`The ‘8923 Patent
`BRIGHTHOUSE NETWORKS, LLC
`WIDEOPENWEST FINANCE, LLC
`KNOLOGY OF FLORIDA, INC.
`BIRCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
`v.
`FOCAL IP, LLC
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`ORAL HEARING
`September 19, 2017
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`U.S. Patent Nos. 7,764,777, 8,155,298, and 8,457,113
`IPR2016-01259, -01261, -01262, and -01263
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION OF
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`Claim Construction
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`Ex. 1001 (’777 Pat.) at 24 (-1258, -1262)
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`Ex. 2005 (’777 Pros. Hist.) at 151-152; Paper 30 pp. 23, 30 (-1258, -1262)
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`THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ARE
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`THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ARE
`PATENTABLE OVER THE INSTITUED
`GROUNDS
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`PATENTABLE OVER THE INSTITUED
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`GROUNDS
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,683,870 to Archer
`US. Patent No. 6,683,870 to Archer
`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
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`Archer Figure 2
`Claim 24
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`Archer Figure 2
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`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
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`FIG. 2
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`Archer 5:23—31
`Archer 5:23-31
`Claim 24
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`The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the
`preferred circuit-switched communication network 118. In
`this context, the PSTN refers to the worldwide voice tele-
`phone system. Once only an analog system, the heart of most
`telephone networks today is digital. In the United States,
`most of the remaining analog lines are the ones from homes
`and offices to the telephone company’s central office. It is
`not difficult to imagine that some day these lines will also be
`digital.
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`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
`(I PR201 6-01 262, Exhibit 1003)
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`Archer 5:32—46
`Archer 5:32-46
`Claim 24
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`The circuit-switched communication network 118 is
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`coupled to converter 126 which serves to convert the tele-
`phone signals into digitized packets. Converter 126 can also
`be referred to as a gateway, a digitizer or an encoder. For
`voice communicationsz the conversion function would
`include sampling the voice signals and generating digitized
`representations. This digital sample data can then be com-
`bined with packet headers and footers in a manner consistent
`with the protocol used on packet-switched network 130.
`While Internet Protocol (IP) is preferred, the precise proto-
`col used is not critical to the claimed invention. In general,
`converter 126 may convert signals from a first network (e.g.,
`circuit-switched network 118 into a di ital
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`can be routed through packet—switched network 130.
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`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
`(I PR201 6-01 262, Exhibit 1003)
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`Archer’s Converter 126
`Claim 24
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`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
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`Archer 5:47—58
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`Claim 24
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`FIG. 3 illustrates a simplified block diagram of a con-
`verter 126. The converter receives telephone signals from
`circuit-switched network 118. These signals are provided to
`a modem 70 and control circuitry 72. The modem translates
`the signals into digital signals which can be handled by
`router 74. The control circuitry 72 utilizes the signaling
`information to generate the packet addressing information
`for router 74. In the preferred embodiment, control circuitry
`72 comprises a processor based system such as a computer
`or specialized hardware. The control circuitry 72 can be
`embedded within router 74. The router then provides pack-
`etized information to the packet-switched network 130.
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`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1003)
`(I PR201 6-01 262, Exhibit 1003)
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petition, p. 21
`Claim 24
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petition, pp. 19-20
`Claim 24
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petition, pp. 24-25
`Claim 24
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petition, p. 21
`Claim 24
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petition, p. 26
`The ‘8923 Patent
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`IPR 2016-01262, Institution Decision, p. 16
`Claim 24
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petitioners’ Reply, p. 7
`Claim 24
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`IPR 2016-01262, Petitioners’ Reply, p. 5
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`Archer’s Converter 126
`Claim 24
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`Bates Declaration, Para. 76
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`PO’s Response / Bates Declaration
`Claim 24
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`IPR2016-01262, Petitioners’ Reply, p. 9
`Claim 24
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`777 Reply, P. 9
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`IPR2016-01262, Petitioners’ Reply, p. 10
`Claim 24
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`777 Reply, P. 9
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`IPR2016-01262 (‘777 Patent, Claim 18)
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`“a controlling device in communication with the
`switching facility”
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`“switching facilities for routing calls to edge
`switches, or other switching facilities local or in
`other geographic areas…”
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`(IPR2016-01262, Exhibit 1001)
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`IPR2016-01261 (‘113 Patent, Claim 1)
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`“a call processing system”
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`“switching facilities for routing calls to other edge
`switches or other switching facilities local or in other
`geographic areas…”
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`IPR2016-01261 (‘113 Patent, Claim 94)
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`“the call processing system coupled to at least one
`tandem switch of the circuit-switched network”
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`(IPR2016-01261, Exhibit 1001)
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`IPR2016-01263 (‘298 Patent, Claim 1)
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`“the web-enabled processing system coupled to at
`least one of the switching facilities of the network”
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`“switching facilities for routing calls to other edge
`switches or other switching facilities local or in other
`geographic areas”
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`(IPR2016-01263, Exhibit 1001)
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`IPR2016-01259 (‘298 Patent, Claim 20)
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`“a controller…”
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`“switching facilities for routing calls to other edge
`switches or other switching facilities local or in other
`geographic areas…”
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`IPR 2016-01263, Petition, p. 26
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`Archer Figure 4
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`Establish mmmunication
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,958,016 to Chang
`US. Patent No. 5,958,016 to Chang
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`Independent Claim 1 is Obvious Under Ground 1
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`Petitioners” ground 1 renders every limitation of claim 1 obvious. Petitioner
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`believes Archer teaches or renders obvious every limitation of claim 1, but adds
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`Chang for additional disclosure of the web server and web-enabled processor
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`connected to a switching facility in the preamble.
