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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC,
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., and AVAYA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2014-013671
`U.S. Patent No. 6,009,469
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`DECLARATION OF DR. STUART STUBBLEBINE
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`1 IPR2015-01007 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
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`II.
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`Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1
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`Background and Qualifications ....................................................................... 1
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`III. Materials Considered ....................................................................................... 3
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`IV. Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art .................................................................. 4
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`V.
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`Legal Standards ............................................................................................... 4
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`VI. Background of the ‘469 Patent ........................................................................ 5
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`A.
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`The Challenged Claims of the ’469 Patent .........................................11
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`VII. Claim Construction ........................................................................................14
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`B.
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`D.
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`E.
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`“process”..............................................................................................14
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`“point-to-point communication link” ..................................................16
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`“connected to the computer network” / “on-line” ...............................18
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`“network protocol address” .................................................................19
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`“is” and “status” ..................................................................................20
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`VIII. Microsoft Manual ..........................................................................................20
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`IX. NetBIOS.........................................................................................................27
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`X.
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`PALMER .......................................................................................................31
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`I, Dr. Stuart Stubblebine, being of legal age, hereby declare, affirm, and state the
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`I.
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`Introduction
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`1.
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`The facts set forth below are known to me personally and I have
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`firsthand knowledge of them.
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`2.
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`I have been retained as an independent expert witness by Straight Path
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`IP Group, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) to make this declaration in support of Patent
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`Owner’s Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No.
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`6,009,469. I am being compensated for my time at a rate of $850 per hour. My
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`compensation is not dependent in any way upon the outcome of this Inter Partes
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`Review.
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`II. Background and Qualifications
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`3.
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`I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and
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`Mathematics from Vanderbilt University in May 1983. Later that year and into
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`1984, I completed graduate level courses in Teleprocessing Systems (including
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`computer networks and distributed processing) and Radio Systems Design at the
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`US Army Signal Center. In December 1988, I received a Master of Science degree
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`in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona; my area of focus was
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`computer engineering with an emphasis in networking and distributed systems. I
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`received my Doctorate in Electrical Engineering in August 1992 from the
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`University of Maryland; my area of focus was computer engineering, and my
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`dissertation was on Message Integrity in Cryptographic Protocols. My CV is
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`attached as Exhibit 1.
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`4.
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`I have been working as an independent consultant since March 2000,
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`specializing in computer and network security evaluations, detailed design and
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`formal analysis, applied research, technical due diligence reviews, and in the
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`provision of expert witness services, particularly in patent litigation. My clients
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`range from domestic start-ups to international Fortune 500 companies, and include
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`American Express, AMD, British Telecom, First Data Corporation, IBM, and
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`Microsoft, as well as the New York City Department of Education and the New
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`York City Police Department.
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`5.
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`Previously, I worked as a research scientist with Stubblebine Research
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`Labs, LLC, where I conduct research in the areas of security and privacy
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`technology. Some of this research has been funded by the National Science
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`Foundation.
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`6.
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`Between July 2002 and June 2004, I was a Professional Researcher—
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`a position that was the equivalent of a Full Professor—at the University of
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`California at Davis. I was affiliated with the Computer Science Department and my
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`research was focused in the areas of security, cryptography, and secure software
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`engineering.
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`III. Materials Considered
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`7.
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`In forming the opinions set forth in this report, I have considered and
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`relied upon my education, knowledge of the relevant field, and my experience. I
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`have also reviewed and considered U.S. Patent No. 6,009,469, its prosecution
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`history, and documents produced by both Patent Owner and Petitioner.
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`Specifically, I have considered the following materials:
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` U.S. Patent No. 6,009,469 (the “’469 patent”).
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` File history for the ’469 patent.
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` Reexamination history for the ’469 patent.
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` Microsoft Windows NT Server Version 3.5 TCPIP.HLP.
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` Technical Standard: Protocols for X/Open PC Interworking: SMB,
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`Version 2.
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` Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport:
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`Concept and Methods, RFC 1001 (Mar. 1987).
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` Protocol Standard for a NetBIOS Service on a TCP/UDP Transport:
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`Detailed Specifications, RFC 1002 (Mar. 1987).
