IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAW ARE
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`C.A. No. 12-030-RGA
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`CONFIDENTIAL –
`FILED UNDER SEAL
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`C.A. No. 12-032-RGA
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`M2M SOLUTIONS LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SIERRA W IRELESS AMERICA,INC. and
`SIERRA W IRELESS,INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`M2M SOLUTIONS LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`ENFORA,INC.,NOVATELW IRELESS
`SOLUTIONS,INC.,and NOVATEL
`W IRELESS,INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`M2M SOLUTIONS LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS,INC.,TELIT
`COMMUNICATIONS PLC,and TELIT
`W IRELESS SOLUTIONS INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`DECLARATION OF MARC N. HENSCHKE IN SUPPORT OF
`PLAINTIFF’S ANSW ER TO DEFENDANTS’MOTION FOR
`RECONSIDERATION OF THE COURT’S CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
`OF “PROCESSING MODULE”AND “PROGRAMMING INTERFACE”
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`I,MARC N. HENSCHKE,state and declare as follows:
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`1.
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`Iam an attorney with the law firm of Foley & Lardner LLP,counsel of
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`record for the named Plaintiff M2M Solutions LLC (“M2M”)in the above-referenced
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`actions. Isubmit this Declaration in support of M2M’s Answer To Defendants’Motion
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`For Reconsideration Of The Court’s Claim Constructions Of “Processing Module”And
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`“Programmable Interface”Based On The Federal Circuit En Banc Decision In
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`Williamson V. CitrixOnline that was jointly filed by the named Defendants in the above-
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`referenced actions on July 10,2015. Ihave personal knowledge of all of the facts stated
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`herein and,if sworn as a witness,Icould and would testify competently thereto.
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`2.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of United States
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`Patent No. 8,094,010 (the “‘010 patent”).
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`3.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2is a true and correct copy of an Applicant’s
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`Response To Office Action dated September 4,2008that has been excerpted from the
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`file wrapper for U.S. Patent Application No. 11/329,212,which is a parent application to
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`the ’010 patent.
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`4.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 3is a true and correct copy of excerpts from
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`the deposition transcript for the deposition of Dr. Kevin J. Negus taken in certain of the
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`above-referenced actions on May 22,2015.
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`5.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 4is a true and correct copy of the Expert
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`Report Of Dr. Seth James Nielson On The Invalidity Of U.S. Patent No. 8,094,010
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`(without exhibits)served in the C.A. No. 12-033-RGA action on May 5,2014.
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`6.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of the Response Of
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`Dr. Seth James Nielson To The Expert Report Of Dr. Alon Konchitsky (without exhibits)
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`served in the C.A. No. 12-033-RGA action on August 4,2014.
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`7.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 6is a true and correct copy of the Expert
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`Report Of Dr. Seth James Nielson In Rebuttal To Dr. Nettleton And Mr. Bluestein
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`(without exhibits)served in the C.A. No. 12-033-RGA action on July 7,2014.
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`8.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of the first claim set
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`filed in the underlying priority PCT application in May of 2001 excerpted from the file
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`wrapper for U.S. Patent Application No. 10/296,571,which is a parent application to the
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`‘010 patent.
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`9.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 8is a true and correct copy of the first claim set
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`filed in and excerpted from the file wrapper for U.S. Patent Application No. 12/538,603
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`which matured into the ‘010 patent.
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`10.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 9is a true and correct copy of excerpts from
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`the Reply Expert Report Of Kevin J. Negus,PH.D. Regarding Invalidity US Patent
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`8,094,010 served in the C.A. Nos. 12-030-RGA and 12-032-RGA actions on August 4,
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`2014.
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`11.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from
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`the deposition transcript for the deposition of Dr. Kevin J. Negus taken in certain of the
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`above-referenced actions on May 21,2015.
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`12.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 11 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from
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`the Expert Report Of Kevin J. Negus,PH.D. Regarding Invalidity Of U.S. Patent
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`8,094,010 served in the C.A. Nos. 12-030-RGA and 12-032-RGA actions on May 5,
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`2014.