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`“the web-enabled processing system is configured
`to perform the following operations to execute the
`control criteria: … fifth, route the communication in
`accordance with the control criteria, and sixth,
`complete a communications link…”
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`(IPR2016-01263, Exhibit 1001)
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`Chang 11:30-35
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`Claim 24
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`The secure access platform interfaces to a public packet
`switched data network, such as the Internet 27. To the
`network 27, the platform 25 appears as a Web server, and as
`discussed more below, the platform receives HTTP requests
`and provides HTML web pages in response.
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`(IPR2016-01263, Exhibit 1004)
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`CONTINGENT MOTION TO AMEND
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`CONTINGENT MOTION TO AMEND
`CLAIM 46 OF U.S. PATENT NO.
`7,764,777 TO PROPOSED
`7,764,777 TO PROPOSED
`SUBSTITUTE CLAIM 49
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`CLAIM 46 OF US PATENT NO.
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`CONTINGENT MOTION TO AMEND
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`CONTINGENT MOTION TO AMEND
`CLAIM 1 OF U.S. PATENT NO.
`8,457,113 TO PROPOSED
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`SUBSTITUTE CLAIM 183
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`CLAIM 1 OF US PATENT NO.
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`SUBSTITUTE CLAIM 183
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`Substitute Claim 183 Of ‘113 Patent
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`Construction of Tandem Access Controller
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`Tandem Access Controller:
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`“a controller associated with a
`tandem switch, not an edge switch.”
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`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 3
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`Construction of PSTN Tandem Switch
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`PSTN Tandem Switch:
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`“a switch in the PSTN that
`interconnects other PSTN tandem
`switches and edge switches.”
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`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 4
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`Construction of Request to Establish a Call
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`Request to Establish a Call:
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`“signaling indicating a request to set
`up a connection that provides for a
`two way voice communication”
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`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 7
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`PRIOR ART IN IPR PETITIONS
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`MATERIAL PRIOR ART IN IPR PETITIONS
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`Substitute Claim is Patentable Over the IPR Art
`External to PSTN:
`• Alexander
`• Archer
`• Burger
`• McMullin
`• O’Neal
`• Schwab
`• Shtivelman
`• Swartz
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`Internal to PSTN:
`• Chang
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`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 15
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`IN Art - Chang
`Claim 24
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`IN Art fails to disclose:
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`• a TAC that receives call requests, initiates
`calls, answers a call, and other functions
`of the TAC recited in the Substitute
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`Chang’s Purported TAC
`• Secure Access Platform that operates as
`a normal web server
`• SCP that merely serves as a database to
`receive database queries and send
`responses to those queries
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`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 18-21
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`IN Art is a Closed System
`• Not capable of processing a call sent
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`IN Art’s SCP does not receive a call
`request to establish voice communication
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`IN Art Requires Modification to Switches
`to Communicate with the SCP
`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 20
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`No Reason to Modify EXT Art with IN Art
`Claim 24
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`• EXT Art’s architectural design and
`implementation is a completely different
`solution than the closed IN architecture
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`• Unclear how or why a POSA would
`modify Archer with Chang with a
`predictable result
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`• To modify or combine any of the art to
`read on the Substitute Claims requires
`impermissible hindsight to use the
`claimed invention as a blueprint
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`Mot. to Amend, Paper 31 of -01262 at 21, 25
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 49 is
`Patentable Over Archer
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`Archer fails to disclose:
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`“communications, including the first request
`to establish the incoming call, between the
`tandem access controller and the particular
`PSTN tandem switch, occur without passing
`through any of the edge switches”
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 1-6
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`• Archer does not use the term “tandem” or
`any other term that refers to the claimed
`PSTN tandem switch
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`• Archer teaches that data to and from the
`purported TAC must first pass through an
`edge switch of the PSTN
`• Modem converts analog to digital
`• Netspeak product designed to receive
`analog signals from an edge switch
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 1-6
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`Archer fails to disclose:
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`“control criteria is previously entered via a
`web-based interface” and;
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`“blocking the incoming call received at the
`tandem access controller in accordance
`with the control criteria.”
