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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Netflix, Inc.,
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`Petitioner,
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`OpenTV, Inc.
`Patent Owner
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`Petition for Inter Panes Review of US. Patent No. 8.l07.786
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I. Mandatory Notices .......................................................................................... 1
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`A. Real Party-in-Interest ................................................................................. 1
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`B. Related Matters .......................................................................................... 1
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`C. Lead and Backup Counsel and Service Information ................................... 1
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`II. Grounds for Standing ....................................................................................... 1
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`III. Relief Requested .............................................................................................. 2
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`IV. The Reasons for the Requested Relief.............................................................. 2
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`A. Summary of Reasons ................................................................................. 2
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`B. The ’786 Patent .......................................................................................... 3
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`1. Overview .............................................................................................. 3
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`2. Prosecution History ............................................................................... 5
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`C.
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`Identification of Challenges ....................................................................... 6
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`1. Challenged Claims ................................................................................ 6
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`2. Statutory Grounds for Challenges ......................................................... 6
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`3. Claim Construction ............................................................................... 7
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`Identification of How the Claims Are Unpatentable .............................. 8
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`i. Challenge #1: Claims 1-6 are anticipated by Plotnick ..................... 8
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`ii. Challenge #2: Claim 7 is obvious over Plotnick in view of Eldering35
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`V. Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 50
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`Mandatory Notices
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`A.
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`Real Party-in—lnterest
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`The real party-in-interest is Netfiix, Inc.
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`B.
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`Related Matters
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`As of the filing date of this petition, the ’786 Patent was asserted against the
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`party-in-interest in Open?”V Inc- v. Negflix, Ina, 1:12-cv-01733 (D. Del.).
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`Lead and Backup Counsel and Service Information
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`Lead Counsel
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`Andrew S. Ehmke
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Ave. Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`Phone: (214) 651-5116
`Fax: (214) 200-0853
`andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Backup Counsel
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`Dustin Johnson
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Ave. Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`Phone: (972) 739-6969
`Fax: (214) 200-0853
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`Grounds for Standing
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`Petitioner certifies that it is not estopped or barred fi'om requesting inter
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`partes review of the ’786 Patent. Petitioner was served with a complaint asserting
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`infringement of the ’786 Patent on December 19, 2012, which is less than one year
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`before the filing of this Petition. Petitioner has not initiated a civil action
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`challenging validity of any claim of the ’786 Patent. Petitioner also certifies that
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`the ’786 Patent is eligible for inter partes review.
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`[1]. Relief Requested
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`Petitioner asks that the Board review the accompanying prior art and
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`analysis, institute a trial for inter partes review of claims 1-7 (all claims) of the
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`”786 Patent, and cancel those claims as invalid.
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`IV.
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`The Reasons for the Requested Relief
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`The full statement of the reasons for the relief requested is as follows:
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`A.
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`Summary of Reasons
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`The ’786 Patent relates to a system, a method, and a tangible machine
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`readable medium for modifying the playout or playback of audio/visual content.
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`general, the ”786 Patent describes a system that delivers primary content, such as
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`audio/visual content for display on an output device at a normal speed. The system
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`also delivers secondary content that is not derived fi'om the primary content.
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`response to a request to render the primary content at an accelerated rate, as may
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`occur when the user attempts to fast forward the primary content, the system
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`renders the secondary content to the output device.
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`These features were all well known in the prior art in 2006 when the
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`application that issued as the ’786 Patent was filed.
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`The references cited in this petition, alone or in combination, either
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`anticipate or render obvious the claims of the ”786 Patent. For example, U.S.
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`Patent Publication 2005/0097599 to Plotnick, et a1. discloses a system that renders
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`primary content as an advertisement for display to a viewer, and in response to user
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`request to fast forward the primary content, displays an alternative advertisement
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`in place of the default advertisement.
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`Consequently, this petition demonstrates that claims 1-7 simply claim
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`features that were well known in the prior art and are therefore, either anticipated
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`by or rendered obvious over the references presented in this petition.
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`B.
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`The ’786 Patent
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`Overview
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`The ’786 Patent has three independent claims (claims 1, 4, and 7) and a total
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`of 7 claims. Each of the independent claims is directed to rendering secondary non-
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`derivative content at a receiving device in response to a request to render primary
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`content at an accelerated speed.
