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`Steven Krampf, et al.
`In re Patent of:
`8,090,309 Attorney Docket No.: 39521-0016IP1
`U.S. Patent No.:
`January 3, 2012
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`Issue Date:
`Appl. Serial No.: 11/967,692
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`Filing Date:
`December 31, 2007
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`Title:
`ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH UNIFIED CONTENT
`SELECTION
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW OF UNITED STATES PATENT
`NO. 8,090,309 PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. §§ 311–319, 37 C.F.R. § 42
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R § 42.8(a)(1) ....................... 1
`A. Real Party-In-Interest Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1) ................................ 1
`B. Related Matters Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2) ......................................... 1
`C. Lead And Back-Up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) ..................... 1
`D. Service Information .................................................................................. 2
`PAYMENT OF FEES – 37 C.F.R. § 42.103 ................................................ 2
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`III. REQUIREMENTS FOR IPR UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.104 ....................... 2
`A. Grounds for Standing Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a)................................. 2
`B. Challenge Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b) and Relief Requested ............... 2
`C. Claim Construction under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104(b)(3) .............................. 5
`IV. MANNER OF APPLYING CITED PRIOR ART TO EVERY CLAIM
`FOR WHICH AN IPR IS REQUESTED, THUS ESTABLISHING A
`REASONABLE LIKELIHOOD THAT AT LEAST ONE CLAIM OF
`THE ’309 PATENT IS UNPATENTABLE ................................................ 5
`A. [GROUND 1] – Qureshey Anticipates Claims 1, 3-9, and 12-14 ............ 6
`B. [GROUND 2] – Qureshey Renders Claims 2, 10 and 11 Obvious ........ 27
`C. [GROUND 3] – VDM Anticipates Claims 1, 3, 5-9, 13, and 14 ........... 29
`D. [GROUND 4] – VDM Renders Obvious Claims 2, 4, and 10-12 .......... 57
`V. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ 60
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`EXHIBITS
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,090,309 to Krampf et al. (“the ’309
`Patent”)
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`Excerpts from the Prosecution History of the ’309 Pa-
`tent (“the Prosecution History”)
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`Declaration of Professor Ray Mercer
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`Curriculum Vitae of Professor Ray Mercer
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`US Publication No. 2002/0002039 (“Qureshey”)
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`US Patent No. 6,563,769 (“Van Der Meulen”)
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`US Publication No. 2004/0174858 (“Caspi”)
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`Reserved
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`Reserved
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`Reserved
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`US Publication No. 2002/0071448 (“Cervello”)
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`PCT Publication No. WO 02/13429 (“Davidi”)
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`Canadian Patent No. 2,388,986 (“Kiss”)
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`APPLE-1001
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`APPLE-1002
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`APPLE-1003
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`APPLE-1004
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`APPLE-1005
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`APPLE-1006
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`APPLE-1007
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`APPLE-1008
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`APPLE-1009
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`APPLE-1010
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`APPLE-1011
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`APPLE-1012
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`APPLE-1013
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`Apple, Inc. (“Petitioner” or “Apple”) petitions for Inter Partes Review
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`(“IPR”) under 35 U.S.C. §§ 311–319 and 37 C.F.R. § 42 of claims 1-14 (“the Chal-
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`lenged Claims”) of U.S. Patent No. 8,090,309 (“the ’309 Patent”). As explained in
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`this petition, there exists a reasonable likelihood that Apple will prevail with re-
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`spect to at least one of the Challenged Claims. The Challenged Claims are un-
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`patentable based on teachings set forth in at least the references presented in this
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`petition. Apple respectfully submits that an IPR should be instituted, and that the
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`Challenged Claims should be canceled as unpatentable.
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`I. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R § 42.8(a)(1)
`A. Real Party-In-Interest Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
`Petitioner, Apple, Inc. is the real party-in-interest.
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`B. Related Matters Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
`Petitioner is not aware of any disclaimers, reexamination certificates or peti-
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`tions for inter partes review for the ’309 Patent. The ’309 Patent is the subject of
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`Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-00261, filed March 25, 2015 in the District of Delaware.
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`C. Lead And Back-Up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3)
`Apple provides the following designation of counsel.
