IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Reexamination of US. Patent of:
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`Toshiharu Enmei
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`Control No.: 90/011,693
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`Patent No.: 7,567,361
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`Issued: July 28, 2009
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`For: Portable Communicator
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`Examiner: Pokrzywa, Joseph R.
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`Group Art Unit: 3992
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`DECLARATION OF STEVEN ISAAC UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.132
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`I am of lawful age and if called upon to testify, I could and would competently testify to the facts
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`set forth below.
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`1.
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`I am currently the CEO of TouchFire, Inc., a startup company in the tablet computer
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`space.
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`In 1979, I was awarded a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from the State
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`University of New York at Buffalo.
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`From 1979-1982, I was employed by NCR where I developed firmware for a pre-
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`production NCR minicomputer.
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`From 1982-1985, I was employed by Burroughs Corporation where I worked in the
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`semiconductor research division developing an operating system for a new line of reduced
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`instruction set CPUs.
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`From 1985-1988, I was employed by Sun Microsystems where I led a group that
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`ported NFS (Network File System) to non-Sun systems and made NFS an industry standard.
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`From 1988-1993, I was employed by GO Corporation (“GO”). I joined GO as the
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`Team Manager for the Filesystem and Connectivity group. GO developed a mobile operating
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`system for portable tablet computers named PenPoint. I was the seventh employee at GO, and
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`my job was to develop the storage and connectivity strategy for PenPoint, and to then implement
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`it. PenPoint was one of the world’s first operating systems specifically designed for mobile
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`operation, and I invented numerous new approaches and technologies that addressed the unique
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`requirements and characteristics of a mobile environment. GO shipped the first version of
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`PenPoint in 1991. I was subsequently promoted to Principal Engineer, which was the title I had
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`until I left GO. When I first joined GO, the company was developing both hardware and
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`software. I participated in some of the connectivity aspects of the hardware design, and I was
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`responsible for the software in this area. Subsequently, GO spun off its hardware group into a
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`separate company, EO, Inc. (“EO”). EO was then acquired by AT&T. Thereafter, EO acquired
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`GO. I worked in the merged EO/GO organization during my last year at the company. EO built
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`two portable tablet computers that ran PenPoint exclusively, namely the EO 440 and 880
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`Personal Communicators. I was responsible for the connectivity aspects of the PenPoint software
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`that ran on these machines.
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`7.
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`From 1993-2000, I was at Microsoft Corporation where I was Group Program
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`Manager for a research project that became Windows CE. I was on the Internet Explorer 1.0
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`team and was responsible for the IE home page. I then published the first MSN.COM, and
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`developed the first customizable home page on the Internet. The technology that my team
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`developed for this became Active Server Pages 1.0. I then went to the Developer Tools Division
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`and managed a group that was responsible for the design time and portions of the runtime for
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`ASP.NET 1.0.
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`8.
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`From 2008-2010, I was at Earth Class Mail as Vice President of Product where I led
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`the product direction for the company. Earth Class Mail gives customers online access and
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`control of their postal mail.
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`9.
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`In 2010, I started TouchFire, Inc. (“TouchFire”). TouchFire is a startup that is
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`developing a product that provides a better way to input information on tablet computers.
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`10.
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`I am named as an inventor or co-inventor on 10 issued U.S. patents: 5,724,492,
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`5,959,621, 6,091,411, 6,216,143, 6,421,694, 6,424,981, 6,632,248, 6,647,531, 6,915,454,
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`7,451,352.
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`11.
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`I have reviewed United States Patent No. 7,567,361, the named inventor of which is
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`Toshiharu Enmei, hereinafter referred to as the “’361 Patent.” The first page of the ‘361 patent
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`shows that a Japanese application was filed on November 9, 1992. For purposes of this
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`Declaration, the term “application date” of the ‘361 patent means November 9, 1992.
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`12. Each of the functional components disclosed and claimed by the ‘361 patent,
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`typically illustrated as simple block diagrams, was well known in the art at the time of the
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`application date. The ‘361 patent merely purports to have invented a multifunctional laptop
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`device aggregated from a multitude of known components and technologies.