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`The system, such as a video on demand system, includes a streaming server
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`28 having a request module 36 and a communication module 38. NTFX-lOOl,
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`The request module 36 receives a request for delivery of primary content to
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`a receiving device 12 that may be a set-top box or DVR. NTFX-lOOl , 6:43-48,
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`10:14-25. The communication module 38 then communicates the primary content
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`to the receiving device (NTFX-l 001 , 6:54-60, 10:27-30) so that the receiving
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`device renders the primary content to an output device at a normal speed. NTFX-
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`1001, 10:31-34, Fig. 6.
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`The communication module 38 also associates the primary content with
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`secondary information and communicates the secondary information to the
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`receiving device. NTFX-lOOl, 10:54-67. The secondary information in the ”786
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`Patent is defined as “secondary content, information to generate secondary content
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`or information to access secondary content.” NTFX-l 001, 3 :39-41. The receiving
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`device utilizes the secondary information to render secondary non-derivative
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`content to the output device instead of the primary content. NTFX-1001, 15:6-11.
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`The receiving device 12 then renders the secondary non-derivative content
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`in response to a receipt of a request to render the primary content at the receiving
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`device 12 at an accelerated speed. NTFX-1001, 14:55-15:11. The request may be
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`a fast forward request or a rewind request. NTFX-1001, 14:44-51.
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`None of these features were novel and nonobvious when the application that
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`issued as the ’786 Patent was filed on August 31, 2006.
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`2.
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`Prosecution History
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`The ’786 Patent issued on January 31, 2012, from U.S. Patent Application
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`No. 11/469,195 (“the ’195 application”) filed by Esteban Sardera on August 31,
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`2006.
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`The first Office Action on the merits] rejected all of the claims as being
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`anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by U.S. Patent No. 6,028,726 to Yanagihara
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`(“Yanagihara”). Without amending the claims, the Patentees argued that
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`Yanagihara did not teach all the limitations of the claims because the same content
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`' While much of the specification of the ’195 application describes a system that
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`using “secondary derivative content” derived fiom primary content, the Patent
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`Office restricted the original claims and the Patentees chose to prosecute claims
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`relating to “secondary non-derivative content.”
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`rendered in the prior art (e.g., a picture) “could not possibly constitute ‘secondary
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`information’ and ‘secondary nonderivatt've content ’ and ‘primary content.
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`NTFX-1002, Amendments and Response Under 37 C.F.R. 1.111, dated July 14,
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`2011, p. 8 (emphasis in original).
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`In response to the Applicant’s arguments, the Examiner allowed the claims
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`without providing reasons for allowance. Subsequently, the Applicant amended
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`each of the independent claims after allowance by removing the words “at the
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`receiving device” from each allowed independent claim in the following manner:
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`“the receiving device to render the secondary non-
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`derivative content responsive to receipt of a request at—t—he
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`receiving device at an accelerated speed of the primary
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`content.”
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`NTFX-1002, Amendment under 37 C.F.R. § 1.312, dated October 7, 2011, pp. 2-3.
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`Identification of Challenges
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`1.
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`Challenged Claims
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`Claims 1-7 of the ’786 Patent are challenged in this petition.
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`2.
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`Statutory Grounds for Challenges
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`Challenge #1: Claims 1-6 are anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over
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`US. Patent Publication No. 2005/0097599 to Plotnick, et a1. (“Plotnick”).
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`Plotnick published May 5, 2005, and is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`Challenge #2: Claim 7 is obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) over Plotnick in
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`view of U.S. Patent No. 6,820,277 to Eldering et al. (“Eldering”). Plotnick
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`published May 5, 2005, and is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b). Eldering issued
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`November 16, 2004, and is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`3.
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`Claim Construction
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`This petition presents claim analysis in a manner that is consistent with the
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`broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the specification. See 37 CPR. §
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`42.100(b). Claim terms are given their ordinary and accustomed meaning as would
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`be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art, unless the inventor, as a
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`lexicographer, has set forth a special meaning for a term. Multiform Desiccants,
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`Inc. v. Medzam, Ltd, 133 F.3d 1473, 1477 (Fed. Cir. 1998); York Prods, Inc- v.
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`Central Tractor Farm & Family Ctr, 99 F.3d 1568, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1996).
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`In the ’786 Patent, the inventors set forth a “DEFINITIONS” section that
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`provides a specific definition for a number of the claim terms. The ’786 Patent,
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`3:23-45. Since the inventors explicitly provided these definitions, these
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`definitions should be used in interpreting the claims. NTFX-1005, 1125. All other
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`claim terms should be given their ordinary and custom meaning as understood by a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art and as set forth below. See id.
