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`Cases IPR2017-01804 and IPR2017-01805
`U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622
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`TITLE: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANT VOIP MESSAGING
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`INTRODUCTION AND QUALIFICATIONS .............................................. 1
`A. Qualifications and Experience ............................................................. 1
`B. Materials Considered ............................................................................ 5
`PERSON OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART ......................................... 8
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`III. BASIS FOR MY OPINION AND STATEMENT OF LEGAL
`PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................ 10
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`Claim Construction............................................................................. 10
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`Anticipation ........................................................................................ 10
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`Obviousness ........................................................................................ 11
`1. Motivation to Combine ............................................................ 14
`IV. RELEVANT TECHNOLOGY BACKGROUND ....................................... 16
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`The Internet and TCP/IP Protocol Suite ............................................. 16
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`Voice over IP (VoIP) .......................................................................... 18
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`Instant messaging (IM) ....................................................................... 21
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`IETF in RFC 2778 – “A Model for Presence and Instant
`Messaging” ............................................................................... 25
`IETF RFC 2779 “Instant Messaging / Presence Protocol
`Requirements” .......................................................................... 26
`Prior Art Instant Messaging (“IM”) Systems .......................... 27
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`THE ’622 PATENT ...................................................................................... 31
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`The Specification ................................................................................ 31
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`The Claims of the ’622 Patent ............................................................ 32
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`Claim Construction............................................................................. 32
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`“an instant voice messaging application” ................................ 32
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`“client platform system” .......................................................... 38
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`“communication platform system” .......................................... 41
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`“connection object messages”.................................................. 43
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`VI. APPLICATION OF THE PRIOR ART TO THE CLAIMS ........................ 45
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`Brief Description and Summary of the Prior Art ............................... 46
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`Brief Summary of Zydney [Ex. 1003/1103] ............................ 46
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`2.
`Brief Summary of Shinder [Ex. 1014/1114] ............................ 53
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`Brief Summary of Appelman [Ex. 1004/1104] ....................... 54
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`Brief Summary of Clark [Ex. 1008/1108] ............................... 59
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`Brief Summary of Hethmon [Ex. 1009/1109] ......................... 63
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`Brief Summary of Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary
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`(1991) [Ex. 1018/1118] and Moghe [Ex. 1019/1119] ............. 66
`Zydney and Shinder Render Obvious Claims 3, 6-8, 10, 11, 13,
`18-21, 23, 27, 32-35, and 38. ............................................................. 69
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`Independent Claim 3 ................................................................ 69
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`Preamble of claim 3: “A system comprising:” ............. 70
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`“a network interface connected to a packet-
`switched network” (Claim 3[a]) .................................... 71
`“a messaging system communicating with a
`plurality of instant voice message client systems
`via the network interface; and” (Claim 3[b]) ................ 80
`“a communication platform system maintaining
`connection information for each of the plurality of
`instant voice message client systems indicating
`whether there is a current connection to each of the
`plurality of instant voice message client systems,”
`(Claim 3[c]) ................................................................... 85
`“wherein the messaging system receives an instant
`voice message from one of the plurality of instant
`voice message client systems, and” (Claim 3[d]) .......... 88
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`“wherein the instant voice message includes an
`object field including a digitized audio file.”
`(Claim 3[e]) ................................................................... 89
`Dependent Claim 6................................................................... 97
`Dependent Claim 7................................................................... 99
`Dependent Claim 8................................................................. 108
`Dependent Claim 10 .............................................................. 111
`Dependent Claim 11 .............................................................. 112
`“wherein, upon receipt of an instant voice
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`message, the communication platform system
`determines if there is the current connection to one
`of the plurality of instant voice message client
`systems identified as a recipient of the instant
`voice message,” ........................................................... 113
`“and if there is no connection with the one of the
`plurality of instant voice message client system
`identified as the recipient, the instant voice
`message is stored and delivered when the one of
`the plurality of instant voice message client
`systems identified as the recipient re-established a
`connection.” ................................................................. 116
`Dependent Claim 13 .............................................................. 117
`“wherein each of the instant voice message client
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`systems comprises an instant voice messaging
`application…” .............................................................. 118
`“…[an instant voice messaging application]
`generating an instant voice message and
`transmitting the instant voice message over the
`packet-switched network to the messaging system” ... 119
`Dependent Claim 18 .............................................................. 125
`Dependent Claim 19 .............................................................. 127
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` Dependent Claim 20 .............................................................. 129 10.
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` Dependent Claim 21 .............................................................. 134 11.