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`Lead Counsel
`W. Karl Renner, Reg. No. 41,265
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 202-783-5070
`F: 877-769-7945
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`Backup Counsel
`Joshua A. Griswold, Reg. No. 46,310
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`T: 214-292-4034
`F: 877-769-7945
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`Service Information
`Please address all correspondence and service to counsel at the address pro-
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`vided in Section I(C). Apple also consents to electronic service by email at
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`IPR39521-0016IP1@fr.com.
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`II.
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`PAYMENT OF FEES – 37 C.F.R. § 42.103
`Apple authorizes the Patent and Trademark Office to charge Deposit Ac-
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`count No. 06-1050 for the fee set in 37 C.F.R. § 42.15(a) for this Petition and fur-
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`ther authorizes payment for any additional fees to be charged to this Deposit Ac-
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`count.
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`III. REQUIREMENTS FOR IPR UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.104
`A. Grounds for Standing Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a)
`Apple certifies that the ’309 Patent is available for IPR. The present petition
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`is being filed within one year of service of a complaint against Apple in Civil Ac-
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`tion No. 1:15-cv-00261, filed March 25, 2015 in the District of Delaware. Apple is
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`not barred or estopped from requesting this review challenging the Challenged
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`Claims on the below-identified grounds.
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`B. Challenge Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(b) and Relief Requested
`Apple requests an IPR of the Challenged Claims on the grounds set forth in
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`the table shown below, and requests that each of the Challenged Claims be found
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`unpatentable. An explanation of how these claims are unpatentable under the stat-
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`utory grounds identified below is provided in the form of detailed description and
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`claim charts that follow, indicating where each element can be found in the cited
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`prior art, and the relevance of that prior art. Additional explanation and support for
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`each ground of rejection is set forth in Exhibit APPLE-1003, the Declaration of
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`Professor Ray Mercer (“Dec.”), referenced throughout this Petition.
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`’309 Patent Claims
`Ground
`Ground 1 1, 3-9, 12-14
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`Ground 2 2, 10, 11
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`Ground 3 1, 3, 5-9, 13, 14
`Ground 4 2, 4, 10-12
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`Basis for Rejection
`Anticipated by Qureshey under 35 U.S.C. §
`102
`Obvious over Qureshey under 35 U.S.C. §
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`Anticipated by VDM under 35 U.S.C. § 102
`Obvious over VDM in view of wireless net-
`working under 35 U.S.C. § 103
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`The ’309 Patent issued from U.S. Application No. 11/967,692, filed Decem-
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`ber 31, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. 11/260,699, filed
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`on Oct. 27, 2005, now Pat. No. 7,885,622, as well as the following provisional ap-
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`plications: 60/623,006, filed on October 27, 2004, 60/622,924 filed on October 27,
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`2004, 60/637,669, filed on December 20, 2004, and 60/708,673, filed on Aug. 16,
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`2005. Accordingly, the earliest possible priority date to which this patent can po-
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`tentially claim (hereinafter the “earliest effective filing date”) is October 27, 2004.
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`Further, Petitioner does not concede that the ’309 Patent is entitled to this
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`priority date, but has elected not to argue the issue in the present Petition because
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`each prior art reference identified in the Grounds presented below pre-dates the
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`ings involving the ’309 Patent.
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`Qureshey (U.S. Pub. No. 2002/0002039, Ex. 1005) published on January 3,
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`2002, more than one year before the earliest effective filing date. Therefore,
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`Qureshey qualifies as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`Van Der Meulen (U.S. Patent No. 6,563,769, Ex. 1006) issued on May 13,
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`2003, more than one year before the earliest effective filing date. Therefore, Van
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`Der Meulen qualifies as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`Caspi (U.S. Pub. No. 2004/0174858, Ex. 1007) was filed on March 7, 2003,
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`more than 18 months before the earliest effective filing date. The application sub-
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`sequently published under 35 U.S.C. § 122(b). Therefore, Caspi qualifies as prior
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`art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).
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`Kiss (Canadian App. No. 2,388,986, Ex. 1013) published on December 5,
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`2003, more than 10 months before the earliest effective filing date. Therefore,
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`Kiss qualifies as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a).
