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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`GOOGLE INC.,
`Petitioner
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`MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00532
`Patent 5,894,506
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`PATENT OWNER MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
`TECHNOLOGIES, LLC’S PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 1
`I.
`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
`II.
`III. PROPER CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ............................................................ 3
`A.
`Rules Governing Claim Construction – The Phillips Standard
`Governs. ................................................................................................ 3
`1. When construing claim terms look to claims themselves
`and then the specification. ........................................................... 4
`Limitations from the specification can be read into the
`claims. ......................................................................................... 4
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`Extrinsic evidence can be relied upon. ....................................... 4
`Background on the Technology and the ’506 Patent ............................ 5
`1.
`Person of ordinary skill in the art would have the
`following qualifications. ............................................................. 5
`The ’506 Patent is directed to sending and receiving
`messages in an electronic messaging network. ........................... 5
`Construction of Independent Claim Terms ......................................... 11
`1.
`Limitation [1.4] is construed as “sending the message
`code assigned to the selected canned message from the
`first terminal to the network operation center.” ........................ 11
`Limitation [1.5] is construed as “on the network
`operation center retrieving the selected canned message
`from the first file using the message code received from
`the first terminal.” ..................................................................... 12
`The term “text form” of limitation [1.6] means “the
`canned message retrieved on the network operation
`center in limitation [1.5]” and the term “message code
`form” of limitation [1.6] means “the message code
`received from the first terminal in limitation [1.5].” ................ 13
`Limitation [1.6] is construed as “on the network
`operation center determining whether the second
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`terminal can receive the canned message as the canned
`message retrieved by the network operation center or as
`the message code received from the first terminal.” ................. 14
`The combination of limitations [1.4], [1.5], and [1.6]
`provides that the message code is sent from the first
`terminal to the network operation center, the network
`operation center retrieves the selected canned message
`using the message code, and the network operation center
`determines the form in which the second terminal can
`receive the canned message. ..................................................... 15
`IV. REFERENCES RELIED UPON BY PETITIONER .................................... 17
`A.
`LaPorta ................................................................................................ 17
`B.
`Ise ........................................................................................................ 20
`C.
`Tett ....................................................................................................... 22
`D. Will ...................................................................................................... 24
`RELEVANT LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS .......................... 30
`V.
`VI. GROUND 1 – CLAIMS 1-7 AND 15-17 ARE NOT ARE NOT
`OBVIOUS OVER LAPORTA IN VIEW OF ISE AND TETT. ..................... 32
`A. A patent claim is obvious only if all of its limitations are taught
`or suggested by prior art and combined in a manner that
`contains articulated reasoning and a rational underpinning. ............... 32
`LaPorta in view of Ise and Tett does not disclose the
`combination of limitations [1.4], [1.5], and [1.6] of claim 1 and
`does not disclose the combination of limitations [15.2], [15.3],
`and [15.4] of claim 15. ........................................................................ 32
`1.
`LaPorta in view of Ise and Tett does not disclose
`limitation [1.6] of claim 1 and does not disclose
`limitation [15.4] of claim 15. .................................................... 35
`i.
`(1) LaPorta’s discussion of message formats is
`related to the protocol used to deliver the full text
`message to a particular type of device and not to
`whether or not the device can receive full text
`canned messages or message codes, and (2)
`LaPorta only teaches sending a full text
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`B.
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`predetermined message to a receiving device, so it
`would not make sense for LaPorta to determine if
`a receiving device can also receive a message
`code. ................................................................................ 35
`(1) because Ise always sends a message from the
`messaging server in message code form, Ise cannot
`teach or suggest limitation [1.6], (2) because Ise
`explicitly teaches away from any conversion of a
`message code to a message as described by
`LaPorta, Ise cannot be combined with LaPorta,
`and (3) Petitioner’s five reasons for combining
`LaPorta and Ise are simply conclusory statements
`that lack rational underpinning to support the legal
`conclusion of obviousness. ............................................. 42
`(1) the translated message of Tett is not equivalent
`to the message code of the ‘506 Patent, (2) because
`the translated form of the message in Tett is not
`sent to the messaging server, it cannot be the
`message code form of limitation [1.6], (3) because
`Tett and Laporta send the opposite information to
`their messaging server, Tett and Laporta cannot be
`combined without destroying the function of one
`of them, and (4) Petitioner’s four reasons for
`combining LaPorta and Ise are simply conclusory
`statements that lack rational underpinning to
`support the legal conclusion of obviousness .................. 50
`LaPorta is not prior art. ....................................................................... 57
`LaPorta, Ise, and Tett do not render claims 1-7 and 15-17
`obvious. ............................................................................................... 60
`VII. GROUND 2 – CLAIM 18 IS NOT OBVIOUS OVER LAPORTA IN
`VIEW OF ISE, TETT, AND WILL. ............................................................... 61
`A.
