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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC. AND TWITTER, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SUMMIT 6, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2015-00688
`Patent 7,765,482
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
`OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,765,482
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Submitted by:
`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
`Jason D. Eisenberg, Reg. No. 43,447
`February 4, 2015
`Attorney for Petitioner
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`TABLE OOF CONTTENTS
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`O A B C
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`II. 
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`VI. 
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`INNTRODUCCTION ......................................................
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`OVERVIEWW .............
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`A. 
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`The aalleged invvention of tthe ’482 paatent .........
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`B. 
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`Relatted Reexammination ....................................
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`C. 
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`State of the prioor art ..........................................
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`III.  LLEVEL OFF ORDINAARY SKILLL IN THE
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`V. 
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`asis of this ming the baMER formSUMMARYY of prior art CREAM
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`PETITION
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`IDDENTIFICCATION OOF CHALLLENGE (3
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`)) ..............7 C.F.R. §§ 42.104(b)
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`AA.  Grouund 1: Claimms 13, 14,
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`, 37, 38, 400-42, 44-446, and
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`49 would have been obvioous over CCreamer ....
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`renders obbvious claiim 13 and
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`its dependdent
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`Creamer
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`claims 144, and 16-223 ..............................
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`[133.P]: a commputer impplemented
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`method off pre-
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`proocessing ddigital conteent in a cliient devicee for
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`subbsequent eelectronic ppublishing
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`[133.1]: receivving an ideentificationn of digitall content, ssaid
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`diggital contennt includinng one or mmore of immage contennt,
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`viddeo contennt, and audiio content
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`[133.2.1]: pre-processinng said idenntified digiital contentt at
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`saiid client deevice in acccordance wwith one orr more pree-
`arameters
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`proocessing p
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`ceived fromm a devicee
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`sepparate fromm said cliennt device tto produce
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`pre-processsed
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`diggital contennt ..............................
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`[133.2.2]: saidd one or mmore pre-proocessing pparameters
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`controlling said client ddevice in aa placemennt of said
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`diggital contennt into a sppecified foorm in prepparation forr
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`puublication tto one or mmore devicees that are
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`remote froom a
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`serrver devicee and said
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`client deviice .............................
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`[133.3]: retrieeving informmation thaat enables iidentificatiion
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`of f a user, saiid retrievedd informatiion being aavailable too
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`saiid client deevice priorr to said recceived idenntification
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`ice client devi[133.4.1]: trannsmitting aa message ffrom said c
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`to said serverr device foor subsequeent publishhing devicee to
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`saiid one or mmore devicces that are
`rver
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` remote froom said se
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`device and saaid client ddevice ......
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`g said pre-
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`[133.4.2]: saidd transmittted messagge includin
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`proocessed diggital conteent and saidd retrievedd informatio
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`[144.1]: whereein said prre-processiing compriises reducinng a
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`file size or coompressingg said digiital contentt................
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`[166.1]: whereein said prre-processiing compriises pre-
`pre-
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`proocessing inn accordannce with onne or more
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`proocessing parameters
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`that have bbeen previiously
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`doownloaded to said clieent device
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`[177.1]: whereein said prre-processiing compriises pre-
`pre-
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`proocessing inn accordannce with onne or more
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`proocessing parameters
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`that have bbeen downnloaded to
`said
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`cliient devicee prior to saaid identifiication. ......................
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`[188.1]: whereein said prre-processiing compriises pre-
`pre-
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`proocessing inn accordannce with onne or more
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`proocessing parameters
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`that have bbeen storedd in memoory
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`of f said clientt device prrior to said
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`identificattion. .........
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`[199.1]: whereein said rettrieving coomprises reetrieving a
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`user identifieer. ..............................
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`[200.1]: whereein said rettrieving coomprises reetrieving a
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`paassword. .....................................
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`... 26 
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`[21.1]: whereein said rettrieving coomprises reetrieving inn a
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`maanner that is transparrent to saidd user. ........................