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`Davidi (International Pub. No. WO 02/13429, Ex. 1012) published on Feb-
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`ruary 14, 2002, more than one year before the earliest effective filing date. There-
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`fore, Davidi qualifies as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`Cervello (U.S. Pub. No. 2002/0071448, Ex. 1011) published on June 13,
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`2002, more than one year before the earliest effective filing date. Therefore, Cer-
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`vello qualifies as prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
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`C. Claim Construction under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104(b)(3)
`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b), claims in an unexpired patent are
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`given their broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the pa-
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`tent in which it appears. Thus, the broadest reasonable construction is applied to
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`all terms herein, and further details of how the claims are being interpreted are dis-
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`cussed in the relevant sections below.
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`Petitioner expressly reserves the right to advance different constructions in
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`the matter now pending in the district court, as the applicable claim construction
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`standard for that proceeding (“ordinary and customary meaning”) is different than
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`the broadest reasonable interpretation standard applied in IPR. Further, due to the
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`different claim construction standards in the proceedings, Petitioner identifying
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`any feature in the cited references as teaching a claim term of the ’309 Patent is not
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`an admission by Petitioner that that claim term is met by any feature for infringe-
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`ment purposes, or that the claim term is enabled or meets the requirements for writ-
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`ten description.
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`IV. MANNER OF APPLYING CITED PRIOR ART TO EVERY CLAIM
`FOR WHICH AN IPR IS REQUESTED, THUS ESTABLISHING A
`REASONABLE LIKELIHOOD THAT AT LEAST ONE CLAIM OF
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`A.
`[GROUND 1] – Qureshey Anticipates Claims 1, 3-9, and 12-14
`As an initial matter, Qureshey is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application
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`No. 09/096,703 (“the ‘703 Application”) and added substantial new matter, includ-
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`ing FIGS. 11-21 and related discussion. A continuation of the ‘703 Application
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`(i.e., lacking FIGS. 11-21 and related discussion) was cited in a parent of the ’309
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`Patent, U.S. Patent No. 7,885,622, but not applied or even substantively discussed
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`in the parent or the ’309 Patent. Thus, the patentability of the Challenged Claims
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`has not been substantively considered in view of the disclosure of Qureshey dis-
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`cussed below.
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`Claim 1 - [1.0]: “A method of using a media device operable in first and sec-
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`Qureshey discloses using a personal computer with a sound card (“PC”) (a
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`media device) to retrieve user-selected media files and/or streams from data stor-
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`age devices, including hard drives, disks, and the Internet (media sources), and to
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`control output of the media files and/or streams to the user via the PC itself and/or
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`multiple networked audio devices (media output devices). See, e.g., Qureshey at
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`Abstract, ¶¶ 0006, 0146, 0155-0160, 0173, FIGS. 11, 15, 17D; Dec. at 73, 74.
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`The PC (the media device) is operable in multiple modes, including a first
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`mode in which media files and/or streams are accessed from local storage on the
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`which the PC accesses the Internet (a remote media source) or another device on
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`the network (a remote media source). See, e.g., Qureshey at Abstract, ¶¶ 0124,
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`0146-0153, 0155-0160, 0173, FIGS. 11, 15, 17D; Dec. at 74.
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`In more detail, in the first mode, a user can select files stored locally on the
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`PC and play them on the PC. Qureshey at ¶ 0155-0158, FIG. 17B-17D; Dec. at 75.
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`The PC runs, e.g., “PC IPAN client software 1532” which presents a “Playlist
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`Manager window” to the user. Qureshey at ¶ 0155-58; Dec. at 75-76. Qureshey’s
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`FIG. 17D shows the Playlist Manager window:
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`Local audio file
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`Play button
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`Qureshey, Detail of FIG. 17D (annotated).
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`As shown, the Playlist Manager window includes a selectable list of audio
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`files and “a play button 1712” that “the user clicks . . . to play a selection” from the
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`list of audio files on the PC. Qureshey at ¶¶ 0155-6 (emphasis added). Both local
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`Qureshey at ¶ 0160. “A speaker icon 1762 is used to indicate a local audio file”
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`and “[a] speaker outline icon 1763 indicates a link to an audio file located else-
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`where on another device within the IPAN 1100.” Id.