`LaPorta, Ise, Tett and Will do not render independent claim 15
`obvious, because Will does not cure LaPorta, Ise, and Tett’s
`defect in not teaching or suggesting limitation [15.4]. ....................... 61
`LaPorta in view of Ise and Tett, and further in view of Will do
`not render dependent claim 18 obvious. ............................................. 63
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`B.
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`C.
`LaPorta is not prior art. ....................................................................... 64
`VIII. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 64
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`CASES
`Apple Inc. v. Evolutionary Intelligence, LLC, IPR2014-00085, Paper 9
`(PTAB Apr. 25, 2014) ........................................................................................ 31
`Ex parte Papst-Motoren, 1 USPQ2d 1655 (Bd. Pat. App. & Inter. 1986) ................ 3
`Ex Parte Seyyedy, No. 2009-1696 (BPAI May 4, 2009) ......................................... 30
`In re Gordon, 733 F.2d 900 (Fed. Cir. 1984) .......................................................... 30
`In re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 44 USPQ2d 1023 (Fed. Cir. 1997) ............................. 4
`In re Ratti, 270 F.2d 810 (CCPA 1959) ................................................................... 30
`In re Royka, 490 F.2d 981 (CCPA 1974) ................................................................ 30
`KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398, 406 (2007) ........................................ 31
`Phillips v. AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) .......................................3, 4
`Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Hewlett-Packard Co., 182 F.3d 1298 (Fed. Cir. 1999) ........... 5
`Tec Air, Inc. v. Denso Mfg. Michigan Inc., 192 F.3d 1353 (Fed. Cir. 1999) ... 30, 31
`TRW Automotive US LLC v. Magna Electronics Inc., IPR2014-00257, Paper
`No. 16 (PTAB June 26, 2014) ............................................................................ 30
`Vitrionics Corp. v. Conceptronic, 90 F.3d 1576 (Fed. Cir. 1996) ............................. 4
`OTHER AUTHORITIES
`35 United States Code § 103 ............................................................................... 1, 30
`37 Code of Federal Regulations § 42.104(b)(4) ...................................................... 31
`37 Code of Federal Regulations § 42.104(b)(5) ...................................................... 31
`37 Code of Federal Regulations § 42.22(a) ............................................................. 31
`Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2111.01 ................................................... 4
`Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2143.01(V) ........................................... 30
`Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 2558 ........................................................ 3
`Manual of Patent Examining Procedure § 715.07 ................................................... 57
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`PATENT OWNER EXHIBIT LIST
`2001. April 2014 Deposition of Mr. Gregory Pinter
`in Mobile
`Telecommunications Technologies, LLC v. Sprint Nextel Corporation, Civil
`Action No. 2:12-cv-832-JRG-RSP, U.S.D.C. for the Eastern District of
`Texas.
`2002.
`Sheth Memo dated February 17, 1995.
`2003. Huller Memo dated February 23, 1995.
`2004.
`1995 Functional Requirements dated March 13, 1995.
`2005.
`The WSJ article dated September 19, 1995.
`2006. USA Today article dated September 19, 1995.
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`I.
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`BACKGROUND
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`On December 28, 2016, Google Inc. filed a Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.100, requesting inter partes review of claims 1-7 and 15-18
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`of U.S. Patent No. 5,894,506 (“the ‘506 Patent”). Petitioner asserts that claims 1-7
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`and 15-18 of the ‘506 Patent are unpatentable over the following references under
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`35 U.S.C. § 103:
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`Ground 1 – Claims 1-7 and 15-17 as obvious over U.S. Patent No.
