UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`FASTVDO LLC,
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`AT&T MOBILITY LLC,
`AT&T SERVICES, INC., and
`APPLE INC.,
`Defendants.
`
`Case No. 3:16-cv-00385-H-WVG
`LEAD CASE
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`Member Cases:
`16-cv-386-H (WVG)
`16-cv-390-H (WVG)
`16-cv-394-H (WVG)
`16-cv-395-H (WVG)
`16-cv-396-H (WVG)
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`Pursuant to the Court’s April 5, 2016 Scheduling Order (e.g., D.I. 125 in C.A.
`No. 16-cv-385) and Patent Local Rule (“PLR”) 4.1, Defendants1 propose the
`following preliminary claim constructions and identify its extrinsic evidence in
`support of those proposed constructions. (See Appendix A, attached.)
`Defendants expressly reserve the right to supplement, amend or otherwise
`modify theses disclosures and proposed constructions in any way permitted by the
`Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and this Court’s Local Rules and/or Patent Local
`Rules, or in response to Plaintiff FastVDO, LLC’s (“FastVDO”) proposed terms for
`construction, proposed claim constructions, and/or supporting evidence. Defendants
`have not yet completed their investigation, collection of information, or discovery
`relating to these actions, and, as such, Defendants provide these disclosures based
`upon information reasonably known and available to Defendants at this time. To that
`end, Defendants reserve the right to amend their proposed claim terms and
`preliminary claim constructions, including, but not limited to, proposing separate or
`additional constructions for terms included within larger terms identified in this
`document or proposed by FastVDO. Moreover, in addition to the evidence identified
`herewith in support of Defendants’ preliminary claim constructions, Defendants
`further reserve the right to rely upon expert testimony and other evidence in response
`to FastVDO’s proposed claim terms and constructions or any of Defendants’
`proposed constructions, including modifications or amendments to such
`constructions, whether included herewith or identified later. And, to the extent that
`FastVDO shows good cause and/or is permitted to amend or supplement its
`infringement contentions in the future, or otherwise changes or further clarifies the
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`1 AT&T Mobility LLC, AT&T Services, Inc., Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics
`America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.,
`Huawei Device Co., Ltd., Huawei Technologies USA, Inc., Huawei Device USA,
`Inc., Futurewei Technologies, Inc., LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.,
`Microsoft Mobile Inc., and ZTE (USA), Inc.
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`positions it has taken in this case (including, but not limited to, adding or changing in
`any way the claims currently asserted, or modifying its apparent interpretation of the
`scope of the claims at issue), Defendants reserve the right to respond.
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`Dated: May 27, 2016
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`By: /s/ Christopher W. Kennerly
`Christopher W. Kennerly
`California Bar No. 25593
`chriskennerly@paulhastings.com
`Lindsay M. White
`California Bar No. 261610
`lindsaywhite@paulhastings.com
`Evan M. McLean
`California Bar No. 280660
`evanmclean@paulhastings.com
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`1117 S. California Avenue
`Palo Alto, California 94304
`Telephone: 650-320-1800
`Facsimile: 650-320-1900
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS
`AT&T MOBILITY LLC and AT&T
`SERVICES, INC.
`
`By: /s/ Anne M. Capella
`Brian E. Ferguson (Pro Hac Vice)
`Christopher T. Marando (Pro Hac Vice)
`WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`1300 Eye Street NW, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 682-7000
`(202) 857-0940 FAX
`brian.ferguson@weil.com
`christopher.marando@weil.com
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`Anne M. Cappella
`WEIL GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
`201 Redwood Shores Parkway
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`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`(650) 802-3000
`(650) 802-3100 FAX
`anne.cappella@weil.com
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT
`APPLE INC.
`
`By: /s/ Peter J. Wied
`Peter J. Wied
`(Cal. SBN 198475)
`LTL ATTORNEYS
`601 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 3900
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`(213) 612-8900
`(213) 612-3773 FAX
`Peter.wied@ltlattorneys.com
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,
`LTD., HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.,
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES USA,
`INC., HUAWEI DEVICE USA, INC.,
`AND FUTUREWEI
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
`
`By: /s/ Alex V. Chachkes
`Alex V. Chachkes
`(CA Bar No. 183918)
`achachkes@orrick.com
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP
`51 West 52nd Street
`New York, NY 10019-6142
`Telephone: (212) 506-5000
`Facsimile: (212) 506-5151
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`Steven J. Routh
`(DC Bar No. 376068)
`srouth@orrick.com
`Christopher J. Siebens (Pro Hac Vice)
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`(VA Bar No. 82640)
`csiebens@orrick.com
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP
`1152 15th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: (202) 339-8400
`Facsimile: (202) 339-8500
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS LG
`ELECTRONICS, INC. and LG
`ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC.