`ssing
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`[222.1]: whereein said onne or more
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`content into a specifiedd form in ppreparationn for
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`puublication tto one or mmore devicees on whicch said digiital
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`content is to be electronnically dissplayed. ......................
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`[233.1] whereein said pree-processinng comprisses resizingg
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`saiid digital ccontent. ......................
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`Creamer renders obbvious claiim 35 .......
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`a)
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`[355.P]: a commputer impplemented
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`method foor pre-
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`proocessing ddigital conteent at a cliient devicee for
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`subbsequent eelectronic ppublishing
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`paarameters eenable saidd client devvice to placce said digiital
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`[355.1.1]: receeiving a coommand thhat moves aa graphica
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`dissplayed at said clientt device ....
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`command
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`[355.1.2]: saidd received
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` enabling sselection oof
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`diggital contennt ..............................
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`or more off
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`[355.1.3]: saidd digital coontent incluuding one
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`immage contennt, video coontent, andd audio conntent. .......
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`[355.2.1]: pre-processinng said seleected digitaal content iin
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`accordance wwith one orr more pre
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`-processinng parameteers
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`thaat are receiived from aa remote ddevice to prroduce pree-
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`proocessed diggital conteent ............
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`[355.2.2]: saidd one or mmore pre-proocessing pparameters
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`ennabling saidd client devvice to pla
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`intto a specifiied form inn preparati
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`or more deviices that arre remote ffrom a servver device
`... 34 
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`saiid client deevice..........................
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`Creamer renders obbvious claiim 37 .......
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`a)
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`[377.P]: a commputer impplemented
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`method off distributinng
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`diggital contennt that has been pre-pprocessed
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`by a clientt
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`device ...........................................
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`[377.1.1]: receeiving, fromm said clieent device,, pre-proceessed
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`diggital contennt that inclludes one oor more off image
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`content, videeo content,
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` and audioo content, aand
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`infformation rretrieved bby said clieent device
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`that enablees
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`... 37 
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`ideentificationn of a user,, ...............
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`[377.1.2]: saidd retrievedd informatioon being aavailable too
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`saiid client deevice priorr to an idenntification
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`of said diggital
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`... 39 
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`content at said client deevice, .......
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`-processedd by
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`[377.1.3]: wheerein said ddigital conntent is pre
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`saiid client deevice in acccordance wwith pre-prrocessing
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`paarameters thhat were prrovided to
` said clien
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`device separaate from saaid client ddevice, .......................
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`[377.1.4]: saidd pre-proceessing paraameters coontrolling ssaid
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`cliient devicee in a placeement of saaid digital ccontent intto a
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`specified forrm in prepaaration for
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`distributioon to one oor
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`moore devicess that are rremote fromm a server
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`device andd
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`saiid client deevice; and ..................
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`said serveer device v
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`[377.2]: distribbuting, by
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`eleectronic neetwork, infformation bbased on saaid pre-
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`f)
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`g)
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`h)
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`i)
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`j)
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`k)
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`l)
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`... 44 
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`vices that
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`proocessed diggital conteent to one oor more de
`are
`ent device
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`remmote from said serveer device annd said cli
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`Creamer render obvvious indeppendent cllaim 38, annd its
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`dependennt claims 440-42, 44-446, and 49
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`[388.P]: A commputer impplementedd method foor pre-
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`proocessing ddigital conteent in a cliient devicee for
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`subbsequent eelectronic ddistributionn ................................
`ransfer of
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`[388.1.1]: inittiating by ssaid client
`device, a t
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`diggital contennt from saiid client deevice to a sserver deviice
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`or more off
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`[388.1.2]: saidd digital coontent incluuding one
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`immage contennt, video coontent, andd audio conntent ........
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`[388.2.1]: pre-processinng said digiital contentt at said cliient
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`device in acccordance wwith one orr more pre--processingg
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`paarameters…… ................................
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`[388.2.2]: …ssaid one or r more pre--processingg parameteers
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`being providded to said
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`client deviice from a
`device
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`sepparate fromm said cliennt device…… ...............................
