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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
`(INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
`PTY. LTD. and FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
`TECHNOLOGY PTY. LTD.,
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`CIVIL ACTION 2:08-CV-371 (TJW)
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`JURY TRIAL
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`ORACLE CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`PATENT RULE 4-3 JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`AND PRE-HEARING STATEMENT
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`Plaintiffs Financial Systems Technology (Intellectual Property) Pty. Ltd. and
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`Financial Systems Technology Pty. Ltd. (collectively, “FST”) have asserted that Defendant
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`Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”) infringes the following claims of the FST patents-in-suit:
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`U.S. Patent No. RE 40,520: Claims 1-18
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`U.S. Patent No. RE 40,526: Claims 1-16
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`Pursuant to Patent Rule 4-3, and the Court’s Docket Control Order dated February 8,
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`2010 (see Docket #43), the parties submit this joint claim construction and pre-hearing
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`statement with respect to the FST patents-in-suit.
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`(a)
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`Agreed Constructions
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`The parties have been unable to reach agreement on the constructions of any of the
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`claim terms and phrases of the FST patents-in-suit.
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`(b)
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`Disputed Claim Terms
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
`(INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
`PTY. LTD. and FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
`TECHNOLOGY PTY. LTD.,
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`CIVIL ACTION 2:08-CV-371 (TJW)
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`JURY TRIAL
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`§§§§§§§§§§§§
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`ORACLE CORPORATION,
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`Defendant.
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`PATENT RULE 4-3 JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
`AND PRE-HEARING STATEMENT
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`Plaintiffs Financial Systems Technology (Intellectual Property) Pty. Ltd. and
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`Financial Systems Technology Pty. Ltd. (collectively, “FST”) have asserted that Defendant
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`Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”) infringes the following claims of the FST patents-in-suit:
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`U.S. Patent No. RE 40,520: Claims 1-18
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`U.S. Patent No. RE 40,526: Claims 1-16
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`Pursuant to Patent Rule 4-3, and the Court’s Docket Control Order dated February 8,
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`2010 (see Docket #43), the parties submit this joint claim construction and pre-hearing
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`statement with respect to the FST patents-in-suit.
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`(a)
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`Agreed Constructions
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`The parties have been unable to reach agreement on the constructions of any of the
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`claim terms and phrases of the FST patents-in-suit.
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`(b)
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`Disputed Claim Terms
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`FST’s proposed constructions for each disputed claim term from the FST patents-in-
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`suit, as well as its identification of supporting evidence, are set forth in Exhibit A. Oracle’s
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`proposed constructions for each disputed claim term from the FST patents-in-suit, as well as
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`its identification of supporting evidence, are set forth in Exhibit B.
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`(c)
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`Time for Claim Construction Hearing
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`FST believes that 3 hours will be sufficient for the claim construction hearing.
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`Oracle believes that 6 hours will be sufficient for the claim construction hearing.
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`(d) Witnesses
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`If the Court permits live expert testimony, Oracle may call Dr. Michael Stonebraker
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`to testify on the subjects set forth in Exhibit C. Otherwise, Oracle may provide Dr.
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`Stonebraker’s testimony in the form of a declaration. FST does not believe that expert
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`testimony is necessary. However, to the extent that Oracle relies on expert testimony, FST
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`may rely on expert testimony from Mr. Neeraj Gupta for purposes of rebuttal.
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`(e)
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`Other Issues
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`FST is not aware of any other issues that should be taken up at a pre-hearing
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`conference before the claim construction hearing. Oracle believes that the issue of whether
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`live expert testimony will be permitted at the Claim Construction Hearing would be
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`appropriately addressed in a brief telephonic pre-hearing conference.
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`DATED: July 9, 2010.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Robert M. Parker
`Texas State Bar No. 15498000
`rmparker@pbtaylor.com
`PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH, P.C.
`100 E. Ferguson, Ste. 1114
`Tyler, TX 75702
`Telephone: (903) 531-3535
`Facsimile: (903) 533-9687
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` /s/ Scott L. Cole
`Mike McKool, Jr.
`Lead Attorney
`Texas State Bar No. 13732100
`mmckool@mckoolsmith.com
`Douglas A. Cawley
`Texas State Bar No. 04035500
`dcawley@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Ste. 1500
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
`Facsimile: (214) 978-4044
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`Samuel F. Baxter
`Texas State Bar No. 01938000
`sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`104 E. Houston St., Ste. 300
`P.O. Box O
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Telephone: (903) 923-9000
`Facsimile: (903) 923-9099
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`Steven J. Pollinger
`Texas State Bar No. 24011919
`spollinger@mckoolsmith.com
`Scott L. Cole
`Texas State Bar No. 00790481
`scole@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 W. 6th St., Ste. 1700
`Austin, TX 78701-3941
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
`Facsimile: (512) 692-8744
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS,
`FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
`TECHNOLOGY (INTELLECTUAL
`PROPERTY) PTY. LTD. AND
`FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
`TECHNOLOGY PTY. LTD.