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`Ideclare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and
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`that this Declaration is executed on this 3rd day of August,2015 at Boston,
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`Massachusetts.
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`/s/Marc N. Henschke
`Marc N. Henschke
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`EXHIBIT 1
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`US0080940l0B2
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`(12) United States Patent
`Wesby-van Swaay
`
`(10) Patent No.:
`(45) Date of Patent:
`
`US 8,094,010 B2
`*Jan. 10, 2012
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`(54) PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
`
`(56)
`
`References Cited
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`(76)
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`Inventor: Eveline Wesby-van Swaay, Tiddington
`(GB)
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`e ermo
`11 Jectto any ISO almer,
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`US“ ‘5““’) by 12‘ days"
`This patent is subject to a teiminal dis-
`claimer.
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`(21) App]. No.: 12/538,603
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`(22) Filed:
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`Aug-10, 2009
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`P335)‘
`
`Primary Exami'ner—NamV Nguyen
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Sunstein Kann Murphy &
`T" b
`LLP
`1m cm
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57)
`A programmable communicator device is disclosed having a
`wireless communications circuit, including an antenna, con-
`.
`.
`.
`.
`.
`figured to receive a transmission, and an identity module
`.
`.
`.
`.
`.
`having a umque identifier. The programmable commumcator
`1 d
`.
`.
`d 1
`.
`1 di
`d
`furtnfiher in;u iaprocessiiiégmo u emc u mtgprogramplo e
`3"’
`1°
`‘°““‘“‘’:‘.
`°‘““‘Sm‘ss‘°"‘,5 mm *“1‘“}‘ .°"'
`°.°
`ticated caller by determimng whether a received transmission
`°°”“’“‘S the ‘““‘1“° ‘d°‘“‘fi°” and me‘“°’>’ °°“fi8“’°d 1°
`store telephone numbers or IP addresses received in transmis-
`sions from an authenticated caller.
`
`See application file for complete search history.
`
`197 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
`
`ACTION PERFORMED BY
`OUTGOING MESSAGE OR CALI.
`PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
`
`
`MPRISING UNIQUE
`IDEN TIHER RECEIVES
`- Equesran DATA FROM
`- VICE ASSOCIATED Wl'|'H
`
`ATA FROM AN ASSOCIATED
`ICE AND TRANSMITS ['1'
`IO LINKED TELEPHONE OR IF
`'
`II DRESS
`
`t
`
`7
`
`8
`
`'
`
`' NKEO TELEPHONE OR IP
`NTERNEI WEB PAGE
`- D DRE55 OF IP DEVICE OR
`' ECEWE5 INFORMATION
`‘ 1 OUT THE CHANGE IN
`
`I ANGE IN STATUS OF THE
`" DGRAMMAB LE
`II MMUNICATOR CAUSES
`' ESSAGE TO BE SENT TO
`INKED TELEPHONE OR IF
`' I DRESS.
`
`- : in THE cunaenrr STATUS.
