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`APPLICATION NO.
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Applicant(s)
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`Anyreply received by the Office later than three monthsafter the mailing date of this communication, evenif timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patentterm adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`2a) This action is FINAL.
`2b)C] This action is non-final.
`3)L] Sincethis application is in condition for allowance exceptfor formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordancewith the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`6) C other: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) Claim(s) 1-13, 15-38, 40-57, 59-65 and 67-104 is/are pendingin the application.
`4a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`5)L] Claim(s)._ is/are allowed.
`6)K] Claim(s) 1-13,15-38, 40-57, 59-65 and 67-104 is/are rejected.
`7)C] Claim(s)____ is/are objected to.
`8)C] Claim(s)___ are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement.
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`10) Thedrawing(s)filed on
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is requiredif the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.124(d):
`11) Theoath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)D Acknowledgmentis made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or(f).
`a)_JAll bb) Some*c)L) Noneof:
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`2.[] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __
`3.0] Copiesof the certified copies of the priority documents have beenreceivedin this National Stage
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`* See the attached detailed Office action fora list of the certified copies not received.
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`2) [J Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) LJ Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
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`4) CJ interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Objections
`Claim 100 is objected to becauseofthe following informalities:
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`Claim 100 discloses “the second electrical connector’, there is a lack of
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`antecedentbasis for this limitation within the claim.
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`Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`Thefollowing is a quotation of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claims 1-3, 6, 11, 13, 16-20, 23-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 55-57, 59, 62-65, 67, 71-74,
`76, 80-82, 102-104 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being
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`indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
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`applicant regards as the invention.
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`With respectto claims 1, 6, 11, 13, 16-20, 23-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 55, 59, 62-63,
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`67, 71-72, 76, 80-82, 102-104 the Applicant has amendedthe term “the car stereo” to
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`read “a car stereo” throughoutthe claim language. By doingthis,it is unclear to the
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`Examiner as to whichcar stereothe claim is referring. Are there multiple car stereos?
`For example, claim 1 discloses "a first connectorelectrically connectable to a car
`stereo”,...,"an interface connected betweenthefirst and second electrical connectors for
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`channeling audio signals to a car stereo”. From this disclosureit is impossible to
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`determine where the audio signals are being channeled, thus rendering the claim as
`indefinite.
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`With respect to claims 2-3, 56-57, 64-65, and 73-74 the claims disclose “the
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`apparatus of claim1, further comprising an OEM carstereo/ after-market car stereo".
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`The term "further comprising" implies that these types of car stereos are in addition to
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`the car stereo of claim 1. There is no support for a multiple car stereo system in the
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`Applicant's disclosure.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which formsthe basis forall
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`obviousnessrejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained thoughthe inventionis not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 ofthistitle, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are suchthat the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousat the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the mannerin which the invention was made.
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`Claims 1-6, 10-13, 15-30, 34-35, 37-38, 40-41, 47-52, 54-57, 59, 62, 81-82, 88-
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`93, 98-99 and 102-104 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Owenset al (US 2002/0084910 A1) in view of Beckert et al (US 6,175,789 B1).
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`With respect claim 1, Owens discloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first connector(fig.1 #32) electrically connectable to a car stereo (fig. 1
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`#10); a second connector(fig.8 “L1,R1,V1”) electrically connectable to an after-market
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`audio device (fig.1 #44,46,48) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] In.9-11); a third
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`connector (fig.1 #12) electrically connectable to one or more auxiliary input sources
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`(fig.1 #13) external to a car stereo and an after-market audio device (pg.2 [0025] In.3-6);
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`an interface (fig. 1 #30,40) connected betweenthefirst and second electrical connectors
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`for channeling audio signals to a car stereo from an after-market audio device (pg.2
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`[0032]), wherein the interface remotely controls at least one of a plurality of auxiliary
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`sources using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car stereo through
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`the first connector (pg.2 [0028]), transmitting a control commandtoat least one of a
`plurality of auxiliary input sources through at least one. ofthe plurality of auxiliary
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`electrical connectors for execution by at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources
`(pg.1 [0006]); receiving data from one ofa plurality of auxiliary input sources through at
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`least one ofthe plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors, and transmitting the data to a
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`' car stereo through thefirst electrical connector for display by a car stereo (pg.3 [0035));
`and selecting one ofa plurality of auxiliary input sources from a car stereo (pg.2 [0026)).
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`Owens doesnotdisclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commandsinto
`compatible formats betweenthe car stereo and after-market devices.
