naturally refer to that. I asked you whether a
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`computer on the same network?
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` A. Can you define the same network? Do you
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`mean local area network? Are you referring to any
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`two computers that can communicate?
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` Q. Any network.
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` A. Can I see copies of my declarations?
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` Q. For now I would like you to answer that
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`question without looking at your declarations.
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` A. Okay, then I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood what a debit transaction was in
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`connection with the sale of electronic content?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. In the prior art time period in
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`connection with the electronic sale of content,
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`would a person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood the differences between debit and
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`credit transactions?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`understood the difference between credit and
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`debit?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period was the
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`concept of debit mentioned in the art in the field
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`of the challenged patents?
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` A. I don't remember offhand.
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` Q. Do you understand today what a debit
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`system is?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Do you understand today what a debit
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`system is in connection with the electronic sale
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, relevance.
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` A. I'm not sure if I'm aware of an example
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`of that.
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` Q. You're not aware today of debit cards
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`being used to pay for goods electronically?
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` A. I'm aware of debit cards being used for
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`payment of physical goods. I'm not aware of them
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`being used for payment of electronic goods.
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` Q. Are you aware of debit cards or debit
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`accounts ever being used for the payment of
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`electronic goods?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, form.
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` A. Not offhand, no.
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` Q. And are you aware as you sit here of any
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`disclosure of the idea of debit cards or debit
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`accounts being used for the payment of electronic
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`goods?
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` MR. CASEY: Objection, relevance.
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period in
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`system that was a credit system?
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` A. Yes, I think so.
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` Q. In the prior art time period in
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`would a person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood how to implement a payment collection
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`system that was a debit system?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period in
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`would a person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood what a prepayment was?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. Are you familiar with any disclosure of
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`prepayment in connection with the prior art in the
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`field of the challenged patents?
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` A. I'm not sure.
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` Q. In the prior art time period would a
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`person of ordinary -- ordinary skill in the art
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`have understood what an electronic wallet was?
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`would a person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood what use rules were?
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` A. Can you repeat the question?
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` Q. In the prior art time period in
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`connection with electronic sale of content would,
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`would a person of ordinary skill in the art have
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`understood what use rules were?
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` MR. CASEY: The witness has not been --
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`has not been asked to testify on things that are
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`not part of his declaration.
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` MR. BATCHELDER: The objection is noted.
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` Q. Can you answer the question, please?
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` A. I'm sorry, can you repeat it again?
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` Q. For the third time, in the prior art time
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`period in connection with electronic sale of
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`content would a person of ordinary skill in the
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`art have understood what use rules were?
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` MR. CASEY: Again, I'm going to have to
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`tell you that this is beyond the scope of what he
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`has provided a declaration on. We have had this
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`discussion with Mr. Wechselberger. If you're
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`asking him to testify about things that are beyond
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`the scope of his declaration, that's outside the
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`rules of the PTAB procedures. If we need to have
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`a conference call I would be happy to do that.
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` MR. BATCHELDER: Are you instructing him
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`not to answer, because I can tell you there are
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`conditions on