Patent No. 8,214,873
`Petition For Inter Partes Review
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Yamaha Corporation of America
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Black Hills Media, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 8,214,873 (Claims 4, 5, 33 and 34)
`Issue Date: July 3, 2012
`Title: METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR
`EMPLOYING A FIRST DEVICE TO DIRECT A NETWORKED AUDIO
`DEVICE TO RENDER A PLAYLIST
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`Inter Partes Review No. ______
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`DECLARATION OF V. MICHAEL BOVE, JR.
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`Yamaha Corporation of America Exhibit 1002 Page 1
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`Petition For Inter Partes Review
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_______________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Yamaha Corporation of America
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Black Hills Media, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 8,214,873 (Claims 4, 5, 33 and 34)
`Issue Date: July 3, 2012
`Title: METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR
`EMPLOYING A FIRST DEVICE TO DIRECT A NETWORKED AUDIO
`DEVICE TO RENDER A PLAYLIST
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`Inter Partes Review No. ______
`____________________________________________________________
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`DECLARATION OF V. MICHAEL BOVE, JR.
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`I, V. Michael Bove, Jr., make this declaration in connection with the
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`proceeding identified above.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`1.
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`I have been retained by counsel for Yamaha Corporation of America
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`(“Yamaha”) as a technical expert in connection with the proceeding identified
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`above. I submit this declaration in support of Yamaha’s Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of United States Patent No. 8,214,873 (“the '873 patent”).
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`2.
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`I previously submitted a declaration in support of Yamaha’s
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`September 19, 2013 Petition for Inter Partes Review of the '873 patent. I
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`understand that Yamaha’s first Petition for Inter Partes Review was granted in a
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`March 20, 2014 Decision as to challenged claims 1, 2, 4-13, 15-31, 33-42 and 44-
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`46, but was denied as to challenged claims 4, 5, 33 and 34. I further understand
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`that inter partes review of claims 1, 2, 6-13, 15-31, 35-42 and 44-46 of the '873
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`patent is currently ongoing in Case IPR2013-00598, but that Yamaha’s April 3,
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`2014 Request for Rehearing as to the denial of review of claims 4, 5, 33 and 34
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`was denied in an April 18, 2014 Decision.
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`3.
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`This declaration is submitted in support of Yamaha’s second petition
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`with respect to the '873 patent, which seeks inter partes review of dependent
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`claims 4, 5, 33 and 34, which were the only challenged claims of the '873 patent
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`for which review was denied in IPR2013-00598.
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`4.
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`I am being paid at an hourly rate for my work on this matter. I have
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`no personal or financial stake or interest in the outcome of the present proceeding.
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`II. QUALIFICATIONS
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`5.
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`I am employed as a Principal Research Scientist at the Massachusetts
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`Institute of Technology, where I am also currently head of the Object-Based Media
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`group at the Media Laboratory, co-director of the Center for Future Storytelling,
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`and co-director of the consumer electronics working group CE2.0. I was also co-
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`founder of and technical advisor to WatchPoint Media, Inc., an interactive
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`television products and services company with offices in Lexington, Massachusetts
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`and London, England, which is now part of Ericsson. I also until recently served
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`as technical advisor to One Laptop Per Child, creators of an inexpensive laptop
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`computer for children in developing nations.
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`6.
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`I hold an S.B. in Electrical Engineering, an S.M. in Visual Studies,
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`and a Ph.D. in Media Technology, all from the Massachusetts Institute of
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`Technology. I have authored over ninety journal and conference papers on
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`distributed media, interactive media, and digital media. I have supervised over
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`fifty graduate theses, and since 1990 have taught a graduate subject at MIT called
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`Signals, Systems and Information for Media Technology. I am a Fellow of the
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`Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers, a member of the Board of Editors of
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`the Journal of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, and a
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`member of a number of other professional organizations including the Optical
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`Society of America, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Institute of
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`Electrical and Electronic Engineers. I am a named inventor on seventeen U.S.