`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmedto execute:a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 In.22-31) an
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control commandfrom a car
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received contro! commandinto a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted commandto an after-
`market audio device through the second connector for execution by an after-market
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`audio device (col.1 In.63-67, col.2 In.1-30); a second codeportion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (col.3 In.41-67, col.4 In.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
`stereo throughthefirst connector for display by a car stereo (col.4 In.17-22); and a third
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`code portion for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connectedto thethird
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`electrical connector (col.5 In.28-37,56-62).
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`At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 2, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, however does
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`not disclose expressly further comprising an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
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`car stereo connectedto thefirst electrical connector. The after-market car stereo(fig. 1
`#10) of Owens contains the master microprocessor that performs the systems selection
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`functions of auxiliary units (pg.2 [0034]) wherein this microprocessoris not available in
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`an OEMcarstereo. Beckert discloses a system wherein the interface processing
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`occursin a unit (fig.2 #64,62) separate from the car stereo (fig.2 #60). At the time of the
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`invention it would have been obvious to a person ofordinary skill in the art that the
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`master microprocessorthat controls the interfacing functions of Owens could have been
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`located within an external unit to the car stereo as taught by Beckert, such as the A/V
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`interface module (fig.1 #30). The motivation for doing so would have been to allow a
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`userto integrate auxiliary and after-market devices with the factory (OEM)car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 3, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising an after-market car stereo (pg.2 [0025] In.1-3).
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`With respect to claim 4, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising a CD player (fig.1 #10), CD changer(fig.2 #15), MP3 player, Digital Audio
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`Broadcast (DAB) receiver, or satellite receiver.
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`With respectto claim 5, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface further comprises a plug-and-play mode for automatically detecting a device
`type of an after-market audio device connected to the second electrical connector and
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`integrating an after-market audio device based uponthe device type (pg.2 [0034)).
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`With respectto claim 6, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface generates a device presence signal for maintaining the car stereo in a state
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`responsive to processed data and audio signals (pg.2 [0034)). It is clear that as the
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`master microprocessor polls system the peripheral modules respond with a presence
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`signal containing information pertaining to their status.
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`With respect to claim 10, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface processes video information generated by an after-market audio device (pg.2
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`[0032)).
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`With respect to claim 11, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, however
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`does not disclose expressly wherein formatted data is displayed as a menu on the
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`display of the car stereo. Owensdiscloses wherein an auxiliary input could be an MP3
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`player (pg.2 [0025] In.3-5). Official Notice is taken thatit is well knownin the art that car
`stereo head units have the function of displaying menusoffiles stored in an attached
`MP3player. At the time of the invention it would have been obviousto a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art to allow the head unit (fig.1 #10) of Owensto display a menu of
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`the audiofiles stored in attached auxiliary source such as an MP3 player. The
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`motivation for providing the stored audiofiles in the form of a menu onthe head unit
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`would have beento provide a simple display to a userof the available audio optionsfor
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`sound reproduction.
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`With respect to claim 12, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
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`display comprises a graphic panel (fig.10 #21, pg.3 [0035)).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
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`With respect to claim 13, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`commandsareinput by a user using one or more control buttons or presets on a car
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`stereo (fig.10 #27,28, pg.3 [0038-0039)).
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`With respectto claim 15, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein
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`audio signals from the one or more auxiliary input sources are selectively channeled to
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`the car stereo by the interface (pg.2 [0032]).
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`With respect to claim 16, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select between the one or more auxiliary input sources by depressing keys on
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`a car stereo (pg.3 [0039], “mode button”, “A/V source’).
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`With respect to claim 17, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering a disc numberat a car
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`stereo (pg.3 col.2 In.1-4).
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`With respect to claim 18, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering a track number at a car
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`stereo (pg.3 [0039] In.7-11).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
`1102.0624
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
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`With respect to claim 19, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering both disc and track
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`numbersat a car stereo (pg.3 [0039)).
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`With respect to claim 20, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select between the audio device and the one or more auxiliary input sources
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`by entering a sequence ata car stereo (pg.3 [0037-0039)).
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`With respectto claim 21, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 20, wherein the
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`sequence comprises a track up selection followed by a track down selection (pg.3
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`[0039]In.3-5).
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`With respect to claim 22, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising a secondinterface (fig.1 #30) connectedto thefirst interface (fig.1 #40) for
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`providing a plurality of auxiliary input sources.
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`With respect to claim 23, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 22, wherein
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`both thefirst interface and the second interface are controllable using a car stereo (pg.1
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`[0006)).
