UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
`United States Patent and Trademark Ofiice
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`I0/316,961
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`I2/I I/2002
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`Ira Marlowe
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`9809/l
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`4879
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`02/20/2008
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`MICHAEL R FRISCIA
`MCCARTER & ENGLISH
`FOUR GATEWAY CENTER
`I00 MULBERRY STREET
`NEWARK, NJ 07102
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`EXAMINER
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`xuan, msow memo
`PAPER NUMBER
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`A” “N”
`2615
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`MAIL DATE
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`02/20/2008
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`PAPER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0616
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`AppIicant(s)
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`10/316,961
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`Examine,
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`MARLOWE, IRA
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`— The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address —
`Period for Reply
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`WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
`- Extensions oi time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
`In no event. however. may a reply be timely filed
`after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`lt NO period for reply is specified above. the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
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`— Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication. even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)IZI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 06 September 2007.
`2a)E This action is FINAL.
`2b)[:I This action is non-final.
`3)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)ZI Claim(s) 1-13 15-38 40-57 59-65 and 67-104 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)|:| Claim(s) ._ is/are allowed.
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`6)X| Claim(s) 1-13 15-38 40-57 59-65 and 67-104 is/are rejected.
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`7)l:] Claim(s) __ is/are objected to.
`8)l:] Claim(s) __ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)l:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`10)l:I The'drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)|:l accepted or b)I:] objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d):
`11)l:| The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)E] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)I] All
`b)[:] Some * c)I:] None of:
`1.I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2.l:] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __
`3.D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`' application from the international Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment(s)
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO—892)
`2) El Notice of Drattsperson’s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) D Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTOISBIOB)
`Paper No(s)IMail Date
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Offica
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
`P399’ N°(5)/Ma" D313 __ -
`5) D N°“°° °f '"f°""a' Pate” APP"°3“°"
`6) D Other: ___.
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Actlon Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20080109
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0617
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`Application/Control Number: 10/316,961
`Art Unit: 2615
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Objections
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`Claim 100'is objected to because of the following informalities:
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`Claim 100 discloses “the second electrical connector’, there is a lack of
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`antecedent basis for this limitation within the claim.
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`Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`The following is a quotation of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claims 1-3, 6, 11, 13, 16-20, 23-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 55-57, 59, 62-65, 67, 71-74,
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`76, 80-82, 102-104 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being
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`indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
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`applicant regards as the invention.
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`With respect to claims 1, 6, 11, 13, 16-20, 23-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 55, 59, 62-63,
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`67, 71-72, 76, 80-82, 102-104 the Applicant has amended the term “the car stereo” to
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`read “a car stereo" throughout the claim language. By doing this, it is unclear to the
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`Examiner as to which car stereo the claim is referring. Are there multiple car stereos?
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`For example, claim 1 discloses "a first connector electrically connectable to a car
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`stereo",...,"an interface connected between the first and second electrical connectors for
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`channeling audio signals to a car stereo". From this disclosure it is impossible ‘to
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0618
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`determine where the audio signals are being channeled, thus rendering the claim as
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`indefinite.
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`With respect to claims 2-3, 56-57, 64-65, and 73-74 the claims disclose “the
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`apparatus of claim1, further comprising an OEM car stereo/ after-market car stereo".
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`The term "further comprising" implies that these types of car stereos are in addition to
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`the car stereo of claim 1. There is no support for a multiple car stereo system in the
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`Applicant's disclosure.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claims 1-6, 10-13, 15-30, 34-35, 37-38, 40-41, 47-52, 54-57, 59, 62, 81-82, 88-
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`93, 98-99 and 102-104 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Owens et al (US 2002I0084910 A1) in view of Beckert et al (US 6,175,789 B1).
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`With respect claim 1, Owens discloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first connector (fig.1 #32) electrically connectable to a car stereo (fig.1
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`#10); a second connector (fig.8 “L1 ,R1 ,V1”) electrically connectable to an after-market
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`audio device (fig.1 #44,46,48) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] ln.9-11); a third
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0619
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`connector (fig.1 #12) electrically connectable to one or more auxiliary input sources
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`(fig.1 #13) external to a car stereo and an after-market audio device (pg.2 [0025] ln.3-6);
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`an interface (fig.1 #30,40) connected between the first and second electrical connectors
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`for channeling audio signals to a car stereo from an after-market audio device (pg.2
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`[0032]), wherein the interface remotely controls at least one of a plurality of auxiliary
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`sources using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car stereo through
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`the first connector (pg.2 [0028]), transmitting a control command to at least one of a
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`plurality of auxiliary input sources through at least oneof the plurality of auxiliary
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`electrical connectors for execution by at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources
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`(pg.1 [0006]); receiving data from one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources through at
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`least one of the plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors, and transmitting the data to a
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`' car stereo through the first electrical connector for display by a car stereo (pg.3 [0035]);
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`and ‘selecting one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources from a car stereo (pg.2 [0026]).