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`5,970,122 (Exhibit 1004, “LaPorta”) in view of U.S. Patent No. 5,257,307
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`(Exhibit 1005, “Ise”) and U.S. Patent No. 5,635,918 (Exhibit 1006, “Tett”);
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`and
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`Ground 2 – Claim 18 as obvious over LaPorta in view of Ise, Tett, and U.S.
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`Patent No. 5,588,009 (Exhibit 1007, “Will”).
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`II.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Patent Owner, Mobile Telecommunications Technologies, LLC, submits this
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`Preliminary Response (“Preliminary Response”) to the Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of claims 1-7 and 15-18 of the ‘506 Patent. 37 C.F.R. § 42.107.
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board deny the Petition on every
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`ground alleged by Petitioner for, at least, the following reasons.
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`In regard to Ground 1, LaPorta, Ise, and Tett, individually or in
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`combination, do not teach or suggest sending a message code to the network
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`operation center from a sending terminal, retrieving a canned message using the
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`sent message code, and determining if a receiving terminal can receive the canned
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`message in text form or message code form as recited in independent claims 1 and
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`15. These limitations correspond to limitations [1.4], [1.5], and [1.6] of claim 1
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`and limitations [15.2], [15.3], and [15.4] of claim 15.
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`Also, LaPorta, Ise, and Tett cannot be combined. Ise cannot be combined
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`with LaPorta or Tett, because Ise explicitly teaches away from any conversion of a
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`message code to a message (LaPorta) or a message to a message code (Tett) on its
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`intermediary pager base station. Tett cannot be combined with LaPorta or Ise,
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`because Tett sends the opposite information to its messaging server (the message
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`rather than the message code) and, therefore, the combination with either reference
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`would destroy the function of Tett.
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`Further, LaPorta is not prior art.
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`In regard to Ground 2, Will also does not teach or suggest sending a message
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`code to the network operation center from a sending terminal, retrieving a canned
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`message using the sent message code, and determining if a receiving terminal can
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`receive the canned message in text form or message code form as recited in
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`independent claim 15. As a result, LaPorta, Ise, Tett, and Will individually or in
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`combination do not render independent claim 15 obvious. At least because
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`LaPorta, Ise, Tett, and Will do not render independent claim 15 obvious, dependent
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`claim 18 is also nonobvious in view of these references and for the additional
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`limitations it recites.
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`Therefore, there is no reasonable likelihood that Petitioner can prevail with
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`regard to claims 1-7 and 15-18 of the ‘506 Patent.
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`III. PROPER CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`A. Rules Governing Claim Construction – The Phillips Standard
`Governs.
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`The ’506 Patent expired on September 5, 2016, so the proper claim
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`construction is that used in district court review. The broadest reasonable
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`interpretation (BRI) standard does not apply. In regard to the proper claim
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`construction used in district court review, MPEP 2258 provides that “[i]n a
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`reexamination proceeding
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`involving claims of an expired patent, claim
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`construction pursuant to the principle set forth by the court in Phillips v. AWH
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`Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1316, 75 USPQ2d 1321, 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (words of a
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`claim “are generally given their plain and ordinary meaning” as understood by a
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`PHOSITA at the time of the invention) should be applied since the expired claims
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`are not subject to amendment. See Ex parte Papst-Motoren, 1 USPQ2d 1655 (Bd.
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`Pat. App. & Inter. 1986).”
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`1. When construing claim
`look
`terms
`themselves and then the specification.
`The first step in construing claims under Phillips is to “look to the words of
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`to claims
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`the claims themselves.” Vitrionics Corp. v. Conceptronic, 90 F.3d 1576, 1582
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`(Fed. Cir. 1996). Second, the specification must be considered when construing
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`claim terms. Id. “[T]he specification is always highly relevant.” Id.
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`2.
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`Limitations from the specification can be read into
`the claims.
`Claim construction under Phillips varies from the BRI standard in at least
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`two important ways. Claim construction under Phillips may read limitations in the
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`specification into the claims. For example, “[t]he presumption that a term is given
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`its plain and ordinary meaning may be rebutted by the applicant by clearly setting
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`forth a different definition of the term in the specification. In re Morris, 127 F.3d
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`1048, 1054, 44 USPQ2d 1023, 1028 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (the USPTO looks to the
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`ordinary use of the claim terms taking into account definitions or other
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`“enlightenment” contained in the written description). MPEP 2111.01.
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`3.