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`patents. I served as General Chair of the 1996 ACM Multimedia Conference and
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`of the 2006 IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
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`(CCNC’06). Attached as Appendix A is a copy of my curriculum vitae.
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`III. MATERIALS CONSIDERED
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`7.
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`In preparing this declaration, I have reviewed, among other things, the
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`following materials: (a) the '873 patent and its prosecution history; (b) U.S. Patent
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`Application Publication US2002/0087996 A1 (“Bi”); (c) U.S. Patent No.
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`6,622,018 (“Erekson”); (d) U.S. Patent Application Publication US2001/0044321
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`(“Ausems”);
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`(e) U.S. Patent Application Publication US2003/0080874
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`(“Yumoto”); (f) U.S. Patent Application Publication US2002/0173339 (“Safadi”);
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`(g) U.S. Patent No. 6,502,194 (“Berman”); and (h) Yamaha’s second Petition for
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`Inter Partes Review of the '873 patent to which my present declaration relates.
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`8.
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`In preparing this declaration, I have also reviewed the following
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`filings from pending IPR2013-00598: (i) Yamaha’s September 19, 2013 Petition
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`for Inter Partes Review of the '873 patent, including accompanying Bove
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`Declaration (Ex. 1002); (j) the Patent Owner’s December 26, 2013 Preliminary
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`Response; (k) the March 20, 2014 Decision instituting inter partes review of the
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`'873 patent; (l) Yamaha’s April 3, 2014 Request for Rehearing, and (m) the April
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`18, 2014 Decision denying rehearing with respect to claims 4, 5, 33 and 34 of the
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`'873 patent.
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`IV. DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS
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`9.
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`I have been informed and understand that claims are construed from
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`the perspective of one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the claimed
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`invention, and that during inter partes review, claims are to be given their broadest
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`reasonable construction consistent with the specification.
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`10.
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`I have also been informed and understand that the subject matter of a
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`patent claim is obvious if the differences between the subject matter of the claim
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`and the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been
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`obvious at the time the invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the
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`art to which the subject matter pertains. I have also been informed that the
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`framework for determining obviousness involves considering the following
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`factors: (i) the scope and content of the prior art; (ii) the differences between the
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`prior art and the claimed subject matter; (iii) the level of ordinary skill in the art;
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`and (iv) any objective evidence of non-obviousness. I understand that the claimed
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`subject matter would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art if, for
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`example, it results from the combination of known elements according to known
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`methods to yield predictable results, the simple substitution of one known element
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`for another to obtain predictable results, use of a known technique to improve
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`similar devices in the same way, or applying a known technique to a known device
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`ready for improvement to yield predictable results. I have also been informed that
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`the analysis of obviousness may include recourse to logic, judgment and common
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`sense available to the person of ordinary skill in the art that does not necessarily
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`require explication in any reference.
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`In my opinion, a person of ordinary skill in the art pertaining to the
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`'873 patent would have at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science or
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`electrical engineering, and at least one year of practical experience with networked
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`multimedia.
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`12.
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`I have been informed that the relevant date for considering the
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`patentability of the claims of the '873 patent is May of 2004. Based on my
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`education and experience in the fields of networked digital media and consumer
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`electronics, I believe I am qualified to provide opinions about how one of ordinary
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`skill in the art in 2004 would have interpreted and understood the '873 patent and
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`the prior art discussed below.
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`V. THE '873 PATENT
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`13. The claims of the '873 patent are directed to a system and method by
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`which a handheld remote control can display a device identifier for selecting a
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`media player, receive a playlist, allow a user to select one or more songs from the
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`playlist, and cause playback of the song or songs on the media player without the
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`user having to interact directly with the media player. The remote control can also
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`control other typical media player functions such as volume, tone, etc.