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` U.S. Patent No. 5,375,068 (“Palmer”).
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` “Modifying WINS server defaults”
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`https://technet.microsoft.com/en(cid:173)us/library/cc785736(d=printer,v=ws.
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`10).aspx
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` “Microsoft makes its move with Windows NT SDK”. InfoWorld 14
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`(28): http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/history#T1=era3.
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` http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/os/windows_nt3.5.html.
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`I have also reviewed all of the papers filed at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
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`in the Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sipnet EU S.R.O appeal.
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`IV. Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`8.
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`A person of ordinary skill in the art in the field of the ’469 patent in
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`the early 1990s would typically have the knowledge acquired by a person having a
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`Bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer engineering or related field. I
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`believe a person of ordinary skill in the art of the ’469 patent could also have
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`obtained the requisite knowledge through 1-2 years of professional experience as a
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`software developer designing and constructing distributed applications or systems.
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`V. Legal Standards
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`9.
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`It is my understanding that a claim is invalid by anticipation when a
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`single prior art reference (as defined by 35 U.S.C. § 102) existed prior to the
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`claim’s priority date and teaches every element of the claim. (Verizon Servs. Corp.
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`v. Cox Fibernet Va., Inc., 602 F.3d 1325, 1336-37 (Fed. Cir. 2010)). I also
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`understand that under 35 U.S.C. § 103, the combined teachings of more than one
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`prior art reference can be used to demonstrate that all of the elements of a claim
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`were known at the time of the invention. I understand this is often referred to as
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`“obviousness,” and such obviousness must be assessed at the time the invention
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`was made. (Eurand, Inc. v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., 676 F.3d 1063, 1073 (Fed. Cir.
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`2012)). I understand that, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, a patent cannot be obtained “if
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`the differences between the subject matter to be patented and the prior art are such
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`that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time of the
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`invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art.” (35 U.S.C. § 103).
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`10.
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`I understand that, in an inter partes review proceeding, claim terms
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`should be given their broadest reasonable construction consistent with the
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`specification. However, I understand that, if a patent has expired, claim terms
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`should be construed according to the standard of a district court, and that under
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`such a standard, a claim term should be construed according to its “ordinary and
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`customary meaning” as understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art in
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`question at the time of the invention. It is my further understanding that claim
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`terms are given their ordinary and accustomed meaning as would be understood by
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`one of ordinary skill in the art, unless the inventor, as a lexicographer, has set forth
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`a special meaning.
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`VI. Background of the ’469 Patent
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`11. The ’469 patent discloses a system that enables real-time point-to-
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`point communications between running computer programs or applications that are
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`connected to a computer network. Such programs include programs or applications
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`supporting real-time video teleconferencing and other real-time point-to-point
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`video and voice communications. (Ex. 1001 at 1:60-2:4; 2:30-7; 9:25-34; 10:11-
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`15).
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`12. Applications supporting such point-to-point communication may be
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`installed on a computer, but just because a computer is running does not ensure
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`that a program or application supporting point-to-point communication installed on
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`that computer is also running. Additionally, just because a computer is connected
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`to the Internet (i.e., is “on-line”) it does not mean that a program or application
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`installed on that computer is even running much less that it is actually on-line. In
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`fact a computer that is connected to the Internet may have programs installed on it
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`that are not connected to the Internet, off-line, and not available for
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`communication. Some programs may be running and online, while others may be
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`“closed” (or not running) and offline.
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`13. Because communication can only be established between computer
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`programs that are on-line at the time the desired communication is sought, it is
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`desirable for a user of a first computer program seeking communication with a user
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`of a second computer program to know when the second user’s program is on-line
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`and thus available for communication. (Ex. 1001 at 7:57-9). The ’469 patent
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`discloses a real-time point-to-point Internet communications protocol that enables:
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`(1) a first computer program to query a connection server to determine if a second
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`computer program is currently connected to the network, and (2) if the second
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`computer program is connected, to obtain its existing network address so that the
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`desired point-to-point communication can be established at the time
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`communication is sought. (Ex. 1001 at 3:15-27; 5:18-32; 6:56-7:59; 11:64-12:28;
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`claims 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
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`14. As explained in the ’469 patent specification, the prior art made it
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`possible to establish point-to-point communications between devices and programs
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`that had permanent Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses. (Ex. 1001 at 2:30-5). But,
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`some devices do not have a permanent and stable address on the Internet and
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`instead repeatedly log on and off of the Internet potentially receiving a new
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`dynamically allocated IP address each time they reconnect to the network. (Id. at
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`2:17-29; 6:56-7:3; 7:49-59).
