CLAIM CHART FOR U.S. PATENT NO. 9,454,748
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`October 16, 2017
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`Starbucks Corporation, et al. – Ex. 1010
`U.S. Patent No. 9,454,748
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`October 16, 2017
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`Starbucks Corporation, et al. – Ex. 1010
`U.S. Patent No. 9,454,748
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`CLAIM 19
`A method for managing data
`comprising the steps of:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`To the extent the preamble is limiting, the Choice Hotels mobile Android app (“the Choice
`App”) implements a method for managing data.
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`For example, the Choice App manages data, including the user’s location:
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`https://www.choicehotels.com/about/mobile
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`https://www.choicehotels.com/legal/privacy-policy
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Choice App manages data, including the user selecting the type of hotel, type of room,
`and duration of stay, from a list of properties near the user’s location:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(a) establishing communications
`between a handheld computing
`device and an originating computer
`wherein said handheld computing
`device has a GPS integral thereto;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`In order to obtain the benefits received from using the Choice Hotels App, the user must
`establish communications between the handheld computing device, such as the user’s
`smartphone, and an originating computer, such as the server(s) hosting the Google Play
`Store:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The user is able to search for the Choice Hotels App:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The user installs the Choice Hotels App onto the smartphone:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The smartphone contains an internal, integral GPS antenna:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Smartphones operating Android are able to receive GPS signals:
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` Source: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/android-phone-gps-tips/
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`In order to obtain the benefits received from using the Choice Hotels App, the handheld
`computing device (smartphone) must receive the transmission (download) of a tokenized
`questionnaire onto the smartphone, which is the Choice Hotels App.
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` search is performed for the Choice Hotels App:
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`CLAIM 19
`(b) receiving within said handheld
`computing device a transmission of
`a tokenized questionnaire from said
`originating computer, said tokenized
`questionnaire including at least one
`question requesting location
`identifying information, said
`tokenized questionnaire comprising
`a plurality of device independent
`tokens;
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`The Choice Hotels App is selected, which gives the user the option to install:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`When “Install” is selected, the user is informed that the Choice Hotels App requires access to
`the user’s location. In order to obtain the benefits received from using the Choice Hotels
`App, and begin downloading the app, the user must select “Accept”:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Choice Hotels App is a tokenized questionnaire comprising a plurality of device
`independent tokens, and is downloaded as bytecode, typically a type of Java, such as “.dex.”
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`Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8231/a-closer-look-at-android-runtime-art-in-
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The tokenized questionnaire (Choice Hotels App) is downloaded:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The questionnaire includes features that utilize the user’s location, including the ability to
`search for nearby hotels:
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`Source: https://www.choicehotels.com/about/mobile
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`Source: https://www.choicehotels.com/legal/privacy-policy
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`When the user first opens the Choice Hotels App (the tokenized questionnaire), the internal
`Android Runtime (previously Dalvik) application compiles and executes the bytecode
`(tokens) into the native operating system code for operation by the user’s smartphone
`(handheld computing device). Thus, the app is device independent.
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`Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8231/a-closer-look-at-android-runtime-art-in-
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`Source: https://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`For example, when the “Find a Hotel” option is selected in the Choice Hotels App, the user’s
`smartphone determines its current GPS coordinates (request location identifying
`information). The user is then able to search for hotels near the user’s current location, which
`is determined from the phone’s current GPS coordinates:
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`The user chooses “Select a Destination”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The user is presented with the option to “Search Nearby – Use my current location”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Once the search is completed, the available Choice Hotels are presented to the user in either
`list or map format:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`The user next selects the desired Choice Hotel property, which provides detailed information
`about that property, as well as the ability to reserve a room, write a review, and call the
`property:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(c) ending said communications
`between said handheld computing
`device and said originating
`computer;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`After the Choice Hotels App is downloaded, communication between the user’s phone and
`the originating computer, such as the Google Play Store, ends:
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`(d) after said communications has
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`Communications between the smartphone and the originating computer (e.g., Google Play
`Store server) are ended.
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`CLAIM 19
`(d1) executing at least a portion of
`said plurality of tokens comprising
`said questionnaire on said handheld
`computing device to collect at least
`one response from a first user, and,
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The user executes at least a portion of the plurality of tokens comprising the questionnaire
`when, for example, the “Find a Hotel” option is selected. The user’s smartphone determines
`its current GPS coordinates to then determine the Choice Hotel properties near the user’s
`current location. The questionnaire also requires the user to select the “Check-In & Check-
`Out” dates, the number of adults, and children, and the applicable rate:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`When the user selects “Search Nearby,” the Choice Hotels App automatically determines the
`user’s current location (determined using the smartphone’s internal GPS)
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`The responses collected by the Choice Hotels App include, for example, the applicable dates,
`number of guests, and rate type. Once those responses are provided, the Choice Hotels App,
`which has also determined the user’s location, provides a list of nearby Choice Hotels
`properties that meet the selected criteria:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`Another response that is collected is when the user next selects the desired Choice Hotel
`property, which provides details information about that property, as well as the ability to
`reserve a room, write a review, and call the property:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(d2) storing within said computing
`device said at least one response
`from the first user;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The user responses, which include location, selected property, number of guests, and the
`dates, are stored on the smartphone:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(d3) using said GPS to automatically
`obtain said location identifying
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`least one question that requests
`location identifying information;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`When the “Find a Hotel” option is selected, the Choice Hotels App can search for Choice
`Hotel properties near the user’s current location, which is automatically determined from the
`phone’s current GPS coordinates.