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`VI. ANALYSIS OF PRIOR ART
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`A. Bi In Combination With Erekson
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`14. From my review of the IPR2013-00598 proceeding, I understand that
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`the Board granted review of “Claims 1, 2, 6-12, 15-31, 35-41, and 44-46 … as
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`obvious over Bi and Erekson” (Ground 5). I further understand that the Board
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`denied review of dependent claims 4, 5, 33, and 34 based on the combination of Bi
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`and Erekson with the Sony Ericsson White Paper (Ground 6).
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`15. For the reasons set forth in my declaration in IPR2013-00598, it is my
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`opinion that claims 1, 2, 6-12, 15-31, 35-41, and 44-46 of the '873 patent are
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`obvious over Bi in view of Erekson. With respect to claims 4, 5, 33 and 34, I have
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`been asked to review three additional prior art references (Ausems, Yumoto, and
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`Safadi) and provide my opinion as to whether it would have been obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill to combine each of those references with the disclosures of Bi and/or
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`Erekson.
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`16.
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`Initially, I re-state my prior opinions regarding the combination of Bi
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`and Erekson.
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`I have been asked my opinion as to whether it would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to combine the portable (“palmtop or
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`hand-held computer” [2:19-20]) of the Erekson reference with the system disclosed
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`in the Bi reference.
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`18.
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`I note that while the Bi reference does not disclose selection and
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`control of multiple devices on the display, the Erekson reference does disclose the
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`control of several devices from a handheld computer used as a wireless remote
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`control. It is my opinion that it would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill
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`in the art to understand that the known technique from Erekson would be an
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`appropriate combination with the system disclosed in Bi. The Erekson reference
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`(at, e.g., 1:18-20) mentions “stereos” as a sort of device that might be controlled
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`with the disclosed invention, and also throughout proposes the use of the Bluetooth
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`wireless technology (which one of ordinary skill in the art would understand is
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`commonly used in association with audio devices), thus further reinforcing the idea
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`of combining the Erekson remote control with the Bi system. By employing the
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`Erekson remote control with the Bi system, a single remote control could
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`advantageously be used to control the computing platform as described in Bi and a
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`stereo that receives its analog output as noted at [0021] of Bi, as well as other
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`devices used with the stereo, such as a CD player.
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`19. Each of the elements of claims 1 and 30 of the '873 patent are
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`disclosed in Bi and/or Erekson. Moreover, as discussed below, the element that is
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`added to independent claims 1 and 30 by dependent claims 4 and 33 (“an MP3
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`player”) is taught by Safadi, and the added element of dependent claims 5 and 34
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`(“a mobile phone”) is taught by each of Ausems and Yumoto.
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`B.
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`Bi In Combination With Erekson And Ausems
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`I have been asked to address the combination of Bi and Erekson with
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`Ausems. As discussed below, it is my opinion that it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinary skill in the art to employ the mobile phone of Ausems with the
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`combined teachings of Bi and Erekson to render claims 5 and 34 of the '873 patent
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`obvious.
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`21. Ausems discloses a mobile phone as in claims 5 and 34 (see, e.g., the
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`Abstract). The disclosed mobile phone has, like modern smartphones, multiple
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`functions, the relevant one of which is that it may act as a remote control for an
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`audio system: “For example, PDA telephone 100 may be configured to remotely
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`control audio/video appliances….” (¶ [0065].) Further, the disclosed mobile
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`phone is capable of controlling multiple devices and of communicating with them
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`in a bidirectional fashion (i.e., the controlled device can send data to the controller
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`as well): “Each device to be controlled by PDA telephone 100 is equipped with a
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`wireless transceiver or receiver. The transceiver/receiver is configured to receive
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`functional commands from PDA telephone 100 to take some particular action. If
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`the device is equipped with a transceiver, the device may also be configured to
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`transmit status information back to PDA telephone 100.” (¶ [0066].)
