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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
`& SULLIVAN, LLP
`James R. Asperger (Bar No. 083188)
`jimasperger@quinnemanuel.com
`865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Telephone: (213) 443-3000
`Facsimile: (213) 443-3100
`Kevin P.B. Johnson (Bar No. 177129)
`kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Telephone: (650) 801-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 801-5100
`Attorneys for Plaintiff California Institute
`Of Technology
`Counsel for Defendants Listed Below
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`vs.
`HUGHES COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
`HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC,
`DISH NETWORK CORPORATION,
`DISH NETWORK LLC, and DISHNET
`SATELLITE BROADBAND LLC,
`Defendant.
`
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
`TECHNOLOGY,
`
`Case No. 2:13-cv-07245-MRP-
`JEM
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`JOINT CLAIM
`CONSTRUCTION AND
`PREHEARING STATEMENT
`PURSUANT TO THE
`COURT’S AMENDED
`SCHEDULING ORDER
`(DKT. NO. 47)
`
`The Hon. Mariana R. Pfaelzer
`United States District Court Judge
`
`Hearing Date: July 9, 2014
`Time: 1:30 p.m.
`Place: Courtroom 12
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND PREHEARING STATEMENT
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`Plaintiff The California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) and Defendants
`Hughes Communications Inc., Hughes Network Systems LLC, DISH Network
`Corporation, DISH Network LLC, and dishNET Satellite Broadband LLC
`(collectively, “Hughes”) hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction and
`Prehearing Statement pursuant to the Court’s Amended Scheduling Order (Dkt. No.
`47).
`I.
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`AGREED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
`The parties have reached agreement on the construction of the following
`claim terms:
`Claim Term(s)
`“irregularly”
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`Patent Claim(s)
`‘710 patent, claim 15;
`‘032 patent, claim 1
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`Agreed Construction
`“a different number of
`times”
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`“interleaving” /
`“interleaver” / “scramble”
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`‘710 patent, claims 1, 15,
`and 19
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`“changing the order of
`data elements” / “module
`that changes the order of
`data elements”
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`“the result(s) of adding
`together two or more
`information bits from a
`subset of information
`bits” / “adding together
`two or more information
`bits from a subset of
`information bits”
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`“where two or more
`memory locations of the
`first set of memory
`locations are read by the
`permutation module a
`different number of times
`from one another”
`
`’781 patent, claims 6, 13,
`20, 21, 22
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`‘833 patent, claims 1 and
`8
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`“sums of bits in subsets of
`the information bits” /
`“summing of bits in a
`subset of the information
`bits” / “adding additional
`subsets of information
`bits”
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`“wherein two or more
`memory locations of the
`first set of memory
`locations are read by the
`permutation module
`different times from one
`another”
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`“permutation module”
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`‘833 patent, claims 1, 2,
`3, 6 and 8
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`“a module that changes
`the order of data
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`elements”
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`If the parties reach agreement as to the constructions of additional terms at a
`later date, they will supplement the Joint Statement to reflect any such additional
`agreement.
`II.
`DISPUTED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
`The parties have identified the following terms as disputed, and respectfully
`request that they be construed by the Court:
`Claim Term(s)
`Patent Claim(s)
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`Caltech’s
`Construction
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`Hughes’s
`Construction
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`“repeat”
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`=+()()
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`
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`‘710 patent,
`claims 1, 6, 11,
`15,16, and 19
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`‘032 claim 1
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`‘032 patent,
`claims 11and 18
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`“re-use in
`forming a code”
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`“sequential
`duplication”
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`“The parity bit Xj
`is the sum of (a)
`the parity bit Xj-1
`and (b) the sum of
`a number, “a,” of
`randomly chosen
`irregular repeats
`of the message
`bits”
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`The Tanner
`Graph shows the
`generation of
`parity bits
`(indicated by xi)
`whose values are
`each determined
`by the constraints
`imposed by the
`check nodes
`(indicated by vi)
`they are each
`connected
`to. Each check
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`This term is
`indefinite under
`35 U.S.C. §112,
`¶2. In the
`alternative, plain
`meaning.