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`[388.2.3]: saidd one or mmore pre-proocessing pparameters
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`controlling said client ddevice in aa placemennt of said
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`diggital contennt into a sppecified foorm in prepparation forr
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`puublication tto one or mmore devicees that are
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`remote froom a
`... 50 
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`serrver devicee and said
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`client deviice .............................
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`[388.3.1]: trannsmitting aa message ffrom said cclient deviice
`id
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`to said serverr device foor subsequeent distribuution to sai
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`aid server ote from sahat are remodevices thonne or more
`... 51 
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`device and saaid client ddevice ......
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`g said pre--
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`[388.3.2]: saidd transmittted messagge includin
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`proocessed diggital conteent ............
`... 52 
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`[400.1]: receivving an ideentificationn of said diigital conteent
`... 53 
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`forr transmisssion prior tto said pre--processingg ..............
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`[41.1]:whereein said pree-processinng comprisses reducinng a
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`file size or coompressingg said digiital contentt................
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`[422.1]: whereein said prre-processiing compriises resizinng
`... 54 
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`saiid digital ccontent .......................
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`[444.1]: whereein said traansmitted mmessage inncludes
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`ideentifying innformationn for said ddigital conttent ..........
`... 55 
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`[455.1]: whereein said ideentifying iinformationn is retrievved
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`froom storagee in said cliient devicee. ................................
`... 55 
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`[466.1]: whereein said ideentifying iinformationn includes
`a
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`file name ......................................
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`... 56 
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`[499.1]: whereein said ideentifying iinformationn includes
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`user
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`infformation.
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`VII.  MMANDATOORY NOTTICES (37 C.F.R. § 442.8(a)(1))
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`A. 
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`Real Parties-In--Interest (337 C.F.R. §§ 42.8(b)(11)) ..............................
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`B. 
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`Relatted Matterss (37 C.F.RR. § 42.8(bb)(2)) ........
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`Desiggnation of Lead and BBack-Up CCounsel (3
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`42.8((b)(3)) ........................................................
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`Serviice Informaation (37 CC.F.R. § 422.8(b)(4)) .
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`VIII.  SSTANDINGG (37 C.F.R. § 42.1004(a)) .........................
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`42.6(e), 422.105(a)) ...................
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`CERTIFFICATIONN OF SERVVICE (37 C.F.R. §§
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases 
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`B.F. Goodrich Co. v. Aircraft Braking Sys. Corp.,
`72 F.3d 1577 (Fed. Cir. 1996) ....................................................................... 10, 11
`
`Boston Scientific v. Cordis,
`554 F.3d 982 (Fed. Cir. 2009) .............................................................................. 18
`
`Ex parte Yamaguchi,
`88 USPQ2d 1606 (B.P.A.I. 2008) .......................................................................... 7
`
`Graham v. John Deere Co.,
`383 U.S. 1 (1966) ................................................................................................... 9
`
`In re Giacomini,
`612 F.3d 1380 (Fed. Cir. 2010) .............................................................................. 7
`
`In re NTP, Inc.,
`654 F.3d 1279 (Fed. Cir. 2011) .............................................................................. 5
`
`KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.,
`550 U.S. 398 (2007) ............................................................................................. 10
`
`Leapfrog Enters, Inc.. v. Fisher-Price, Inc.,
`485 F.3d 1157 (Fed. Cir. 2007) ............................................................................ 10
`
`Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. v. Intellectual Ventures I LLC,
`IPR2014-00547, Paper 17 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 3, 2014) ............................................... 7
`
`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Virginia Innovation Sciences ,Inc.,
`IPR2013-00569, Paper 9 (P.T.A.B. March 6, 2014) .............................................. 5
`
`SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. v. Cadus Pharmaceutical Corp.,
`225 F.3d 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2000) ............................................................................ 10
`
`Wyers v. Master Lock Co.,
`616 F.3d 1231 (Fed. Cir. 2010) .............................................................................. 9
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`Statutes 
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`35 U.S.C. § 102 ........................................................................................................ 58
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`EXHIBIT LIST1
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`Exh. No.