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`22. One of ordinary skill would see the Ausems reference as being
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`consistent with the Bi and Erekson references in that it addresses the use of a
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`wireless device as a remote control. It adds to the disclosures of Bi and Erekson
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`that the wireless remote is also a mobile phone and can control multiple devices.
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`This is simply applying a known technique to improve a known remote controller
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`device by providing the desirable feature of a PDA, telephone, and remote control
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`in a single device, and the result would have been predictable. Thus, it is my
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`opinion that one of ordinary skill would have found it obvious to combine the
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`Ausems reference with the Bi and Erekson references to render claims 5 and 34
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`obvious.
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`C. Bi In Combination With Yumoto
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`I have been asked to address the combination of Bi with Yumoto. As
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`discussed below, it is my opinion that it would have been obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art to combine the mobile phone of Yumoto with the teachings
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`of Bi to render claims 5 and 34 of the '873 patent obvious.
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`24. The Yumoto reference in several places discloses that a mobile phone
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`equipped with a Bluetooth radio can be used as a remote control for a media player
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`device (see, for instance, FIG. 1, and ¶¶ [0065]-[0085]). Figures 1 and 8 and ¶¶
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`[0117]-[0121], for example, show that the phone can be used as a wireless remote
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`control for multiple devices.
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`25. One of ordinary skill would have viewed the Yumoto reference as
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`being consistent with the Bi reference in that it addresses the use of a wireless
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`device as a remote control. It adds to the disclosure of Bi that the wireless remote
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`is a mobile phone and in addition can control multiple devices. Using a combined
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`phone/remote control such as disclosed in Yumoto in the system of Bi involves
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`applying a known technique to improve a known device by providing the obvious
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`benefits of controlling multiple devices, such as both the computing platform and a
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`stereo with which it is used, with a single remote, and the additional convenience
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`of phone capability, and the result would have been predictable. Thus, it is my
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`opinion that one of ordinary skill would have found it obvious to combine the
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`Yumoto reference with the Bi reference to render claims 5 and 34 obvious.
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`D. Bi In Combination With Erekson And Safadi
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`I have been asked to address the combination of Bi and Erekson with
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`Safadi. As discussed below, it is my opinion that it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinary skill in the art to combine the MP3 player of Safadi with the
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`combined teachings of Bi and Erekson to render claims 4 and 33 of the '873 patent
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`obvious.
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`27. The Safadi reference discloses a “modular portable device” that can
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`incorporate the functionality of a mobile phone, a remote control, and an MP3
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`music player (see, e.g., ¶ [0001]). This portable device can communicate
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`wirelessly with multiple other devices, a list of examples of which is given at ¶
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`[0028].
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`28.
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`I have previously offered my opinion that it would have been obvious
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`to one of skill in the art to combine the Bi and Erekson references; it is also my
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`opinion that the portable wireless device disclosed in Safadi would have been an
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`obvious device to use as the remote control in this combination, and in so doing, it
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`would have incorporated MP3 player functionality rendering '873 claims 4 and 33
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`obvious. Wireless devices such as phones and PDAs that were also MP3 players
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`were well known (to those of skill in the art as well as to ordinary consumers) in
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`2004, and MP3-player functionality was (and remains) a desirable feature of such
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`devices. This simply constitutes applying a known technique to improve a known
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`remote controller device by providing the desirable feature of combining an MP3
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`player, PDA, and remote controller in a single device, and the result would have
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`been predictable.
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`E.
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`Berman In Combination With Yumoto
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`I have been asked to provide my opinion on two points with respect to
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`combining the disclosures of the Berman and Yumoto references.