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` Dependent Claim 23 .............................................................. 134 12.
`Independent Claim 27 ............................................................ 136
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`Preamble of claim 27: “A system comprising:” ......... 137
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`“a client device” (Claim 27[a]) .................................... 137
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`“a network interface coupled to the client device
`and connecting the client device to a packet-
`switched network; and” (Claim 27[b]) ........................ 137
`“an instant voice messaging application installed
`on the client device, wherein the instant voice
`messaging application includes” (Claim 27[c]) .......... 139
`“a client platform system for generating an instant
`voice message and,” (Claim 27[c1]) ........................... 140
`“a messaging system for transmitting the instant
`voice message over the packet-switched network
`via the network interface,” (Claim 27[c2]).................. 142
`“wherein the instant voice messaging application
`includes a document handler system for attaching
`one or more files to the instant voice message.”
`(Claim 27[d]) ............................................................... 143
` Dependent Claim 32 .............................................................. 150 14.
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` Dependent Claim 33 .............................................................. 151 15.
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` Dependent Claim 34 .............................................................. 151 16.
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` Dependent Claim 35 .............................................................. 152 17.
`Independent Claim 38 ............................................................ 152
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`“A system comprising:” (Claim 38 Preamble) ............ 154
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`connecting the client device to a packet-switched
`network; and” (Claim 38[b]) ....................................... 154
`“an instant voice messaging application installed on the
`client device, wherein the instant voice messaging
`application includes” (Claim 38[c]) ............................ 154
`“a client platform system for generating an instant voice
`message and” (Claim 38[c1]) ...................................... 154
`“a messaging system for transmitting the instant voice
`message over the packet-switched network via the
`network interface,” (Claim 38[c2]) ............................. 154
`“a display displaying a list of one or more potential
`recipients for an instant voice message.” (Claim
`38[d]) ........................................................................... 154
`Zydney in View of Shinder and Appelman Renders Obvious
`Claims 22 and 39 .............................................................................. 155
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`Dependent Claim 22 .............................................................. 155
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`Dependent Claim 39 .............................................................. 163
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`Zydney in View of Shinder and Clark Renders Obvious Claims
`14-17 and 28-31 ................................................................................ 164
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`Dependent Claim 14 .............................................................. 164
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`“wherein the instant voice messaging application
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`includes a message database storing the instant
`voice message,” ........................................................... 164
`“wherein the instant voice message is represented
`by a database record including a unique identifier.” ... 177
`Dependent Claim 15 .............................................................. 179
`Dependent Claim 16 .............................................................. 181
`Dependent Claim 17 .............................................................. 186
`Dependent Claim 28 .............................................................. 197
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`Dependent Claim 29 .............................................................. 197
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`Dependent Claim 30 .............................................................. 198
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`Dependent Claim 31 .............................................................. 198
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`Zydney in View of Shinder and Hethmon Renders Obvious
`Claims 4, 5, and 24-26 ..................................................................... 199
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`Dependent Claim 4................................................................. 199
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`Dependent Claim 5................................................................. 211
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`Independent Claim 24 ............................................................ 212
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`Preamble of claim 24: “A system comprising:” ......... 213
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`switched network;” (Claim 24[a]) ............................... 213
`“a messaging system communicating with a plurality of
`instant voice message client systems via the
`network interface; and” (Claim 24[b]) ........................ 213
`“a communication platform system maintaining
`connection information for each of the plurality of
`instant voice message client systems indicating
`whether there is a current connection to each of the
`plurality of instant voice message client systems,”
`(Claim 24[c]) ............................................................... 213
`“wherein the messaging system receives
`connection object messages from the plurality of
`instant voice message client systems,” (Claim
`24[d]) ........................................................................... 213
`“wherein each of the connection object messages
`includes data representing a state of a logical
`connection with a given one of the plurality of
`instant voice message client systems.” (Claim
`24[d1]) ......................................................................... 227
`Dependent Claim 25 .............................................................. 228
`Dependent Claim 26 .............................................................. 229
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`Declaration of Tal Lavian, Ph.D., in Support of
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`I, Tal Lavian, Ph.D., declare as follows:
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`INTRODUCTION AND QUALIFICATIONS
`A. Qualifications and Experience
`I have more than 25 years of experience in the networking,
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`telecommunications, Internet, and software fields. I received a Ph.D. in Computer
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`Science, specializing in networking and communications, from the University of
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`California at Berkeley in 2006 and obtained a Master’s of Science (“M.Sc.”)