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`The user chooses “Select a Destination”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`This presents the user with the option to “Search Nearby – Use my current location”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Choice Hotels app uses the phone’s internal GPS receiver:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(e) establishing communications
`between said handheld computing
`device and a recipient computer;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`There must be communications between the user’s phone (handheld computing device) and a
`recipient computer, the Choice Hotels servers. If the communications network, such as wifi
`or cellular internet access is disabled, the Choice Hotels App provides an error message:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(f) transmitting a value
`representative of each of said at least
`one response stored within said
`handheld computing device to said
`recipient computer; and,
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`At least one value representing at least one stored response, such as the user’s location (used
`to determine the nearest Choice Hotels property) or the selected date, is transmitted to the
`Choice Hotel’s server:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
`(g) after receipt of said transmission
`of step (f), transmitting a notice of
`said received value representative of
`each of said at least one response to
`a second user.
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`Notice of the received values, such as confirmation of the room reserved at the selected
`Choice Hotel property, can be sent to a second user via text message:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 19
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`In addition, notice of the received values (current location, selected date, number & type of
`guests, and rate) is sent to the user when the Choice Hotels App provides the list or map of
`the Choice Hotels properties responsive to the requested parameters:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`In addition, the chosen Choice Hotels property receives the reservation information provided
`by the user to the Choice Hotels App.
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`CLAIM 20
`The method for managing data
`according to claim 19, wherein the
`first user and the second user are a
`same user.
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`Notice of the received values, such as confirmation of the room reserved at the selected
`Choice Hotel property, can be sent to the first user via text message:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 20
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`In addition, notice of the received values (current location, selected date, number & type of
`guests, and rate) is sent to the first user when the Choice Hotels App provides the list or map
`of the Choice Hotels properties responsive to the requested parameters:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
`A method for managing data
`comprising the steps of:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`To the extent the preamble is limiting, the Choice App implements a method for managing
`data.
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`For example, the Choice App manages data, including the user’s location:
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`https://www.choicehotels.com/about/mobile
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`https://www.choicehotels.com/legal/privacy-policy
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The Choice App manages data, including the user selecting the type of hotel, type of room,
`and duration of stay, from a list of properties near the user’s location:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
`(a) within a central computer,
`accessing at least one user data item
`stored in a recipient computer,
`wherein said at least one data item is
`obtained via the steps of:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Choice Hotels App allows the user to view hotel availability and rate information for
`Choice Hotels properties near the user’s current location. The information is provided to the
`Choice Hotels App via a central computer (the Choice Hotels server) only after the user has
`provided the desired destination, which is done using the user’s current location (at least one
`data item), to the recipient computer (another Choice Hotels server)
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`CLAIM 21
`(1) establishing communications
`between a handheld computing
`device and an originating computer
`wherein said handheld computing
`device has a GPS integral thereto;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`In order to obtain the benefits received from using the Choice Hotels App, the user must
`establish communications between the handheld computing device, such as the user’s
`smartphone, and an originating computer, such as the server(s) hosting the Google Play
`Store:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`The user is able to search for the Choice Hotels App:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The user installs the Choice Hotels App onto the smartphone:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`The smartphone contains an internal, integral GPS antenna:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Smartphones operating Android are able to receive GPS signals:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`In order to obtain the benefits received from using the Choice Hotels App, the handheld
`computing device (smartphone) must receive the transmission (download) of a tokenized
`questionnaire onto the smartphone, which is the Choice Hotels App.
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` search is performed for the Choice Hotels App:
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`CLAIM 21
`(2) receiving within said handheld
`computing device a transmission of
`a tokenized questionnaire, including
`at least one question requesting GPS
`coordinates and at least one
`additional question, said tokenized
`questionnaire comprising a plurality
`of device independent tokens;
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`The Choice Hotels App is selected, which gives the user the option to install:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`When “Install” is selected, the user is informed that the Choice Hotels App requires access to
`the user’s location. In order to obtain the benefits received from using the Choice Hotels
`App, and begin downloading the app, the user must select “Accept”:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Choice Hotels App is a tokenized questionnaire comprising a plurality of device
`independent tokens, and is downloaded as bytecode, typically a type of Java, such as “.dex.”
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`Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8231/a-closer-look-at-android-runtime-art-in-
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The tokenized questionnaire (Choice Hotels App) is downloaded:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The questionnaire includes features that utilize the user’s location, including the ability to
`search for nearby hotels:
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`Source: https://www.choicehotels.com/about/mobile
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`Source: https://www.choicehotels.com/legal/privacy-policy
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`When the user first opens the Choice Hotels App (the tokenized questionnaire), the internal
`Android Runtime (previously Dalvik) application compiles and executes the bytecode
`(tokens) into the native operating system code for operation by the user’s smartphone
`(handheld computing device). Thus, the app is device independent.