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`30. First, I have been asked whether it would have been obvious to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art to use a remote (as in Yumoto) that can control multiple
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`devices in the system disclosed in Berman. It is my opinion that one of ordinary
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`skill in the art would have understood that control of multiple devices with a single
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`remote as in Yumoto was a known and desirable technique that would have been
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`obvious to combine with the system disclosed in Berman. “Universal remotes”
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`have been well-known and popular devices since the 1980s. Providing a remote
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`control with the ability to control multiple devices as in Yumoto would provide the
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`advantageous operation of being able, for example, to control both the playback
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`unit 100 and any components of the home audio system 106 (e.g., amplifier, CD
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`player, tape player, etc.) in Berman with a single remote.
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`31.
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`I have additionally been asked whether this combination – using the
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`mobile phone remote controller of Yumoto to control the system disclosed in
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`Berman – would have rendered claims 5 and 34 of the '873 patent obvious.
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`32.
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`In my opinion, one of ordinary skill would have seen the Yumoto
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`reference as being consistent with the Berman reference in that it discloses the use
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`of a wireless device as a remote control. It adds to the disclosure of Berman that
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`the wireless remote is a mobile phone and can control multiple devices. Thus, it is
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`my opinion that one of ordinary skill would have found it obvious to combine the
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`Yumoto reference with the Berman reference to render claims 5 and 34 obvious.
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`This involves applying a known technique to improve a known device by
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`providing the ability to select and control multiple devices, and the desirability of a
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`combined functionality of a cellular phone and a remote control in a single device,
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`and the result would have been predictable.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and that
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`these statements were made with knowledge that willful false statements and the
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`like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under section 1001
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`of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated: May 16, 2014
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`V. Michael Bove, Jr.
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`Last updated Feb. 2014
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`Massachusetts Institute of Technology
`School of Architecture and Planning Personnel Record
`Victor Michael Bove, Jr.
`Media Arts and Sciences Program
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`Date of Birth
`23 December 1960
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`Citizenship
`United States of America
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`Education
`M.I.T., S.B. Electrical Engineering, June 1983
`M.I.T, S.M. Visual Studies, September 1985
`M.I.T., Ph.D. Media Technology, June 1989
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`Title of Thesis for Most Advanced Degree
`V. M. Bove, Jr., Synthetic Movies Derived from Multi-Dimensional Image Sen-
`sors, Ph.D. thesis, M.I.T., June 1989.
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`Principal Fields of Interest
`Applications of machine analysis to media-related applications (adding intel-
`ligence to live interpersonal communications and authored content), advanced
`user interfaces for consumer electronics, novel imaging hardware (in particular
`holographic television)
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`Non-M.I.T. Experience
`R.C.A. Microcomputer Products Division, Summer Student Employee, May
`1980-Aug. 1980
`Co-Founder and Technical Advisor, WatchPoint Media, Inc., 1999-2003
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`History of M.I.T. Appointments
`Technical Assistant, May 1983-Sept. 1983
`Graduate Research Assistant, Sept. 1983-April 1989
`Postdoctoral Research Associate, April 1989-July 1989
`Assistant Professor of Media Technology, July 1989-July 1993
`Associate Professor of Media Technology, July 1993-July 1997
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`Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Laboratory, July 1997-present
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`Consulting Record
`Aware, Inc., July-Sept. 1991
`Bell Northern Research, August 1991, August-Sept. 1995
`Plaza Investment Managers, Inc., July-August 1992
`World Book Publishing (encyclopedia revisions), March 1993
`Van Nostrand Reinhold (book manuscript reviewing), April 1994-present
`Analog Devices, Inc., July-August 1994
`Blackside Productions, Inc. (consultant for the TV series “Breakthrough: Peo-
`ple of Color in American Science”), October-December 1994
`Axiom Venture Partners, Nov. 1995-March 1996
`Data Translation Inc./Kenyon and Kenyon (consultant on patent case), March
`1996
`Naval Undersea Warfare Center, June 1996
`Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997
`Artech House Publishers (book manuscript reviewing), 1996-2002
`Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (proposal evaluator), Feb. 1997-present
`Hughes Electronics (expert witness before International Trade Commission),
`Feb. 1997-July 1997
`Mercury Computer, May 1997
`Thomson Consumer Electronics (expert witness before International Trade Com-
`mission), June 1997-August 1998
`Swedish Research Council for Engineering Sciences (proposal evaluator), Au-
`gust 1997
`Texas Instruments, 1998-2003
`Cirrus Logic, Inc., Dec. 1998-Jan. 2000
`Ezenia!, Inc., Jan. 1999-Aug. 2000
`Thomson Consumer Electronics (expert witness), Nov. 2000-Feb. 2002; 2007-
`2008.