`1001
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`Description
`U.S. Patent No. 7,765,482 to Wood et al., issued July 27, 2010
`(“the ’482 patent”)
`Declaration of Dr. Andrew Lippman in Support of Petition for In-
`ter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,765,482, February 4, 2015
`with Curriculum Vitae (“Lippman Decl.”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,930,709 to Creamer et al., issued August 16,
`2005 (“Creamer”)
`U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/067,310 to Creamer,
`filed December 4, 1997 (“Creamer ’97”)
`U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/085,585 to Creamer,
`filed May 15, 1998 (“Creamer ’98”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,038,295 to Mattes, issued March 14, 2000
`(“Mattes”)
`Claim Construction Order, Summit 6 LLC v. Research in Motion
`Corp., CA No. 3:11-cv-367-O (N.D. Tex., May 21, 2012) (“Claim
`Constr. Order”)
`Partial File History of Ex Parte Reexamination of U.S. Patent
`7,764,482, Control No. 90/012,987 (“Reexam FH”)
`U.S. Patent No. 8,612,515 to Wood et al., issued December 17,
`2013 (“the ’515 patent”)
`Intentionally Left Blank
`U.S. Patent No. 6,092,114 to Shaffer et al., issued July 18, 2000
`(“Shaffer”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,223,190 to Aihara et al., issued April 24, 2001
`1012
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`1 This Exhibit list covers two inter partes review petitions being filed against
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`1002
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`1003
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`1004
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`1005
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`1006
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`1007
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`1008
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`1009
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`1010
`1011
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`the ’515 patent and four inter partes review petitions being filed against the ’482
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`patent. Not all exhibits are used in each petition or declaration, but to facilitate the
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`Board’s review of the six petitions, Petitions have used the same exhibit numbers
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`across all six petitions.
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`Exh. No.
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`1013
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`1014
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`1015
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`1016
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`1017
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`1018
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`1019
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`1020
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`Description
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`(“Aihara”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,875,296 to Shi et al., issued February 23, 1999
`(“Shi”)
`EP 0838774A2 Application (DE), published April 29, 1998
`(“Bandini”)
`Godin, You’ve Got Pictures: AOL’s Guide to Digital Imaging
`(1998) (“Godin”)
`Lu et al., eWorld – The Official Guide for Macintosh Users, Hay-
`den Books, 1994 (“eWorld”)
`Jain et al., “The Design and Performance of MedJava,” Proceed-
`ings of the 4th USENIX Conference, on Object-Oriented Tech-
`nologies and Systems (COOTS), April 1998 (“MedJava”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,018,774 to Mayle et al., issued January 25,
`2000 (“Mayle”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,567,122 to Anderson et al., issued May 20,
`2003 (“Anderson ’122”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,118,480 to Anderson et al., issued September
`12, 2000 (“Anderson ’480”)
`Rose et al., NeXTSTEP Applications Manual (1990)
`(“NeXTSTEP”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,370,193 to Lee et al., issued April 9, 2002
`(“Lee”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,075,528 to Curtis, issued June 13, 2000 (“Cur-
`tis”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,895,557 to Wood et al., issued May 17, 2005
`(“the ’557 patent”)
`Opening Claim Construction Brief of Plaintiff Summit 6, LLC,
`Summit 6 LLC v. HTC Corp., No. 7:14-cv-00014 (N.D. Tex. Dec.
`29, 2014) (“Op. CC Brief”)
`Defendants’ Opening Claim Construction Brief, Summit 6 LLC v.
`HTC Corp., No. 7:14-cv-00014 (N.D. Tex. Dec. 30, 2014) (“Def.
`Op. CC Brief”)
`Amended Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement,
`Summit 6 LLC v. HTC Corp., No. 7:14-cv-00014 (N.D. Tex. Jan.
`27, 2014) (“Joint Claim Constr.”)
`Ahuja, Jasmine J., Client-Server Applications in Java, Pace Univ.