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`Owens does not disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commands into
`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmed to execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 ln.22-31) an
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0620
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control command into a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted command to an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by anfafter-market
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`audio device (co|.1 ln.63-67, co|.2 ln.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (co|.3 |n.41-67, co|.4 |n.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (col.4 lnL17-22); and a third
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`code portion for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector (col.5 |n.28-37,56-62).
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`At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 2, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, however does
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`not disclose expressly further comprising an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
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`car stereo connected to the first electrical connector. The after-market car stereo (fig.1
`#10) of Owens contains the master microprocessor that performs the systems selection
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`functions of auxiliary units (pg.2 [OO34]) wherein this microprocessor is not available in
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`an OEM car stereo. Beckert discloses a system wherein the interface processing
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0621
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`occurs in a unit (fig.2 #64,62) separate from the car stereo (fig.2 #60). At the time of the
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`invention it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art that the
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`master microprocessor that controls the interfacing functions of Owens could have been
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`located within an external unit to the car stereo as taught by Beckert, such as the AN
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`interface module (fig.1 #30). The motivation for doing so would have been to allow a
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`user to integrate auxiliary and after-market devices with the factory (OEM) car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 3, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising an after—market car stereo (pg.2 [0025] |n.1-3).
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`With respect to claim 4, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising a CD player (fig.1 #10), CD changer (fig.2 #15), MP3 player, Digital Audio
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`Broadcast (DAB) receiver, or satellite receiver.
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`With respect to claim 5, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface further comprises a plug-and-play mode for automatically detecting a device
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`type of an after-market audio device connected to the second electrical connector and
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`integrating an after-market audio device based upon the device type (pg.2 [0O34]).
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`With respect to claim 6, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface generates a device presence signal for maintaining the car stereo in a state
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`responsive to processed data and audio signals (pg.2 [0034]). It is clear that as the
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0622
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`master microprocessor polls system the peripheral modules respond with a presence
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`signal containing information pertaining to their status.
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`With respect to claim 10, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface processes video information generated by an after-market audio device (pg.2
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`[0032]).
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`With respect to claim 11, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, however
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`does not disclose expressly wherein formatted data is displayed as a menu on the
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`display of the car stereo. Owens discloses wherein an auxiliary input could be an MP3
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`player (pg.2 [0025] ln.3—5). Official Notice is taken that it is well known in the art that car
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`stereo head units have the function of displaying menus of files stored in an attached
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`MP3 player. At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art to allow the head unit (fig.1 #10) of Owens to display a menu of
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`the audio files stored in attached auxiliary source such as an MP3 player. The
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`motivation for providing the stored audio files in the form of a menu on the head unit
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`would have been to provide a simple display to a user of the available audio options for
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`sound reproduction.
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`With respect to claim 12, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
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`display comprises a graphic panel (fig.10 #21, pg.3 [0035]).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0623
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`With respect to claim 13, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`commands are input by a user using one or more control buttons or presets on a car
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`stereo (fig.1O #2728. P9.3 [0038-0039]).
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`With respect to claim 15, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein
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`audio signals from the one or more auxiliary input sources are selectively channeled to
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`the car stereo by the interface (pg.2 [0032]).
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`With respect to claim 16, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select between the one or more auxiliary input sources by depressing keys on
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`a car stereo (pg.3 [0039], “mode button”, “A/V source”).
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`With respect to claim 17, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a‘
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering a disc number at a car
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`stereo (pg.3 col.2 |n.1—4).
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`With respect to claim 18, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering a track number at a car
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`stereo (pg.3 [0039] |n.7-11).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0624
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`Application/Control Number: 10/316961
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`With respect to claim 19, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering both disc and track
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`numbers at a car stereo (pg.3 [0039]).
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`With respect to claim 20, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select between the audio device and the one or more auxiliary input sources
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`by entering a sequence at a car stereo (pg.3 [0037-0039]).
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`With respect to claim 21; Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 20, wherein the
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`sequence comprises a track up selection followed by a track down selection (pg.3
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`[0039] ln.3-5).
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`With respect to claim 22, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising a second interface (fig.1 #30) connected to the first interface (fig.1 #40) for
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`providing a plurality of auxiliary input sources.
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`With respect to claim 23, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 22, wherein
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`both the first interface and the second interface are controllable using a car stereo (pg.1
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`[0O06]).