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`In the second mode, Qureshey describes that the user uses the PC (the media
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`device) to download audio files from the Internet or another store on the network
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`(media sources). See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0124 and 0173. The user then “highlights a
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`song” in the Playlist Manager window and “right-click[s] on the song in order to
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`have a popup menu 1761 appear with a variety of options such as ‘Load,’ ‘Play,’
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`‘Blast To,’ ‘Copy To,’ ‘Make Available On,’ and ‘Delete.’” Qureshey at ¶ 0159
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`(emphasis added). The “Make Available On” option allows the user to assign the
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`song to a particular device, which causes the device to “download the audio files”
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`the next time it connects to the network. Qureshey at ¶ 0174; FIG. 19B, Dec. at
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`77.
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`The first and second modes of operation of the PC will be described in
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`greater detail below with respect to the relevant limitations of claim 1.
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`Accordingly, Qureshey teaches that the PC operates in a first mode in which
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`it plays local audio files, and in a second mode in which it downloads audio files
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`from the Internet or another networked device and causes the files to be transferred
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`using a media device operable in first and second modes” as claimed.
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`[1.1]: “the first mode comprising operation as a system for accessing a media
`source co-housed with or directly connected to said media device,”
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`In a first mode, the PC (the media device) accesses media files and/or
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`streams from local storage (a co-housed and/or directly connected media source);
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`See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0155, 0160, FIGS. 15, 17D; Dec. at 78. As mentioned above,
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`Qureshey teaches that the PC runs, e.g., “PC IPAN client software 1532” which
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`presents a “Playlist Manager window” to the user. Qureshey at ¶ 0155; Dec. at 78.
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`Qureshey’s FIG. 17D (an annotated version of which is provided above) shows the
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`Playlist Manager window. As shown, the Playlist Manager window includes a se-
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`lectable list of audio files and “a play button 1712” that “the user clicks . . . to play
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`a selection” from the list of audio files on the PC. Qureshey at ¶¶ 0155-6 (empha-
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`sis added). Both local and remote audio files appear in the selectable list in the
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`Playlist Manager. See Qureshey at ¶ 0160. “A speaker icon 1762 is used to indi-
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`cate a local audio file” and “[a] speaker outline icon 1763 indicates a link to an au-
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`dio file located elsewhere on another device within the IPAN 1100.” Id.
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`[1.2]: “the source configured to stream media files or media streams for out-
`put by said media device”
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`The PC (the media device) is configured to stream, in response to the user
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`clicking the “play button 1712,” user-selected media files or media streams for
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`output. See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0155, 0160, FIGS. 17A, 17D; Dec. at 79. In more de-
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`tail, the “Playlist Manager window 1700 . . . appears when a user runs the PC
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`IPAN client software 1532 and the server site IPAN software 1433,” and “[t]he us-
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`er-control buttons in the Playlist Manager window include . . . a play button 1712”
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`that the “user clicks . . . to play a selection.” Qureshey at ¶ 0155-0156. The PC
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`may then play the selected audio file. See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0009, 0146, 0155, FIGS.
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`15, 17D; Dec. at 79.
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`[1.3]: “and the second mode comprising operation of the media device as a
`remote controller system for controlling over a network a media source re-
`mote from the media device, comprising:”
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`In the second mode, the PC (the media device) is a remote controller system
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`for controlling, over a network, media downloaded from the Internet (a media
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`source remote from the media device). See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0005, 0157, 0159,
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`0173, FIGS. 11, 15, 17D; Dec. at 80-81. In more detail, Qureshey explains that a
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`user may use the PC (the media device) to “find[] a desired audio file as addressed
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`by a URL” and download the audio file from the Internet (a media source) denoted
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`by the URL. Qureshey at ¶ 0173, see also id. at ¶ 0149. The user then “highlights
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`a song” in the Playlist Manager window and “right-click[s] on the song in order to
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`have a popup menu 1761 appear with a variety of options such as ‘Load,’ ‘Play,’
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`‘Blast To,’ ‘Copy To,’ ‘Make Available On,’ and ‘Delete.’” Qureshey at ¶ 0159
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`(emphasis added). The “Make Available On” option allows the user to assign the
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`media output device to “download the audio files” the next time it connects to the
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`network. Qureshey at ¶ 0174.