`
`By: /s/ Eric S. Walters
`Eric S. Walters
`(CA State Bar No. 151933)
`Erica D. Wilson
`(CA State Bar No. 161386)
`Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
`505 Montgomery St., Suite 800
`San Francisco, California 94111
`Telephone: (650) 276-6500
`Facsimile: (650) 276-6599
`Email: ericwalters@dwt.com
`Email: ericawilson@dwt.com
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT
`MICROSOFT MOBILE, INC.
`
`By: /s/ Everett Upshaw
`Everett Upshaw
`State Bar of Texas No. 24025690
`everettupshaw@everettupshaw.com
`David A. Bailey, of Counsel
`State Bar of Texas No. 24078177
`davidbailey@everettupshaw.com
`Erik Dykema
`New York Atty. Reg. No. 4882460
`erikdykema@everettupshaw.com
`UPSHAW PLLC
`811 S. Central Expressway, Suite 307
`Richardson, Texas 75080
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`P: (972) 920-8000
`F: (972) 920-8001
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT
`ZTE (USA) INC.
`
`By: /s/ Nicholas H. Lee
`James S. Blackburn
`(CA Bar No. 169134)
`(james.blackburn@aporter.com)
`Nicholas H. Lee
`(CA Bar No. 259588)
`(nicholas.lee@aporter.com)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`777 South Figueroa Street
`44th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90017-5844
`Telephone: (213) 243-4000
`Facsimile: (213)243-4199
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`Matthew M. Wolf (pro hac vice)
`(matthew.wolf@aporter.com)
`Ali R. Sharifahmadian (pro hac vice)
`(ali.sharifahmadian@aporter.com)
`Jin-Suk Park (pro hac vice)
`(jin.park@aporter.com)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`555 12th Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20004
`Telephone: (202) 942-5000
`Facsimile: (202) 942-5555
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,
`LTD. and SAMSUNG
`ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that on May 27, 2016 the foregoing document was served on
`counsel for Plaintiff via electronic mail.
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`/s/ Nicholas H. Lee
`Nicholas H. Lee
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`(CambridgeUniv.Press,Feb.2008),Chapter2:Codingfor
`R.Gallagher,PrinciplesofDigitalCommunications
`
`(IEEE/CRCPress1993),pp.1517-1527.
`RichardDorf,TheElectricalEngineeringHandbook
`
`ImageDataCompression
`
`“JPEGStill
`
`Standard”(1993).
`Pennebaker,
`
`1966),pp.399-401.
`TransactionsonInformationTheory(Vol.12,No.3,July
`IEEE
`Golomb,
`
`S.W.,
`
`Encodings,”
`
`“Run-Length
`
`Practices(Vol.30,No.6,June1987).
`Compression,”CommunicationsoftheACM,Computing
`I.H.etal.,“ArithmeticCodingForData
`Witten,
`
`IEEE
`for
`
`TransactionsOnInformationTheory(Mar.1975).
`GeometricallyDistributedIntegerAlphabets,”
`Gallager,R.G.etal.,“OptimalSourceCodes
`
`(Sept.1952).
`Minimum-RedundancyCodes,”ProceedingsoftheI.R.E.
`Huffman,D.“AMethodForTheConstructionOf
`
`SPIE(Vol.7073).
`resiliententropycodingforimagecompression,”Proc.of
`J.Meanyetal.,“Splitfieldcoding:lowcomplexity,error-
`ExtrinsicEvidenceUponWhichDefendantsMayRely
`
`representasymbol(e.g.,acoefficient)
`sequencesofbits,eachsequenceassignedto
`(e.g.,acoefficient)/
`asequenceofbitsassignedtorepresentasymbol
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`supportthefollowingconstruction:
`OneormoreDefendants,includingApple,
`
`—or—
`
`Codesinacodebook,eachrepresentingasymbol
`Codeinacodebookrepresentingasymbol/
`
`23,25,26,28,29)
`11,12,13,14,17,22,
`(Claims1,2,3,6,7,8,
`
`supportthefollowingconstruction:
`OneormoreDefendants,exceptforApple,
`
`Codewords
`Codeword/
`
`1.