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`15. Dynamic assignment of IP addresses made it difficult to establish real-
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`time point-to-point video or voice communications between computer programs
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`that are not permanently connected to the network, because a first user seeking to
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`communicate with a second user would not necessarily know the IP address
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`associated with the second user’s computer program as it could be dynamically
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`assigned a different IP address from time to time. (Ex. 1001 at 2:30-8).
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`16. The ’469 patent solved the problems caused by dynamic allocation of
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`IP addresses to computers continually connecting and disconnect from the Internet
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`by providing a real-time point-to-point Internet communications protocol for: (1)
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`determining whether a particular, computer program is currently running and
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`connected to a network; (2) determining that computer program’s address on the
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`network at the time the communication is sought; and (3) establishing a point-to-
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`point communication with that computer program. (Ex. 1001 at 3:15-27; 6:56-
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`7:59; 9:25-34; 11:64-12:28; claims 1, 2, 3, 5, 6).
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`17.
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`In one embodiment, a first user, who is connected to the Internet and
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`who wishes to communicate with another user over the Internet launches a
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`program on her computer and connects that program to the network. (Ex. 1001 at
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`5:18-24; 6:1-7; 6:62-5; 11:64-12:1). The current IP address of the first user’s
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`computer is then transmitted to the claimed connection server which determines
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`whether a given program is on-line and available for communication and can
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`facilitate communication between different on-line programs. (Id. at 6:66-7:5;
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`7:30-59; 11:64-12:12). Upon receiving this transmission, the connection server
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`stores the first user’s then-current IP address in a database, thus establishing the
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`first user’s computer program as an “active on-line party” in the connection server
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`database. (Id. at 6:66-7:9; 7:30-5; 7:44-59).
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`18. The first user’s computer program may later disconnect from the
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`network, and thus no longer be an “active on-line party” available for
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`communication. (Ex. 1001 at 7:44-57). The specification discloses that “[w]hen a
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`user logs off or goes off-line from the Internet 24, the connection server 26 updates
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`the status of the user in the database 34; for example by removing the user’s
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`information, or by flagging the user as being off-line.” (Id.). The user’s on-line
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`status is updated when she logs off the network so that the connection server can
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`keep an up to date accounting of which users are connected to the network and
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`available for communication and which are not connected and thus disabled from
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`engaging in point-to-point communication. (See id. at 7:44-57). Like the first user,
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`a second user, or callee, may also start a computer program on his computer and
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`thereby store his then-current IP address in the connection server database and thus
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`establish his computer program as active and on-line. (Id. at 7:9-13; 11:64-12:1).
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`19. To initiate a point-to-point communication with a second user, a first
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`user, after connecting her computer program to the Internet and sending her then-
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`current IP address to the connection server, may send a request to the connection
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`server regarding the availability for communication of a second user. (Ex. 1001 at
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`5:18-20; 7:20-30; 11:64-12:1, 12:18-23). In response to the first user’s request, the
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`connection server will search its database to determine if the second user’s
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`computer program is on-line. (Id. at 7:33-6; 12:18-25). If it is, the connection
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`server then forwards the IP address of the second user’s computer program to the
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`first user’s computer program, which then uses that IP address to establish a point-
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`to-point communication between the first and second users’ computer programs.
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`(Id. at 5:18-20; 7:36-43; 12:1-9, 23-8). This communication is not intermediated by
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`the connection server. (See id.).
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`20.