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`/s/ Donald Daybell
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`Michael Jones (TSB No. 10929400)
`110 N. College
`500 Plaza Tower
`Tyler, Texas 75702
`Telephone: (903) 597-8311
`Facsimile: (903) 593-0846
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`G. Hopkins Guy, III, (CSB NO. 124811)
`hopguy@orrick.com
`I. Neel Chatterjee (CSB NO. 173985)
`nchatterjee@orrick.com
`Elizabeth Howard (CSB NO. 173185)
`ehoward@orrick.com
`Helen Li (CSB NO. 247420)
`hli@orrick.com
`1000 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, California 94025
`Telephone: (650) 614-7400
`Facsimile: (650) 614-7401
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`Donald Daybell (CSB NO. 210961)
`ddaybell@orrick.com
`4 Park Plaza, Suite 1600
`Irvine, California 92614-2558
`Telephone: (949) 567-6700
`Facsimile: (949) 567-6710
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
`ORACLE CORPORATION
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing document was fled electronically
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`in compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). As such, this motion was served on all counsel
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`who have consented to electronic service. Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A).
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` /s/ Geoffrey L. Smith
`Geoffrey L. Smith
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`I.
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`FST’s Proposed Constructions and Supporting Evidence
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`Exhibit A
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`The following table sets forth FST’s proposed constructions for each disputed claim term from the FST patents-in-suit, as
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`well as its identification of supporting evidence.
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`Term
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`a method for retrieving a
`desired entity of a desired
`entity type from a
`relational database
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`entity / entities
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`’520 patent,
`Claim 1
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 6-
`12, 14-16
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-16
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
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`not a limitation; to the extent that this term
`requires construction it should be construed
`to mean a method for retrieving a desired
`entity of a desired entity type from a
`database in which the data are organized
`and accessed according to relations
`information about any thing, that can be
`stored in a database table
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`relational database: “A database in
`which the data are organized and
`accessed according to relations.” IBM
`Dictionary of Computing, 10th ed
`(1994).
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`‘520 patent, col. 16:64-17:7; Abstract.
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`Oracle’s reexamination requests
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`entity: “anything about which
`information can be stored.” IBM
`Dictionary (1987) at 152.
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`
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`1 FST also identifies the claims themselves, the figures of the corresponding patent(s) and the prosecution history(ies) of the corresponding patent(s),
`including their reexamination file histories and references cited therein. FST also reserves the right to rely on supporting evidence identified by Oracle and
`/or other evidence to rebut Oracle’s proposed claim constructions.
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`Term
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
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`Supporting Evidence1
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`entity: “(1) Any concrete thing of
`interest, including associations among
`things; for example, a person, object,
`event or process that is of interest in the
`context under consideration, and about
`which data may be stored in a
`database.” IBM Dictionary of
`Computing, 10th ed (1994).
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`“Entity-relationship modeling involves
`identifying the things of importance
`(entities), the properties of these things
`(attributes), and how they are related to
`one another (relationships). The
`process of logical design involves
`arranging data into a series of logical
`relationships called entities and
`attributes. An entity represents a chunk
`of information. In relational databases,
`an entity often maps to a table.”
`"Oracle9i Data Warehousing Guide,
`Release 1 (9.0.1), Part No. A90237-01"
`page 2-2.
` ‘520 patent, col. 14:38-4, col. 9:46-48,
`col. 27:47-52; Figure 8.
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`relation: “an aspect or quality that
`connects two or more things or parts as
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`relation
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`a logical link
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-2, 4-
`5, 9-10, 12-14,
`17-18
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`2
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
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`Supporting Evidence1
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`being or belonging or working together
`or as being of the same kind.”
`Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate
`Dictionary (1989).
`‘520 patent, col. 12:6-7.
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`record: “A set of data treated as a unit.”
`IBM Dictionary of Computing, 10th ed
`(1994).
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`‘520 patent, col. 21:15-46.
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`see also, evidence for “relation
`definition table”
`‘520 patent, col. 18:9-13.
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`see evidence for “relation type record”
`and “relation definition table”
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`specific: “specified, precise, or
`particular” Webster’s Encyclopedic
`Unabridged Dictionary of the English
`Language of the English Language
`(1996) at 1832.