`Intel, Jan. 2001-April 2001
`Bain and Co., Jan. 2001-April 2001
`DirecTV, Inc. (expert witness), 2002-2009
`DRTV Systems Ltd., April 2002
`Pause Technology (expert witness), 2003
`Polycom (expert witness), 2003
`Forney Corporation (expert witness), 2003-2005
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`Declaration of V. M. Bove Appendix A Page 2
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`IPIX Corp. (expert witness), 2005
`Motorola, Inc. (expert witness), 2006-2008, 2011-present
`Scientific Atlanta (expert witness), 2006-2008
`Technical Advisor, One Laptop Per Child, 2006-2013
`Technical Advisor, TDVision Systems, 2006-present
`Eastman Kodak (expert witness), February 2007-January 2008
`EchoStar (expert witness), 2007-2008
`Funai (expert witness), 2007-2010
`Kyocera Sanyo Telecom and Palm, Inc. (expert witness) 2009-2010
`Thomson Licensing, 2010
`Research in Motion, Ltd. (expert witness), 2011-present
`Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (expert witness), 2011-2012
`HTC, (expert witness), 2011-present
`Hulu, LLC,(expert witness), 2013-present
`Veeva Systems Inc., (expert witness), 2013-present
`Yamaha Corp. of America, (expert witness), 2013-present
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`Department and Institute Committees, Other Assigned Duties
`School of Architecture and Planning Committee on Academic Computing Needs,
`1989-1990
`Freshman advisor and seminar leader, 1990-present
`The Tech advisory board, 1991-present
`Independent Activities Period Policy Committee, 1991-1994, 1995-1997
`Media Arts & Sciences Program IAP Coordinator, 1992-present
`Media Arts & Sciences Departmental Committee on Graduate Students, 1994-
`1997, 2005-2006 (acting head, spring semester 1996)
`Committee on the Undergraduate Program Subcommittee on Freshman Advis-
`ing, 1998-1999
`Media Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Officer, 1996-present
`Founder and Director, Media Arts& Sciences Freshman Program, 1999-present
`Head, MIT Media Lab Intellectual Property Committee, 2013-present
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`Government and Other Committees, Service, etc.
`Committee on Open High-Resolution Systems, 1990-1991
`Federal Communications Commission Advisory Committee on Advanced Tele-
`vision Service, Planning Subcommittee Working Party 4, 1992
`Local Arrangements Chair, IEEE International Conference on Multimedia Com-
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`puting and Systems, 1994
`Conference Co-Chair, SPIE Conference on Integration Issues in Large Commer-
`cial Media Delivery Systems, 1995, 1996
`Board of Editors, SMPTE Journal, 1995-present
`Conference Co-Chair, SPIE Conference on Reconfigurable Technology for Rapid
`Product Development and Computing, 1996
`General Chair, ACM Multimedia Conference, 1996
`Organizer, Objects of Communication Symposium, 1996
`Conference Co-Chair, SPIE Conference on Multimedia Networks and Applica-
`tions, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
`Conference Co-Chair, SPIE Conference on Media Processors, 1999, 2000, 2001,
`2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
`Manuscript reviewer for six journals and three book publishers
`Associate Editor, Optical Engineering, 2004-2012
`ARDA Exploratory Program Executive Committee member, 2004-2006
`Technical Advisory Panel, Council for Research Excellence, 2005-present
`General Chair, IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
`2006
`Emmy Advanced Media Committee, National Academy of Television Arts and
`Sciences, 2006-present