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`If the second user’s computer program is not on-line at the time the
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`first user’s computer program makes its query, the connection server, after
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`checking its database, will determine that the second computer program is not
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`currently on-line and will send back to the first user an “off-line” signal or
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`message. (Ex. 1001 at 7:44-59; 12:4-12). The connection server will send the first
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`user’s computer program an “off-line” signal or message when the second user’s
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`program is not currently connected to the network, even if that second program is
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`still registered with the connection server, i.e., if the second program’s name
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`remains stored in the connection server. (Id.). Thus, whether a computer program
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`is currently on-line is not and cannot be determined by whether it is registered with
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`a connection server, because the program may be registered but also off-line. (Id.
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`at 7:44-57).
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`21. During ex parte reexamination of the ‘469 Patent’s parent, U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,108,704, the applicants addressed whether the active on-line status of a
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`process – whether the process is currently connected to the computer network – is
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`the same as the status of having been on-line at some point in the past to establish
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`an active name registration. (Ex. 1022 at 1078-79.). This is the question presented
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`by the NetBIOS reference. The applicants submitted an Office Action Response
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`explaining that the active name registration disclosed in NetBIOS is not the on-line
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`status disclosed in the patent claims because having registered a name with the
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`connection server at some previous time does not indicate that the registered
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`computer is currently on-line:
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`While NetBIOS uses name entries with ‘active’ statuses as part of its
`name management process, an analysis of how that “active” status is
`used shows that “an active name” is not synonymous with “an on-
`line status” with respect to the computer network. An active name
`simply refers to a name that has been registered and that has not
`yet been de-registered, independent of whether the associated
`computer is or is not on-line.
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`(Id. at 1073 (emphasis added)). The PTO subsequently affirmed the patentability of
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`each of the claims at issue in this appeal. (Id. at 1928).
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`A. The Challenged Claims of the ’469 Patent
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`22. Each of the challenged claims at issue in this appeal concerns a
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`method, apparatus, or “computer program product” for establishing a point-to-
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`point communication between a first (or caller) process and a second (or callee)
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`process. (Ex. 1001 at claims 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 14, 17, 18). Each challenged claim
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`concerns communications between processes, not merely computers, and each
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`concerns determining whether those processes are currently on-line, not whether
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`they were on-line at some undetermined point in the past. (See id.).
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`23. Each of the challenged claims concerns processes—computer
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`programs or applications—not merely the computers on which those processes
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`may (or may not) be running. The preamble of independent claim 1, for example,
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`makes this distinction clear, and shows that the patentees distinctly and
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`deliberately chose to direct their claims towards a “process” not a “computer.”
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`Claim 1 differentiates between the computer (“computer system”) that executes
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`“the first process” and the “first process” itself: “A computer program product for
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`use with a computer system having a display, the computer system capable of
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`executing a first process . . . .” (Ex. 1001 at claim 1 (emphasis added)). And the
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`remainder of claim 1, reproduced in its entirety below, pertains to the on-line status
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`of, and communications between, processes, not merely the computers that execute
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`those processes:
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`1.
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`A computer program product for use with a computer
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`system having a display, the computer system capable of executing
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`a first process and connecting to other processes and a server
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`process over a computer network, the computer program product
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`comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable
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`code means embodied in the medium comprising:
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`a. program code for generating a user-interface enabling control of a first
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`process executing on the computer system;
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`b. program code for determining the currently assigned network protocol
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`address of the first process upon connection to the computer network;
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`c. program code responsive to the currently assigned network protocol
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`address of the first process, for establishing a communication
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`connection with the server process and for forwarding the assigned
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`network protocol address of the first process and a unique identifier of
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`the first process to the server process upon establishing a communication
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`connection with the server process; and
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`d. program code, responsive to user input commands, for establishing a
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`point-to-point communications with another process over the
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`computer network.
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`(Ex. 1001 at claim 1 (emphasis added); see claims 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 14, 17, 18).
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`24. All of the challenged claims except for claims 1, 2, and 5 require a
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`query and/or determination of whether the target process is currently connected to
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`the computer network (is currently “on-line” or “accessible”) not whether the
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`process was connected at some previous time. For example, in the method of
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`claims 6, a first process only receives a second process’s address if that second
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`process is connected to the computer network, and claim 6 includes the steps:
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`D.1 transmitting, from the first process to the server process, a query as to
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`whether a second process is connected to the computer network; and
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`D.2 receiving a network protocol network address of the second process
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`from the server process, when the second process is connected to the network.
