Roderick G. Dorman (SBN 96908)
`rdorman@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH P.C.
`300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
`Los Angeles, California 90071
`Telephone: (213) 694-1200
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`Douglas A. Cawley (TX SBN 04035500) (Pro Hac Vice)
`dcawley@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
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`Joshua W. Budwin (TX SBN 24050347) (Pro Hac Vice)
`jbudwin@mckoolsmith.com
`John B. Campbell (TX SBN 24036314) (Pro Hac Vice)
`jcampbell@mckoolsmith.com
`Kristina S. Baehr (TX SBN 24080780 (Pro Hac Vice)
`kbaehr@mckoolsmith.com
`R. Mitch Verboncoeur (TX SBN 24105732) (Pro Hac Vice)
`mverboncoeur@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH P.C.
`300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`ROVI GUIDES, INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`Case No. 2:19-cv-0275-AG (FFMx)
`ROVI GUIDES, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Judge: Andrew J. Guilford
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`COMCAST CORPORATION; COMCAST
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`CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC;
`PLAINTIFF ROVI GUIDES,
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`COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
`INC.’S PRELIMINARY CLAIM
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`MANAGEMENT, LLC; COMCAST
`CONSTRUCTIONS UNDER
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`BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC;
`STANDING PATENT RULE 3.2
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`COMCAST HOLDINGS CORPORATION;
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`COMCAST SHARED SERVICES, LLC;
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`COMCAST OF SANTA MARIA, LLC; and
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`COMCAST OF LOMPOC, LLC,
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`rdorman@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH P.C.
`300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
`Los Angeles, California 90071
`Telephone: (213) 694-1200
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`Douglas A. Cawley (TX SBN 04035500) (Pro Hac Vice)
`dcawley@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
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`Joshua W. Budwin (TX SBN 24050347) (Pro Hac Vice)
`jbudwin@mckoolsmith.com
`John B. Campbell (TX SBN 24036314) (Pro Hac Vice)
`jcampbell@mckoolsmith.com
`Kristina S. Baehr (TX SBN 24080780 (Pro Hac Vice)
`kbaehr@mckoolsmith.com
`R. Mitch Verboncoeur (TX SBN 24105732) (Pro Hac Vice)
`mverboncoeur@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH P.C.
`300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`ROVI GUIDES, INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`Case No. 2:19-cv-0275-AG (FFMx)
`ROVI GUIDES, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
`Judge: Andrew J. Guilford
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`COMCAST CORPORATION; COMCAST
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`CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC;
`PLAINTIFF ROVI GUIDES,
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`COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
`INC.’S PRELIMINARY CLAIM
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`MANAGEMENT, LLC; COMCAST
`CONSTRUCTIONS UNDER
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`BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC;
`STANDING PATENT RULE 3.2
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`COMCAST HOLDINGS CORPORATION;
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`COMCAST SHARED SERVICES, LLC;
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`COMCAST OF SANTA MARIA, LLC; and
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`COMCAST OF LOMPOC, LLC,
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`Rovi Guides, Inc., provides Defendants with its Preliminary Claim Constructions under
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`Standing Patent Rule 3.2.
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`I. TERMS IDENTIFIED BY A PARTY FOR CONSTRUCTION
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`CLAIM TERM CONSTRUCTION
`U.S. PATENT NO. 7,873,978
`“user
`television equipment” means
`user television
`equipment
`“equipment that is capable of generating
`the display of an interactive television
`program guide and receiving a video
`program”
`“interactive program guide television
`equipment” is “equipment on which the
`interactive television program guide is
`implemented”
`“interactive television program guide”
`means “software
`that generates
`for
`display program guide data on user
`television equipment, allows users
`to
`navigate
`through and
`interact with
`program guide data based on user
`commands, and acts on such commands”
`
`interactive
`program guide
`television
`equipment
`interactive
`television
`program guide
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`INTRINSIC/EXTRINSIC SUPPORT
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`1:32-61; 2:7-14; 2:51-2:65; 6:28-44;
`7:12-8:20; 13:32-17:21; 24:33-54; 33:37-
`62; Figures 2a-2e, 7, and 9.
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`2:51-3:15; 5:45-55; 6:14-17:13; 35:25-
`26; Figures 1-9.
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`Abstract; 1:16-31; 2:51-65; 3:7-13; 6:28-
`44; 7:12-51; 7:61-8:33; 10:43-61; 11:2-
`7; 11:65-12:1; 13:48-60; 15:20-23;
`16:45-59; 17:54-20:57; 21:1-32; 21:45-
`53; 22:1-22;13; 22:20-23; 22:30-25:60;
`26:1-27:53; 28:19-30:65; 31:3-24; 31:35-
`45; 32:13-18; 32:38-52; 32:53-33:25;
`33:63-67; 34:22-51; Figures 8, 10-25b,
`and 26-31.
`3:7-11; 8:42-48; 10:43-46; 10:55-57;
`11:65-12:1; 22:1-7; 24:33-39; 31:35-45;
`Figure 26; ROVI_0275CDCA00098363
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`a
`generating
`record request
`[]
`generated
`by
`an
`interactive
`television
`program guide
`. . .