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`With respect to claim 24, Owens discloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first electrical connector (fig.1 #32) connectable to a car stereo (fig.1 #10);
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0625
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`a plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors (fig.8 “L1-L3,R1-R3,V1-V3”) connectable to a
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`plurality of auxiliary input sources (fig.1 #44,46,48); an interface (fig.1 #30,40)
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`connected between the first electrical connector and the plurality of auxiliary electrical
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`connectors for channeling audio from at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources
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`to a car stereo (pg.2 [O032]), wherein the interface remotely controls at least one of a
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`plurality of auxiliary sources using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a
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`car stereo through the first connector (pg.2 [0028]), transmitting a control command to
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`at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources through at least one of the plurality of
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`auxiliary electrical connectors for execution by at least one of a plurality of auxiliary
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`input sources (pg.1 [0006]); receiving data from one of a plurality of auxiliary input
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`sources through at least one of the plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors, and
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`transmitting the data to a car stereo through the first electrical connector for display by a
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`car stereo (pg.3 [O035]); and selecting one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources from a
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`car stereo (pg.2 [0026]).
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`Owens does not disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commands into
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`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the '
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmed to execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 ln.22-31) an
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0626
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control command into a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted command to an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by an after-market
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`audio device (co|.1 |n.63-67, co|.2 |n.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible"
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`with a car stereo (col.3 |n.41-67, co|.4 |n.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
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`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (co|.4 ln.17-22); and a third
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`code portion. for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector (col.5 ln.28-37,56-62).
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`At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 25, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein the
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`third code portion for selecting -one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources processes a
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`disc or track selection entered by a user control buttons of a car stereo to select one of
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`a plurality of auxiliary input sources (pg.3 [0O39]).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0627
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`With respect to claim 26, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, further
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`comprising a CD player, CD changer (fig.1 #15), MP3 player, satellite receiver, or a
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`Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) receiver connected to one of the plurality of auxiliary
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`electrical connectors.
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`With respect to claim 27, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein a
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`device type of at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources is automatically
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`detected by the interface and at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources is
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`automatically integrated with a car stereo based upon the device type (pg.2 [0034]).
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`With respect to claim 28, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein the
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`interface is switchable into an auxiliary input mode by issuing a control sequence at a
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`car stereo (pg.3 [0039] ln.1-3).
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`With respect to claim 29, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 28, wherein the
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`control sequence comprises a track up command followed by a track down command
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`(pg.3 [0039] ln.3-5).
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`With respect to claim 30, Owens discloses a method for integrating an after-
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`market device with a car stereo comprising: providing an interface (fig.1 #30,40) having
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`a first electrical connector (fig.1 #32) connectable to a car stereo (fig.1 #10), a second
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`electrical connector (fig.1 “V1,L1,R1”) connectable to an after-market device (fig.1
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0628
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`#44,46,48) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] |n.9-11), a third electrical connector
`(fig.1 “V2,L2,R2”) connectable to an auxiliary input source (fig.1 #44,46,48); connecting
`the first electrical connector to a car stereo (fig.1 #18,32), the second electrical
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`connector to an after-market device external to a car stereo (fig.8, fig.1), and the third
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`electrical connector to an auxiliary input source external to a car stereo and after-market
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`device (fig.1,fig.8); remotely controlling the after-market device using the car stereo by:
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`receiving control commands from the car stereo at the interface through the first
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`electrical connector; and processing the control commands and dispatching processed
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`control commands to the after-market device through the second electrical connection
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`(pg.1 [00O6]); receiving data through the second electrical connector and audio from the
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`after-market device at the interface; processing the data and dispatching the audio and
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`processed data to the car stereo through the first electrical connector (pg.2 [0032]);
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`displaying the data on the car stereo and playing the audio through the car stereo (pg.3
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`[0035]), and playing audio from the after-market device through the car stereo (pg.2
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`[0032] |n.13-17).
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`Owens does ‘not disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commands into
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`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
`1002.0629
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`programmed to execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 ln.22-31) an
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control command into a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted command to an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by an after-market
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`audio device (co|.1 |n.63-67, co|.2 ln.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (col.3 ln.41-67, col.4 |n.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
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`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (col.4 ln.17-22); and a third
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`code portion for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector (co|.5 |n.28-37,56—62).
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`At thetime of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 34, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the
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`step of receiving ‘data from the device comprises retrieving video information from the
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`device (pg.2 [0032]).
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`With respect to claim 35, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the d
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`step of displaying the formatted data comprises displaying the data in an LCD panel
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`(fig.10 #21, pg. 3 [0035]).
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`With respect to claim 37, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the
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`step of displaying formatted data comprises displaying video at the car stereo (pg.2
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`[0032]).
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`' With respect to claim 38, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the
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`step of connecting the after-market device to the second electrical connector comprises
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`connecting a CD player, CD changer (fig.1 #15), MP3 player, satellite receiver, or Digital
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`Audio Broadcast (DAB) receiver to the second electrical connector.