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`[1.4]: “operating the media device in the first mode, wherein when operated in
`the first mode, the media device performs operations of:”
`See [1.1], supra.
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`[1.4.1]: “displaying user-selectable media metadata on a display of the media
`device”
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`Qureshey describes that the PC (the media device) displays on a “visual dis-
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`play for providing audio source choices to the user,” a list of titles (media metada-
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`ta) of audio files that are available for user selection, including files that are stored
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`locally on the PC that have been downloaded from the Internet and those accessed
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`via a web browser. See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0009, 0149, 0155, FIG. 17D (depicting
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`display of user-selectable song titles, e.g., “Karma Police” and “Kung Fu
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`Fighting”), Dec. 82-84.
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`As previously described at [1.0] and [1.1], the Playlist Manager window in-
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`cludes a selectable list of audio files and “a play button 1712” that “the user clicks .
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`. . to play a selection” from the list of audio files on the PC. Id. at ¶¶ 0155-6 (em-
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`phasis added). In more detail, the Playlist Manager window includes a “title win-
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`dow 1720 [that] displays songs in the playlist.” Qureshey at ¶ 0155. In FIG. 17D,
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`e.g., the displayed song titles include “Karma Police,” by Radiohead.
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`Manager. See Id. at ¶ 0160. “A speaker icon 1762 is used to indicate a local audio
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`file” and “[a] speaker outline icon 1763 indicates a link to an audio file located
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`elsewhere on another device within the IPAN 1100.” Id.
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`[1.4.2]: “at least one media file or stream being associated with each displayed
`media metadata and being available from the media source for playing by
`said media device,”
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`The PC (the media device) downloads audio files selected by the user from
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`servers on the Internet (media sources) based on “URLs [that] indicate the location
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`from which the audio files associated with the song titles in the playlist can be
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`downloaded.” Qureshey at ¶ 0151; Dec. at 85-86. As FIG. 19A and its associated
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`description indicates, a “user can search the Internet for audio” and, after the file
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`has been downloaded in response to a user selection, it is available for playing [by
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`the PC].” Qureshey at ¶ 0173. As previously described at [1.0] and [1.1], the
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`Playlist Manager window includes a selectable list of both local and remote audio
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`files and “a play button 1712” that “the user clicks . . . to play a selection” from the
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`list. Id. at ¶¶ 0155-6 (emphasis added), 0160.
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`[1.4.3]: “receiving from a user a selection of media metadata from among the
`displayed media metadata,”
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`The PC (the media device) receives user selections of displayed audio file ti-
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`tles (displayed media metadata). In more detail, as FIG. 17D illustrates, the
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`user clicks . . . to play a select[ed]” audio file. Qureshey at ¶ 0156, FIG. 17D; Dec.
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`at 87. The user can also highlight a displayed audio file title and right click to
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`bring up a menu that includes an option to play the selected song. Qureshey at ¶
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`0159. “After the user highlights a song, the user can right-click on the song in or-
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`der to have a popup menu 1761 appear with a variety of options such as ‘Load,’
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`‘Play,’ ‘Blast To,’ ‘Copy To,’ ‘Make Available On,’ and ‘Delete.’” ¶ 0159 (em-
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`phasis added).
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`[1.4.4]: “and indicating that said media device should play a media file or me-
`dia stream associated with the selected media metadata, and”
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`As described above at [1.4.3], the user’s selection of an audio file title and
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`pressing the play button, which is received by the PC (the media device), indicates
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`that the PC should play the file (media file) associated with the selection. See id. at
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`¶ 0156, FIGS. 17B-17D; Dec. at 88.
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`[1.4.5]: “outputting the selected media file or media stream; and”
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`When “[t]he user clicks the play button 1712” in the Playlist Manager win-
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`dow “to play a select[ed]” audio file, the selected audio file (media file) is output,
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`i.e., played, by the PC (the media device). See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0009, 0156, FIGS.