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 6
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 183 is
`Patentable Over Archer
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`Archer fails to disclose:
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`“communications between the tandem
`access controller and the particular PSTN
`tandem switch occur without passing through
`any edge switches”
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 1-6
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`• Archer does not use the term “tandem” or
`any other term that refers to the claimed
`PSTN tandem switch
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`• Archer teaches that data to and from the
`purported TAC must first pass through an
`edge switch of the PSTN
`• Modem converts analog to digital
`• Netspeak product designed to receive
`analog signals from an edge switch
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 1-6
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`Substitute Claim 183 is directed to:
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`“a call” for enabling voice communication
`across two networks
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`• TAC receives a “first call request …
`associated with a first call”
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`• TAC “process[es] a second call request
`associated with a second call across the
`packet network to complete the call”
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 5-6
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Archer
`Claim 24
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`• Archer fails to disclose receiving a first
`call without answering it until a second
`call is answered, then completing “the
`call”
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`• Archer discloses that a first call request is
`answered prior to processing a second
`call request across the packet network
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`e.g., to collect information from the caller
`that is used to make the second call
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 5-6
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 49 is
`Patentable Over Lewis
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Lewis fails to disclose:
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`“tandem access controller”;
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`“the control criteria is previously entered
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`“blocking the incoming call received at the
`tandem access controller in accordance
`with the control criteria”
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 6-8
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Lewis, 30:51-60
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`• Lewis fails to disclose a TAC that receives
`“a first request to establish the incoming
`call”
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`• PO construed this term to be “signaling
`indicating a request to set up a
`connection that provides for a two way
`voice communication”
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`• Petitioner relies exclusively on the
`embodiment directed to data calls (i.e.,
`non-voice calls)
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 8-9
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 8-9
`Lewis,. 27:3-18
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 8-9
`Lewis, Fig. 10A
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 8-9
`Lewis, Fig. 5
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 183 is
`Patentable Over Lewis
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Lewis fails to disclose:
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`“tandem access controller”; and
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`• open architecture switch coupled to a
`“web enabled processing system
`including one or more web servers” that
`would allow a subscriber to set call
`control features.
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 6-7
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 8
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`• Lewis fails to disclose:
`• a “method for enabling voice communication of a call”;
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`“first call request for the purpose of initiating voice
`communication to the subscriber”; or
`“establishing the voice communication … by the
`tandem access controller”
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`• Petitioner relies exclusively on the embodiment directed to
`data calls (i.e., non-voice calls)
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 8-9
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`• Lewis fails to disclose a TAC that processes calls of
`receiving a first call without answering it until a second call
`is answered, then completing “the call”
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`• Petitioner acknowledges that a data call is answered at
`modem NAS bay 514
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 7
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`• Lewis is devoid of any “second call request associated with
`a second call”
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`• Lewis only discloses routing received data to an ISP:
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`Lewis, 20: 50-53
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`Lewis, 30: 15-19
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 7-8
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over Lewis
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 7-8
`Lewis, Fig. 5
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 49 is
`Patentable Over LaPier
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`Subst. Claim 49 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`LaPier fails to disclose:
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`•
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`•
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`“tandem access controller” and;
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`“the control criteria is previously entered
`via a web-based interface”
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01262 at 9-10
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`Proposed Substitute Claim 183 is
`Patentable Over LaPier
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`94
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`LaPier fails to disclose:
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`•
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`“tandem access controller”; and
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`• open architecture switch coupled to a
`“web enabled processing system
`including one or more web servers” that
`would allow a subscriber to set call
`control features.
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 9-10
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`• LaPier is devoid of any “second call request associated with
`a second call”
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`• LaPier teaches:
`• A single call request is generated via the PSTN, which then is
`converted from PSTN format (IAM 704) to an IP format (Setup
`call message 706), then the call request is answered at a
`terminating device conversant in the IP format.
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`• Only after the call has been answered, a single call answer
`message is converted from IP format (Connect message 712)
`to PSTN format (ANM 714), and then the answer message is
`received by PSTN device conversant in the PSTN format.
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 10-11
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 11
`LaPier, Fig. 7A
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 10-11
`LaPier, 38:13-24
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 10-11
`LaPier, 38:25-39
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`Subst. Claim 183 is Patentable Over LaPier
`Claim 24
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`• LaPier fails to disclose a TAC that processes calls of
`receiving a first call without answering it until a second call
`is answered, then completing “the call”
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`• Petitioner argues that a data call is answered at SAS 112 of
`LaPier’s purported TAC
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`Reply to Opp. to Mot. to Amend, Paper 43 of -01261 at 10
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