`Dec. 1997 (“Ahuja”)
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`INTRODUCTION
`Apple Inc. and Twitter, Inc. jointly petition for inter partes review of claims
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`13, 14, 16-23, 35, 37, 38, 40-42, 44-46, and 49 of United States Patent No.
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`7,765,482 to Wood et al., titled “Web Based Media Submission Tool” (hereinafter
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`“the ʼ482 patent”). The ʼ482 patent is provided as Exhibit 1001. This is the second
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`of four petitions being filed against the ’482 patent. This second petition presents a
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`single ground: claims 13, 14, 16-23, 35, 37, 38, 40-42, 44-46, and 49 are obvious
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of Creamer.
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`The different grounds set forth in the four ’482 petitions are independent,
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`distinct, and not redundant. The first petition requests cancellation of claims 1, 4,
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`6, 8, 10, 12, 25, and 51 of the ’482 patent as being obvious over Creamer. The sec-
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`ond petition requests cancellation of claims 13, 14, 16-23, 35, 37, 38, 40-42, 44-46,
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`and 49 as being obvious over Creamer. The third petition requests cancellation of
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`claims 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 25, 37 and 51 as being obvious over Mattes. And the
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`fourth petition requests cancellation of claims 13, 14, 19, 21-23, 38, 40-42, 44, 45
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`and 49 as being obvious over Mattes and also asserts a second ground against
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`claims 16-18, 20, 35, and 46 as being obvious over Mattes in view of Creamer. Pe-
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`titioner minimized the petitions and references used to achieve a “just, speedy and
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`inexpensive resolution” consistent with 37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b). Accordingly, Petition-
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`II. OVERVIEW
`A. The alleged invention of the ’482 patent
`The ’482 patent claims priority to U.S. Pat. No. 6,895,557 (“the ’557 pa-
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`tent”), which has a filing date of July 21, 1999. The ’482 patent is directed to an
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`“improved web-based media submission tool” that is “configurable to perform a
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`variable amount of intelligent preprocessing on media objects prior to upload.”
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`(’482 patent, Abstract.) As disclosed in the ’482 patent, the web-based media sub-
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`mission tool comprises two primary components: (1) the media object identifier
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`and (2) the media sender. (Id. at 3:10-14.)
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`The primary task of the media object identifier is to place and associate a
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`media object such as a digital image from a user’s computing device onto a web
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`page external to that device. (Id. at 3:15-18.) First, one or more media objects (e.g.,
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`digital images) are selected for submission and optionally tagged with identifying
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`information by the user. (Id.) The media object identifier then “pre-processes the
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`images using “client-side intelligence.” (Id. at 5:53-56.) The ’482 patent identifies
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`many examples of preprocessing, including resizing the image (by physical dimen-
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`sions, pixel count, file size), compressing an image, changing the file format of an
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`image (i.e., conversion to JPEG), changing the quality setting of the image, crop-
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`ping the image, adding text or annotations to an image, encoding the image, or ad-
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`justing image values such as contrast or saturation. (Id. at 5:60-67.) The ’482 pa-
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`tent also claims that the pre-processing parameters can be sent to the client device
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`from a remote device such as a server (e.g., claim 1 of ’482 patent).
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`Once the digital content (i.e., the digital images) has been pre-processed ac-
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`cording to the parameters received from the remote device, the local device can
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`transmit the images, along with identifying information, to the server, which pub-
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`lishes them to the Internet. (’482 patent, 3:60-64.)
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`B. Related Reexamination
`As mentioned previously, the ’482 patent is subject to a pending ex parte
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`reexamination by the USPTO, in which all considered claims currently stand re-
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`jected. Patent Owner has filed an Appeal Brief, to which the Examiner filed an an-
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`swer on January 20, 2015. In the reexamination, the Office has found that claims
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`38, 40, 44-46, and 49 are anticipated by Creamer (U.S. Patent 6,930,709) and by
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`Mattes (U.S. Patent 6,038,295).
