IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`SHERMAN DIVISION
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:12-CV-00647-RAS
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`JURY DEMANDED
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`MOTIO, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`BSP SOFTWARE LLC, and
`BRIGHTSTAR PARTNERS, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`PLAINTIFF’S P.R. 3-1 DISCLOSURE OF
`ASSERTED CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS,
`AND P.R. 3-2 DISCLOSURES
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`In compliance with P.R. 3-1 and 3-2, Plaintiff Motio, Inc. (“Plaintiff”), by and through its
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`designated counsel, hereby serves its Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement
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`Contentions (“Infringement Contentions”) and accompanying Document Production
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`Defendants BSP Software LLC and BrightStar Partners, Inc. (“Defendants”).
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`Because discovery has just begun and Defendants have not yet produced any information
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`in this litigation, these disclosures are based solely upon publicly available information.
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`Plaintiff’s investigation of the matters disclosed in its Infringement Contentions is ongoing.
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`Plaintiff anticipates that the production and review of documents and information by Defendants
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`may lead to the modification of these Infringement Contentions. Accordingly, Plaintiff reserves
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`the right to amend, modify or supplement these disclosures based upon further discovery and
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`investigation.
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`Further, pursuant to the Local Patent Rules, these Infringement Contentions are being
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`served before claim construction disclosures and proceedings are scheduled to begin. Consistent
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`PLAINTIFF’S P.R. 3-1 DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS AND
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`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`SHERMAN DIVISION
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:12-CV-00647-RAS
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`JURY DEMANDED
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`MOTIO, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`BSP SOFTWARE LLC, and
`BRIGHTSTAR PARTNERS, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`PLAINTIFF’S P.R. 3-1 DISCLOSURE OF
`ASSERTED CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS,
`AND P.R. 3-2 DISCLOSURES
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`In compliance with P.R. 3-1 and 3-2, Plaintiff Motio, Inc. (“Plaintiff”), by and through its
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`designated counsel, hereby serves its Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement
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`Contentions (“Infringement Contentions”) and accompanying Document Production
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`to
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`Defendants BSP Software LLC and BrightStar Partners, Inc. (“Defendants”).
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`Because discovery has just begun and Defendants have not yet produced any information
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`in this litigation, these disclosures are based solely upon publicly available information.
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`Plaintiff’s investigation of the matters disclosed in its Infringement Contentions is ongoing.
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`Plaintiff anticipates that the production and review of documents and information by Defendants
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`may lead to the modification of these Infringement Contentions. Accordingly, Plaintiff reserves
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`the right to amend, modify or supplement these disclosures based upon further discovery and
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`investigation.
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`Further, pursuant to the Local Patent Rules, these Infringement Contentions are being
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`served before claim construction disclosures and proceedings are scheduled to begin. Consistent
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`PLAINTIFF’S P.R. 3-1 DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS AND
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`with P.R. 3-6, Plaintiff reserves the right to amend, modify or supplement these Infringement
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`Contentions based upon the manner in which the claim terms in the Patent-in-Suit are construed
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`by the Court and/or based upon claim construction positions taken by Defendants.
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`I.
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`P.R. 3-1(a) Disclosure – Infringed Claims
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`Plaintiff asserts
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`infringe claims 1-4 and 7-10 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,285,678 (the “Patent-in-Suit”) as set forth in the following sections. The specific claims
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`therein that Defendants are accused of infringing are hereinafter collectively referred to as
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`“Asserted Claims.”
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`II.
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`P.R. 3-1(b) Disclosure – Accused Instrumentalities
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`Based on the information presently available to Plaintiff, at least the following products
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`are accused of infringing each Asserted Claim of the Patent-in-Suit: the Integrated Version
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`Control (“IVC”) and the Integrated Control Suite (“ICS”) products. Plaintiff asserts that
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`Defendants directly and/or indirectly infringe the Asserted Claims by making, using, offering for
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`sale, selling and/or importing into the United States the IVC and the ICS products; and/or
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`actively inducing others to use the IVC and the ICS products in an infringing manner; and/or
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`otherwise contributing to the infringement of others.