`
`NKED rrtisnmme DR 11>
`DDRES5 or IP DEVICE OR
`INTERNET wee PAGE
`.- EENE5 INFORMATION
`
`' OGFULMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
`LLECT5 INFORMATION ON
`RRENT STATUS CONDITION
`- D SENDS l'|' PERIODICALLV TO
`' IHKED TELEPHONE OR IF
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`Sheet 1 013
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`US 8,094,010 B2
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`MEANS TO RESELECT
`LINKED TELEPHONE
`NUMBER OR IP
`ADDRESS
`150
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`PROGRAMMABLE
`INTERFACE MEANS
`140
`RINGING TONE
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`GENERATOR /
`AUTO ANSWER
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`ANTENNA
`MODULE
`PERIODIC STATUS
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`50
`REPORT GENERATION
`MEANS
`130
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`BLUETOOTH
`BMTERY
`MODULE
`TELEPHONE
`CHARGE
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`40
`CIRCUIT
`BATTERY
`MONITOR
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`10
`3°
`35
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`SOUND-BYTE
`f4’gmf5RE
`sMs PROCESSING
`MEANS
`THRESHOLD
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`Dl:'|'ECTOR
`5°
`100
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`AUTH ENTICATION
`MEANS
`90
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`sMs ALARM
`GENERATION MEANS
`70
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`SENSOR MEANS
`80
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`PERMITTED
`CALLERS LIST
`1 10
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`ALARM MESSAGE
`LIST
`120
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`INCOMING MESSAGE OR CALL
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`ACTION PERFORMED BY
`PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
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`UTHENTIC MESSAGE
`COMPRISING UNIQUE
`IDENTIFIER AND
`LINKING TELEPHONE
`NUMBER OR IP
`DDRESS
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`UTHENTIC MEssAGE
`COMPRISING UNIQUE
`IDENTIFIER AND ONE
`R MoRE TELEPHONE
`NUMBERS OR IP
`DDREssEs
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`INCOMING CALL
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`NUMBERS IN THE PERMITTED
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`ROGRAMMABLE
`' OMMUNICATOR PROCESSES
`MESSAGE AND STORES NEW
`NKING TELEPHONE NUMBER
`R IP ADDRESS
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`ROGRAM MABLE
`OMI‘-‘IUNICATOR PROCESSES
`MESSAGE AND STORES
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`* LLERS LIST
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`ROGRAMMABLE
`OMMUNICATOR VERIFIES
`HAT CALLER Is ON
`ERMITTED CALLERS LIST
`ND CAUSES THE RINGING
`ONE TO BE GENERATED.
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`INCOMING CALL
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` OMMUNICATOR IS UNABLE
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`O VERIFY THAT THE CALLER
` 5 ON THE PERMITTED
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`‘ LERS LIST AND THE CALL
` S TERM I NATED
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`INCOMING CAU.
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`INCOMING CALL IS
`TERMINATED
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`E PROGRAMMABLE
`OMMUNICATOR VERIFIES
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`AT THE CALLER IS ON THE
`PERMITTED CALLERS LIST
`' ND AUTO ANSWERS
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`‘ UTO-ANSWERED CALL IS
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`RMINATED BY THE
`RMINATION OF THE
`INCOMING CALL AND THE
`PROGRAMMABLE
`OM M U N ICATOR REVERTS TO
`I DLE STATE.
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`OUTGOING MESSAGE OR CALL
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`ACTION PERFORMED BY
`PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
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`REMOTE
`DEVICE
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`UTHENTICATED MESSAGE
`OMPRISING UNIQUE
`IDENTIFIER RECEIVES
`REQUESTED DATA FROM
`EVICE ASSOCIATED WITH
`PROGRAMMABLE
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`PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATOR
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`This patent application is a continuation of and claims
`priority from all priority dates ofU.S. patent application Ser.
`No. 11/329,212, filed Jan. 10, 2006, and entitled “Program-
`mable Communicator”. As a consequence of this priority
`claim, this patent application also claims priority to U.S.
`patent application Ser. No. 10/296,571, filed Jan. 21, 2003,
`and entitled “Programmable Communicator,” which is a
`National Phase filing of and claims priority to PCT/EP01/
`05738 filed on May 18, 2001, which further claims priority
`from Finland Application 20001239, filed May 23, 2000. The
`disclosures of each of these applications are incorporated
`herein by reference in their entirety.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`The invention relates to a programmable wireless commu-
`nications apparatus. More particularly, it relates to a program-
`mable wireless communications apparatus, which can pro-
`vide an improved means ofcommunication between children
`and their parents, between elderly persons and caring rela-
`tives, and between mentally less-able individuals and super-
`vising adults. In addition, the invention provides a solution for
`smart clothes applications, which may comprise a telecom-
`munications means within the lining of a jacket or other
`article of clothing, as well as a solution for user-program-
`mable data tags which convey infonnation fiom remotely
`located devices such as vending machines. The invention
`relates to and significantly improves upon a previously filed
`patent application claiming Finnish priority of Sep. 9, 1997
`entitled a Portable Hotlink Communicator published as inter-
`national patent application PCT/GB98/02715.