`
`Construction
`
`’482Term
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`Defendants’PreliminaryClaimConstructionsandExtrinsicEvidence
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`—APPENDIXA—
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`OneormoreDefendants,includingApple,
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`—or—
`
`aboutthecorrectvalue
`miscodedvaluethatfallsinapredeterminedrange
`suchthatabiterrorinthefieldresultsina
`Suffixfieldofacodewordgeneratedinamanner
`
`29)
`17,22,24,25,26,28,
`9,10,11,12,14,16,
`(Claims1,2,5,6,7,8,
`
`thefollowingconstruction:
`OneormoreDefendants,exceptApple,support
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`codeword
`Secondportionofeach
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`3.
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`ofcodewordsynchronization
`biterrorinthefieldcouldresultinapotentialloss
`Prefixfieldofacodewordgeneratedsuchthata
`
`29)
`17,22,24,25,26,28,
`9,10,11,12,14,16,
`(Claims1,2,5,6,7,8,
`
`codeword
`Firstportionofeach
`
`2.
`
`and/orerrorprotection.
`mayoffer
`testimonyregardingencoding,compression,
`patentandprosecutionhistory.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`theartwouldunderstandtheterminthecontextofthe
`constructionisconsistentwithhowoneofordinaryskillin
`term,whoisexpectedtodiscusswhyDefendants’
`testimonywillsupporttheconstructionsetforthforthis
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whose
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`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`term.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`FastVDO’scontentionsregardingtheconstructionofthis
`Defendantsmayrelyuponanexpert(s)asnecessarytorebut
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`occurbefore“providingerrorprotection.”
`“Generatingapluralityofcodewords”must
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`portionsoftheplurality
`leastoneof
`thefirst
`errorprotectiontoat
`thedata...providing
`respectiveportionsof
`representative
`of
`code
`of
`words
`“generatingaplurality
`
`(Claim28)
`
`differentlevelsoferrorprotection”
`datastreamintodifferentclassesthatmerit
`donotrepresentfirstandsecondsubdivisionsofa
`haverespectivefirstandsecondportionswhich
`respectiveportionsoftheoriginaldata,which
`“apluralityofcodewords,representativeof
`
`andsecondportions”
`haverespectivefirst
`theoriginaldata,which
`respectiveportionsof
`words,representativeof
`“apluralityofcode
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`levelsoferrorprotection”
`streamintodifferentclassesthatmeritdifferent
`representfirstandsecondsubdivisionsofadata
`andanassociatedsecondportionwhichdonot
`whereineachcodewordcomprisesafirstportion
`representativeofrespectiveportionsofthedata,
`“generatingapluralityofcodewords,
`
`codeword
`biterrorinthefieldonlyaffectsthatparticular
`Suffixfieldofacodewordgeneratedsuchthata
`supportthefollowingconstruction:
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`22)
`(Claims1,7,12,and
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`portion”
`associatedsecond
`firstportionandan
`codewordcomprisesa
`thedata,whereineach
`respectiveportionsof
`representativeof
`ofcodewords
`“generatingaplurality
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`5.
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`4.
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`The“meansforincludinginformationwithinthe
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`“meansforincluding
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`9.
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`informationwithinthesecondportion.”
`mustoccurseparatelyfrom“including
`“Includinginformationwithinthefirstportion”
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`separatelyfrom“generatingthesecondportion.”
`“Generatingthefirstportion”mustoccur
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`wordgeneratingmeans.”
`toperformitsfunctionontheoutputofthe“code
`The“errorprotectionmeans”mustbeconfigured
`
`(Claim12)
`
`secondportion”
`informationwithinthe
`...including
`withinthefirstportion
`“includinginformation
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`(Claim1)
`
`codeword”
`secondportionofeach
`word...generatingthe
`portionofeachcode
`“generatingthefirst
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`(Claims7,22)
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`words....”
`ofthepluralityofcode
`oneofthefirstportions
`protectiontoat
`least
`providing
`error
`protectionmeans
`for
`thedata.
`.error
`respectiveportionsof
`representative
`of
`pluralityofcodewords
`meansforgeneratinga
`“codewordgenerating
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`.
`
`(Claims1,12)
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`ofcodewords....”
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`8.
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`7.
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`6.
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`WaveletImageandVideoCompression(Topiwala,Pankaj,
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`Newton’sTelecomDictionary(18thEd.).