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`15, 17C, 17D; Dec. at 89. As described above at [1.4.3], the user can also high-
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`song. Qureshey at ¶ 0159.
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`[1.5]: “operating the media device in a second mode, wherein when operated
`in the second mode, the media device performs operations of”
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`See [1.3], supra.
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`[1.5.1]: “connecting the media device with the media source, via a network in-
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`The PC (the media device) establishes a network connection to the Internet
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`(the media source) with a network connection (a network interface). See Qureshey
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`at ¶¶ 0005, 0130, 0131, 0149, 0170, 0173, FIGS. 11, 15, 19A; Dec. at 90. In more
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`detail, Qureshey teaches that “a portion of the PC IPAN client software 1532” run-
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`ning on the PC (the media device) is configured “so that when an Internet or other
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`network connection is established, the PC IPAN client software 1532 runs in the
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`background to query whether to add an audio file found on the Internet to the serv-
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`er site IPAN 1104,” for example, by saving the file locally on the PC. Qureshey at
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`¶ 0173 (emphasis added); see also id. at ¶ 0149, FIG. 19A. In other words, when
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`the PC connects to the Internet (the media source) to initiate a download of a file,
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`the PC IPAN client software 1532 is invoked to handle the download. See id.;
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`Dec. at 91-92.
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` [1.5.2]: “transmitting a request, using the network interface, for media
`metadata from the media device to the media source,”
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`artist, playlist, stream name, stream characteristic, and content location. ’309 Pa-
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`tent, claim 5. The PC (the media device) transmits a request, using the network
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`connection (a network interface), for metadata such as content locations, titles, al-
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`bums, artists and/or other metadata (media metadata) to the Internet (the media
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`source) in connection with the user obtaining media files from the Internet. See
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`Qureshey at ¶ 0149, 0173, FIG. 19A, and Dec. at 93. In more detail, Qureshey
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`teaches that “the user finds a desired audio file as addressed by a URL” on the In-
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`ternet, and downloads the audio file to make it “available for playing.” Qureshey at
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`¶ 0173 and FIG. 19A. Also, Qureshey discloses “[w]henever, a user selects, saves
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`or opens a file in the web browser, the IPAN plug-in intercepts the normal pro-
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`cessing of the web browser and will check to see if the file is an audio file. If the
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`file is an audio file, the IPAN plug-in will allow the user to download the audio
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`file.” Id. at ¶ 0149. The PC then stores, e.g., URLs, titles, albums, artists, and/or
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`other metadata associated with audio files that are selectable through the Playlist
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`Manager, and that the PC runs, e.g., “PC IPAN client software 1532” which pre-
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`sents a “Playlist Manager window” to the user. Qureshey at ¶ 0155, FIG. 17D;
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`Dec. at 93-94. The Playlist Manager window includes a selectable list of both lo-
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`cal and remote audio files, and metadata for the files. See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0155,
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`0160, FIG. 17D.
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`quest, using a network interface, for media metadata identifying the files available
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`on the Internet based on a user’s search request. Dec. at 95; see also Qureshey at
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`claim 32 (“a software module configured to use said network interface to connect
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`to an Internet”). The request for media metadata in the user’s search enables the
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`user to “find a desired audio file,” as well as select, save or open a file and list it in
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`the Playlist Manager. Qureshey at ¶ 0149, 0173, Dec. at 95. For example, the us-
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`er’s searching is transmitting at least a request for content location (media metada-
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`ta), i.e., a request for information on whether the searched content is located on the
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`Internet (the media source), or a request for what content is located on the Internet.
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`Dec. at 95. Moreover, in the context of the user searching for particular content,
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`the request entails a request for information on whether content of a particular title
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`or artist is located on the Internet (the media source). Id. Finally, even when
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`browsing the web via the web browser, not specifically submitting search strings,
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`the web browser operating on the PC transmits a request for content of an accessed
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`site, entailing a request for media metadata, e.g., content location (e.g., URLs), ti-
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`tle, artist and other metadata of media, as well as other files, available on the site.