`In this previously filed application, is taught the invention
`ofusing a mobile phone comprising a programmable identity
`module such as a SIM card, in the context of the GSM tele-
`communications standard, to program the number of any
`mobile or fixed telephone to which the Hotlink communica-
`tor, comprising a similar type ofprogrammable identity mod-
`ule, is to be linked. Existing and known methods of commu-
`nication
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`the mobile
`phone
`and Hotlink
`communicator for the purpose ofprogramming comprise the
`obvious choice of data calls such as the Short Message Ser-
`vice in the GSM telecommunications standard. Alternatively
`a PDA type communicator might call up a web page to
`instruct a network element to program the programmable
`identity module ofthe Hotlink withthe number ofany fixed or
`mobile telephone to which the Hotlink communicator is to be
`linked
`This use ofa separate mobile phone to program the number
`to which the Hotlink may call is particularly useful and con-
`venient should a parent wish to change the number if the
`parent must leave shortly and want that the Hotlink is con-
`nected immediately to the mobile phone or fixed line of
`another parent or supervising neighbour.
`The current invention builds upon the teaching of this
`earlier application and extends the concept significantly that
`it has more general and suitable application to both the child
`Hotlink communicator and also to the field ofprogrammable
`wireless data communication tags for the purpose of provid-
`ing infonnation about the status ofa vending machine or other
`piece of technical equipment such as a home appliance or a
`device to monitor whether a door is open or closed.
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`In addition to this, the current invention relates directly to
`programmable wireless data communication tags, which
`comprise the means to be interfaced directly with other tech-
`nical equipment such that each tag can be programmed
`remotely by any means to be linked to any fixed or mobile
`telephone to enable data to be sent to or fi'om the device and
`to allow a person to make a voice call connection to the linked
`telephone.
`Today parents are concerned whether to provide a young
`child with a mobile phone or not. The concern relates to the
`cost ofthe mobile phone should it be lost or stolen and also to
`the cost ofthe use ofthe mobile phone. Clearly there is a need
`to provide a means to limit the cost of calling and also to
`provide a means to prevent the child dialing overseas numbers
`for extensive periods of time.
`In the context of mobile phone operators, there exists a
`need to provide a simple and efiective communication device,
`which can provide the means for family tarifling such that
`subscriptions for children can be related to the subscriptions
`of their parents’ mobile phones. An improved child Hotlink
`communicator, which restricts the usage ofthe mobile phone
`and thereby does not generate high charges through uncon-
`trolled calling, is clearly a solution to the family tarifling
`challenge.
`Parents are ofien concerned about the whereabouts of their
`children and new positioning technologies are being devel-
`oped for locating mobile phones. These solutions include
`self—positioning solutions and remote positioning solutions.
`One example of a self—positioning solution includes the sat-
`ellite-based Global Positioning System technology in which
`the mobile phone comprising a GPS signal processing circuit
`is able to determine the coordinates of its own position by
`processing signals received from satellites and communicate
`these coordinates to a location centre associated with the
`network. One example ofa remote positioning solution is the
`method taught in U.S. Pat. No. 5,051,741 claiming priority of
`Mar. 27, 1990 in which the mobile phone is paged and caused
`to transmit a response which is processed by communication
`stations such as time-of-arrival measurement units associated
`with the network of master stations or base stations.
`This remote positioning method has the advantage that the
`position of the mobile phone can be determined by making
`use of existing signalling between the mobile phone and the
`network without requiring any changes to the mobile phone,
`which would increase its cost. The generic network-based,
`remote-positioning architecture method of U.S. Pat. No.
`5,051 ,741 may make use oftime of arrival methods or phase
`difference calculations to increase the resolution ofthe area or
`sector within which the mobile phone is located.
`While the location of the mobile phone itself is a good
`indication of the present location of the person carrying the
`mobile phone, an improvement would be a means to lock the
`mobile phone to the child, such that use of the mobile phone
`positioning technologies would then determine the position
`of the child.