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`“Secondary non—derivative content” (Claims 1, 4, and 7)
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`The specification explicitly defines the term “non-derivative secondary
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`content” in the DEFINITIONS section.2 NTFX-IOOI, 3:47-51.
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`In accordance with
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`the DEFINITIONS section, secondary non-derivative content means “secondary
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`content that is not generatedfrom the associated primary content. For example,
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`non—derivative secondary content does not include samples (e.g., audio achor
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`visual) from the associated primary content.” NTFX-l 005, 1l28.
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`The foregoing proposed claim construction is presented by Petitioner using
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`the broadest reasonable interpretation standard applied for purposes of inter partes
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`review. Petitioner reserves the right to advocate a different claim interpretation in
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`district court or any other forum in accordance with the claim construction
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`standards applied in such forum.
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`Identification of How the Claims Are Unpatentable
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`i. Challenge #1: Claims 1-6 are anticipated by Plotnick
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`Claims 1-6 are anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) by U.S. Patent
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`Publication No. 2005/0097599 to Plotnick et al. (“Plotnick”). Plotnick (NTFX-
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`1003) published on May S, 2005, and is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`2 The claimed term “secondary non-derivative content” should be properly
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`construed to have the same meaning as the defined term “non-derivative secondary
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`content,” corrected to compensate for a typographical error. NTFX-IOOS, 111125-28.
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`Plotnick discloses a video on demand system that provides an alternative,
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`brief advertisement when a viewer chooses to fast-forward through or skip an
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`advertisement associated with the original programming, such as a recorded
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`advertisement. NTFX-1005, 113 0. The Plotnick system teaches the transmission of
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`a program stream including programming and both an advertisement and an
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`alternative advertisement. NTFX-l 005, 1131. The alternative advertisement may
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`be a targeted advertisement and may be “entirely unrelated” to the original content
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`or original advertisement. NTFX-1005, 1131. When a user fast forwards through
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`the original advertisement, Plotnick’s receiver renders the secondary non-
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`derivative content instead of the original content. NTFX-1005, 1131.
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`The following discussion describes how Plotnick anticipates each and every
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`element of at least claims 1-6:
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`1.0] A system including:
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`Plotnick discloses a “system” because it teaches servers 400, an archive 402,
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`a backbone network 410, a switching office 420, a subscriber network 430 and set-
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`tops 440. (NTFX-1005, p. 15; NTFX-1003, paragraph [011]], Fig. 4.) Thus,
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`Plotnick discloses “a system” as recited in the claim. (NTFX-1005, p. 15.)
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`[1.1] a request module to receive a requestfor primary content
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`Plotnick discloses “a request module to receive a request for primary
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`content” because it teaches a video dial tone gateway 426 and a return channel
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`transport that receive requests for video content. (NTFX-1005, pp. 15-17; NTFX-
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`1003, paragraph [0112]—[0013].) The video dial tone gateway 426 presents a menu
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`that permits a subscriber to select the appropriate video content. (NTFX-1005, p.
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`16; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0112].) In addition, the return channel conveys
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`requests and commands from the set-tops 440 to the head-end system 428.
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`(NTFX-1005, pp. 16-17; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0113].)
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`Thus, Plotnick’s disclosure of a video dial tone gateway that allows the
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`subscriber to select the appropriate video content, and the disclosure of a return
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`channel transporting requests from the set-tops to the head-end system, is a
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`teaching of “a request module to receive a request for primary content” as recited
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`in the claim. (NTFX-1005, p. 17.)
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`[1 .2(a)] a communication module to
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`Plotnick discloses “a communication module” because it teaches “a program
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`source (video source) 1200” such as a “head-end” that transmits a program stream
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`or video stream 1210 to a personal video recorder (“PVR”). (NTFX-1005, p. 17;
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`NTFX-1003, paragraph [0167].) The program stream or video stream includes
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`programming 1220 with both an advertisement 1230 and an alternative
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`advertisement 1240. (1d) Thus, Plotnick’s disclosure of a video source 1200 that
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`transmits programming including an advertisement and an alternative
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`advertisement is a teaching of “a communication module” as recited in the claim.
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`(NTFX-1005, p. 17.)
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`[1 .2(b)] communicate primary content to a receiving device, the receiving device
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`to render the primary content to an output device at a normal speed ofthe
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`primary content
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`First, Plotnick discloses the communication module to “communicate
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`primary content to a receiving device” because it discloses that the video source
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`(the communication module) transmits the program or video with a default
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`advertisement to the PVR.
