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`Case No: IPR2014-01102
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`U.S. Patent No: 5,228,077
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`Case No: IPR2014-01103
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`U.S. Patent No: 5,552,917
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`Case No: IPR2014-01104
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`Case No: IPR2014-01106
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` Deposition of ALEX COOK, taken
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` ALEX COOK
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` called as a witness herein, having been
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` first duly sworn, was examined and
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` testified further as follows:
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` Q. Good morning, Mr. Cook.
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` A. Good morning, Mr. Barkaus.
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` Q. You recall that you're still
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` A. Yes.
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` (Document marked as
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` Remote Control Exhibit 1046. And,
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` Universal Remote Control Exhibit 1046,
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` Q. So do you have that document in
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` front of you now, Mr. Cook?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. All right. And as you can see,
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` it's -- on the top right-hand it says
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` Amended Notice of Deposition of Alex Cook;
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. On the left-hand side it
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` says -- Well, let's look at the case
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` number. IPR 2014-1146 and U.S. Patent No.
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` 8,243,207. Do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And if you turn to Page 2,
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` there's a listing of the trial numbers or
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` the case numbers that you're giving
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` testimony in: Case Nos. IPR 2014-1102, IPR
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` 2014-1103, IPR 2014-1104, IPR 2014-1106.
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` Q. Okay. And, finally, IPR
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Okay. And you understand that
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` testimony on IPR 2014-1146. Do you
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. Great. And for -- To
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. Good. I'd like to start
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And you previously mentioned
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` worked on set-top boxes as well as remote
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` A. That's correct.
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` A. No, I did not.
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` A. No. But definitely impacted
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And where was that at?
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` A. That -- I've had that
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` Q. So presently working in the
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` A. Not today. The products I'm
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` Q. Okay. So this was in the past?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Can you tell me approximately
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` when you worked on those types of products?
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` A. 2011 and '12, I think.
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` consulting work for a company called Nagra
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` Livewire from 2006. Let me get the dates
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` Q. And you said that this company
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` A. Yeah. The application was
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` actually called Livewire.
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` Q. Okay. But this company,
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` Livewire, did not make the hardware. They
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` just wrote the software; is that correct?
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` A. That's correct. We sourced the
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` hardware, specified the hardware, and that
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` Q. So when you say you specified
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. -- and then someone else made
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` the device?
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` A. That's right.
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` Q. Okay. I'm a little embarrassed
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` I didn't ask this on the first day, and I
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` don't think Peter asked it yesterday. What
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` is your current residence?
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` A. Current residence is in the
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` L-A-W-R-E-N-C-E-V-I-L-L-E, Georgia, 30044.
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` Q. I'm going to give you now a
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` copy of document Universal Electronics
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` Exhibit 2029 in the 1146 IPR. Do you
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` recognize this document?
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` A. Yes. It's my declaration in
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` this case.
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` Q. Okay. And can you turn to
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` numbers on this document after Universal
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` Electronic Exhibit 2029. There's a page
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So please turn to Page 26 of
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` Exhibit 2029.
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And is that your signature?
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` A. It is.
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` Q. Okay. Do you recall signing
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Okay. There's a date next to
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` A. It is.
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` Q. And is that the date that this
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` A. Yes, it is. Yes.
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` Q. And do you recall when you
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` A. Same answer as on Monday. It
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` Q. And the process that you used
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` process that you used to prepare your
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` declaration in the 1109 IPR; is that
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` A. That's correct.
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` A. I don't recall any additional
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` Q. Okay. So just to summarize
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` Q. Okay. And then you sent it to
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. And then they sent you back a
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` revised draft; is that correct?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. And you don't recall making any
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` A. I don't recall making any
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` Q. Okay. So do you believe that
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` the revised draft you got back from
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` Greenberg Traurig is the same as this
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` document in final form?
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` A. I believe that it is, yes.
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` Q. Okay. Could you please turn to
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And you see it says here, I
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` a remote control with command values.
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` Do you see that?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And then it says, I would also
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` agree that it was well known to use a
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` remote control to select inputs and outputs
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` of devices. Do you see that?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Okay. And then, finally, it
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` says, I do not agree that such a person was
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` aware of sending a command value to a
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` outputs according to a user's activity.
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` In that last sentence there,
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` A. No. That's a term --
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` THE WITNESS: No.
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` Q. No?
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` A. Actually, I don't have
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` Mr. Geier's declaration in front of me.
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` Can we take a look at that?
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` Q. We certainly can. I'm going to
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` Control Exhibit 1003, and this is in the
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` 1146 IPR.
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` So going back to my question,
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` the term actively switch, which is on Page
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` Exhibit 2029. Is the term actively switch
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` a term that Mr. Geier used?