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`degree in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, Israel, in 1996. In
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`1987, I obtained a Bachelor of Science (“B.Sc.”) in Mathematics and Computer
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`Science, also from Tel Aviv University.
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`I am employed by the University of California at Berkeley and was
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`appointed as a lecturer and Industry Fellow in the Center of Entrepreneurship and
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`Technology (“CET”) as part of UC Berkeley College of Engineering. I have been
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`with the University of California at Berkeley since 2000 where I served as
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`Berkeley Industry Fellow, Lecturer, Visiting Scientist, Ph.D. Candidate, and
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`Nortel’s Scientist Liaison. I have taught several classes on wireless devices and
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`smartphones. Some positions and projects were held concurrently, while others
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`were held sequentially.
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`I have more than 25 years of experience as a scientist, educator and
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`technologist, and much of my experience relates to telecommunication, data
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`communications, and computer networking technologies. For eleven years from
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`1996 to 2007, I worked for Bay Networks and Nortel Networks. Bay Networks
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`was in the business of making and selling computer network hardware and
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`software. Nortel Networks acquired Bay Networks in 1998, and I continued to
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`work at Nortel after the acquisition. Throughout my tenure at Bay and Nortel, I
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`held positions
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`including Principal Scientist, Principal Architect, Principal
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`Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and led the development and research
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`involving a number of networking technologies. I led the efforts of Java
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`technologies at Bay Networks and Nortel Networks. In addition, during 1999-
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`2001, I served as the President of the Silicon Valley Java User Group with over
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`800 active members from many companies in the Silicon Valley.
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`4.
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`Prior to that, from 1994 to 1995, I worked as a software engineer and
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`team leader for Aptel Communications, designing and developing wireless
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`technologies, mobile wireless devices and network software products.
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`From 1990 to 1993, I worked as a software engineer and team leader
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`at Scitex Ltd., where I developed system and network communications tools
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`(mostly in C and C++).
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`I have extensive experience
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`in communications
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`technologies
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`including wireless technologies, routing and switching architectures and protocols,
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`including Multi-Protocol Label Switching Networks, Layer 2 and Layer 3 Virtual
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`Private Networks, and Pseudowire technologies. Much of my work for Nortel
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`Networks (mentioned above) involved the research and development of these
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`technologies. For example, I wrote software for Bay Networks and Nortel
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`Networks switches and routers, developed network technologies for the Accelar
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`8600 family of switches and routers, the OPTera 3500 SONET switches, the
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`OPTera 5000 DWDM family, and the Alteon L4-7 switching product family. I
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`wrote software for Java-based device management, including a software interface
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`for device management and network management in the Accelar routing switch
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`family’s network management system. I have also worked on enterprise Wi-Fi
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`solutions, wireless mobility management, and wireless infrastructure.
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`7.
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`I am named as a co-inventor on more than 100 issued patents and I co-
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`authored more than 25 scientific publications, journal articles, and peer-reviewed
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`papers. Furthermore, I am a member of a number of professional affiliations,
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`including the Association of Computing Machinery (“ACM”) and the Institute of
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`Electrical and Electronics Engineers (“IEEE”) (senior member). I am also certified
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`under the IEEE WCET (Wireless Communications Engineering Technologies)
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`Program, which was specifically designed by the IEEE Communications Society
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`(ComSoc) to address the worldwide wireless industry’s growing and ever-evolving
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`need for qualified communications professionals.
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`From 2007 to the present, I have served as a Principal Scientist at my
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`company TelecommNet Consulting Inc., where I develop network communication
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`technologies and provide research and consulting in advanced technologies, mainly
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`in computer networking and Internet technologies. In addition, I have served as a
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`Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of VisuMenu, Inc. from 2010 to
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`the present, where I design and develop architecture of visual IVR technologies for
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`smartphones and wireless mobile devices in the area of network communications.
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`9.
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`I have worked on wireless and cellular systems using a variety of
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`modulation technologies including time-division multiple-access (TDMA), code-
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`division multiple-access (CDMA), and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing
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`(OFDM). I have additionally worked on various projects
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`involving
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`transmission and streaming of digital media content.
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`10. The above outline of my experience with communications systems is
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`not comprehensive of all of my experience over my years of technical experience.
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`Additional details of my background are set forth in my curriculum vitae, attached
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`as Exhibit A to this Declaration, which provides a more complete description of
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`my educational background and work experience.
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`I am being compensated for the time I have spent on this matter at the
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`rate of $400 per hour. My compensation does not depend in any way upon the
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`outcome of this proceeding. I hold no interest in the Petitioners (Facebook, Inc.