`
`This term is
`indefinite under
`35 U.S.C. §112,
`¶2.
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`At a minimum,
`however, this
`limitation
`requires “at least
`three information
`bits, where each
`of the three
`information bits
`contributes to a
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`Claim Term(s)
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`Patent Claim(s)
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`Caltech’s
`Construction
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`Hughes’s
`Construction
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`different number
`of parity checks.”
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`node is also
`randomly
`connected to
`message bits,
`where subsets of
`message bits are
`re-used a different
`number of times
`in forming the
`connections to
`check nodes; one
`subset will be re-
`used two times,
`one subset will be
`re-used three
`times, and at least
`one additional
`subset will be re-
`used more than
`three times. A
`check node
`imposes the
`constraint that the
`modulo-2 sum of
`all bits connected
`to it is “0.”
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`“transmitting” /
`“transmission”
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`“codeword”
`
`’032 patent,
`claims 1, 8 and
`10
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`’781 patent,
`claims 1-4, 11,
`13-16, 19-21
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`“sending over a
`channel”
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`“sending over a
`physical channel”
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`“a discrete
`encoded sequence
`of data elements ”
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`“a discrete
`sequence of data
`elements encoded
`for transmission”
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`Claim Term(s)
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`Patent Claim(s)
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`Caltech’s
`Construction
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`Hughes’s
`Construction
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`“combine”
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`‘833 patent,
`claims 1, 2, 3, 8,
`9, 10, and 13
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`This term is
`indefinite under
`35 U.S.C. §112,
`¶2. In the
`alternative, plain
`meaning.
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`“performing mod-
`2 addition or
`exclusive-OR
`sum and/or
`writing the sum to
`the second set of
`memory locations
`based on a
`corresponding
`index”
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`The parties respectfully reserve the right to amend, correct, or supplement
`their respective claim construction positions in response to any change of position
`by another party or for other good cause.
`III. ANTICIPATED LENGTH OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING
`The parties expect that the claim construction hearing will take three hours.
`IV. PROPOSED WITNESSES TO CALL
`The parties do not intend to offer any live witness testimony at the claim
`construction hearing.
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`Case 2:13-cv-07245-MRP-JEM Document 60 Filed 06/04/14 Page 6 of 7 Page ID #:4859
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`Dated: June 4, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`/s/ James R. Asperger__________________
`James R. Asperger
`James R. Asperger (SBN: 083188)
`jimasperger@quinnemanuel.com
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
` & SULLIVAN, LLP
`865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Telephone: (213) 443-3000
`Facsimile: (213) 443-3100
`Kevin P.B. Johnson (SBN: 177129)
`kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Telephone: (650) 801-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 801-5100
`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`California Institute of Technology
`
`/s/ David Marcus ____________________
`David C. Marcus
`Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs
`Hughes Communications Inc.,
`Hughes Network Systems LLC,
`DISH Network Corporation,
`DISH Network L.L.C., and
`dishNET Satellite Broadband L.L.C.
`David C. Marcus (SBN: 158704)
`david.marcus@wilmerhale.com
`James M. Dowd (SBN 259578)
`james.dowd@wilmerhale.com
`Matthew J. Hawkinson (SBN: 248216)
`matthew.hawkinson@wilmerhale.com
`Aaron Thompson (SBN: 272391)
`aaron.thompson@wilmerhale.com
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
`DORR LLP
`350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 443-5300
`Facsimile: (213) 443-5400
`William F. Lee (pro hac vice)
`william.lee@wilmerhale.com
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`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
`DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02109
`Telephone: (617) 526-6000
`Facsimile: (617) 526-5000
`William G. McElwain (pro hac vice)
`william.mcelwain@wilmerhale.com
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
`DORR LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Telephone: +1 202 663 6388
`Facsimile: +1 202 663 6363
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