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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`Case IPR2012-00026(TLG)
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`Petitioner,
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`PROXYCONN,
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`FlED
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`DEPOSITION OF ALON KONCHITSKY
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`DATE:
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`DEPOSITION OF ALON KONCHITSKY
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`DATE:
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`F o r t h e P e t i t i o n e r M i c r o s o f t C o r p o r a t i o n :
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` K L A R Q U I S T S P A R K M A N , L L P
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`called as a witness, after having been duly sworn by the
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`Certified Shorthand Reporter to tell the truth, the
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`whole truth, and nothing but the truth, testified as
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`BY MR. VANDENBERG:
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` Q. Good morning, sir. How are you today?
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` A. Good. Thank you.
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` Q. Good. Are you ready to proceed with the
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`deposition?
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` A. Yep.
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` Q. Have you been deposed before?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Okay. Are you generally familiar with the
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`procedure?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. I've placed before you the Goldstein
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`patent, U.S. Patent 6,757,717. Do you see that?
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` A. I see.
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` Q. Okay. And in the lower right-hand corner,
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`there is a exhibit label that has been applied to the
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`front page of the document and it is Exhibit 1002 from
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`IPR2012-26.
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. And that was true in 1998?
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` A. I'm sorry?
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` Q. And that was true in 1998?
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` A. Um, yeah, I would say so.
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` Q. Are you familiar with the HTTP protocol?
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` A. I'm familiar with "HTTP" term and generally the
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`protocol, but not the actual data of the protocol.
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`That's a very big protocol.
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`G E T?
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`it, but again, these are protocols that are defining a
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` Q. Isn't it true that the GET method identifies
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`resource locator? Do you know that?
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to form.
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` THE WITNESS: It's hard for me to answer this
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`And that's not what I've been asked to opine on.
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` Q. So you don't know?
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` A. Um, I generally knew, but I do not recollect
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`right now because there are a lot of details into these
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` A. As of now, I don't know the details.
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` Q. Is that correct?
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` Q. I'm asking you now. Do you know that?
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`HTTP protocol.
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` Q. And does it or does it not identify the data it
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` THE WITNESS: I don't remember at the moment.
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` Q. Does the '717 patent specify how data is
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Could you be more specific?
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`Where does it request this particular data?
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. Does the '717 patent explain how the
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Yes, it does, in the further
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`what these particular figures are, to cover different
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` Q. And is this request to the sender from the
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection. Scope.
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` THE WITNESS: No, it's not a request for
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` Q. What is it a request for?
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` Q. For any and all data?
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` A. For -- that is what it says, just data.
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` Q. Well, it doesn't say data there; does it?
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` A. -- "in means 50 and then transmits the
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` Q. We're looking at different portions now so let
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` A. We're on the same paragraph.
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` Q. So column 7, line 65 to 67 --
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` Q. -- of the '717 says, quote, "This transaction
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` Does that request necessarily consist of a
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` THE WITNESS: It is just a request for data,
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` Q. So let's assume hypothetically the sender has
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`Okay? 100,000 files. Does figure 5, and this
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection. Scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Hypothetically, could be yes, and
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` Q. Does this patent describe the receiver sending
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection. Form and scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Again, it is sending data and
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection. Scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Requesting data. And again,
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection. Scope.
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` Q. In column 7 of the '717?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. Does the '717 patent disclose a particular file
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` THE WITNESS: I do not recall that.
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection. Form and scope.
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`algorithm for storing data. Do you agree there are
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` A. So I would agree generally in those data
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` Q. Or does it simply not get into that?
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` THE WITNESS: It does and does not because in
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`sort, that is a search because that's a -- that is
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`calculating the digital digest and sending or issuing a
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` THE WITNESS: Yes. That is exactly what we
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` Q. -- that references "search." In figure 5 there
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` Q. Is that step the same step that we just read in
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` THE WITNESS: Yes, this is part of it. This is
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` THE WITNESS: Is a particular?
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` THE WITNESS: Yeah, one of them could be a
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`Are you familiar in the Nineties that some software
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`server?
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` A. No.
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to form and scope.
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` So my question is, does the '717 patent require
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` A. No.
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to form and scope.
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` Q. Does the '717 patent require that the receiver
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`in the patent be a client?
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to form and scope.
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` THE WITNESS: Yes. When client is defined as a
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`receiver, yes.
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` Q. How do you define "client"?
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to scope.
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` THE WITNESS: "Client" could be a computer that
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`receives information. And if there is a
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`client. It does not necessarily need to be a client.
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` Q. Does the '717 patent require that the receiver
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`fit within one physical box?
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` MR. WHEELOCK: Objection as to form.
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` Q. One housing?
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`scope.
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` Q. Does the '717 paten
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