`
`Hargrave’sCommunicationsDictionary(2001).
`
`SPIE(Vol.7073).
`resiliententropycodingforimagecompression,”Proc.of
`J.Meanyetal.,“Splitfieldcoding:lowcomplexity,error-
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`symbols
`bitsthanitdoesforinfrequentlyoccurring
`encodesfrequentlyoccurringsymbolswithfewer
`Acompletelyreversiblecodingtechniquethat
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`arespectiveportionoftheoriginaldata.”
`codewordincludesinformationrepresentativeof
`“whereintheassociatedsecondportionofeach
`includesinformation”mustoccurseparatelyfrom
`“Whereinthefirstportionofeachcodeword
`
`configuredtoperformtheirfunctionseparately.
`informationwithinthesecondportion”mustbe
`firstportion”andthe“meansforincluding
`
`(Claims2,8,13,23)
`
`entropycoding
`
`11.
`
`(Claims28)
`
`theoriginaldata”
`respectiveportionof
`representativeofa
`information
`wordincludes
`portionofeachcode
`associatedsecond
`portion...whereinthe
`associatedsecond
`characteristicofthe
`predetermined
`representativeofa
`information
`wordincludes
`portionofeachcode
`“whereinthefirst
`
`(Claims7,22)
`
`secondportion”
`informationwithinthe
`forincluding
`firstportion...means
`informationwithinthe
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`10.
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`performontheoutputofthe“dataquantizer”
`The“dataencoder”mustbeconfiguredto
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`separatelyfrom“encodingthequantizeddata.”
`“Quantizingthetransformeddata”mustoccur
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`quantizeddatahas
`datasuchthatthe
`thatthequantized
`transformeddatasuch
`quantizingthe
`“adataquantizerfor
`
`(Claim12)
`
`quantizeddata”
`“encodingthe
`transformeddata”and
`coefficientsthanthe
`hasfewerunique
`thatthequantizeddata
`transformeddatasuch
`“quantizingthe
`
`13.
`
`12.
`
`and/orerrorprotection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,
`patentandprosecutionhistory.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`theartwouldunderstandtheterminthecontextofthe
`constructionisconsistentwithhowoneofordinaryskillin
`term,whoisexpectedtodiscusswhyDefendants’
`testimonywillsupporttheconstructionsetforthforthis
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`term.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`FastVDO’scontentionsregardingtheconstructionofthis
`Defendantsmayrelyuponanexpert(s)asnecessarytorebut
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`Standard”(1993).
`Pennebaker,“JPEGStillImageDataCompression
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`ed.)(1998).
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`compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`expert(s)mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,
`aboutthescopeoftheclaimedinvention.Forexample,the
`inform,withreasonablecertainty,thoseskilledintheart
`lightofthespecificationandprosecutionhistory,failto
`testimonywillsupportthattheidentifiedterm,viewedin
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`
`encoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimonyregarding
`skilledintheartaboutthescopeoftheclaimedinvention.
`history,failtoinform,withreasonablecertainty,those
`term,viewedinlightofthespecificationandprosecution
`constructionforthistermandexplainthattheidentified
`testimonywillrebutFastVDO’scontentionregardinga
`term,Defendantsmayrelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`TotheextentFastVDOproposesaconstructionforthis
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`26,28)
`11,12,16,17,22,25,
`(Claims1,5,6,7,10,
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`Indefinite
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`than”
`“atalowerlevel
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`15.
`
`Indefinite
`
`(Claim29)
`
`21
`dataaccordingtoclaim
`errorresilientencoded
`memoryforstoring
`14.Acomputerreadable
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`(Claim22)
`
`quantizeddata”
`forencodingthe
`and“adataencoder
`transformeddata”
`coefficientsthanthe
`fewerunique
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`compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`expert(s)mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,
`aboutthescopeoftheclaimedinvention.Forexample,the
`inform,withreasonablecertainty,thoseskilledintheart
`lightofthespecificationandprosecutionhistory,failto
`testimonywillsupportthattheidentifiedterm,viewedin
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`
`encoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`example,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimonyregarding
`skilledintheartaboutthescopeoftheclaimed.For
`history,failtoinform,withreasonablecertainty,those
`term,viewedinlightofthespecificationandprosecution
`constructionforthistermandexplainthattheidentified
`testimonywillrebutFastVDO’scontentionregardinga
`term,Defendantsmayrelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`TotheextentFastVDOproposesaconstructionforthis
`
`compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`expert(s)mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,
`aboutthescopeoftheclaimedinvention.Forexample,the
`inform,withreasonablecertainty,thoseskilledintheart
`lightofthespecificationandprosecutionhistory,failto
`testimonywillsupportthattheidentifiedterm,viewedin
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`
`encoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimonyregarding
`skilledintheartaboutthescopeoftheclaimedinvention.
