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` Case No. IPR2017-01406
`U.S. Patent No. 7,673,072
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTEL CORP. and
`CAVIUM, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ALACRITECH INC.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-014061
`U.S. Patent 7,673,072
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`PATENT OWNER’S EXHIBIT 2301
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`LISTING OF CHALLENGED CLAIMS
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`1 Cavium, who filed a Petition in Case IPR2017-01707, has been joined as a
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`petitioner in this proceeding.
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301
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`Claim 1 of the ’072 Patent
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`A method comprising:
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`establishing, at a host computer, a transport layer connection,
`including creating a context that includes protocol header information
`for the connection;
`transferring the protocol header information to an interface device;
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`transferring data from the network host to the interface device, after
`transferring the protocol header information to the interface device;
`dividing, by the interface device, the data into segments;
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`creating headers for the segments, by the interface device, from a
`template header containing the protocol header information; and
`prepending the headers to the segments to form transmit packets.
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`Claim 2 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring status
`information for the context to the interface device during the same
`operation as transferring protocol header information to the interface
`device.
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`Claim 3 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, wherein creating headers for the segments
`includes adding status information to the template header.
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 1
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`Claim 4 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, wherein the protocol header information
`includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and Transmission Control
`Protocol (TCP) ports for the connection, and creating headers for the
`segments includes forming headers containing the IP addresses and
`TCP ports.
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`Claim 5 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, wherein the protocol header information
`includes a Media Access Control (MAC) layer address, and creating
`headers for the segments includes forming headers containing the
`MAC layer address.
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`Claim 6 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, further comprising adding to the context a
`descriptor for a buffer, in a memory of the computer, that has been
`allocated for application data.
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`Claim 7 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the interface
`device, receive packets that correspond to the context, and updating
`the context by the interface device to account for the receive packets.
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 2
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`Claim 8 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the transmit
`packets on a network.
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`Claim 9 of the ’072 Patent
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`A method comprising:
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`creating, at a computer, a context including protocol information and
`status information for a network connection, the protocol information
`providing a template header for the network connection;
`transferring the protocol information and status information to an
`interface device;
`transferring data from the computer to the interface device, after
`transferring the protocol information and status information to the
`interface device;
`dividing, by the interface device, the data into segments;
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`creating headers for the segments, by the interface device, from the
`template header;
`prepending the headers to the segments to form packets; and
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`transmitting the packets on a network.
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`Claim 10 of the ’072 Patent
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 3
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`The method of claim 9, wherein creating headers for the segments
`includes adding current status information to the template header, the
`current status information being different than the status information
`that was transferred to the interface device.
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`Claim 11 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 9, wherein the protocol header information
`includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and Transmission Control
`Protocol (TCP) ports for the connection, and creating headers for the
`segments includes forming headers containing the IP addresses and
`TCP ports.
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`Claim 12 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 9, wherein the protocol header information
`includes a Media Access Control (MAC) layer address, and creating
`headers for the segments includes forming headers containing the
`MAC layer address.
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`Claim 13 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 9, further comprising transferring to the
`interface device a descriptor for a buffer, in a memory of the
`computer, that has been allocated for application data that is
`transferred according to the protocol information.
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`Claim 14 of the ’072 Patent
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 4
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`The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving, by the interface
`device, receive packets that correspond to the protocol information,
`and updating the status information by the interface device to account
`for the receive packets.
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`Claim 15 of the ’072 Patent
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`A method comprising:
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`establishing, at a computer, a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
`connection corresponding to a context that includes status information
`and Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and TCP ports for the connection;
`transferring the context to an interface device;
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`transferring data from the network host to the interface device;
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`dividing, by the interface device, the data into segments;
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`creating headers for the segments, by the interface device, from a
`template header that includes the IP addresses and TCP ports; and
`prepending the headers to the segments to form transmit packets.
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`Claim 16 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 15, wherein transferring the context to the
`interface device occurs prior to transferring the data to the interface
`device.
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 5
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`Claim 17 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 15, wherein creating headers for the segments
`includes adding current status information to the template header, the
`current status information being different than the status information
`that was transferred to the interface device.
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`Claim 18 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 15, wherein the template header includes a
`Media Access Control (MAC) layer address, and creating headers for
`the segments includes forming headers containing the MAC layer
`address.
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`Claim 19 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 15, wherein the context includes a Media Access
`Control (MAC) layer address, and creating headers for the segments
`includes forming headers containing the MAC layer address.
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`Claim 20 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 15, further comprising adding to the context a
`descriptor for a buffer, in a memory of the computer, that has been
`allocated for application data
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 6
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`Claim 21 of the ’072 Patent
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`The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving, by the
`interface device, receive packets that correspond to the context, and
`updating the status information by the interface device to account for
`the receive packets.
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`Alacritech Exhibit 2301, Page 7
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