`Board of Governors, National Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, 2007-
`present
`Conference co-chair, SPIE Practical Holography conference, 2011, 2012, 2013,
`2014
`Conference co-chair, International Symposium on Display Holography, 2012
`Co-Chair, Optical Society of America 3D Display Technology, Perception, and
`Application Incubator Meeting, 2012
`SMPTE, Education Director, 2013-present
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`Awards Received
`I.B.M. Communications Doctoral Fellowship, 1986 and 1987
`Sony Corporation Career Development Professorship, 1991-1995
`IEEE ASIC ’93 (Conference on Application Specific Integrated Circuits) Speaker’s
`Award, 1993
`IEEE Computer Society Certificate of Appreciation, 1994
`Alex W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Career Development Professorship, 1995-1997
`Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 1996-1997; Who’s Who in the
`East, 1997, 1998; Who’s Who in Entertainment, 1997; Who’s Who in America,
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`2001
`ACM Recognition of Service Award, 1997
`Distinguished Alumnus Award, John Piersol McCaskey High School, Lancaster
`PA, 1997
`Fellow, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 2001
`Fellow, SPIE, 2002
`INDEX: Design to Improve Life Award (as member of team that designed OLPC
`XO laptop), 2007
`Effie Award (bronze) for work on Sprite Slam Dunk Competition, 2013
`Sports Social TV Award, 2013
`
`Current Organization Membership
`American Institute of Physics
`Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
`Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
`Optical Society of America (OSA)
`Society of Photo-Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) (Fellow, 2002-present; As-
`sociate Editor, Optical Engineering, 2004-2011)
`Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (Manager, New
`England Section, 1993-1995; Board of Editors, 1995-present, Education Direc-
`tor, 2013-present)
`
`Patents
`1. U.S. Patent 4,673,981, “Unrecordable Video Signals,” (co-inventors Andrew
`Lippman and Jerome Wiesner)
`2. U.S. Patent 5,185,852, “Antialiasing Apparatus and Method for Computer
`Printers,” (co-inventor Christopher Mayer)
`3. U.S. Patent 5,946,425, “Method and Apparatus for Automatic Alignment of
`Volumetric Images Containing Common Subject Matter,” (co-inventor Tamas
`Sandor)
`4. U.S. Patent 6,022,648, “Bistable, Thermochromic Recording Materials for
`Rendering Color and Gray Scale,” (co-inventor Joseph Jacobson).
`5. U.S. Patent 6,642,940, “Management of Properties for Hyperlinked Video,”
`(co-inventors Edmond Chalom, Jonathan Dakss, and Nuno Vasconcelos).
`6. U.S. Patent 6,816,628, “Methods for Outlining and Filling Regions in Multi-
`Dimensional Arrays,” (co-inventors Karen Sarachik, Jonathan Dakss, and Joshua
`Wachman).
`7. U.S. Patent 6,879,720, “Methods for Outlining and Filling Regions in Multi-
`Dimensional Arrays,” (co-inventors Karen Sarachik, Jonathan Dakss, and Joshua
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`Wachman).
`8. U.S. Patent 6,944,228, “Method and Apparatus for Encoding Video Hyper-
`links,” (co-inventors Jonathan Dakss and Daniel Katcher).
`9. U.S. Patent 6,978,053, “Single-Pass Multilevel Methods for Applying Mor-
`phological Operators in Multiple Dimensions,” (2 co-inventors).
`10. U.S. Patent 7,117,517, “Method and Apparatus for Generating Data Struc-
`tures for a Hyperlinked Television Broadcast,” (4 co-inventors).
`11. U.S. Patent 7,120,924, “Method and Apparatus for Receiving a Hyperlinked
`Television Broadcast,” (5 co-inventors).
