Patent Owner Black Hills Media, LLC
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`• Henry Williams Jr.
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`• Filed: March 2,
`1998
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`• Issued: August 22,
`2000
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`• Challenged Claims:
`1, 2, 20, 23, 29 and
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`U.S. Patent No. 6, 108,686
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`• SIRViS: Subject-Specific
`Information Retreival and
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`• search agent to locate and
`retrieve from remote server;
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`• single, predefined subject; and
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`• subject defined by search rules
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`See Paper 36 at 3-4.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6 108 686
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`A number of technologies are currently available to allow
`consumers to access information stored remotely on net-
`works such as the Internet, corporate intranets, etc.
`Browsers, for example, are a well-known class of software
`applications which enable computer users to download
`hypertext pages and other types of data from the World Wide
`Web and other remote sources.
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`The retrieved information may be automatically stored 25
`locally on the user’s computer, such that the user can browse
`the information off-line at a time of his own choosing.
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`See Ex. 1001 at 1:11-27; See also Paper 36 at 2
`See EX. 1001 at 1:11-27; See also Paper 36 at 2
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`invention is not See EX. 1001 at 3:19-24; See also EX. 2013 at ‘][28, 39
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`was stored in the remote database. This structure is selected
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`in advance to be suitable for etfectively conveying informa-
`tion on the predefined subject area to a user in a format that
`can be easily assimilated. The present
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`See Ex. 1001 at 3:19-24; See also Ex. 2013 at ¶28, 39
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`1. A device for providing a plurality of local users with
`information stored remotely on a network, the device
`comprising:
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`a rule generation unit configured to define, for each of the
`plurality of local users, a set of search rules applicable to a
`predefined subject; and
`a search agent configured to retrieve information on only
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`the predefined subject from a database on the network based
`on each set of search rules and to store the retrieved
`information in a local database.
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` Board’s Institution Decision
`For purposes of this decision, however, no term in claims 1, 2,
`20, 23, 29, and 30 requires express construction at this time.
`(Paper 18 at 7)
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` Patent Owner Agrees:
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`For purposes of these proceedings, Patent Owner defers
`without prejudice to the Board’s initial determination to not
`expressly construe these claim limitations. (Paper 36 at 8)
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` Patent Owner’s Expert Agrees:
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`“I believe that use of the terms ‘search agent,’ ‘search rules,’
`and ‘search criteria’ in the claims and specification of the ‘686
`Patent is consistent with the ordinary and customary meaning
`of these terms to a person of ordinary skill in the art. (Ex. 2013
`at ¶ 29.)
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`1. A device for providing a plurality of local users with
`information stored remotely on a network, the device
`comprising:
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`a rule generation unit configured to define, for each of the
`plurality of local users, a set of search rules applicable to a
`predefined subject; and
`a search agent configured to retrieve information on only
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`the predefined subject from a database on the network based
`on each set of search rules and to store the retrieved
`information in a local database.
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` See Ex. 2013 at 6:34-39
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` See Ex. 2013 at 5:49
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` See Ex. 2013 at 6:57-65
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`See also Ex. 2013 at ¶28
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`Almeroth on Search
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`So you disagree that
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`MR. HAIGHT: Q.
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`claim 1 requires a search?
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`MR. DISCHER: Objection;
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`in the context of claim 1 by itself.
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`THE WITNESS:
`I don't think that that
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`The issue here is,
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`MR. DISCHER: Objection; scope.
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`THE WITNESS =—
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` I think I have
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`for example, what a search agent might mean and what
`it includes, and I think that characterizing claim 1
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`as performing a search or not creates a
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`representation of claim 1 that's potentially
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`inconsistent with what claim 1 actually requires.
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`_ I just don't think it's a reasonable way to try
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`MR. HAIGHT: Q. Okay.
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`—— generally speaking.
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`See Ex. 2018 at 308:1-21
`See EX. 2018 at 308:1-21
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`MR. HAIGHT: Q.
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`So if it's not meaningful
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`to describe something as push versus pull, why has
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`that nomenclature creeped into these types of
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`MR. DISCHER: Objection; scope.
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`THE WITNESS: Well,
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`I'm not sure it's not
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`meaningful, but often the terms are taken relative
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`to each other, and in certain instances —— well,
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`in some instances it might identify an
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`See Ex. 2018 at 297:23-298:7
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`b) Search (11o1111) — “l. The process of seeking a pa1Tio11la1' file or
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`1:) Search (VE1'l)) — “I. To look for the location of a file. 2. To seek
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`specific data w:ithi11 a file or data st111ot111'o..."’35
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`See Ex. 2014 at 399; see also Ex. 2013 at ¶29
`See EX. 2014 at 399; see also EX. 2013 at ‘][29
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`• James P. Reilly
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`• Filed: June 12, 1995
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`Issued: April 14, 1998
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`• Assignee: PointCast, Inc.
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`U.S. Patent 5,740,549 (“Reilly”)
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`U.S. Patent 5,740,549 (“Reilly”)
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`PointCast n. An lntemet service that delivers and dis-
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`plays a personalized set of news articles to individual
`users. Unlike the World Wide Web and other Internet
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`applications, PointCast is a push technology, where
`the server automatically uploads data without a spe-
`cific command from the client. See also server (defi-
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`nition 2).
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`See EX. 2014 at 348, 365-366
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`push‘ n. A technology developed in relation to the
`World Wide Web, designed to provide end users with
`personalized Web access by having a site actively
`“push” requested information to the user’s desktop,
`either automatically or at specified intervals. Push
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`was developed as a means of relieving users from
`having to actively retrieve (“pull”) information from
`the Web. It is not, as yet, especially popular.
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`See Ex. 2014 at 348, 365-366
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`Petitioner
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`Patent Owner
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`See Ex. 2018 at 297:23-298:7
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`See Paper 326 at 20
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`See Ex. 2013 at ¶39
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`US. Patent 5,740,549 (“Reilly”)
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`AP News Feed
`DOW News Feed
`Sports Ticker
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`In one preferred embodiment, when the “client” that is
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`preferred embodiments. the subscriber level news item fil-
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`See Ex. 1003 at 15:19-39; Fig. 1
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`U.S. Patent 5,740,549 (“Reilly”)
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`Category P11:-filer Dialog
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`Category Proliler Dialog Box
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`Sports News Profile
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`Check box for each topic that interests you:
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`See EX. 1003 at 9:35-57; Fig. 5
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`See Ex. 2013 at ¶50; See also Ex. 2014 at 186
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