`Extrinsic evidence can be relied upon.
`Under Phillips, “it is entirely appropriate, perhaps even preferable, for a
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`court to consult trustworthy extrinsic evidence to ensure that the claim construction
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`it is tending to from the patent file is not inconsistent with clearly expressed,
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`plainly apposite, and widely held understandings from the pertinent technical
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`field.” Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. HP Co., 182 F.3d 1298, 1309 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
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`B.
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`Background on the Technology and the ’506 Patent
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`1.
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`Person of ordinary skill in the art would have the
`following qualifications.
`Patent Owner submits that a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of
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`the invention (PHOSITA) of the ’506 Patent would possess a bachelor’s degree in
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`electrical engineering, computer engineering, or the equivalent and about four
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`years working in the telecommunications industry, computer industry, or the
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`equivalent.
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`2.
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`The ’506 Patent is directed to sending and receiving
`messages in an electronic messaging network.
`The ’506 Patent is directed to the field of telecommunications and to
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`systems and methods for sending and receiving messages in an electronic
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`messaging network. For example, independent claim 1 recites a system for
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`communicating a canned message from a first subscriber to a second subscriber
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`through a network operation center. Independent claim 15 recites a network
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`operation center system for transmitting a canned message.
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`Claim 1 recites the limitations of:
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`[1.1] maintaining at a network operation center, a first file of canned
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`messages and message codes respectively assigned to the canned
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`messages;
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`[1.2] maintaining at a first terminal of a first subscriber a second file of
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`canned messages corresponding to the first file;
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`[1.3] selecting an appropriate canned message from the second file for
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`transmission to a second terminal of a designated second subscriber;
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`[1.4] sending the message code assigned to the selected canned message
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`to the network operation center;
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`[1.5] retrieving the selected canned message from the first file using the
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`message code received from the first terminal;
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`[1.6] determining whether the second terminal can receive the canned
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`message in a text form or message code form; and
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`[1.7] communicating the selected canned message to the second terminal
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`in either message code form or text code form in response to the
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`determination.
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`Claim 15 recites the limitations of:
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`[15.1] a memory storing a file of canned messages in text form, each
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`canned message having a unique, abbreviated message code assigned
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`thereto;
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`[15.2] a receiver for receiving a message code from a calling terminal
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`included in the network;
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`[15.3] means responsive to the received message code for retrieving from
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`the memory the canned message assigned thereto;
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`[15.4] means for determining whether a receiving terminal in the network
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`can receive the canned message in text form or message code form; and
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`[15.5] a transmitter for transmitting the retrieved canned message in text
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`form or message code form in response to the determining means.
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`Claim 1 essentially recites in limitations [1.4], [1.5], and [1.6] sending a
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`message code to the network operation center from a sending terminal, retrieving a
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`canned message using the sent message code, and determining if a receiving
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`terminal can receive the canned message in text form or message code form,
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`respectively. Claim 15 includes equivalent limitations [15.2], [15.3], and [15.4].
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`The ’506 Patent defines a “message code” as “one or several ASCII
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`characters. Ex. 1001 at 1:48-49. It defines a “canned message” as a “commonly
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`used phrase that can be replaced by a message code.” Id. at 1:46-48.
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`The ’506 Patent describes that the exemplary canned message “Can we sign
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`the document first thing tomorrow?” can be replaced by the message code “62.”
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`Id. 4:57-5:12. According to claims 1 and 15, the message code “62” is sent to or
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`received by the network operation center (NOC). At the NOC, the canned message
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`“Can we sign the document first thing tomorrow?” is retrieved using the message
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`code “62.”
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`Ex. 1001 at 4:57-5:12. (emphasis added).
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`By replacing commonly used phrases (canned messages) with message
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`codes, the ’506 Patent is able to provide a “degree of message compression” that
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`allows the “communications link capacity” to be conserved, which is the principle
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`object of the ’506 Patent. In other words, using canned messages and message
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`codes conserves the bandwidth of the electronic messaging network.
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`At the time of the ’506 Patent, not all receiving terminals were capable of
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`understanding or decoding the message codes of canned messages. As a result, the
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`network operation center (NOC) of the electronic messaging network had to
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`determine if the receiving terminal was capable of receiving message codes and
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`decoding the canned message.
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`Ex. 1001 at 5:54-56. (emphasis added).