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`13. The EO Personal Communicators running
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`the PenPoint operating system
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`implemented the key features described in the ‘361 patent. The EO Personal Communicators are
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`portable, battery operated, handheld devices – for example, the dimensions of the main body of
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`the EO 440 are 10.8" x 7.1" x 0.9", and it weighed 2.3 lbs. The EO Personal Communicators
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`provided both voice and data communication over the analog cellular network that was in use in
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`the 1991 timeframe. Data capabilities included sending and receiving email, sending and
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`receiving faxes, and remote file access to desktop PCs and networks. Voice capabilities included
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`making and receiving voice calls, monitoring roaming status, keeping track of call times,
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`displaying signal strength, managing phone numbers and dialing phone numbers via a built-in
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`address book. For talking and listening to cellular voice calls, the EO Personal Communicators
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`utilized a telephone handset or a headset worn by the user.
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`14.
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`I reviewed the Patent Owner’s Statement filed in this reexamination, including the
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`September 5, 2011 Declaration of Michael Kotzin, Ph.D., hereinafter referred to as the “Kotzin
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`Declaration” or simply “Kotzin.”
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`15.
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`I have reviewed European Patent Application No. EP0499012, the named inventor
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`of which is Zvi Yaniv, hereinafter referred to as the “Yaniv reference” or simply “Yaniv.”
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`16. The Yaniv reference discloses a hand-held portable communicator enabled for both
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`voice and data transmission (e.g., fax) over a cellular network. To facilitate user input, the Yaniv
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`portable communicator also employs a touch screen display.
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`17. One skilled in the art as of the application date would understand that the Yaniv
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`reference clearly discloses a compact telecommunications system adapted to send and receive
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`information in either voice or facsimile fashion by way of a wireless communication
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`terminal/cellular telephone network. See e.g., Col. 1:3-15. This is confirmed by the Yaniv
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`reference’s statement that the simplest operation of the device is its use as a telephone for voice
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`communication, whereby a microphone and speaker are provided in the device and either hand-
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`held or speakerphone operation can be selected. See Col. 4:39-43.
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`18. Coupling a fax machine, or fax functionality, with a cellular device for use over
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`cellular channels was well known as of the application date, and would not require detailed
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`knowledge about the cellular telephone’s operation and control. For example, U.S. Patent
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`Number 4,977,609 discloses a simple interface circuit for adapting an existing facsimile machine
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`to successfully operate through an existing cellular mobile radiotelephone.
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`19. Furthermore, the EO 440 and 880 Personal Communicators provided fax
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`capabilities over cellular channels. The EO devices utilized an “off the shelf” third-party cellular
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`modem manufactured by Data Race, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas. This modem interfaced directly
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`to a cellular channel and provided both data and fax capabilities (data throughput rate was
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`14.4kbps, fax throughput rate was 9.6kbps). I had personal experience prior to the application
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`date developing communication software for the EO devices, testing them in the lab and in the
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`field, and using them as an end user. Fax transmission over cellular channels with an EO device
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`performed quite satisfactorily. The Data Race cellular modem specifically included technology
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`to automatically analyze the quality of the cellular link and dynamically adjust modem speed
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`accordingly.
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`20.
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`I have reviewed United States Patent No. 5,283,818, the named inventors of which
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`are Klausner et al., hereinafter referred to as the “Klausner reference” or simply “Klausner.”
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`One skilled in the art as of the application date would understand that the Klausner reference
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`discloses a telephone apparatus having a touch-screen display for displaying a list of caller
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`names. When a user selects a name from the list, using the touch-screen, the telephone will dial
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`the number affiliated with the selected name. Therefore, the skilled person would have
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`understood that Klausner plainly illustrates, as claimed by the ‘361 patent, a destination selection
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`device that shows a list of one or more destinations on the display and performs a destination
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`identifying number-setting process when the destination from the list is selected.
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`21. Klausner discloses a touch screen, which uses a screen overlay that permits a user to
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`input commands via the screen. (Col. 4:39-48.). Although Klausner does not disclose the specific
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`type of display used with the touch screen, one skilled in the art as of the application date would
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`understand that the display could be a commonly used display, such as an LCD, and would not
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`understand that the display would be limited to only Cathode Ray Tube (“CRT”) displays.
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`22. Klausner suggests “preferably” using a display controller comprising the following
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`chipsets: Signetics 2670; Signetics 2672; and Signetics 2673. (Exhibit A). Klausner does not
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`suggest that this is the only display controller that can be used, nor that the Klausner device is
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`limited to such a display controller.
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`23.