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`It is clear that any
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`audio device that outputs right or left channel outputs may be connected to the inputs
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`(fig.8 "R1-R3,L1-L3") of the AN source selector.
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`With respect to claim 40, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, further
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`comprising receiving a selection command from the car stereo and channeling data and
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`audio from the auxiliary input source to the interface in response to the selection
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`command (pg.3 [0039] ln.1-3).
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`With respect to claim 41, Owens discloses the method of claim 40, further
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`comprising processing the data from theauxiliary input source for display on the car
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`stereo (pg.2—3 [0034-0035]).
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`With respect to claim 47, Owens discloses a method of integrating an after-
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`market device with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) or after-market car
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`V
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`stereo comprising: providing an interface having a first electrical connector, a second
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`electrical connector, and a bus positioned in the interface and in electrical
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`communication with the first and second electrical connectors; connecting the after-
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`market device to the first electrical connector; connecting the second electrical
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`connector to a car stereo; generating and transmitting a device presence signal to the
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`car stereo to maintain the car stereo in an operational state responsive to signals
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`generated by the after-market device, the device presences signal based upon the car
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`stereo; and channeling audio signals from the after-market device to the car stereo
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`using the interface.
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`Owens does not disclose expressly wherein a microcontroller is positioned with
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`the interface, however does teach that a microcontroller (fig.9 “master processor”) is
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`positioned within the car stereo (fig.1 #10). This microprocessor controls the
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`communication between the after-market devices and the car stereo through interface
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`units (fig.1 #30.40).
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein an
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`interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the car
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`stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80). At the time of the
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`invention it would have bee obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art that the micro-
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`processing of Owens (i.e. polling the system to see the status of peripheral devices
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`[OO34]) may occur within the interface device as performed by Beckett. The motivation
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`for doing so would have been to allow a user to keep the OEM car stereo unit while
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`continuing to be able to add accessories to the car audio system.
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`Owens does not disclose expressly wherein the method determines whether the
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`car stereo is an OEM car stereo or an after-market car stereo, however in light of the
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`teachings of Beckert, Owens may poll the audio system from microcontroller within the
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`interface to determine the status of the car stereo for the purpose of integrating with
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`peripheral devices.
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`With respect to claim 48, Owens discloses the method of claim 47 in view of
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`Beckert, further comprising receiving control commands from the car stereo at the
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`interface in a format incompatible with the after-market device (Beckert: col.1 ln.63-67,
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`co|.2 ln.1-6).
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`With respect to claim 49, Owens discloses the method of claim 48, further
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`comprising converting the control commands into a format recognizable by the after-
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`market audio device using a second code portion executed by the microcontroller
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`(Beckert: col.3 |n.42-67, col.4 |n.1-7).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1002
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`Application/Control Number: 10/316,961
`Art Unit: 2615
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`With respect to claim 50, Owens discloses the method of claim 49, further
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`comprising dispatching formatted commands to the after-market audio device for
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`execution thereby (pg.1 [0006]).
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`With respect to claim 51, Owens discloses the method of claim 47, further
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`comprising converting data received at the interface from the after-market audio device
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`in a format incompatible with the car stereo into a format compatible with the car stereo
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`using a third code portion executed by the microcontroller (Beckert: col.3 ln.42-67, col.4
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`ln.1-7).
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`With respect to claim 52, Owens discloses the method of claim 51, further
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`comprising displaying formatted data on the car stereo (Beckert: co|.4 |n.17-32).
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`With respect to claim 54, Owens discloses the method of claim 52, wherein the
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`step of displaying formatted data comprises displaying video on the car stereo (pg.3
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`[0035]).
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`With respect claim 55, Owens discloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first connector (fig.1 #32) electrically connectable to a car stereo (fig.1
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`#10); a second connector (fig.8 “L1,R1,V1”) electrically connectable to a portable MP3
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`player (pg.2 [0025] |n.3-6) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] |n.9-11); an interface
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`(fig.1 #30,40) connected between the first and second electrical connectors for
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`transmitting audio from a portable MP3 player to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032]), the interface
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`generating a device presence signal and transmitting the signal to a car stereo to
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`maintain a car stereo in an operational state (pg.2 [0034]), wherein the interface
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`remotely controls the MP3 player using a car stereo by receiving a control command
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`from a car stereo through the first connector (pg.2 [O028]), transmitting a control
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`command to an MP3 player through the second electrical connector for execution by an
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`MP3 player (pg.1 [O006]). The disclosure of Owens describes the MP3 player as being
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`connected to auxiliary jack #12, however it is implied that an audio device with audio
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`outputs “R” and “L” channel may be connected to the inputs of AN source selector #40.
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`Owens does not disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller pr