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`Source: http://www.anandtech.com/show/8231/a-closer-look-at-android-runtime-art-in-
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`Source: https://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`For example, when the “Find a Hotel” option is selected in the Choice Hotels App, the user’s
`smartphone determines its current GPS coordinates (request location identifying
`information). The user is then able to search for hotels near the user’s current location, which
`is determined from the phone’s current GPS coordinates:
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`The user chooses “Select a Destination”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The user is presented with the option to “Search Nearby – Use my current location”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Once the search is completed, the available Choice Hotels are presented to the user in either
`list or map format:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The user next selects the desired Choice Hotel property, which provides detailed information
`about that property, as well as the ability to reserve a room, write a review, and call the
`property:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
`(3) ending said communications
`between said handheld computing
`device and said originating
`computer;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`After the Choice Hotels App is downloaded, communication between the user’s phone and
`the originating computer, such as the Google Play Store, ends:
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`(4) after said communications has
`been ended,
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`Communications between the smartphone and the Google Play Store server are ended.
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`CLAIM 21
`(i) executing at least a portion of
`said plurality of tokens comprising
`said questionnaire on said handheld
`computing device,
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The user executes at least a portion of the plurality of tokens comprising the questionnaire
`when, for example, the “Find a Hotel” option is selected. The user’s smartphone determines
`its current GPS coordinates to determine Choice Hotel properties near the user’s current
`location. The questionnaire also requires the user to select the “Check-In & Check-Out”
`dates, the number of adults, and children, and the applicable rate:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`When the user selects “Search Nearby,” the Choice Hotels App automatically determines the
`user’s current location (determined using the smartphone’s internal GPS)
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The responses collected by the Choice Hotels App include, for example, the applicable dates,
`number of guests, and rate type. Once those responses are provided, the Choice Hotels App,
`which has also determined the user’s location, provides a list of nearby Choice Hotels
`properties that meet the selected criteria:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Another response that is collected is when the user next selects the desired Choice Hotel
`property, which provides details information about that property, as well as the ability to
`reserve a room, write a review, and call the property:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
`(ii) automatically entering the GPS
`coordinates into said questionnaire:
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`When the “Find a Hotel” option is selected, the Choice Hotels App can search for Choice
`Hotel properties near the user’s current location, which is automatically determined from the
`phone’s current GPS coordinates.
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`The user chooses “Select a Destination”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`This presents the user with the option to “Search Nearby – Use my current location”
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The Choice Hotels app uses the phone’s internal GPS receiver:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
`(iii) presenting said at least one
`additional question to a user;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`After determining the user’s location and automatically using that information as the
`“Destination”, the user is also presented with additional questions regarding the Check-In &
`Check-Out dates, the number of guests, and the Rate. Once that is done, the user must also
`select the desired Choice Hotels property.
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
`(iv) receiving at least one response
`from the user to each of said
`presented at least one additional
`question,
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The user must provide the Check-In & Check-Out dates, the number of guests, and the rate,
`which are all responses to the at least one additional question that are received.
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The user is then presented with Choice Hotels properties that meet the selected criteria.
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`The user next selects the desired Choice Hotel property, which provides details information
`about that property, as well as the ability to reserve a room, write a review, and call the
`property:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
`(v) storing at least one value
`representative of said GPS
`coordinates and said at least one
`response within said handheld
`computing device;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The GPS coordinates are stored on the phone.
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Check-In & Check-Out dates, the number of guests, and the rate are also stored on the
`phone.
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`92
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`CLAIM 21
`(5) establishing a communications
`link between said handheld
`computing device and a recipient
`computer;
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`There must be communications between the user’s phone (handheld computing device) and a
`recipient computer, the Choice Hotels servers. If the communications network, such as wifi
`or cellular internet access is disabled, the Choice Hotels App provides an error message:
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
`(6) transmitting said stored at least
`one value representative of said GPS
`coordinates and said at least one
`response stored within said handheld
`computing device to said recipient
`computer; and,
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`At least one value representing at least one stored response, such as the selected Destination
`(at least one of which is determined using the user’s GPS coordinates), as well as the Check-
`In & Check-Out dates, are transmitted to the Choice Hotels server (recipient computer). If
`the communications link is disabled, the user cannot search for a hotel.
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`95
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`CLAIM 21
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
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`Source: Screenshot of Choice Hotels Android app operating on Samsung Galaxy S5
`smartphone
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`96
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`CLAIM 21
`(7) storing within said recipient
`computer any of said transmitted
`GPS coordinates and said at least
`one value representative of said at
`least one response, thereby creating
`said at least one user data item
`stored in said recipient computer;
`and,
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The GPS coordinates, as well as other information, such as the Check-In & Check-Out dates
`and the selected Choice Hotels property, are stored on the Choice Hotels server.
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`CLAIM 21
`(b) forming a visually perceptible
`report from any of said at least one
`stored user data item.
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`Choice Hotels Mobile Android App
`The Choice Hotels App provides a list of properties (visually perceptible report), which is
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