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`and WhatsAppPetitioner (Apple Inc.) or the Patent Owner (Uniloc Luxembourg,
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`S.A.) or plaintiff Uniloc USA, Inc.
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`B. Materials Considered
`12. The analysis that I provide in this Declaration is based on my
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`education and experience in the telecommunications and information technology
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`industries, as well as the documents I have considered, including U.S. Patent No.
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`8,724,622 (“’622” or “’622 patent”) [Ex. 1001/1101], which states on its face that
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`it issued from an application filed on July 11, 2012, in turn claiming priority back
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`to an earliest application filed on December 18, 2003. For purposes of this
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`Declaration, I have assumed December 18, 2003 as the effective filing date for the
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`’622 patent. I have cited to the following documents in my analysis below:
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`Title of Document
`Exhibit No.
`1001/1101 U.S. Patent No. 8,724,622 to Michael J. Rojas (filed July 11, 2012,
`issued May 13, 2014)
`1003/1103 PCT Patent Application No. PCT/US00/21555 to Herbert Zydney
`et al. (filed August 7, 2000, published February 15, 2001 as WO
`01/11824 A2) (“Zydney”) (with line numbers added)
`1004/1104 U.S. Patent No. 6,750,881 to Barry Appelman (filed February 24,
`1997, issued June 15, 2004) (“Appelman”)
`1005/1105 Excerpts from MARGARET LEVINE YOUNG, INTERNET: THE
`COMPLETE REFERENCE (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2d ed. 2002)
`(“Young”)
`1006/1106 N. Borenstein et al., Request for Comments (RFC) 1521: MIME
`(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for
`Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies,
`September 1993 (“RFC 1521”)
`1007/1107 U.S. Patent No. 6,757,365 B1 to Travis A. Bogard (filed October
`16, 2000, issued June 29, 2004) (“Bogard”)
`1008/1108 U.S. Patent No. 6,725,228 to David Morley Clark et al. (filed Oct.
`31, 2000, issued April 20, 2004) (“Clark”)
`1009/1109 Excerpts FROM PAUL S. HETHMON, ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO HTTP
`(Manning Publications Co., 1997) (“Hethmon”)
`1010/1110 Excerpts from CRAIG HUNT, TCP/IP NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
`(O’Reilly, 2d Ed. 1998) (“Hunt”)
`1011/1111 HTTP Working Group, Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1,
`Nov. 22, 1995 (draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-00.txt)
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`Title of Document
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`1012/1112 Excerpts from Microsoft Computer Dictionary (3d ed. 1997)
`1014/1114 Excerpts from DEBRA LITTLEJOHN SHINDER, COMPUTER
`NETWORKING ESSENTIALS (Cisco Press, 2002) (“Shinder”)
`1018/1118 Excerpts from Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary (1991)
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`1019/1119 U.S. Patent No. 6,173,323 to Pratyush Moghe (“Moghe”)
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`PERSON OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART
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`I understand that an assessment of claims of the ’622 patent should be
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`undertaken from the perspective of a person of ordinary skill in the art as of the
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`earliest claimed priority date, which I understand is December 18, 2003. I have
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`also been advised that to determine the appropriate level of a person having
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`ordinary skill in the art, the following factors may be considered: (1) the types of
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`problems encountered by those working in the field and prior art solutions thereto;
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`(2) the sophistication of the technology in question, and the rapidity with which
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`innovations occur in the field; (3) the educational level of active workers in the
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`field; and (4) the educational level of the inventor.
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`14. The ’622 patent states that the perceived problem and the purported
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`solution are generally related to the field of Internet telephony (IP telephony). The
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`patent states: “More particularly, the present invention is directed to a system and
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`method for enabling local and global instant VoIP messaging over an IP network,
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`such as the Internet, with PSTN support.” (’622, 1:18-22.) The ’622 patent
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`purports to describe a “voice messaging system (and method) for delivering instant
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`messages over a packet switched network.” (Id., Abstract). The ’622 patent
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`local IP networks, VoIP switches and gateways, and phone systems. The patent
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`also purports to disclose local and global instant voice messaging servers
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`communicating over an IP Network. In the Summary of the Invention, the
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`applicant states: “The present invention is directed to a system and method for
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`enabling local and global instant VoIP messaging over an IP network, such as the
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`Internet.” (Id., 2:57-59.)
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`15.
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`In my opinion, a person of ordinary skill in the art as of December
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`2003 would have possessed at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science,
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`computer engineering, or electrical engineering with at least two years of
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`experience in development and programming relating to network communication
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`systems (or equivalent degree or experience).