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`I have reviewed the data sheets for the Signetics 2670, 2672 and 2673 chipsets and
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`have concluded that one skilled in the art as of the application date would understand that they
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`were not intended to be used only with CRT displays. Rather, as expressly stated in the datasheet
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`for the Signetics 2673, the controllers may be used to drive both CRT and raster scan displays in
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`general. Specifically, the Signetics 2673 datasheet states “The Signetics 2673A and 2673B
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`Video Attributes Controllers (VAC) are bipolar LSI devices designed for CRT terminals and
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`display systems that employ raster scan techniques.” 2673 Datasheet at page 1. The Signetics
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`2673 data sheet confirms my understanding that, at least as early as March 31, 1992 when
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`Klausner was filed, raster scan LCD display systems were available. Such raster scan LCD
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`displays were known at the time of the Klausner reference. See, for example, U.S. Patent No.
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`4,585,310 (“This invention relates to an improved reflective raster scanned laser addressed liquid
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`crystal cell, and more particularly a liquid crystal cell in which the alignment layer is oriented
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`relative to the scanning raster.”); U.S. Patent No. 6,307,565 (“This system relates generally to
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`memory for raster-scanned displays and, in particular, to a system for controlling the reading
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`from and writing to memory used as a buffer for asynchronously received digital video data to be
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`displayed on an LCD display.”); U.S. Patent No. 5,426,734 (“Further, the image display device
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`is not limited to CRT image display device. For example, any other raster scan display devices
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`such as a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or an electroluminescence display can provide
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`a display in the same way.”); U.S. Patent No. 5,085,602 (“FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a
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`conventional digitally controlled display system 10. The display system 10 comprises a raster-
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`scan compatible type of multiplexed liquid crystal (LCD) panel unit 11 . . .”).
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`24. The information in the preceding paragraph contradicts Dr. Kotzin’s statement that
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`the Klausner display is limited to a CRT. (Kotzin Decl. at ¶¶11-20). Moreover, Klausner is
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`silent with respect to the screen type. In addition, the figures in Klausner illustrate what appears
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`to be a compact, flat display, which is typical of LCD displays, and raster scan LCDs existed at
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`the time of the Klausner patent.
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`25. Even if Klausner were assumed to use a CRT display, one skilled in the art as of the
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`application date would conclude that the Klausner device was portable. For instance, an
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`exemplary compact CRT display was used as of the application date in the hand-held Sony
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`Watchman FD-20A. (Exhibit B). Other examples of hand-held devices with a compact CRT
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`display were the Panasonic TR-001 (Exhibit C) and the Sinclair MTV1 (Exhibit D).
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`26.
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`I have reviewed United States Patent No. 5,128,981, the named inventor of which is
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`Tsukamoto, hereinafter referred to as the “Tsukamoto reference” or simply “Tsukamoto.”
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`27. The Tsukamoto reference discloses wireless communicators enabled to wirelessly
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`communicate with a public communication network by way of an office system (“PBX”).
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`28. The Tsukamoto wireless communicators are enabled to communicate with a public
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`telephone network by way of a wireless base station (transmitter/relay) and communication
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`controller that is connected to a public network. See e.g., Col. 5:61-63 and Figure 1.
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`29. One skilled in the art as of the application date would have concluded that
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`Tsukamoto is enabled to communicate with a public network, and that adapting a private
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`network device to operate over a public network would require minimal modifications. For
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`example, U.S. Patent No. 5,127,041 provides a simple system and method for adapting a
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`computer to operate over a cellular network.
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`30.
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`I have reviewed an English translation of Japanese Patent Publication No. JP H04-
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`116449, the named inventor of which is Yutaka Yamagishi, hereinafter referred to as the
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`“Yamagishi reference” or simply “Yamagishi.”
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`31.
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`It is my belief that images displayed by the Yamagishi display would not be
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`distorted. It is common to use layers of different materials when constructing a digitizer overlay
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`for use with an LCD device. For instance, digitizer layers are often formed from two very thin
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`glass layers with top and bottom conductive layers (ITO Glass or Film) placed in between. To
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`protect the outermost glass layer from scratches, it is also common to install a protective layer
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`formed from a third material. Because the various layers are very thin, closely packed and clear,
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`the image being displayed by an LCD panel is not distorted when viewed through the digitizer.
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`32. To maintain the narrow air gap between the conductive layers, small spacer dots are
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`often used. Due to the size and clarity of the spacer dots, they do not have a noticeable impact on
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`the clarity of the LCD image as viewed through the digitizer.