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` A. No. It's not a term that he
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` actively used -- or he used in his
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` Q. Did Mr. Geier use the term
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` actively switch anywhere in his
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` declaration? Actually, withdraw that.
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` Let's go ahead and take a look
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` to your citation to Paragraph 22 of
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` Mr. Geier's declaration in Paragraph 19
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` A. They would be in reference to
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` Q. Okay. So then based on your
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` the art was aware of associating keys on a
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` remote control with command values; is that
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` correct?
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` A. I would agree that associating
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` keys on a remote control with a value that
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` was transmitted, being the command value,
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` people would be aware of that.
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` A. Yes, it is.
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` Q. Okay. And would you also agree
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` that one of ordinary skill in the art would
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` have known to use a remote control to
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` select inputs and outputs?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. But it is your position based
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` again on your statements in Paragraph 20
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` that a person of skill in the art would not
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` be aware of sending a command value to a
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` device to actively switch inputs and
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` outputs; is that correct?
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` Q. Actually, let me just change
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` the question.
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` Would a person of ordinary
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` skill in the art in the relevant time
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` period that you refer to here in
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` Paragraph 20 be aware of sending a command
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` A. Yeah. I believe that a person
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` would not have been aware of sending a
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` Q. When you use the term actively
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` switch, what is your understanding of what
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` that term means?
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` A. My understanding, I think I
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` call out later in the document.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. And I give examples from the --
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` from the '207 patent, and my understanding
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` comports with those examples given.
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` Q. So is it your testimony that
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` examples you cite in your declaration?
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` A. It means I stated to switch or
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` Q. And is it your position --
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` actually let me -- Withdrawn.
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` Turning back to Paragraph 20 on
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` A. To the time of the filing of
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` Q. And, again, Mr. Geier did not
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` declaration, did he?
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` A. I haven't looked again at the
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` entire declaration, and I don't recall if
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` that phrase is in, though, the declaration.
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` I can review it now if you'd like.
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` Q. Sure. Why don't you go ahead
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` and review it, please.
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` A. I believe you're right. I
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` believe he does not discuss act switching
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` Q. Okay. So he does not use the
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` term actively switch in his declaration; is
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` that correct?
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` A. No. I don't see where he used
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` Q. Okay. So then the statement
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` Q. Is that correct?
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` A. I don't think I would call that
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` Q. Okay. But the statement that
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` declaration?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. Let's go down to Paragraph 22.
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` And we're on Page 7 of Exhibit 2029 in the
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` the '207 patent also describes that
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` technology was known in the art regarding
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Okay. Are you familiar with
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` what a macro is?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Can you explain to me your
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` understanding of what a macro is?
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` A. A macro is when I take a number
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` of individual commands on a remote control
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` pressing that single key transmits those
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` commands instead of a single command.
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` Q. And can a macro include
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` commands that relate to different
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` components of a home entertainment system?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Let's take a look at -- I'm
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` going to give you a copy of the '207 patent
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` so we can talk about that. And this has
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` been marked as Exhibit 1001 in the 1146
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` marked as Universal Remote Control
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` Exhibit 1001 -- I'm sorry. Universal
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` Remote Control Exhibit 1001?
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` Q. Do you recognize this document?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. Can you tell me what it is,
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` please?
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` A. I'm sorry?
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` Q. Can you tell me what it is,
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` please.
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` A. It's a copy of U.S. Patent
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` 8,243,207, the '207 patent.
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` Q. Okay. And you have read this
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` '207 patent; is that correct?
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` A. That's correct. I have.
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` Q. From cover to cover?
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` A. Cover to cover.
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` Q. Okay. Great. Can you please
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` ask you to look at Column 1 starting around
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` Line 20 where it says, various methods have
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` been proposed for automating all or part of
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` these configuration operations, for
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` example, through use of controlling device
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` based macro sequences such as described in
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` U.S. Patent No. 5,959,751.
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` A. Correct.
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` A. Mm-hmm.
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` Q. So we just discussed what a
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` macro is, correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And we discussed that macros
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` can be used to send commands to multiple
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` components in an entertainment device?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And right here in Column 1 of
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` the '207 patent, the idea of a macro
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` sequence is described?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is that correct?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So wouldn't it be fair to say
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` that the '207 patent does describe at least
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` one way to control multiple components of
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` the home entertainment system?
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` A. No. I think the '207 patent
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` references that to differentiate its
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` content from macros.
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` Q. Would one of skill in the art
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` understand what a macro is?
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` A. Yes.
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` entertainment system?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So one of skill in the art,
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` when they see the description of a patent
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` that relates to macro sequences, would