`history,failtoinform,withreasonablecertainty,those
`term,viewedinlightofthespecificationandprosecution
`constructionforthistermandexplainthattheidentified
`testimonywillrebutFastVDO’scontentionregardinga
`term,Defendantsmayrelyuponanexpert(s)whose
`TotheextentFastVDOproposesaconstructionforthis
`
`(Claims1,7,12,22)
`
`Indefinite
`
`anyerrorprotection”
`“whilemaintaining
`
`17.
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`(Claims1,12,22,28)
`
`Indefinite
`
`“errorresilient”
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`16.
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`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`correspondingstructurecanperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`onlydescribesthefunctionalresultwithoutexplaininghowany
`claimedfunctionoftheidentified§112,¶6limitations,andtherefore
`skillintheartasufficientstructure/algorithmforperformingthe
`supportthatthe’482Patentdoesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinary
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`thespecification/ExtrinsicEvidenceUponWhichDefendants
`CorrespondingStructure(s),act(s),ormaterials(s)describedin
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`MayRely
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`Indefinite
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`associatedsecondportion
`predeterminedcharacteristicofthe
`portionthatisrepresentativeofa
`word,includinginformationwithinthefirst
`Generatingthefirstportionofeachcode
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthistermis
`
`portion
`associatedsecond
`characteristicofthe
`predetermined
`isrepresentativeofa
`thefirstportionthat
`informationwithin
`forincluding
`comprisingmeans
`generatingmeans
`codeword,saidfirst
`firstportionofeach
`forgeneratingthe
`generatingmeans
`comprises:first
`generatingmeans
`saidcodeword
`portion,andwherein
`associatedsecond
`firstportionandan
`wordcomprisesa
`whereineachcode
`portionsofthedata,
`ofrespective
`wordsrepresentative
`pluralityofcode
`forgeneratinga
`generatingmeans
`codeword
`
`18.
`
`Construction
`
`’482Term
`
`Means-Plus-FunctionLimitations
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`10
`
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthistermis
`
`forgeneratinga
`generatingmeans
`codeword
`
`20.
`
`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`correspondingstructurecanperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`onlydescribesthefunctionalresultwithoutexplaininghowany
`claimedfunctionoftheidentified§112,¶6limitations,andtherefore
`skillintheartasufficientstructure/algorithmforperformingthe
`supportthatthe’482Patentdoesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinary
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`Indefinite
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`associatedsecondportion
`predeterminedcharacteristicofthe
`firstportionthatisrepresentativeofa
`portions,includinginformationwithinthe
`data,whichhaverespectivefirstandsecond
`representativeofrespectiveportionsofthe
`Generatingapluralityofcodewords
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthistermis
`
`(Claim22)
`
`portion
`associatedsecond
`characteristicofthe
`predetermined
`isrepresentativeofa
`thefirstportionthat
`informationwithin
`meansforincluding
`meanscomprises
`wordgenerating
`whereinsaidcode
`andsecondportions,
`haverespectivefirst
`ofthedata,which
`respectiveportions
`representativeof
`words,
`pluralityofcode
`forgeneratinga
`generatingmeans
`
`19.Codeword
`
`(Claim7)
`
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`
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`secondportionthatisrepresentativeofthe
`portions,includinginformationwithinthe
`data,whichhaverespectivefirstandsecond
`representativeofrespectiveportionsofthe
`Generatingapluralityofcodewords
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthistermis
`
`haverespectivefirst
`ofthedata,which
`respectiveportions
`representativeof
`words,
`pluralityofcode
`forgeneratinga
`generatingmeans
`
`21.Codeword
`
`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`correspondingstructurecanperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`onlydescribesthefunctionalresultwithoutexplaininghowany
`claimedfunctionoftheidentified§112,¶6limitations,andtherefore
`skillintheartasufficientstructure/algorithmforperformingthe
`supportthatthe’482Patentdoesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinary
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`
`Indefinite
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`respectiveportionofthedata
`secondportionthatisrepresentativeofthe
`word,includinginformationwithinthe
`generatingthesecondportionofeachcode
`Function:
`
`(Claim7)
`
`portionofthedata
`oftherespective
`thatisrepresentative
`thesecondportion
`informationwithin
`meansforincluding
`meanscomprising
`secondgenerating
`eachcodeword,said
`secondportionof
`forgeneratingthe
`generatingmeans
`comprises:second
`generatingmeans
`saidcodeword
`portion,andwherein
`associatedsecond
`firstportionandan
`wordcomprisesa
`whereineachcode
`portionsofthedata,
`ofrespective
`wordsrepresentative
`pluralityofcode
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`
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`Defendantscontendthatthesetermsare
`
`entropycoding
`
`23.