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`Defendants’ products that are accused of infringing the Patent-in-Suit are hereinafter
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`collectively referred to as “Accused Instrumentalities.” Because discovery has just begun and
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`Defendants have yet to produce any documents in this litigation, Plaintiff reserves the right to
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`add or modify the identification of the Accused Instrumentalities to identify additional infringing
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`apparatuses, products, devices, processes, methods, acts or other instrumentalities after
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`conducting discovery in this matter.
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`III.
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`P.R. 3-1(c) Disclosure – Infringement Chart
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`Subject to the above limitations, attached hereto as Exhibit A is a claim chart setting forth
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`the Asserted Claims of the Patent-in-Suit and how each Accused Instrumentality infringes the
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`Asserted Claims, respectively. This chart also describes, by way of illustration, the features
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`and/or functionalities of the Accused Instrumentalities believed to infringe the Asserted Claims
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`of the Patent-in-Suit.
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`Because discovery has just begun and Defendants have yet to produce any documents in
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`this litigation, Plaintiff reserves the right to add or modify the identification of the Accused
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`Instrumentalities to identify additional infringing apparatuses, products, devices, processes,
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`methods, acts or other instrumentalities after conducting discovery in this matter.
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`IV.
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`P.R. 3-1(d) Disclosure – Literal and/or Doctrine of Equivalents Infringement
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`Plaintiff asserts that each element of each Asserted Claim is literally present in the
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`Accused Instrumentalities. To the extent that any elements of the Asserted Claims are not
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`literally present, Plaintiff asserts that each element of the Asserted Claims is present under the
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`doctrine of equivalents because any differences between the features of the Accused
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`Instrumentalities and the corresponding claim elements are insubstantial and/or that these
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`features perform substantially the same functions in substantially the same way to achieve
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`substantially the same result as the corresponding claim elements.
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`V.
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`P.R. 3-1(e) Disclosure – Priority Date
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`The claims of the Patent-at-Issue are entitled to a priority date no later than January 3,
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`2006.
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`VI.
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`P.R. 3-1(f) Disclosure – Other Instrumentalities Practicing the Claimed Inventions
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`Plaintiff identifies its MotioCI product that practices and/or has the capability for
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`practicing the Asserted Claims of the Patent-in-Suit.
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`VII. P.R. 3-2 Document Production Accompanying Disclosure
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`Accompanying this statement, Plaintiff is producing relevant, non-privileged documents
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`required under P.R. 3-2. Note that certain documents produced concurrently herewith have been
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`marked “Confidential – Outside Attorneys Eyes Only” pursuant to P.R. 2-2.
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`Plaintiff’s production of documents under P.R. 3-2 should not be considered an
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`admission that such documents relate to information or products that fall within the scope of the
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`Asserted Claims of the Patent-in-Suit. Plaintiff reserves the right to supplement its production
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`under P.R. 3-2 as deemed appropriate and necessary in the future.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Kelly J. Kubasta
`Kelly J. Kubasta
`Texas Bar No. 24002430
`Todd C. Basile
`Texas Bar No. 24078205
`KLEMCHUK KUBASTA LLP
`8150 N. Central Expwy., 10th Floor
`Dallas, Texas 75206
`Tel: 214-367-6000
`Fax: 214-367-6001
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`ATTORNEYS FOR MOTIO, INC.
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`DATED: February 22, 2013
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on February 22, 2013, all counsel of record who are deemed to have
`consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via e-mail.
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`/s/ Kelly J. Kubasta
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`history.”
`lifecycle and growth as well as the ability to revive and revert historical content from the archived
`the system as a whole. In addition, IVC enables authors the ability to gain insight on a report’s
`“The IVC system enables administrators to gain insight on the activity of an individual report, author or
`“Capture, maintain & manage previous versions of IBM Cognos content”
`[IVC Product Brochure]
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`business intelligence system.
`products comprise, in a general purpose computer, a method for providing automatic version control to a
`While there is nothing to currently suggest that the preamble to this claim is limiting, the IVC and ICS
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`system, comprising:
`control to a business intelligence
`method for providing automatic version
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`otio, Inc. v. BSP Software, LLC and BrightStar Partners, Inc., Case No. 4:12-cv-00647-RAS
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`groups, roles, packages, models, jobs or any other object within the system.”