`12. U.S. Patent 7,249,367, “Method and Apparatus for Switching Between
`Multiple Programs by Interacting with a Hyperlinked Television Broadcast,” (3
`co-inventors).
`13. U.S. Patent 7,367,042, “Method and Apparatus for Hyperlinking in a Tele-
`vision Broadcast,” (6 co-inventors).
`14. U.S. Patent 7,636,365, “Smart Digital Modules and Smart Digital Wall Sur-
`faces Combining the Same,” (3 co-inventors).
`15. U.S. Patent 8,010,986, “Synchronization and Automation in an ITV Envi-
`ronment,” (4 co-inventors).
`16. U.S. Patent 8,149,265, “Holographic Video Display System,” (3 co-inventors).
`17. U.S. Patent 8,356,329, “Method and Apparatus for Interaction with Hyper-
`links in a Television Broadcast,” (8 co-inventors).
`18. U.S. Patent applied for 2001, “Program Stream Switching in a Hyperlinked
`Video Broadcast,” (2 co-inventors).
`19. U.S. Patent applied for 2007, “Self-Refreshing Display Controller for a Dis-
`play Device in a Computational Unit,” (3 co-inventors).
`20. U.S. Patent applied for 2009, “Tangible Social Network,” (1 co-inventor).
`21. U.S. Patent applied for 2010, “Methods and Apparatus for Holographic
`Animation,” (2 co-inventors).
`22. U.S. Patent applied for 2012, “Methods and Apparatus for Accessing Pe-
`ripheral Content,” (2 co-inventors).
`23. U.S. Patent applied for 2013, “Force-Sensing Net,” (3 co-inventors).
`24. U.S. Patent applied for 2013, “Context-Aware Omnidirectional Projector,”
`(4 co-inventors).
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`Teaching Experience of V. Michael Bove, Jr.
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`FT89, 4.994, Media Arts and Sciences Doctoral Proseminar, taught unit on sig-
`nals and systems (3 weeks), 10 students
`ST90, 4.998, Digital Image Processing for Hard Copy, 12 students
`FT90, 4.890, Signals and Systems for Media Technology, one of four instructors,
`12 students
`FT90, 4A05 (freshman advising seminar), Case Studies in Visual Communica-
`tions, 9 students
`ST91, 4.964, Digital Image Processing for Hard Copy, 6 students
`FT91, 4.890, Signals and Systems for Media Technology, one of four instructors,
`12 students
`FT91, 4A05 (freshman advising seminar), Case Studies in Visual Communica-
`tions, 9 students
`ST92, 4.964, Digital Image Processing for Hard Copy, 9 students
`FT92, 4.890, Signals and Systems for Media Technology, one of two instructors,
`13 students
`FT92, 4A05 (freshman advising seminar), Case Studies in Visual Communica-
`tions, 8 students
`IAP93, “Ernie Kovacs”
`ST93, 4.964, Digital Image Processing for Hard Copy, 8 students
`FT93, MAS101/MAS510, Signals, Systems, and Information for Media Tech-
`nology, one of two instructors, 20 students
`FT93, MASA05 (freshman advising seminar), Case Studies in Visual Commu-
`nications, 8 students
`IAP94, “A Look Back at Colorization”
`ST94, MAS814, Digital Image Processing for Hard Copy, 8 students
`FT94, MASA05 (freshman advising seminar), Case Studies in Visual Commu-
`nications, 8 students
`FT94, MAS160/MAS510, Signals, Systems, and Information for Media Tech-
`nology, one of two instructors, 16 students
`IAP95, “Dimensional Transcendence,” one of three instructors
`ST95, MAS814, Digital Image Processing for Hard Copy, 5 students
`FT95, MASA05 (freshman advising seminar), Case Studies in Visual Commu-
`nications, 7 students
`FT95, MAS160/MAS510, Signals, Systems, and Information for Media Tech-
`nology, one of two instructors, 15 students
`ST96, MAS961, On Being
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