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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`Please amend the above-identified application as follows:
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`SONY- Ex.-1004
`Sony Corporation - Petitioner
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`Amendmentsto the Specification:
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`ARRIS Docket No.: 20069-CON2
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`Please replace paragraph [0001] with the following clean copy paragraph:
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`[0001]
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`This patent is a Continuation of United States Patent Application Serial No.
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`13/591,015, entitled “Method and Device for Receiving and Providing Programs,” filed August
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`21, 2012, which is a continuation of United States Patent Application Serial No. 11/200,754,
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`entitled “Method and Device for Receiving and Providing Programs,” filed on August 9, 2005,
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`and issued on August 21, 2012 as U.S. Patent No. 8,249,114, which patent claimspriority as a
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`non-provisional of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/600,473 filed on August 10,
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`2004, and also claimspriority as a non-provisional of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial
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`No. 60/662,844, filed on March 18, 2005, entitled "Switched Broadcast Implementation,” the
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`entire disclosures of each of these applications are hereby incorporated by referencein their
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`entirety.
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`REMARKS
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`This Preliminary Amendmentis madeto provide notification of priority on in thefirst
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`line of the application. No new matter has been added with this amendment.
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`Moreover, Assignee respectfully notes for the Examinerthat the claims for this
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`continuation have been copied from United States Patent No. 8,464,299 (‘299 Patent), entitled
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`“Resource conservation for packet television services,” which issued on June 11, 2013, and was
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`originally assigned to “Nortel Networks,” but the face of the “299 Patent identifies it as assigned
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`to “Rockstar Consortium US LP.” Assignee respectfully assert that these copied claims provide
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`the basis for declaration of an interference between the current application and the ‘299 Patent.
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`Assignee respectfully asserts that the subject matter of the claims that issued on the *299
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`Patent are disclosed by U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/600,473, filed August
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`10, 2004, to which the present application claimspriority. This ‘299 Patent claimsits earliest
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`priority to U.S. Provisional Applications 60/628,577 and 60/628,625, both filed on November
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`17, 2004. Onthe basis ofthe earlier priority claim of the current application, the Assignee ofthe
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`current application should be affordedthe title “Senior Party” in any subsequentinterference
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`declared between the current application and the ‘299 Patent.
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`No fees are believed due with this Amendment. In the event that any fees are deemed
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`due by the Assignee or credits owed to the Assignee, please apply any such chargesorcredits to
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`deposit account 01-2125.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Troy A. Van Aacken/
`Troy A. Van Aacken
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` Date: _October 6, 2014
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