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`‘520 patent, col. 21:15-46; col. 27:52-
`57.
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`Term
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`record
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`relation type record
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-16
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 7-
`18
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-16
`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 4,
`10, 13, 17-18
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`a set of data in a row
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`a record in a relation definition table
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`specific relation type
`record
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 4
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`a particular relation type record
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`relation definition table
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 10,
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`a table used to store relation type records
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
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`Supporting Evidence1
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`see evidence for “relation instance
`record” and “specific relation instance
`record”
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`specific: “specified, precise, or
`particular” Webster’s Encyclopedic
`Unabridged Dictionary of the English
`Language of the English Language
`(1996) at 1832.
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`‘520 patent, col. 7:10-15; col. 7:19-21;
`col. 17:36-39; col. 26:12-16.
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`‘520 patent, col. 7:10-15; col. 7:19-21;
`col. 17:36-39; col. 26:12-16.
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`Response to Office Action for
`Reexamination Control No. 90/007,707
`(Mar. 22, 2007) at 8.
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`Oracle’s reexamination requests
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`see evidence for “relation instance
`record”
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`Term
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`retrieving a specific
`relation instance record
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`17-18
`’520 patent,
`Claim 1, 4
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`retrieving a particular relation instance
`record
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`relation instance
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`relation instance record
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-2, 4,
`9-10, 12-13,
`17-18
`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-2, 4,
`9-10, 12
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`a relation between entities
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`a row in a relation instance table
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`specific relation instance
`record
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9
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`a particular relation instance record
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`Term
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
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`Supporting Evidence1
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`desired entity
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1-3, 7-
`10, 12
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`sought entity
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`relation instance table
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 4, 9-
`10, 13, 17-18
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`a table that stores relation instance records
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`retrieving a desired entity
`type record
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`’520 patent,
`Claim 1
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`retrieving a sought entity type record
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`specific: “specified, precise, or
`particular” Webster’s Encyclopedic
`Unabridged Dictionary of the English
`Language of the English Language
`(1996) at 1832.
`‘520 patent, 33:16-18.
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`desired: “sought-after” Collins
`Thesaurus of the English Language –
`Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition
`(2002).
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`desire: “want” Webster’s Ninth New
`Collegiate Dictionary (1989).
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`‘520 patent, col. 7:10-15; col. 7:19-23;
`col. 17:36-39; col. 26:12-16.
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`see also, “relation instance record”
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`see “entity type record”
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`desired: “sought-after” Collins
`Thesaurus of the English Language –
`Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition
`(2002).
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`desire: “want” Webster’s Ninth New
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`Term
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
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`Supporting Evidence1
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`entity type record
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 7-8,
`10, 15-16
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`a record in an entity definition table that
`describes where instances of an entity type
`may be stored
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`entity definition table
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 7-8,
`10, 15-16
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`a table used to store entity type records
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`Collegiate Dictionary (1989).
`‘520 patent, col. 6:64-7:2; col. 20:65 to
`col. 21:2; col. 21:2-4; col. 26:25-29;
`col. 27:52-57; Figure 7-1.
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`See also, USPTO Office Action for Ex
`Parte ReExam of '259, dated Dec. 22,
`2006, at page 8.
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`Response to Office Action for
`Reexamination Control No. 90/007,707
`(Mar. 22, 2007) at 42.
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`Amendment for Reexamination Control
`No. 90/007,707 (Sept. 21, 2006) at 29.
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`Response for Reexamination Control
`No. 90/008,648 (June 4, 2009) at 8-9.
`‘520 patent, col. 6:64-7:2; col. 20:65 to
`col. 21:2; col. 21:2-4; col. 26:25-29;
`col. 27:52-57; Figures 7-1.
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`Amendment for Reexamination Control
`No. 90/007,707 (Sept. 21, 2006) at 29.
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`Amendment for Reexamination Control
`No. 90/007,707 (Sept. 21, 2006) at 36.
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`Term
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`entity instance table
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`’520 patent,
`Claims 1, 3, 7-
`8, 10, 15-16
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`retrieving said desired
`entity from said desired
`entity instance table
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`’520 patent,
`Claim 1
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`retrieving the desired entity from its entity
`instance table
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`inquiry table
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`relational database
`processing system
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 5-6, 14
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`’520 patent,
`Claims 10-18
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`selected entity / selected
`group of one or more
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`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-16
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`a table that stores database queries
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`not a limitation; to the extent that this term
`requires construction it should be construed
`to mean a database processing system in
`which the data are organized and accessed
`according to relations
`desired entity / desired group of one or
`more entities
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
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`Supporting Evidence1
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`a table used to store entity instance records
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`‘520 patent, 20:57-59; 23:30-34; 24:1-
`7.