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`[0169], [0107]). The term “primary content” is defined in part in the ’786 Patent
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`as “content that may be played on a receiving device or interacted with on a
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`receiving device.” (NTFX-IOOS, p. 18]; NTFX-1001 at 3:26-31.) Plotnick’s
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`advertisement is “primary content” communicated to a PVR as a receiving device.
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`(NTFX-1005, pp. 17-20; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0167]; Fig. 12A). Accordingly,
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`the system of Plotnick communicates primary content as an advertisement to a
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`receiving device. (NTFX-IOOS, pp. 17-20.)
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`Second, Plotnick discloses “the receiving device rendering the primary
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`content to an output device at a normal speed of the primary content.” (NTFX-
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`1005, pp. 17-20.) Plotnick teaches sending the signals from the PVR to inputs on a
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`television.
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`3.) The program and advertisement playback can occur at normal speed. (NTFX-
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`Thus, the video source delivering the advertisement in the video stream to
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`the PVR and the PVR displaying the programming and advertisement back at
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`normal speed on a television, as taught by Plotnick, discloses a communication
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`module to “communicate primary content to a receiving device, the receiving
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`device to render the primary content to an output device at a normal speed of the
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`primary content” as recited in the claim.
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`[12(0)] associate the primary content to secondary information
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`Plotnick discloses a communication module to “associate the primary
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`content to secondary information” because it teaches associating multiple types of
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`information to the primary advertising content. (NTFX-1005, pp. 20-26.) For
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`example, Plotnick discloses associating each of the following to the primary
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`content: an alternative advertisement, metadata used to access secondary content,
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`content. (See id.) Each of these meet the definition for “secondary information”
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`defined to “include secondary content, information to generate secondary content
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`or information to access secondary content.” NTFX-1001 at 3 :39-41.
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`With respect to Plotnick’s teaching of an alternative advertisement as
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`the “secondary information,” Plotnick discloses “associat[ing] the primary
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`content to secondary information” when it teaches associating the alternative
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`advertisement (the secondary information) with the default advertisement (primary
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`content) in a common video stream. (NTFX-1005, p. 21). The video stream
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`includes both an advertisement as primary content and an alternative advertisement
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`as secondary information associated in the same location in the stream. (NTFX-
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`1005, p. 21; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0167], Fig. 12A.)
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`With respect to Plotnick’s teaching of metadata as the “secondary
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`information,” Plotnick discloses “associat[ing] the primary content to secondary
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`information” when it teaches associating the default advertisement with ad
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`metadata used to access the alternative advertisement. (NTFX-1005, pp. 21-23).
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`Plotnick discloses that content and metadata are delivered to a set-top box PVR.
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`(NTFX-1005, pp. 21-22; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0159], [0160], Fig. 12A.) The
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`metadata includes times for displaying the advertisements and therefore includes
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`information about when to generate the advertisements. The metadata is sent in
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`the video stream and therefore is transmitted with the primary advertisement.
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`(NTFX-1005, p. 22-23; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0164], [0167], Fig. 12A.)
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`With respect to Plotnick’s teaching of information signals as the
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`“secondary information,” Plotnick discloses “associat[ing] the primary content to
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`secondary information” when it teaches sending, with the default advertisement,
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`information signals used to generate alternative advertisement. (NTFX-l 005, p.
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`26.) Plotnick discloses video signals representing the video stream of both the
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`default advertisement and the alternative advertisement and are transmitted across
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`networks to the set-top PVR. (NTFX-1005, pp. 23-25; NTFX-1003, paragraph
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`[0114], [0167], Fig. 12A.) This transports the information used to generate the
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`alternative advertisement to the set-top PVR. (See id.)
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`In addition, Plotnick discloses “associat[ing] the primary content to
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`secondary information” because it teaches streaming of signals representing the
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`default advertisement and the metadata for the alternative advertisement to the
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`same target audience. (NTFX-1005, pp. 24-25.) Specifically, Plotnick teaches that
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`its system targets advertisements to subscribers and associates targeted
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`advertisements (primary content) with targeted alternative advertisements.
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`the default advertisements and the alternative advertisements based on targeted
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`subscribers and based on marketing objectives. (NTFX-1005, pp. 24-25; NTFX-
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`1003, paragraphs [0171], [0159], [0143], [0144], [0164].)
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`Thus, transmitting information that is used to generate or used to access the
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`alternative advertisement 1240, as taught by Plotnick, are teachings of
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`“associat[ing] the primary content to secondary information,” as recited in the
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`claim. (NTFX-1005, pp. 20-26).
