`Modification
`“a communication
`path that is
`unavailable to the
`general public”
`
`
`“a communication
`path that is available
`on the public Internet”
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`
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`Term
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`Talari
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`FatPipe
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`No construction
`necessary
`
`“private network”
`
`
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`“network that is frame
`relay or point-to-point, but
`that is not an Internet-based
`network”
`
`*This term is indefinite
`because its proper
`construction includes
`“Internet-based networks”
`which is indefinite.
`
`“Internet based
`network”
`
`Indefinite
`
`No construction
`necessary
`
`
`
`“disparate networks”
`
`
`
`“networks that are
`different in kind, e.g.
`a private network and
`an Internet based
`network”
`
`“a group of networks for which
`one subgroup
`includes one or more
`private networks and
`another subgroup includes
`one or more Internet-based
`networks”
`
`The subgroup including
`one or more private
`networks is disparate from
`the subgroup including one
`or more Internet-based
`networks.
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`
`
`Term
`
`Talari
`
`FatPipe
`
`Proposed
`Modification
`
`“packet by packet”
`
`
`
`No construction
`necessary
`
`“session by session”
`
`
`
`“module(s) that
`selects which path to
`send a given packet
`on”
`
`No construction
`necessary
`
`No construction
`necessary
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`“per-packet basis”
`
`
`
`“per-session basis”
`
`
`
`“packet path selector”
`
`
`*This term is indefinite
`because its proper
`construction includes
`“Internet-based networks”
`which is indefinite.
`
`1) “for each packet, selects
`between network
`interfaces regardless of the
`session with which the
`packet is associated”
`
`2-4) “for each packet, a
`network path selection is
`made regardless of the
`session with which the
`packet is associated”
`
`“selects one of the network
`interfaces through which
`all packets associated with
`the same session will be
`forwarded”
`
`Indefinite
`
`Alternatively, means-plus
`function
`and governed by
`
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`
`
`Term
`
`Talari
`
`FatPipe
`
`Proposed
`Modification
`
`
`
`No construction
`necessary
`
`“more than one
`occurrence of
`selecting a network
`path”
`
`35 U.S.C. § 112(6):
`
`Structure – custom
`hardware or software
`configuring semi-custom
`or general-purpose
`hardware
`
`Function – selecting path
`on which to distribute the
`packets
`
`“repeated instances of
`the selecting step make
`network path selections”
`
`Indefinite
`
`
`
`“parallel network”
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`“configuration in which
`two or more networks are
`connected to the controller
`in parallel (as opposed to
`in series) at the location
`where the controller
`distributes traffic”
`
`“at least two networks
`configured to allow
`alternate data paths”
`
`"session"
`
`“set of communications
`that are managed as a unit
`
`“an active
`communications
`
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`
`
`Term
`
`Talari
`
`FatPipe
`
`Proposed
`Modification
`
`across a network”
`
`connection, measured
`from beginning to
`end, between
`computers or
`applications over a
`network”
`
`
`
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