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`33.
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`I have reviewed an English translation of Japanese Patent Publication No. JP
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`H04-952, the named inventor of which is Hiroyuki Noguchi, hereinafter referred to as the
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`“Noguchi reference” or simply “Noguchi.”
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`34. The Noguchi reference teaches a cordless telephone answering device equipped
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`with a display that shows the number of recorded messages at a remote base unit. While the
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`Noguchi reference may not provide details relating to the construction of the telephonic device,
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`the type of telephonic device used and depicted in the Noguchi reference was well known at the
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`time of the Noguchi invention. For example, early cordless phones, such as the Maxcom MCP-
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`200 Cordless Telephone, date back to 1979. (Exhibit E.) Thus, it would not have been necessary
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`to describe the actual telephonic device in depth because one of skill in the art, upon reviewing
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`the Noguchi reference, would know how to incorporate a display enabled to show the number of
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`stored messages with a known telephonic device.
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`35.
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`It is also my understanding that the Noguchi reference teaches a wireless
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`communication device that, under the control of a CPU, is capable of wirelessly connecting to a
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`communication channel and is capable of conducting transmission and reception of voice signals
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`and data signals through the communication channel. In communicating message data between
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`base station to the hand held device (i.e., the number of recorded messages at a remote base
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`unit), and between the hand-held device and the base station (controlling the answering machine
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`in the base station) the Noguchi device would inherently communicate data signals over the
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`communication channel.
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`36.
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`I have reviewed an English translation of Japanese Patent Publication No. JP H4-
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`83447, the named inventor of which is Atsushi Kudo, hereinafter referred to as the “Kudo
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`reference” or simply “Kudo.”
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`37. The Kudo reference teaches a mobile wireless phone that is enabled to transmit
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`both voice and data signals using the same device or mechanism. For instance, Kudo teaches that
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`a code may be inputted allowing the user to control a device, such as a garage door. Kudo also
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`explains that, while transceiver 11 is suggested in the example, the data transmission functions of
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`transceiver 11 may be performed by transceiver 10, and, thus, transceiver 10 is disclosed as
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`being able to communicate both voice and data signals. (Kudo Translation, page 5).
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`38. Moreover, it was well known in the art that cellular systems were capable of
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`communicating both data and voice signals using the same channel or frequency. For example,
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`as discussed above, Yaniv, Tsukamoto and the EO440 each used a single communication
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`channel over a cellular network to transmit and receive both voice and data signals, including,
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`for example, fax and e-mail.
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`I declare under penalties of perjury set out in 18 U.S.C. §1001 that the foregoing
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`statements are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
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`Date : October 4th, 2011
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`and makes no representations that the circuits are tree from patent infringe-
`ment. Applications for any integrated circuits contained in this publication are
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`DESCRIPTION
`The Signetics Display Character and
`Graphics Generator (0666) is a mask-
`programmable 11.64a-bit line select char-
`acter generator. it contains 128 IOXO char-
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`the capability at shitting certain characters.
`such as i. y. g. p and q. that normally extend
`below the baseline. Character shitting. pre-
`viously requiring additional external circuit-
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`is now accomplished internally by the
`DCGG; effectively, the 9 active lines are
`lowered within the matrix to compensate for
`the character's position.
`Seven bits ot an 8-bit address code are
`used to select t at the 128 available charac-
`ters. The eighth bit Iunctions as a chip an-
`able signal. Each character is detlned by a
`pattern of logic Is and Os stored in a text)
`matrix. When a specific 4-bit binary line ad-
`dress code is applied. a word at to parallel
`bits appears at the Output. The lines can be
`sequentially selected, providing a 9-word
`sequence of 10 parallel bits per word for
`each character selected by the address in-
`puts. As the line address inputs are sequen-
`tially addressed, the device will automati-
`cally place the 10x9 character in 1 ol 2 pre-
`A programmed positions on the 16-llne matrix
`”\with the positions defined by the 4-llne ad-
`dress inputs. One or more at the 10 parallel
`outputs can be used as control signals to
`selectively enable tunctiona such as half-
`dot shift, color selection. etc.