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`see also, “entity”
`
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`see “desired entity” and “entity instance
`table”
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`desired: “sought-after” Collins
`Thesaurus of the English Language –
`Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition
`(2002).
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`desire: “want” Webster’s Ninth New
`Collegiate Dictionary (1989).
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`‘520 patent, 25:31-33.
`
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`relational database: “A database in
`which the data are organized and
`accessed according to relations.” IBM
`Dictionary of Computing, 10th ed
`(1994).
`the claims themselves
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`Term
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`entities
`a data processing system
`for retrieving a selected
`entity from a relational
`database
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
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`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 13-14
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`a computer method for
`retrieving a selected entity
`from a relational database
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 5-8,
`11-12, 15-16
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`related
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`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-16
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`memory means containing
`a plurality of entities,
`wherein said entities are
`part of said relational
`database
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`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 13-14
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
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`relational database: “A database in
`which the data are organized and
`accessed according to relations.” IBM
`Dictionary of Computing, 10th ed
`(1994).
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`relational database: “A database in
`which the data are organized and
`accessed according to relations.” IBM
`Dictionary of Computing, 10th ed
`(1994).
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`‘526 patent, col. 15:22-24
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`related: “connected; associated”
`American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd ed.
`(1994)
`‘526 patent, col. 8:4-22.
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`not a limitation; to the extent that this term
`requires construction it should be construed
`to mean a data processing system for
`retrieving a selected entity from a database
`in which the data are organized and
`accessed according to relations
`not a limitation; to the extent that this term
`requires construction it should be construed
`to mean a computer method for retrieving a
`selected entity from a database in which the
`data are organized and accessed according
`to relations
`associated
`
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`Not subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
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`bulk storage memory . . .
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`see component terms to the extent that
`additional construction is required
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`Term
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`means . . . for storing
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`means . . . for storing a
`first search path record
`wherein said first search
`path record identifies a
`first entity and a first
`relation, and said first
`search path record storing
`means includes an inquiry
`definition table means
`means . . . for storing a
`second search path record
`wherein said second
`search path record
`identifies a second
`relation, and said second
`search path record storing
`means includes said
`inquiry definition table
`means
`means . . . for storing a
`first search path record
`wherein said first search
`path record identifies a
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 13-14
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1, 3
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1, 3, 9-
`10
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`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
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`see means … for storing terms below
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
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`Function: storing a first search path record
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`Structure: inquiry definition table (and
`equivalents)
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
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`Function: storing a second search path
`record
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`Structure: inquiry definition table (and
`equivalents )
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
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`Function: storing a first search path record
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`see evidence for means … for storing
`terms below
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`‘526 patent, col. 30:20-25; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`‘526 patent, col. 30:20-25; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`‘526 patent, col. 30:20-25; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`Term
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`first entity and a first
`relation
`
`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`
`means . . . for storing a
`second search path record
`wherein said second
`search path record
`identifies a second relation
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 14
`
`means . . . for storing a
`first search path record
`wherein said first search
`path record identifies a
`first relation, and said first
`search path record storing
`means includes an inquiry
`definition table means
`means . . . for storing a
`first search path record
`wherein said first search
`path record identifies a
`first relation
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 9-10
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 9-10,
`13-14
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`
`Structure: inquiry definition table (and
`equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: storing a second search path
`record
`
`Structure: inquiry definition table (and
`equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: storing a first search path record
`
`Structure: inquiry definition table (and
`equivalents)
`
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: storing a first search path record
`
`
`‘526 patent, col. 30:20-25; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`‘526 patent, col. 30:20-25; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`‘526 patent, col. 30:20-25; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`
`’526 patent,
`Claim 13
`
`Term
`
`means . . . for storing said
`first entity in an
`abbreviated results
`gathering means
`
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 4, 14
`
`means . . . for storing said
`first group of entities in an
`abbreviated results
`gathering means
`
`
`’526 patent,
`Claim 2
`
`means . . . for storing said
`second entity in an
`abbreviated results
`gathering means
`
`
`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`Structure: inquiry definition table (and
`equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: storing said first entity in an
`abbreviated results gathering means
`
`Structure: abbreviated results list or
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: storing said first group of entities
`in an abbreviated results gathering means
`
`Structure: abbreviated results list or
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: storing said second entity in an
`abbreviated results gathering means
`
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-48; col. 32:54-
`33:4; Figures 9-1 and 9-2.