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`(Ex. 1001 at claim 6; see also id. at claims 3, 9, 10, 14, 17, 18). These claims’
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`temporal focus on the process’s on-line status at the time the desired
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`communication is sought accords with the realtime focus of the point-to-point
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`communications protocol disclosed in the ’469 patent. (Id. at 2:31-8; 9:25-34,
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`10:14-5). One way the patent describes this focus on realtime communications, is
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`by polling the second processing unit every 3-5 seconds. (Id. at Fig. 2).
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`VII. Claim Construction
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`A. “process”
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`25.
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`I agree with Straight Path’s proposed construction of the claim term
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`“process” as meaning “a running instance of a computer program or application,”
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`because this construction comports with the intrinsic record. Also, I note it has
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`been agreed to by Petitioner in prior proceedings relating to the ’469 patent and by
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`Petitioner’s expert, Dr. Henry Houh, in this proceeding. (Ex. 2022 at 192:21-
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`192:15).
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`26. As explained above, the claims of the ’469 patent show that the
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`patentees deliberately chose to direct their claims towards a running instance of a
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`computer program, or “process” rather than the machine on which a process runs,
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`i.e., a computer. The specification of the ’469 patent supports this construction.
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`The specifically expressly states that the disclosed point-to-point internet protocol
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`can be a “computer program described herein below in conjunction with FIG. 6,
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`which may be implemented from compiled and/or interpreted source code in the
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`C++ programming language, and which may be downloaded…. (Ex. 1001 at 5:18-
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`33). Further, the specification states that the claimed “process,” also referred to as
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`a “processing unit” in the specification, can be implemented in a PDA, which
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`supports the interpretation of process as a piece of software. (See id. at 6:1-7 (“In
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`addition, either of the first processing unit 12 and the second processing unit 22
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`may be implemented in a personal digital assistant…”)).
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`27. Additionally, the claim term “process” was construed in several prior
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`lawsuits in which Straight Path asserted the ’469 patent or a related patent. In
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`Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Bandwidth.com, Inc., a case involving U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,513,066, a continuation of the parent ’704 patent application, the United
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`States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia construed “process” as “a
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`running instance of a computer program or application.” (Ex. 2004 at *13.)
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`Consistent with the Bandwidth decision, Samsung, in Straight Path IP Group, Inc.
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`v. Blackberry, Ltd., a case involving the ’469 patent, agreed that the proper
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`construction of the term process is “a running instance of a computer program or
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`application.” (Ex. 2003)
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`28. Furthermore, during his deposition, Samsung’s expert, Dr. Houh,
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`agreed that the proper construction of the term “process” is “a running instance of
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`a computer program or application.” (Ex. 2022 at 192:21-193:15).
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`B. “point-to-point communication link”
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`29. Construction of this term is not necessary to my opinions in this
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`declaration, but to the extent the Board construes the term “point-to-point
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`communication link,” I agree with Straight Path that this term should be interpreted
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`to mean “a connection between two processes over a computer network that is not
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`intermediated by a connection server.”
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`30. As explained above, the invention provides users with a protocol with
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`which to establish real-time, point-to-point communications over computer
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`networks. The ’469 patent specification explains that the invention “provide[s]
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`computer users with a powerful protocol in which to directly establish real-time,
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`point-to-point communications over computer networks directly without server
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`required linking.” (Ex. 1001 at 26: 31-38) (emphasis added). The specification
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`also explains that the server referred to is the connection or address server
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`disclosed in the specification. (Ex. 1001 at 12: 48-53 (“[t]he primary and
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`secondary point-to-point Internet protocols previously described enable users to
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`establish real-time direct communication links over the Internet or other computer
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`networks without the need for any interaction with [the] connection server [],
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`the connection server providing only directory and information related
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`services”)) (emphasis added). A proper construction of the term “point to point”
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`the claimed point to point communication.