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`[1.2(d)] communicate the secondary information to the receiving device
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`Plotnick discloses “communicat[ing] the secondary information to the
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`receiving device.” (NTFX-1005, pp. 26-27.) As explained above, it teaches
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`communicating many different types of secondary information to the PVR. For
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`example, it teaches communicating the alternative advertisement, the metadata,
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`and information signals representing alternative advertisements to the PVR.
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`Alternative advertisements are transmitted to the PVR with a program or
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`video stream. (NTFX-1005, pp. 26-27; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0167].) Metadata
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`is transmitted to the PVR with the ads themselves based on an ad schedule.
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`(NTFX-1005, pp. 26-27; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0164].) And information signals
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`representing the ads are transmitted over communication networks.
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`pp. 26-27; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0114].)
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`Thus, communicating information that:
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`is the alternative advertisement, is
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`information signals used to generate the alternative advertisement, or is metadata
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`to generate or access the alternative advertisement, as taught by Plotnick, is a
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`teaching of “communicat[ing] the secondary information to the receiving device,”
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`as recited in the claim. (NTFX-l 005, p. 26-27.)
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`[1.3] the receiving device to utilize the secondary information to render
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`secondary non-derivative content to the output device instead ofthe primary
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`content, the secondary non-derivative content not being derivedfrom the primary
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`content
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`“Secondary information” is defined by the ”786 Patent to mean “secondary
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`content, information to generate secondary content or information to access
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`secondary content.” NTFX-lOO], col. 3, lines 39-41.
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`“Non-Derivative Secondary Content” is defined by the ’786 Patent to
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`mean “include secondary content that is not generated from the associated primary
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`content. For example, non-derivative secondary content does not include samples
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`(e- g, audio and/or visual) from the associated primary content.” NTFX-lOO], col.
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`3, lines 47-51;NTFX-1005, 'fl28.
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`First, Plotnick discloses that its PVR utilizes secondary information, such as
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`the alternative advertisement, the ad metadata, and the information signals to
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`render the alternative advertisement to a television instead of the default
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`advertisement.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp. 27-33.) The alternative advertisement is
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`rendered instead of the default advertisement when the subscriber fast forwards the
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`default advertisement. (NTFX-IOOS, pp. 27-32; NTFX-1003, Abstract, paragraph
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`[0107].)
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`With respect to Plotnick’s teaching of the alternative advertisement as
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`the “secondary information,” Plotnick discloses that its PVR utilizes the
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`alternative advertisement when it renders the alternative advertisement because the
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`alternative advertisement is displayed on a subscriber’s television. (NTFX-1005,
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`pp. 27-28; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0169], [0107], Abstract.) The alternative
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`advertisements may be entirely unrelated to the default advertisement. (NTFX-
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`1005, p. 28; NTFX-1003, Abstract.)
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`With respect to Plotnick’s teaching of the metadata as the “secondary
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`information,” Plotnick discloses that its PVR utilizes the metadata when it renders
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`the alternative advertisement because the metadata can include descriptors or
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`identifying information associated with the program or ad. (NTFX-l 005, pp. 28-
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`31; NTFX-1003, paragraphs [0164], [0105], [0107].) The metadata can also
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`include information identifying the viewer which is then used to select one of
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`multiple alternative advertisements. (NTFX-l 005, pp. 28-31; NTFX-1003,
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`paragraphs [0163], [0167].) The server may use metadata to determine which
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`alternative advertisement should be rendered. (ld.)
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`With respect to Plotnick’s teaching of information signals representing
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`the alternative advertisement as the “secondary information,” Plotnick
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`discloses that its PVR utilizes the information signals when it renders the
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`alternative advertisement to the set-top box, and then ultimately to a television.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp. 31-32.) The video signals are transmitted across a network to
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`the PVR, and then modulated by the PVR to a television channel.
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`(NTFX-IOOS,
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`pp. 31-32; NTFX-1003, paragraphs [0114], [0107].) The alternative advertisement
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`may be unrelated to the default advertisement. (NTFX-1005, pp. 31-32; NTFX-
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`1003, Abstract, paragraphs [0114], [0107].)
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`Accordingly, Plotnick discloses that information about the alternative
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`advertisement (such as the alternative advertisement, metadata, and information
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`signals such as video and audio signals that represent the alternative advertisement)
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`is used to render the alternative advertisement onto the TV connected to the PVR
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`instead of the default advertisement. (NTFX-1005, pp. 27-31.)