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`Id.
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`[1.5.3]: “receiving at the media device, using the network interface, media
`metadata from the remote media source,”
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`metadata (e.g., content location, titles, albums, artists, and/or other metadata) from
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`the Internet (the media source). See Qureshey at ¶ 0149, 0173, FIG. 19A, and Dec.
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`at 96-97.
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`In addressing the Internet in the user’s content search, discussed in [1.5.3]
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`supra, the PC receives, using a network interface, media metadata identifying the
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`files that are available on the Internet based on a user’s search request or web
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`browsing. Dec. at 98; see also Qureshey at ¶ 0149, 0173 and claim 32.
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`[1.5.4]: “the media metadata indicating at least one media file or media
`stream available from the media source,”
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`The media metadata displayed by the PC (the media device) in connection
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`with the user’s content searching or web browsing, as well as through the Playlist
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`Manager window, indicate audio files (media files) available from the Internet (the
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`media source). See Qureshey at ¶¶ 0149, 0155, 0160, 0173 FIG. 17D; Dec. at 99.
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`[1.5.5]: “displaying at least one received media metadata on a media device
`display,”
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`In connection with the user’s content search, media metadata (e.g., content
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`location, titles, albums, artists, and/or other metadata) is displayed via the display
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`of the PC by the IPAN client software and/or the web browser to enable the user to
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`“find a desired audio file,” as well as, select, save or open a file. Qureshey at ¶
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`0149, 0173, Dec. at 95. Also, as explained above at [1.5.1]-[1.5.4], the PC IPAN
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`Manager window including a selectable list of received titles (media metadata) of
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`remote audio files (media files). Qureshey at ¶ 0155, FIG. 17D; Dec. at 95. The
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`Playlist Manager window is displayed on a display of the PC. See Qureshey at ¶
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`0009, 0155; see also Qureshey at claim 32 (“said software module configured to
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`display data received from the server on said visual display”).
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`[1.5.6]: “generating a signal in response to a user selection of at least one said
`displayed media metadata, and”
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`In response to the user selecting a remotely-stored audio file via the dis-
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`played media metadata, the PC (the media device) generates a signal that is sent,
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`using a network interface, to the Internet to effectuate downloading the selected
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`audio file from the Internet. Dec. at 101. Qureshey describes, e.g., that the PC us-
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`er “finds a desired audio file as addressed by a URL” by “search[ing] the Internet.”
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`Qureshey at ¶ 0173. The user is then “asked, through a menu, if the file is to be
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`downloaded.” Id. If the user indicates that the file is to be downloaded through
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`the menu, the “file [is] downloaded.” Qureshey at ¶ 0173. Also, Qureshey dis-
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`closes “[w]henever, a user selects, saves or opens a file in the web browser, the
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`IPAN plug-in intercepts the normal processing of the web browser and will check
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`to see if the file is an audio file. If the file is an audio file, the IPAN plug-in will
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`allow the user to download the audio file.” Id. at ¶ 0149.
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`that it has downloaded from the Internet available to devices on the IPAN, and can
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`assign playlists of audio files to network-enabled audio devices (media output de-
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`vices) on the IPAN, and can direct the network-enabled audio devices to down-
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`load, via the IPAN server, audio files included in assigned playlists for output by
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`the network-enabled audio devices. Qureshey at ¶ 0157, 0175, FIGS. 11, 17I, 19B;
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`Dec. at 102.
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`In more detail, Qureshey teaches that “the user finds a desired audio file as
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`addressed by a URL” on the Internet, and downloads the audio file to make it
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`“available for playing.” Qureshey at ¶ 0173 and FIG. 19A. Also, Qureshey dis-
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`closes “[w]henever, a user selects, saves or opens a file in the web browser, the
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`IPAN plug-in intercepts the normal processing of the web browser and will check
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`to see if the file is an audio file. If the file is an audio file, the IPAN plug-in will
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`allow the user to download the audio file.” Id. at ¶ 0149. When the user selects an
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`audio file for download, using the displayed media metadata, the PC generates a
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`signal to effectuate the download from the Internet in response to the user’s selec-
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`tion. D