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-48; col. 32:54-
`33:4; Figures 9-1 and 9-2.
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`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-48; col. 32:54-
`33:4; Figures 9-1 and 9-2.
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`Term
`
`inquiry definition table
`
`
`inquiry definition table
`means
`
`
`search path record storing
`means
`
`record storing means
`
`search path record
`
`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1, 3, 5,
`7, 9-12
`
`
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1, 3, 5,
`7, 9-12
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 13-14
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 13-14
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-16
`
`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`Structure: abbreviated results list or
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`database table that stores search path
`records
`
`Not subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`see “inquiry definition table”
`see means . . . for storing a first/second
`search path record
`
`see “search path record storing means”
`
`a record in the inquiry definition table
`
`‘526 patent, 30:20-25; Figures 9-1 and
`9-2.
`
`Response to Office Action for
`Reexamination Control No. 90/007,705
`(Oct. 17, 2007) at 23.
`
`see evidence for “inquiry definition
`table”
`
`see evidence above for “means … for
`storing” terms
`
`see evidence above for “means … for
`storing” terms
`
`‘526 patent, 30:20-25; Figures 9-1 and
`9-2.
`
`Response to Office Action for
`Reexamination Control No. 90/007,705
`(Oct. 17, 2007) at 23.
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`Case 2:08-cv-00371-TJW -CE Document 68-1 Filed 07/09/10 Page 13 of 16 PageID #:
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-4, 9-
`10, 13-14
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-2
`
`Term
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`database a second entity
`wherein said second entity
`is related to said first
`entity by said first relation
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 1-2
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`database said selected
`entity wherein said
`selected entity is related to
`said second entity by said
`second relation
`
`
`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`see “means . . . for retrieving” terms below
`
`see evidence for “means . . . for
`retrieving” terms below
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
`
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
`
`
`
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`database a second entity
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`database said selected entity
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`
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`Case 2:08-cv-00371-TJW -CE Document 68-1 Filed 07/09/10 Page 14 of 16 PageID #:
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`Term
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`database a first group of
`entities comprising all
`entities within said
`relational database related
`to said first entity by said
`first relation
`
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`database said selected
`group of one or more
`entities wherein said
`selected group of one or
`more entities comprises all
`entities within said
`relational database related
`to at least one of said first
`group of entities by said
`second relation
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`
`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`’526 patent,
`Claims 3-4
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 3-4, 10,
`14
`
`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
`
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`database a first group of entities
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`database said selected group of one or more
`entities
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`
`’526 patent,
`
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`Case 2:08-cv-00371-TJW -CE Document 68-1 Filed 07/09/10 Page 15 of 16 PageID #:
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`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`Claims 9, 13
`
`Term
`
`database a first entity
`wherein said first entity is
`related to a second entity
`by said first relation
`
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 9, 13
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`database said selected
`entity wherein said
`selected entity is related to
`said first entity by said
`second relation
`
`
`means . . . for retrieving
`from said relational
`database a first group of
`entities comprising all
`entities within said
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 10, 14
`
`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`database a first entity
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`database said selected entity
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: retrieving from said relational
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:39-44; Figures 9-1
`and 9-2.
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`Case 2:08-cv-00371-TJW -CE Document 68-1 Filed 07/09/10 Page 16 of 16 PageID #:
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`FST’s Proposed Construction
`
`Supporting Evidence1
`
`‘526 patent, col. 32:54-33:4; col. 32:39-
`53; Figures 9-1 and 9-2.
`
`Amendment for Reexamination Control
`No. 90/007,705 (Sept. 21, 2006) at 33.
`
`‘526 patent, 29:11-12; 30:20-25; col.
`30:65 to col. 31-1; Figures 9-1 and 9-2.
`
`form: “make” Webster’s Ninth New
`Collegiate Dictionary (1989).
`
`form: “make” Webster’s Third New
`International Dictionary (1993).
`
`Asserted
`Claim Term
`Is In
`
`Term
`
`relational database related
`to at least one of said
`entities by said first
`relation
`
`
`abbreviated results
`gathering means
`
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 2, 4,
`13-14
`
`forming a . . . search path
`record
`
`’526 patent,
`Claims 5-8,
`11-12, 15-16
`
`database a first group of entities
`
`Structure: computer programmed to
`perform the algorithm of transmitting the
`opposing entity instances of each matched
`row to the intermediate answers list and the
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`Subject to 35 U.S.C. 112 ¶ 6
`
`Function: gathering abbreviated results
`
`Structure: abbreviated results list or
`intermediate answers list (and equivalents)
`
`creating a . . . search path record
`
`
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`
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