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`Second, Plotnick discloses “the secondary non-derivative content not being
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`derived from the primary content” because the alternative advertisement can be
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`“entirely unrelated” to the original advertisement.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp. 32-33;
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`NTFX-1003, paragraphs [0167], [0166], Abstract).
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`Thus, Plotnick’s disclosure of utilizing an alternative advertisement,
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`metadata, and information signals to render an unrelated alternative advertisement
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`to the television instead of the default advertisement teaches “the receiving device
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`to utilize the secondary information to render secondary non-derivative content to
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`the output device instead of the primary content, the secondary non-derivative
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`content not being derived fi'om the primary content,” as claimed. (NTFX-lOOS, p.
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`33).
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`[1.4] the receiving device to render the secondary non-derivative content
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`responsive to receipt of a request to render the primary content at the receiving
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`device at an accelerated speed ofthe primary content
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`Plotnick discloses the “receiving device [rendering] the secondary non-
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`derivative content responsive to receipt of a request to render the primary content
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`at the receiving device at an accelerated speed of the primary content” because it
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`discloses that when a subscriber fast forwards the advertisement, the alternative
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`advertisement is displayed.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp. 33-34; NTFX-1003, paragraph
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`[0169].)
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`Thus, Plotnick’s teaching of rendering the alternative advertisement (the
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`secondary non-derivative content) to the viewer in response to a request to fast
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`forward the original advertisement (primary content) is a teaching of “the receiving
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`device to render the secondary non-derivative content responsive to receipt of a
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`request to render the primary content at the receiving device at an accelerated
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`speed of the primary content,” as claimed. (NTFX-1005, pp. 33-34.)
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`Claim 2
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`[2.1] wherein the communication module communicates the primary content to
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`the receiving device to store the primary content to a local storage device
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`First, Plotnick discloses the receiving device has “a local storage device”
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`because it teaches that the PVR-enabled set-top box can store digital video
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`programming and includes RAM, flash memory, and storage on a disk drive.
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`(NTFX-1005, p. 35; NTFX-1003, paragraphs [0105], [0107], Fig. 3.)
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`Second, Plotnick discloses “the communication module communicates the
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`primary content to store the primary content to a local storage device.” (NTFX-
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`1005, pp. 35-36.) For example, Plotnick discloses that a program having an
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`original advertisement can be recorded while a user pauses viewing a program, and
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`also discloses replacing a “recorded” advertisement in response to a trick play
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`event. (NTFX-1005, pp. 35-36; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0142], [0099], Abstract.)
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`Thus, the PVR recording a paused program having original advertisements
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`and the memory present on the set-top PVR as taught by Plotnick, is a teaching of
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`“the communication module communicates the primary content to the receiving
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`device to store the primary content to a local storage device,” as recited in the
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`claim.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, p. 36.)
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`[2.2] the receiving device to retrieve the primary contentfrom the local storage
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`device before the receiving device is to render the primary content to the output
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`device at the normal speed ofthe primary content
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`Plotnick discloses “the receiving device to retrieve the primary content from
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`the local storage device before the receiving device is to render the primary content
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`to the output device at the normal speed of the primary content” because it teaches
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`that the PVR retrieves the recorded advertisement fi'om memory for playing on a
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`television at normal speed.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp. 36-38; NTFX-1003, paragraph
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`[0092], [0099], [0107].) Plotnick teaches that a subscriber can play back
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`programming recorded on the PVR.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp. 36-38; NTFX-1003,
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`paragraph [0092], [0099].)
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`Thus, playing a recorded program with recorded advertisements from the
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`memory of the PVR at a normal speed, as taught by Plotnick, discloses “the
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`receiving device to retrieve the primary content from the local storage device
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`before the receiving device is to render the primary content to the output device at
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`the normal speed of the primary content” as recited in claim 2.
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`(NTFX-IOOS, pp.
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`Claim 3
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`[3.1] wherein the communication module is to associate the primary content to a
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`secondary application that is utilized by the communication module to generate
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`the secondary content.
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`First, Plotnick discloses “the communication module is to associate the
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`primary content to a secondary application” because it teaches that the “head-end”
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`handles the delivery of targeted advertisements.
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`In particular, the ad sales
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`application is associated with the primary content to generate secondary non-
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`derivative advertisements. (NTFX-IOOS, p. 38; NTFX-1003, paragraph [0159],
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`[0174].) The ad sales application delivers the targeted advertisements and
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`metadata to targeted subscribers, thereby associating the primary content to the
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`seco