`The 2870 D086 includes latches to store
`the character address and line address
`data. A control input to inhibit character
`data output for certain groups of characters
`is also provided. The 2670 also includes a
`graphics capability. wherein the 8-bit char-
`acter code is translated directly Into 256
`possible user programmable graphic pat-
`terns. Thus, the 0066 can generate data for
`334 distinct patterns. of which 128 are de-
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`128 10x9 matrix characters
`256 graphic characters
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`Character and line address latches
`Internal descend logic
`200nsec and 300nsec character select
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`Static operation—no clocks required
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`select one of 256 possible graphic patterns to be output.
`Character Strobe: Used to store the character address (CAO thru CA7) and graphics mode
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`Graphics Mode: GM-O (low) selects character mode; GM=1 (high) selects graphics mode.
`Line Address: In character mode. selects one of the 16 lines ot matrix data for the selected
`character to appear at the 10 outputs. LAO is the LSB and LA3 is the M58. The input codes
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`programming data tor both non-shifted and shifted fonts. Cycling through the nine specified
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`Kyocera PX 1046_15
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`Kyocera PX 1046_15
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`MICROPROCESSOR DIVISION
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`SCN267O
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`FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
`The 0666 consists of nine major sections.
`Line and character codes are strobed into
`the line and character latches. The charac-
`ter latch outputs are presented to the three
`sources ol data; the ROM through an ad-
`dress decoder. the graphics logic. and the
`output inhibit control. The output inhibit con-
`trol (together with the SCD input) sup-
`presses the ROM data tor selected charac-
`ter codes. The outputs trom the line latch
`drive the line address translation ROM
`which maps the character ROM data onto 9
`oi 16 line positions. Finally, the line select
`multiplexers route the ROM or graphics data
`to the output drivers on Do through 09.
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`Character Latch
`The character latch is a 9-bit edge triggered
`latch used to store the character address
`(CAO thru CA7) and graphics mode (GM)
`inputs. The data is stored on the tailing edge
`ol CSTROBE. Seven latched addresses
`(CAO thru CA8) are inputs to the ROM char-
`acter address decoder. In character mode
`(GM-0). CA7 operates as a chip enable.
`The output drivers are enabled when CA7=1
`and are tri-etated when CA7-o. In graphics
`mode (GM= 1). the output drivers are always
`A “enabled and the CAO thru CA7 outputs of the
`latch are used to generate graphic symbols.
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`Character Address Decoder
`This circuit decodes the 7-bit character ad-
`dress trom the character latch to select one
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`LINE ADDRESS
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`ot the 128 character fonts stored In the ROM
`section at the DCGG.
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`Read Only Memory
`The 1 1.648-blt ROM stores the tents for the
`128 matrix-delined characters. The data tor
`each character consists oi 91 bits. Ninety
`bits represent the 10X9 matrix and one bit
`specifies whether the character data is out-
`put at the normal (unshitted) lines or at the
`descended (shifted) lines. The 90 data bit
`outputs are supplied to the line select
`multiplexers. The descend control bit is an
`input to the line address translation ROM.
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`Graphics Logic
`When the GM input is zero (low). the 0066
`operates in the character mode. When it is
`one (high). it operates in the graphics mode.
`In graphics mode. output data is generated
`by the graphics logic instead ol the ROM.
`The graphics logic maps the latched char.
`acter address (CAO thru CA7) to the outputs
`(DO thru 09) as a lunction ol line address
`(LAO thru LA3). For any particular line ad-
`dress value. two of the CA bits are output:
`CAO. CA2. CM or CA8 is output on DD thru
`D4 and CA1; CA3. CA5 or CA7 is output on
`05 thru D9. The outputs are paired: When
`CAO is output on DD thru D4. CA1 is output
`on 05 thru 09 and likewise for CA2-CA3.
`CA4-CA5 and CAB-CA7.
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`A ROM within the graphics logic allows the
`specltic line numbers for which each pair of
`bits is output to be specllied by the custom-
`er. Figure 2 illustrates the general tormat tor
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`graphics symbols and an example where
`(CA7 thru CAO) - W654. The outputs from
`the graphics logic go to the line select
`multiplexers. The multiplexers route the
`graphic symbol data to the outputs when
`GM - 1.
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`Thin Graphics Option
`As a customer specified option. 16 ol the
`possible graphic codes (H’so’ to i-l’aF’) may
`be used to generate the special graphic
`characters illustrated in figure 3. For each of
`these characters. the vertical component
`appears on the De output. The horizontal
`component occurs on L" which is specllled
`by the customer. The vertical components
`specified by CAO and CA2 are output for line
`addresses zero thru LH and LH thru fifteen,
`respectively.