`“Version control extends beyond reporting, providing auditing and revision history for data sources,
`or through custom reporting.”
`complete revision history which is easily accessible from the IBM Cognos Studios, Cognos Connection
`development lifecycle are captured in real-time and stored alongside previous versions to provide a
`business policies, processes and regulatory requirements. Modifications made to reports during the
`“Integrated Version Control provides a scalable, feature-rich versioning platform to fully support
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`of: a report specification and an analysis cube.
`intelligence system, and wherein the business intelligence artifact is selected from the group consisting
`object that produces output when the business intelligence artifact is executed in the business
`artifact in the business intelligence system, wherein the business intelligence artifact is a user-authored
`The IVC and ICS products comprise a method that creates an initial version of a business intelligence
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`cube;
`a report specification and an analysis
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`business intelligence artifact is
`intelligence system, and wherein the
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`when the business intelligence artifact
`authored object that produces output
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`intelligence artifact in the business
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`automatically storing the initial
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`complete revision history which is easily accessible from the IBM Cognos Studios, Cognos Connection
`development lifecycle are captured in real-time and stored alongside previous versions to provide a
`business policies, processes and regulatory requirements. Modifications made to reports during the
`“Integrated Version Control provides a scalable, feature-rich versioning platform to fully support
`[ICS Product Web Page - http://www.bspsoftware.com/Products/IntegratedControlSuite/Version]
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`business intelligence system to provide automated version control to the business intelligence artifact.
`The IVC and ICS products comprise a method that provides an automated agent that interfaces with the
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`automated agent independently
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`automated version control to the
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`interfaces with the business
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`IBM Cognos Studios, Cognos Connection or through custom reporting.”
`alongside previous versions to provide a complete revision history which is easily accessible from the
`“Modifications made to reports during the development lifecycle are captured in real-time and stored
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`the business intelligence artifact with a version control system.
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`many capabilities that parallel the development lifecycle of the report.”
`connection, showing all changes made over time by various authors. This revision history provides
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`subsequent version of the business intelligence artifact that includes the requested modification.
`intelligence system to modify the initial version of the business intelligence artifact to create a
`The IVC and ICS products comprise an automated agent that detects a request to the business
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`requested modification; and
`intelligence artifact that includes the
`subsequent version of the business
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`connection, showing all changes made over time by various authors. This revision history provides
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`version control to a business intelligence artifact authored by a user of the business intelligence system.
`software forming at least part of a business intelligence system, a method for providing automatic
`products comprise, in a general purpose computer, with installed and running business intelligence
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`history.”
`lifecycle and growth as well as the ability to revive and revert historical content from the archived
`the system as a whole. In addition, IVC enables authors the ability to gain insight on a report’s
`“The IVC system enables administrators to gain insight on the activity of an individual report, author or
`“Capture, maintain & manage previous versions of IBM Cognos content”
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`comprising:
`intelligence system, the method
`authored by a user of the business
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`“Version control extends beyond reporting, providing auditing and revision history for data sources,
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`complete revision history which is easily accessible from the IBM Cognos Studios, Cognos Connection
`development lifecycle are captured in real-time and stored alongside previous versions to provide a
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`complete revision history which is easily accessible from the IBM Cognos Studios, Cognos Connection
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`The IVC and ICS products comprise a method that provides an automated agent that interfaces with the
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`be present either in the IVC and ICS product and/or in the business intelligence system with which the
`This claim element is an inherent characteristic of an operational business intelligence system, and must
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`business intelligence system, wherein the business metric data corresponds to information related to the
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`intelligence artifact in a version control system.
`recording the modified version of the business intelligence artifact as a new revision of the business
`the business intelligence artifact, and if modifications to the business intelligence artifact are detected,
`independently performs the steps of: monitoring the business intelligence system for modifications to
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`unparalleled opportunities throughout the development life cycle of IBM Cognos content.”
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`many capabilities that parallel the development lifecycle of the report.”
`connection, showing all changes made over time by various authors. This revision history provides
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`business intelligence artifact that includes the requested modification.
`business intelligence system to modify the business intelligence artifact to create a new version of the
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`the version control system the new version of the business intelligence artifact.
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`connection, showing all changes made over time by various authors. This revision history provides
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`version of the business intelligence
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