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`This determination step of the ’506 Patent is shown graphically in step 56 of
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`FIG. 3 of the ’506 Patent, which is shown below.
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`RECEIVE MESSAGE
`CODES AND PARAMETER(S)
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`IDENTIFY
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`STORE
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`(FIG 4)
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`FIG. 3
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`Based 05 this determination.—
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`If the designated receiving terminal can accept
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`canned messagdresponse option codes. they are transmitted
`to the designated receiving party terminal in the same form
`15 as received from the sending party terminal (step 58). If the
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`Ex. 1001 at 6:7-15. (emphasis added).
`Ex. 1001 at 6:7-15. (emphasis added).
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`A PHOSITA would understand that the determining step of independent
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`claims 1 and 15 of the ’506 Patent is a decision step. The decision made in this
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`step is whether a receiving terminal can receive the canned message in the text
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`form “Can we sign the document first thing tomorrow?” or the message code form
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`“62.”
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`C. Construction of Independent Claim Terms
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`The elements of independent claim 1 of the ’506 Patent should be given their
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`“plain and ordinary meaning” as understood by a PHOSITA at the time of the
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`invention under the Phillips standard.
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`1.
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`Limitation [1.4] is construed as “sending the message
`code assigned to the selected canned message from the
`first terminal to the network operation center.”
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`Limitation [1.4] of claim 1 recites a “sending the message code assigned to
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`the selected canned message to the network operation center.” Patent Owner
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`construes this term to mean “sending the message code assigned to the selected
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`canned message from the first terminal to the network operation center.”
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`This limitation does not describe where the message code is sent from.
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`However, the following limitation, limitation [1.5], describes “using the message
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`code received from the first terminal.” The antecedent basis of this message code
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`is the message code of limitation [1.4]. As a result, the message code sent in
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`limitation [1.4] must be sent from the first terminal.
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`2.
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`Limitation [1.5] is construed as “on the network
`operation center retrieving
`the selected canned
`message from the first file using the message code
`received from the first terminal.”
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`Limitation [1.5] of claim 1 recites a “retrieving the selected canned message
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`from the first file using the message code received from the first terminal.” Patent
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`Owner construes this term to mean “on the network operation center retrieving
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`the selected canned message from the first file using the message code received
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`from the first terminal.”
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`This limitation does not describe who is retrieving the selected canned
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`message. However, the preceding limitation, limitation [1.4], describes “sending
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`the message code … to the network operation center.” The antecedent basis of
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`the message code in this limitation is the message code of limitation [1.4]. As a
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`result, since limitation [1.4] describes sending the message code to the network
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`operation center and this message code is used in the retrieval of the selected
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`canned message, the network operation center must be doing the retrieving.
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`3.
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`The term “text form” of limitation [1.6] means “the
`canned message retrieved on the network operation
`center in limitation [1.5]” and the term “message code
`form” of limitation [1.6] means “the message code
`received from the first terminal in limitation [1.5].”
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`Limitation [1.6] of claim 1 recites the term “text form.” Patent Owner
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`construes this term to mean “the canned message retrieved on the network
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`operation center in limitation [1.5].” Limitation [1.6] of claim 1 recites the term
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`“message code form.” Patent Owner construes this term to mean “the message
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`code received from the first terminal in limitation [1.5].”
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`The ’506 Patent explicitly describes that the network operation center
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`(NOC) determines whether a receiving party can accept the canned message in
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`code form, i.e., as received from the sending party, or whether the canned message
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`must be transmitted in full text to the receiving party. Ex. 1001 at 6:7-12.
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`Id. (emphasis added).
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`In other words, from the specification, the code form is as received from the
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`sending party. Limitation [1.5] of claim 1 provides that the message code is
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`received from the first terminal, which is the sending party. As a result, the code
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`form of limitation [1.6] must be “the message code received from the first terminal
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`in limitation [1.5].”
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`Similarly, from the specification, the full text form is the canned message.
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`Limitation [1.5] of claim 1 provides that the canned message is retrieved on the
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`network operation center. As a result, the text form of limitation [1.6] must be “the
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`canned message retrieved on the network operation center in limitation [1.5].
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`4.
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`Limitation [1.6] is construed as “on the network
`operation center determining whether the second
`terminal can receive the canned message as the
`canned message retrieved by the network operation
`center or as the message code received from the first
`terminal.”