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`16. My opinions regarding the level of ordinary skill in the art are based
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`on, among other things, my over 25 years of experience in computer science and
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`network communications, my understanding of the basic qualifications that would
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`be relevant to an engineer or scientist tasked with investigating methods and
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`systems in the relevant area, and my familiarity with the backgrounds of
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`colleagues, co-workers, and employees, both past and present.
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`17. Although my qualifications and experience exceed those of the
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`hypothetical person having ordinary skill in the art defined above, my analysis and
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`opinions regarding the ’622 patent have been based on the perspective of a person
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`of ordinary skill in the art as of December 2003.
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`III. BASIS FOR MY OPINION AND STATEMENT OF LEGAL PRINCIPLES
`18. My opinions and views set forth in this declaration are based on my
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`education, training, and experience in the relevant field, as well as the materials I
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`have reviewed for this matter, and the scientific knowledge regarding the subject
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`matter that existed prior to December 2003.
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`A. Claim Construction
`It is my understanding that, when construing claim terms, a claim
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`subject to inter partes review receives the “broadest reasonable construction in
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`light of the specification of the patent in which it appears.”
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`B. Anticipation
`It is my understanding that in order for a patent claim to be valid, the
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`claimed invention must be novel. It is my understanding that if each and every
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`element of a claim is disclosed in a single prior art reference, then the claimed
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`invention is anticipated, and the invention is not patentable according to pre-AIA
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`35 U.S.C. § 102 effective before March 16, 2013. In order for the invention to be
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`anticipated, each element of the claimed invention must be described or embodied,
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`either expressly or inherently, in the single prior art reference. In order for a
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`reference to inherently disclose a claim limitation, that claim limitation must
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`necessarily be present in the reference.
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`C. Obviousness
`21. Counsel has advised me that obviousness under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 103 effective before March 16, 2013 is the basis for invalidity in the Petitions.
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`Counsel has advised me that a patent claim may be found invalid as obvious if, at
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`the time when the invention was made, the subject matter of the claim, considered
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`as a whole, would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the field
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`of the technology (the “art”) to which the claimed subject matter belongs. I
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`understand that the following factors should be considered in analyzing
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`obviousness: (1) the scope and content of the prior art; (2) the differences between
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`the prior art and the claims; and (3) the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art. I
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`also understand that certain other factors known as “secondary considerations”
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`such as commercial success, unexpected results, long felt but unsolved need,
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`industry acclaim, simultaneous invention, copying by others, skepticism by experts
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`in the field, and failure of others may be utilized as indicia of nonobviousness. I
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`U.S. PatentPat. No. 8,724,622
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`understand, however, that secondary considerations should be connected, or have a
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`“nexus”, with the invention claimed in the patent at issue. I understand that a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art is assumed to have knowledge of all prior art. I
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`understand that one skilled in the art can combine various prior art references
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`based on the teachings of those prior art references, the general knowledge present
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`in the art, or common sense. I understand that a motivation to combine references
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`may be implicit in the prior art, and there is no requirement that there be an actual
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`or explicit teaching to combine two references. Thus, one may take into account
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`the inferences and creative steps that a person of ordinary skill in the art would
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`employ to combine the known elements in the prior art in the manner claimed by
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`the patent at issue. I understand that one should avoid “hindsight bias” and ex post
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`reasoning in performing an obviousness analysis. But this does not mean that a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art for purposes of the obviousness inquiry does not
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`have recourse to common sense. I understand that when determining whether a
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`patent claim is obvious in light of the prior art, neither the particular motivation for
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`the patent nor the stated purpose of the patentee is controlling. The primary
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`inquiry has to do with the objective reach of the claims, and that if those claims
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`extend to something that is obvious, then the entire patent claim is invalid. I
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`Declaration of Tal Lavian, Ph.D., in Support of
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of
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`IPR2017-01804 and IPR2017-01805
`U.S. PatentPat. No. 8,724,622
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`understand one way that a patent can be found obvious is if there existed at the
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`time of the invention a known problem for which there was an obvious solution
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`encompassed by the patent’s claims. I understand that a motivation to combine
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`various prior art references to solve a particular problem may come from a variety
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`of sources, including market demand or scientific literature. I understand that a
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`need or problem known in the field at the time of the invention can also provide a
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`reason to combine prior art references and render a patent claim invalid for
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`obviousness. I understand that familiar items may have obvious uses beyond their
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`primary purpose, and that a pers