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`With respect to claim 24, Owensdiscloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first electrical connector (fig.1 #32) connectable to a car stereo(fig. 1 #10);
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
`1102.0625
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`a plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors(fig.8 “L1-L3,R1-R3,V1-V3") connectable to a
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`plurality of auxiliary input sources(fig. 1 #44,46,48); an interface (fig.1 #30,40)
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`connected between thefirst electrical connector and the plurality of auxiliary electrical
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`connectors for channeling audio from at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources
`to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032]), wherein the interface remotely controls at least one of a
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`plurality of auxiliary sources using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a
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`car stereo through thefirst connector (pg.2 [0028]), transmitting a control command to
`at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources throughatleast oneof the plurality of
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`auxiliary electrical connectors for execution by at least one of a plurality of auxiliary
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`input sources (pg.1 [0006]); receiving data from oneof a plurality of auxiliary input
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`sources throughatleast one ofthe plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors, and
`transmitting the data to a car stereo throughthefirst electrical connectorfor display by a
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`car stereo (pg.3 [0035]); and selecting one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources from a
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`car stereo (pg.2 [0026)).
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`Owens doesnot disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commandsinto
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`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64)in electrical communication with the —
`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices(fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmedto execute:a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 In.22-31) an
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
`1102.0626
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`stereo through thefirst connectorin a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control commandinto a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted commandto an after-
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`market audio device through the secorid connector for execution by an after-market
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`audio device (col.1 In.63-67, col.2 In.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (col.3 In.41-67, col.4 In.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
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`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (col.4 In.17-22); and a third
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`code portion. for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector(col.5 In.28-37,56-62).
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`At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the useof after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same formatas the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 25, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein the
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`third code portion for selecting one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources processes a
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`disc or track selection entered by a user control buttons of a car stereo to select one of
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`a plurality of auxiliary input sources (pg.3 [0039)).
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
`1102.0627
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`With respectto claim 26, Owensdiscloses the apparatusof claim 24, further
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`comprising a CD player, CD changer(fig.1 #15), MP3 player, satellite receiver, or a
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`Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) receiver connected to one ofthe plurality of auxiliary
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`electrical connectors.
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`With respect to claim 27, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein a
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`device type of at least one ofa plurality of auxiliary input sources is automatically
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`detected by the interface and atleast oneof a plurality of auxiliary input sourcesis
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`automatically integrated with a car stereo based upon the device type (pg.2 [0034)).
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`With respect to claim 28, Owensdiscloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein the
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`interface is switchable into an auxiliary input mode by issuing a control sequence ata
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`car stereo (pg.3 [0039] In.1-3).
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`With respectto claim 29, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 28, wherein the
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`control sequence comprises a track up commandfollowed by a track down command
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`(pg.3 [0039] In.3-5).
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`With respect to claim 30, Owensdiscloses a method forintegrating an after-
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`market device with a car stereo comprising: providing an interface (fig. 1 #30,40) having
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`a first electrical connector(fig.1 #32) connectable to a car stereo(fig.1 #10), a second
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`electrical connector(fig.1 “V1,L1,R1”) connectable to an after-market device (fig.1
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
`1102.0628
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`#44 46,48) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] In.9-11), a third electrical connector
`(fig.1 “V2,L2,R2”) connectable to an auxiliary input source (fig.1 #44,46,48); connecting
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`the first electrical connector to a car stereo (fig.1 #18,32), the second electrical
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`connectorto an after-market device external to a car stereo (fig.8, fig.1), and the third
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`electrical connector to an auxiliary input source external to a car stereo and after-market
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`device (fig.1,fig.8); remotely controlling the after-market device using the car stereo by:
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`receiving control commandsfrom the car stereo at the interface throughthe first
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`electrical connector; and processing the control commands and dispatching processed
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`control commands to the after-market device through the secondelectrical connection
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`(pg.1 [0006}); receiving data through the secondelectrical connector and audio from the
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`after-market device at the interface; processing the data and dispatching the audio and
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`processed data to the car stereo through the first electrical connector (pg.2 [0032));
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`displaying the data on the car stereo and playing the audio through the car stereo (pg.3
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`[0035]), and playing audio from the after-market device through the car stereo (pg.2
`[0032] in.13-17).
`Owensdoesnotdisclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commandsinto
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`compatible formats betweenthe car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller(fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices(fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
`1102.0629
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`Petitioner Toyota Motor Corp. Exhibit 1102
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`programmedto execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 In.22-31) an
`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control commandinto a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted commandto an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by an after-market
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`audio device (col.1 In.63-67, col.2 In.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (col.3 In.41-67, col.4 In.1-7),