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`State of the prior art
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`Long before the filing of the priority application that led to the ’482 patent,
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`people used graphical user interfaces and web-browser applications for file transfer
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`and sharing between devices, or for publishing on the Internet. (Lippman Dec. ¶¶
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`32-53.) Not only had the study of “distributed computing” become its own branch
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`of computer science in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but transmitting parameters
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`files (e.g. media files) was a widely known and commonly used technique. (Id..)
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`Indeed, the ’482 patent admits that such systems were known in the art. For exam-
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`ple, the ’482 patent describes a system known as “ActiveUpload” that “allows an
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`arbitrary file to be dragged and dropped onto a web page control for upload to the
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`web server.” (’482 patent, 1:55-56.) Other features claimed in the ’482 patent --
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`such as “transmitting identifying information associated with a media file” and “re-
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`trieving/transmitting user-identifying information/authorization and access” (in-
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`cluding caption and location information), as well as the combination of such fea-
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`tures -- were also well known in the art long before the alleged date of invention.
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`Indeed, the prior art is replete with examples of them. (Lippman Dec. ¶¶32-53.)
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`III. LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART
`A person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSA”) is presumed to be aware of all
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`pertinent art, thinks along conventional wisdom in the art, and is a person of ordi-
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`nary creativity. With respect to the ’482 patent, a POSA would typically have at
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`least (a) a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science (or similar field, e.g.,
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`electrical engineering), or (b) at least or three to five years’ industry experience in
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`the general field of software engineering and web design. (Lippman Dec. ¶¶ 54-
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`IV. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION2
`The ’482 patent claim terms must be given their broadest reasonable inter-
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`pretation, as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art and consistent with the
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`disclosure. Although a district court’s construction of similar terms in the ’482 pa-
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`tent may be informative (Ex. 1007), because the Board applies the broadest rea-
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`sonable construction standard, the Board’s construction may not be the same as
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`that adopted by that district court, which applies a different standard. See Samsung
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`Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Virginia Innovation Sciences, Inc., IPR2013-00569, Paper
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`9 at 2 (P.T.A.B. March 6, 2014). The following terms and phrases from the claims
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`of the ’482 patent might require construction based on arguments in the related lit-
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`igations and reexaminations, and are construed below in accordance with these
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`principles for the purpose of this inter partes review proceeding. The plain and or-
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`“Pre-processing” should be construed as “modifying before further pro-
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`2 Petitioner is currently litigating claim construction in concurrent district
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`cessing.”3 (Lippman Dec. ¶¶ 60-71.)
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`SUMMARY OF PRIOR ART CREAMER FORMING THE BASIS OF
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,930,709 to Creamer was filed December 3, 1998, and is-
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`term “pre-processing” must be limited solely to compressing the image for publica-
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`tion and cannot be directed to unrelated objectives such as storage or archiving.
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`Patent Owner has also argued that “receiving an identification” must be lim-
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`ited to receiving a manual selection by a “user” of a “subset” of stored images via a
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`“screen.” This argument does not comport with the broadest reasonable interpreta-
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`a user. (See, e.g., claim 5 disclosing that “receiving an identification comprises re-
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`ceiving a click command at said client device.” (’482 patent, 9:54-56 (emphasis
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`added).) Furthermore, neither the claims of the ’482 patent nor the specification
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`the Internet to a web server for publication. An annotated version of FIG. 4A of the
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`Creamer patent is reproduced here for reference.
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`Like the ’482 patent, Creamer discloses receiving parameters from a remote
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`device to process images. Creamer discloses that a “full set of operational parame-
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`ters” can be downloaded from an ISP server 304.
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`Creamer also discloses using pre-processing parameters received from a re-
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`mote device. The image parameters, including the compression parameters, are re-
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`ceived from the Internet or from a setup PC. (Creamer, 27:30-47 (“In step S120,
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`the microcontroller 200 receives and writes from the remote source . . . a new set
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`of parameters to be written to the structure of FIG. 5.”).) In fact, all the firmware
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