`In addition to these concerns about the failures of existing
`mobile communications technology to provide an improved
`and more secure method ofinstant communication between a
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`parent and a young child, and the means to determine the
`position of the child, there is additional concern that the
`battery ofthe communicator may drain its power without the
`parent knowing, or may be removed, whichwould prevent the
`communicator from receiving calls or dialing to the pro-
`grammed fixed or mobile number to which the communicator
`is linked.
`In addition to these specific communication problem
`needs, there is a growing yet unsubstantiated concern about
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`the potentially harmful effect of electromagnetic radiation
`from mobile phones upon the developing brains of young
`children. Within this context, there is an opportunity to design
`a communication device for children, which positions the
`radiating electromagnetic field of a communication device
`away fi'om the close proximity of the brain. In this regard,
`parents who maintain the belief that mobile telephones
`present a health risk due to the radiating antenna may rest
`secure in the knowledge that this risk can be significantly
`reduced.
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`In a separate context, there exists a growing need for a
`mobile telephone solution, which is cost effective to manu-
`facture, but which is versatile such that it can fonn the basis
`for a smart clothes tag or communications application plat-
`form. In this context the requirement is for an embedded
`mobile phone platform comprising no keypad or display,
`which may be sewn into the lining of a jacket, or other article
`of clothing, having only the call button protruding and a
`simple pin connection to recharge the battery. The probl
`with prior art solutions is that unless the smart clothes tag can
`be user-programrnable to call any fixed or mobile number by
`making use ofan acceptable method such as via an SMS data
`call or via a BlueTooth radio transmission from a mobile
`phone or intelligent PDA, the solution is impractical to imple-
`ment.
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`In security applications where emergency service person-
`nel carry hand-held primary communications devices such as
`conventional mobile phones, a back-up communications
`device such as a smart clothes embedded tag can be of great
`value in the instance that the primary communications device
`is lost or broken.
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`In sports areas such as on lakes where there may be people
`using canoes, a smart clothes communications tag embedded
`in a life vest may serve to alert a central control point that a
`person is in difliculty andalso to alert otherpersons inthe area
`to go to their rescue.
`In an additional application area, skiers in difiiculty would
`benefit fi'om a smart clothes user-programmable communi-
`cations tag attached to their clothing, which is pre-pro-
`grammed to be linked with a fixed or mobile telephone and
`need only have its protruding button pressed to make com-
`munication with a central alarm point.
`In an additional application area there exists the need for a
`user-programmable remote wireless communications data
`tag, which can be used to relay information about the status of
`a remote piece of technical equipment such as a vending
`machine. Home networks could be simplified by making use
`of the existing mobile network infrastructure to relay data
`about the status of a home appliance or to indicate whether a
`door is open or closed. Packet switched technologies such as
`GPRS may be used as the radio access technology to com-
`municate the status of the technical equipment.
`In an additional application area there exists the need for a
`versatile communications platform, which can be combined
`with remote health monitoring technology to assist doctors
`with remote diagnosis of patients.
`In an additional application there is the need for a versatile
`communications which is able to work effectively when the
`network is temporarily overloaded such that it has the means
`to store a sound message as a sound byte or convert it using
`voice recognition software such that it can be forwarded as
`soon as the network capacity becomes less loaded.
`Further to these limitations ofexisting technologies, and so
`far as is known, no portable communication apparatus is
`presently available which serves to ofi'er an improved pro-
`grammable communicator which is directed towards the spe-
`cific needs of this problem area as outlined.
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`OBJECTS 01-‘ THE INVENTION
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`Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to
`provide an improved programmable communications appa-
`ratus, which can be remotely programmed by any mobile
`phone or IP device such that it can be linked to any particular
`fixed or mobile phone or IP device.
`It is a firrther object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which may be
`programmed at close range using infrared light or a Blue-
`Tooth radio connection, or via a tenninal-to-terrninal network
`based data call such as the GSM SMS short message service
`or Via a GPRS packet data communication.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which may be
`programmed by a mobile or fixed device which is able to call
`up an Internet web page and which comprises the means to
`instruct the network to reprogram the communications appa-
`ratus with the mobile or fixed number to which the program-
`mable communications device is to be linked.