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`31. An interpretation of this term to mean not intermediated by any server
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`would be inappropriate because in practice a “point-to-point” communication
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`established over the Internet are often intermediated by a hardware device
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`providing one or more services. These devices could be included in what one of
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`ordinary skill in the art would understand to be a server. For instance, a “point-to-
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`point” communication may be routed as it passes through the Internet, and such
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`routing is often performed by a computer providing services as well. One example
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`of this is when a computer is acting as a router, but is also running a server process,
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`such as running FTP server program, in addition to its routing functionality. Thus,
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`interpreting a point-to-point communication not to be intermediated by any server
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`would eliminate from the definition of “point-to-point” common point-to-point
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`communications made over the Internet. Interpreting “point-to-point
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`communication link” as not being intermediated by a connection server takes into
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`account the reality that servers are commonly used to route Internet
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`communications. Routers at the time of the invention were configurable to be
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`servers themselves. The inventors intended use of the internet, which would
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`necessarily have included these routers.
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`32. Samsung’s construction unnecessarily narrows the scope of the
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`claims, and does so in a way that disregards the prosecution history.
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`C. “connected to the computer network” / “on-line”
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`33.
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`I agree with Straight Path’s interpretation of “connected to the
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`computer network” and “on-line” as meaning available for communication. I
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`disagree with Petitioner’s proposed construction of these terms as meaning “on-
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`line, e.g., registered with a server.” Petitioner’s proposed construction essentially
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`says that at every moment a given process is registered, it is connected to the
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`computer network, and on-line and available for communication. But, the ’469
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`patent specification does not support this conclusion. Rather, it clearly states that a
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`user can still be in the database (“registered”) even when it is not on-line and
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`available for communication:
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`When a user logs off or goes off-line from the Internet 24, the connection
`server 26 updates the status of the user in the database 34; for example, by
`removing the user’s information, or by flagging the user as being off-line.
`The connection server 26 may be instructed to update the user’s information
`in the database 34 by an off-line message, such as a data packet, sent
`automatically from the processing unit of the use prior to being disconnected
`from the connection server 26. Accordingly, an off-line user is effectively
`disabled from making and/or receiving point-to-point Internet
`communications.
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`(Ex. 1001 at 7:49-59).
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`34. The ’469 patent teaches that, once registered, a name of a user will
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`remain in the database regardless of whether the user is actually on-line. The
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`claimed query determines whether the named user is actually on-line and available
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`for communication at the time of the query:
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`Upon the first user initiating the point-to-point Internet protocol when the
`first user is logged on to Internet 24, the first processing unit 12
`automatically transmits its associated E-mail address and its dynamically
`allocated IP address to the connection server…The first processing unit 12
`then sends a query, including the E-mail address of the callee, to the
`connection server 26. The connection server 26 then searches the database
`34 to determine whether the callee is logged-in by finding any stored
`information corresponding to the callee’s E-mail address indicating that the
`callee is active and on-line….if the callee is not on-line when the connection
`server 26 determines the callee’s status, the connection server 26 sends an
`OFF-LINE signal or message to the first processing unit 12.
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`(Ex. 1001 at 6:66-7:46).
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`35. RESERVED
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`D. “network protocol address”
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`36.
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`I agree with Straight Path that the term “network protocol address”
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`does not require construction and should be given its plain and ordinary meaning
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`because the meaning of this term to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time of the invention is apparent to a lay person upon review of the ’469 patent.
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`When construing this very claim term in a prior litigation one court already found
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`that “the ordinary and customary meaning of the claim term ‘network protocol
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`address,’ as understood by a person of skill in the art when read in the context of
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`the entire patent, is readily apparent even to a lay person.” (Ex. 1009 at 17).
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`E. “is” and “status”
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`37.
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`I agree with Dr. Houh that in the ‘649 patent the inventors did not act
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`as a lexicographer and did not provide a special meaning for any of the claim
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`terms. (Ex. 2002 at 188:24 – 189:15). Nothing in the claims, specification or
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`prosecution history suggests that the inventors intended to redefine the claim term
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`“is” or the claim term “status.” A person of ordinary skill in the