`
`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`correspondingstructurecanperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`onlydescribesthefunctionalresultwithoutexplaininghowany
`claimedfunctionoftheidentified§112,¶6limitations,andtherefore
`skillintheartasufficientstructure/algorithmforperformingthe
`supportthatthe’482Patentdoesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinary
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`Indefinite
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`portion
`protectionprovidedtotherespectivefirst
`portionatalowerlevelthantheerror
`portionassociatedwiththeatleastonefirst
`protectionprovidedtotherespectivesecond
`wordswhilemaintaininganyerror
`thefirstportionsofthepluralityofcode
`providingerrorprotectiontoatleastoneof
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthistermis
`
`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`correspondingstructurecanperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`onlydescribesthefunctionalresultwithoutexplaininghowany
`claimedfunctionoftheidentified§112,¶6limitations,andtherefore
`skillintheartasufficientstructure/algorithmforperformingthe
`supportthatthe’482Patentdoesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinary
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`Indefinite
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`
`respectiveportionofthedata
`
`(Claims7,22)
`
`portion
`respectivefirst
`providedtothe
`errorprotection
`lowerlevelthanthe
`firstportionata
`withtheatleastone
`portionassociated
`respectivesecond
`providedtothe
`errorprotection
`maintainingany
`wordswhile
`pluralityofcode
`portionsofthe
`leastoneofthefirst
`errorprotectiontoat
`meansforproviding
`
`22.Errorprotection
`
`(Claim22)
`
`portionofthedata
`oftherespective
`thatisrepresentative
`thesecondportion
`informationwithin
`meansforincluding
`meanscomprises...
`wordgenerating
`whereinsaidcode
`andsecondportions,
`
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`accomplishedbyseparatelyindicatingthepositionsandthequantized
`4:21-27(“Inonepreferredembodiment,thisseparatetreatmentis
`
`process.”)
`additionaldistortionisintroducedbeyondthatduetothequantization
`numberofbits.Entropycodingiscompletelyreversiblesothatno
`iscapableofproducingcodewordswhoselengthisafractional
`consistingofanintegernumberofbits,andarithmeticcodingwhich
`representsthedatasymbolsusingcodewordsthateachhavealength
`approacheshavebeendevelopedincludingHuffmancodingwhich
`whichoccurlessfrequently.Anumberofdifferententropycoding
`frequently,whilelongercodewordsareassignedtothosesymbols
`codingassignsshortercodewordstothosesymbolswhichoccur
`probabilitiesofvarioussymbolsinthedataset.Forexample,entropy
`variablelengthcodinginamannerwhichexploitsthestatistical
`reducesthenumberofbitsrequiredtorepresentadatasetbyusing
`4:36-50(“Asknowntothoseskilledintheart,entropycoding
`
`Figs.1,2.
`
`Forexample:
`
`IntrinsicEvidence:
`
`compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,
`supportthecorrespondingstructure/algorithmsetforthforthisterm.
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`structure/algorithmsetforthforthisterm.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`contention,
`corresponding
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`
`who
`
`and
`
`the
`
`support
`
`will
`
`13
`
`Huffmanorarithmeticcoding.
`Aprocessorprogrammedtoperform
`Algorithm/Structure:
`
`(Claim23)
`
`reducethesizeoftheresultingcodewords
`entropycodingthequantizeddatatothereby
`
`(Claim23)
`
`word
`theresultingcode
`reducethesizeof
`datatothereby
`codingthequantized
`meansforentropy
`entropycoding
`
`—and—
`
`(Claim8)
`
`—and—
`
`(Claim8)
`
`thesizeoftheresultingcodewords
`entropycodingthedatatotherebyreduce
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`
`codewords.