`It is a firrther object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which may be
`programmed via the Internet such that the network commu-
`nicates with a device in the vicinity of the programmable
`communications apparatus which itself causes the said appa-
`ratus to be programmed using any means such as wireless
`communication, infrared light or a BlueTooth radio link.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`plurality of programmable communications apparatuses,
`which may be simultaneously programmed by a mobile or
`fixed device which is able to call up an Internet web page and
`select one or more apparatuses ofthe said plurality and cause
`each ofthe selected number of apparatuses to be linked to the
`identical mobile or fixed telephone.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which comprises
`a processing means to process coded transmissions and per-
`mit only transmissions comprising a coded number, which
`determines the authenticity of the message, to be allowed to
`program the number to which the said apparatus be linked.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which comprises
`a wrist strap, or an attachment such as in the case ofthe smart
`clothes application, and a first alarm means which can be
`programmed such that it can cause a message to be sent to the
`fixed or mobile number to which the said apparatus is linked
`in the case that the wrist strap be broken or undone or in the
`case that the said attachment be broken or displaced from an
`initial position of equilibrium.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which may have a
`separate pressure sensitive means or displaceable means
`which becomes activated in the pressed position or displaced
`position respectively such that it is able to generate an alarm
`or data message when pressure is removed or when the dis-
`placement returns to the non-displaced position. Such a fea-
`ture serves, by way of example, to replace the need for the
`wrist strap feature of the previous object such that when the
`wrist worn communicator is removed from the wrist the pres-
`sure sensitive means or displaceable means can provide the
`required alarm message.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which comprises
`a heat sensor, which can detect that the communicator is
`adjacent to a heat source such as the skin of a child and the
`means to generate an alarm message if the heat source is
`removed.
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which has the
`means to detect any other detectable physical characteristic of
`the human skin, which may be used to trigger an alarm ifthe
`means is moved away from the skin.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus for a security
`application, which comprises an infrared heat detector and
`which is able to generate an alarm message if a change in the
`level of infrared radiation is detected.
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`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which may form
`part of a home network of devices, which is used to monitor
`a domestic appliance such as a washing machine or a device
`to monitor whether a door or window is open or closed and to
`react to a change in status of said appliance or device by
`sending an alarm message or data message to a linked fixed or
`mobile telephone or intemet IP address to indicate a current
`status of said appliance or device. In addition the said appa-
`ratus may be incorporated in a bicycle frame or attached to a
`bicycle for monitoring movement of the bicycle.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which has a
`memory means to store sound as a sound byte for a certain
`period of time such as the voice of the child wearing the
`programmable communicator and the means to send this
`sound to the telephone number to which the said apparatus is
`linked.
`It is a fiirther object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which has a
`means to store and transmit a sound byte in response to
`receiving a sound above a predetermined threshold such that
`a person who is in distress may shout out and the distress call
`is processed by the programmable communicator and for-
`warded to the fixed or mobile telephone or IP address to
`which the said communicator is linked.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which is able to
`make a call to a linked fixed or mobile telephone or IP address
`and which ifit detects that the telephone number is engaged or
`does not answer or that the IP address is invalid, the said
`apparatus has the means to select any other telephone number
`or IP address in the permitted callers list such that it can be
`connected to said other telephone or IP device.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which is able to
`store a sound byte or store a data record and send the sound
`byte or data record to any other telephone number or IP
`address in the permitted callers list after a certain interval of
`time in the instance that the primary number or IP address is
`engaged or connection is not able to be made at that time due
`to the network capacity not being sufiicient at that time. The
`feature may also include a continuous retry feature such that
`the attempt to send the sound byte or data record is continued
`until the sound byte or data record is successfully sent.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which has the
`means to convert a voice message into text and send this as a
`data message to a fixed or mobile telephone or IP address to
`which the said apparatus is linked.
`It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
`programmable communications apparatus, which is able to
`receive data from a plurality of data monitoring devic