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`Una Select Mulflplexers
`The ten line select multiplexers select ROM
`data as specified by the line address trans-
`lation ROM when GM-O. or graphics data
`when GM-1. The inputs to each multiplexer
`are the nine line outputs lrom the ROM. an
`output from the graphics logic and a logic
`zero (ground).
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`Output Drivers
`Ten output drivers with 3-state capability
`serve as butters between the line select
`multiplexers and external logic. The 3-state
`control input to these drivers is supplied
`trom the CA7 latch when GM-O. When
`GM- 1, the outputs are always active.
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`GROUP 2
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`GROUP 3
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`GROUP LINE ADDRESSES ARE SPECIFIED IV THE CUSTOMER
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`GROUP 1 SPECIFIED FOR LINES I). 1. 2
`GROUP 2 OREGIFIED FOR LINES 3, I: 5
`GROUP 3 SPECIFIED FOR LINES I. 7 S
`GROUP 4 SPECIFIED FOR LINES I, 10. 11
`SPACE SPECIFIED FOR LINES 12. 13, 14, 15
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`Figure 2. Graphics Symbols — General Format
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`MICROPROCESSOR DIVISION
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`DISPLAY CHARACTER AND GRAPHICS GENERATOR (DCGG)
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`Output inhibit Control
`The output Inhibit control logic operates only
`it GM—o. it causes the output of the line
`select multiplexers to be logic zero If the
`SCD input is high and CA8 and CA5 oi the
`latched character address are 00.
`it the
`SCD Input is low. normal operation occurs.
`(This ieature is usetul In ASClI coded appli-
`cations to selectively disable character
`generation tor non-diaplayable characters
`such as line teed. carriage return. etc.)
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`Line Address Latch
`The line address latch is a 4-bit latch used
`to store the line address (LAO-LAS). The
`data is stored on the negative edge oi the
`LSTROBE input.
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`Line Address Translation ROM
`This 32X10 ROM translates the 5-bit code
`consisting of the 4 outputs lrom the line ad-
`dress latch and the descend control bit tram
`the ROM into a i-ot-io code tor the line
`select multiplexers. Programming Interme-
`tion provided by the customer specifies the
`address which selects each line at ROM
`data for both shitted and non-shined char-
`actors. Thus. there are nine line addresses
`which select ROM date for unshitted char-
`acters and nine addresses tor shifted char-
`acters. These combinations are usually
`apecitied by the customer in either ascend-
`ing or descending order. For the remaining
`14 codes (7 each for unehilted and shilted
`characters). the translation ROM forces ze-
`ros at the outputs oi the line select
`multiplexers.
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`This circuitry only operates it GM-O. When
`GM. 1 . the line select multiplexers are
`forced to select the outputs trom the graph-
`ics logic.
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`Figure 4 shows an example oi data outputs
`where the customer has specified line 14 as
`the first line tor unahltted characters. line i 1
`as the first line for shifted characters and
`line address combinations in descending
`order.
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`CUSTOM PATTERN
`PROGRAHIING INSTRUCTIONS
`A computer-sided technique utilizing
`punched computer cards is employed to
`specify a custom version at the 2870. This
`technique requires that the customer supply
`Signetlcs with a deck at standard BO-column
`computer cards describing the data to be
`stored in the ROM array, the programmable
`line address translation ROM. thin graphics
`option..snd the graphics line lont translation
`ROM.
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`Figure 3. Special Graphic Characters
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`GENERAL FORIAT
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`MICROPROCESSOR DIVISION
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`' DISISLAY CHARACTER AND GRAPHICS GENERATOR (DCGG)
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`SCN267O
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`CUSTOMER SPECIFIED
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`Figure 4. Customer Specltled Example
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`0» receipt 0f - card mu. Sinnetics will
`translate the card deck to a truth table using
`the Signetics Computer Aided Design (CAD)
`facility. The truth table and font diagrams
`will then be sent to the customer for final
`approval. On receipt of final approval,
`Signetlcs will produce masks and proceed
`with manufacturing.
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`Programming intormetion can also be input
`on TTY 7-Ievel tape as card images. Each
`card image must be terminated with a car-
`riage return-line teed. An EOT character
`must signity the and ot the data set.
`Customer identification cards are always
`lab