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`Limitation [1.6] of claim 1 recites a “determining whether the second
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`terminal can receive the canned message in a text form or message code form.”
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`Patent Owner construes this term to mean “on the network operation center
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`determining whether the second terminal can receive the canned message as the
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`canned message retrieved by the network operation center or as the message
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`code received from the first terminal.”
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`This limitation does not describe who is making the determination.
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`However, above the preceding limitation, limitation [1.5], was construed to
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`center.” The antecedent basis of the canned message code in this limitation is the
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`selected canned message of limitation [1.5]. As a result, since limitation [1.5]
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`and this selected canned message is used in the determining of this limitation, the
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`Also, as described above, the term “text form” of limitation [1.6] is
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`construed as “the canned message retrieved in limitation [1.5]” or simply “the
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`canned message,” and the term “message code form” of limitation [1.6] is
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`construed as “the message code received from the first terminal in limitation
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`[1.5],” or simply “the message code.”
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`The combination of limitations [1.4], [1.5], and [1.6]
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`second terminal can receive the canned message.
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`The combination of limitations [1.4], [1.5], and [1.6] provides that the
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`message code is sent from the first terminal to the network operation center, the
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`This is graphically depicted below in Annotation A of FIG. 1 of the ’506
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`Annotation A shows that the first terminal or calling terminal 10 sends the
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`message code to the network operation center 12 (limitation [1.4]). Network
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`terminal or receiving terminal 14 can receive the canned message or the message
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`IV. REFERENCES RELIED UPON BY PETITIONER
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`LaPorta
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`LaPorta is directed to a two-way wireless messaging system that includes a
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`messaging network having at least one user agent corresponding to each
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`subscriber. Each user agent includes a plurality of stored predetermined messages.
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`A predetermined message is forwarded to a desired destination in response to an
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`originating message code that is received from a two-way messaging device of the
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`subscriber. See Ex. 1004 at Abstract.
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`In LaPorta, a message code from a subscriber is received by the subscriber’s
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`user agent on the messaging network. The subscriber’s user agent determines the
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`stored predetermined message (canned message) from the message code and, in
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`turn, sends the predetermined message (full text message) from the messaging
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`network to the desired destination. In other words, in LaPorta, a message sent on
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`the uplink from a subscriber to the messaging network can be the form of a
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`message code, while the message sent on the downlink from the messaging
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`network to the recipient is always the full text of the message.
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`FIG. 3 of LaPorta, shown below, illustrates the fact that LaPorta sends a
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`FIG. 3 of LaPorta shows that the message code (8) is sent from Thomas’s
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`device 50a to two-way messaging network 14. On two-way messaging network
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`14, Thomas’s user agent 50 expands the message code (8) into the full text
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`predetermined message A) McDonalds, B) Burger King, and C) Taco Bell. This
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`full text predetermined message is then sent to the devices of Dan, Mary, and Paul,
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`LaPorta also explicitly describes in reference to FIG. 7, shown below, that
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`the messaging server 210 delivers the full message body to the recipients R1, R2,
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`Ise
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`Ise is directed to a radio pager system. In this system, the data transmitted is
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`FIG. 3, shown below, is illustrative of the radio pager system of Ise. In this
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`system, both the caller (M) and callee (PT) have memory cards (MC) that each
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`includes that same table of messages and message codes. Ex. 1005 at 4:56-61.
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`Table 1, shown below is an exemplary table of messages and message codes.
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`In reference to FIG. 3, the caller (M) selects a message code of a desired
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`message from the table of messages and message codes. The caller (M) calls the
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`pager base station (P) over telephone line T and exchange L. The caller (M) inputs
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`the call number of the callee (PT) and the selected message code to the pager base
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`station (P). The pager base station (P) transmits the message code and call number
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`of the callee (PT) using the transmitting station (S). The callee (PT) receives the
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`message code and call number, and the callee (PT) uses the message code to
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`retrieve the message from the message table of its message card (MC).
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`Ise explicitly discloses transmitting only the call number and the message
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`code from a caller to a callee and not the body of the message. Ex. 1005 at 5:67-
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`Tett is directed to a method and apparatus for controlling message delivery
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`FIG. 1, shown below, is illust