`sizeoftheresulting
`therebyreducethe
`codingthedatato
`meansforentropy
`
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`
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`predeterminednumbersofcharacters
`generatesecondportionshaving
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthesetermsare
`
`secondgenerating
`.whereinsaid
`generatingmeans..
`comprises:second
`generatingmeans
`
`24.Codeword
`
`above.”)
`transformation,quantizationandencodingprocessesdescribed
`operateunder
`softwaretoprovidethedata
`implementedbyacomputerhavingoneormorecontrollerswhich
`example,themethodandapparatusforcompressingdatacanbe
`implementedbyacombinationofhardwareandsoftware.
`For
`encoder16andtheunequalerrorprotectionmeans29,arepreferably
`data,includingthedatatransformer12,thedataquantizer14,thedata
`17:59-67(“Theerrorresilientmethodandapparatusforcompressing
`
`thecontrolof
`
`methoddescribedabove.”)
`usinganapproachsuchasHuffmancodingorthesplitfieldcoding
`16:49-51(“[R]unlengthvaluescan,inturn,alsobeentropyencoded
`
`lengths.”)
`alsoberepresentedbycodewordshavingsimilarcodeword
`similarprobabilitiesofoccurrenceasdescribedabove,theyshould
`andbecausequantizedcoefficientswithsimilarvaluestypicallyshare
`occurrenceshouldbepresentedbycodewordswithsimilarlengths,
`frequently.Consequently,symbolswithsimilarprobabilitiesof
`frequentlyandlongercodewordstosymbolswhichoccurless
`setbyassigningshortercodewordstosymbolswhichoccur
`achievesareductioninthenumberofbitsrequiredtorepresentadata
`14:27-37(“Asknowntothoseskilledintheart,entropycoding
`
`suchasHuffmancodingorarithmeticcoding.”)
`entropycodedusingatechniqueknowntothoseskilledintheart,
`thequantizedvaluesofthesignificantcoefficientsmaythenbe
`valuesofthesignificantcoefficients.Toachievefurthercompression,
`
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`
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`(Claim9)
`
`comprisetheassociatedsecondportion
`predeterminednumberofcharacterswhich
`informationrepresentativeofthe
`generatefirstportionswhichinclude
`Function:
`
`governedby35U.S.C.§112,¶6.
`Defendantscontendthatthesetermsare
`
`numberof
`predetermined
`representativeofthe
`includeinformation
`portionswhich
`generatesfirst
`generatingmeans
`.whereinsaidfirst
`generatingmeans..
`comprisesfirst
`generatingmeans:
`
`25.Codeword
`
`protection.
`mayoffertestimonyregardingencoding,compression,and/orerror
`correspondingstructurecanperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)
`onlydescribesthefunctionalresultwithoutexplaininghowany
`claimedfunctionoftheidentified§112,¶6limitations,andtherefore
`skillintheartasufficientstructure/algorithmforperformingthe
`supportthatthe’482Patentdoesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinary
`Defendantsmayalsorelyuponanexpert(s)whosetestimonywill
`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`
`Indefinite
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`(Claim24)
`
`predeterminednumbersofcharacters
`generatingsecondportionshaving
`
`—and—
`
`(Claim9)
`
`(Claim24)
`
`characters
`numbersof
`predetermined
`having
`secondportions
`forgenerating
`generatingmeans
`comprises:second
`generatingmeans
`Codeword
`
`—and—
`
`(Claim9)
`
`characters
`numbersof
`predetermined
`having
`secondportions
`meansgenerates
`
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`
`regardingencoding,compression,and/orerrorprotection.
`canperformit.Forexample,theexpert(s)mayoffertestimony
`functionalresultwithoutexplaininghowanycorrespondingstructure
`identified§112,¶6limitations,andthereforeonlydescribesthe
`structureand/oralgorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionofthe
`doesnotdisclosetoapersonofordinaryskillintheartasufficient
`contention,andwhowillexplainthatthe’482Patentspecification
`Defendantsmayrelyuponexpert(s)testimonytorebutFastVDO’s
`algorithmforperformingtheclaimedfunctionoranysubsetofit,
`TotheextentthatFastVDOcontendsthatthe’482Patentdisclosesan
`
`Structure/Algorithm:
`
`protected
`link,whereinthefirstdatalinkiserror
`thepluralityofcodewordsviaafirstdata
`transmittingtheatleastonefirstportionof
`Function:
`
`