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`
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`a
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`generating
`retrieval
`[]
`request
`generated by
`the interactive
`television
`program guide
`wherein
`the
`interactive
`television
`program guide
`is configured
`to: generate a
`record request
`.
`.
`.
`and
`generate
`a
`retrieval
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`Rovi objects to this “term.” Comcast cuts
`out claim language to stitch together a
`claim “term” that is not part of the claim.
`Comcast deleted 35 words AND an entire
`limitation to stitch together four different
`clauses/words as though it’s a claim term.
`Rovi reserves the right to offer a claim
`construction if Comcast proposes a claim
`term.
`
`ordinary meaning;
`and
`Plain
`construction necessary.
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`no
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`ordinary meaning;
`and
`Plain
`construction necessary.
`
`no
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`3:7-11; 8:42-48; 10:43-46; 10:55-57;
`11:65-12:1; 22:1-7; 24:33-39; 31:35-45;
`Figure 26; ROVI_0275CDCA00098363
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`CLAIM TERM CONSTRUCTION
`request
`record request
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`retrieval
`request
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`remote media
`server
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`“record request” means “any command,
`request, message, remote procedure call,
`object based communication, or any other
`type of interprocess or inter-object based
`communication that allows the program
`guide to communicate information on the
`program that the user wishes to record to
`the media server”
`“retrieval
`request” means
`“any
`remote
`command,
`request, message,
`based
`procedure
`call,
`object
`communication or any other type of
`interprocess
`or
`interobject
`based
`communication whereby
`the program
`guide may communicate information to
`the remote media server specifying which
`program the user wishes to retrieve”
`“remote media server” means “a server,
`remote
`from
`the
`user
`television
`equipment,
`that
`records
`programs,
`program guide data, or any suitable
`combination thereof and supplies either or
`both to user television equipment in
`response to requests generated by the
`interactive television program guide”
`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,232,254
`receiv[e/ing]
`Rovi objects to this “term.” Comcast cuts
`at a
`remote
`out claim language to stitch together a
`server
`.
`.
`.
`claim “term” that appears nowhere in the
`record[ing] . .
`claim.
`Here,
`Comcast
`deletes
`. the program
`to
`approximately 100 words
`stitch
`on the remote
`together five different clauses/words. But
`server
`.
`.
`.
`this is not the same as the actual claim
`maintain[ing] .
`language. Rovi reserves the right to offer
`.
`. on
`the
`a claim construction if Comcast proposes
`remote server,
`a proper claim term.
`a
`user
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`directory
`for
`ordinary meaning;
`and
`Plain
`each user of
`construction necessary.
`each
`user
`equipment
`maintain[ing] .
`.
`. a user
`directory
`for
`each user of
`each
`user
`equipment of
`the plurality of
`user
`equipment,
`wherein each
`user directory
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`no
`
`Rovi objects to this “term.” Comcast cuts
`out claim language to stitch together a
`claim “term” that appears nowhere in the
`claim.
`Here,
`Comcast
`deletes
`approximately 12 words to stitch together
`three different clauses/words. But this is
`not the same as the actual claim language.
`Rovi reserves the right to offer a claim
`construction if Comcast proposes a proper
`claim term.
`
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`10:46-52.
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`24:39-45.
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`Abstract; 2:51-54; 2:66-3:15; 8:54-
`10:59; 11:8-12; 11:17-38; 11:51-54;
`11:65-12:14;
`12:37-13:7;
`13:23-31;
`14:32-56; 14:65-15:1; 15:15-23; 16:45-
`63; 18:52-55; 20:17-39; 20:54-56; 21:7-
`11; 22:1-7; 22:14-29; 22:37-55; 23:3-7;
`23:52-25:61;
`26:1-11;
`26:45-34:51;
`Figures 2a-2e, 3, 5, and 26-30.
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`Abstract; 1:36-65; 2:11-18; 2:55-58; 3:3-
`20; 6:34-50; 7:11-16; 8:1-27; 8:61-9:43;
`10:13-34; 10:52-11:1; 11:17-21; 11:26-
`47; 11:56-12:23; 12:49-52; 12:57-13:8;
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`26:9-10; 26:57-59; 26:66-27:1; 27:8-
`28:32; 28:43-54; 29:5-29:12; 29:28-37;
`30:20-27; 30:37-42; 30:59-62; 31:9-39;
`32:1-34:56; Figures 2a-2e, 4, 5, 6a-6b, 7,
`9, 18a-18f, and 26-29.
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`7:11-16; 8:1-27; 10:13-34; 11:56-12:23;
`13:42-17:23; 22:23-37; 25:33-53; 27:61-
`28:9; 32:32-56; 23:54-24:14; 24:41-63;
`33:42-44; Figures 2a-2e, 4, 6a-6b, 7, 9,
`18a-18f.
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`no
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`No construction necessary; plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`of
`other
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`CLAIM TERM CONSTRUCTION
`reflects
`Plain
`and
`ordinary meaning;
`programs that
`construction necessary.
`have
`been
`recorded . . .
`for
`each
`respective user
`user
`is
`equipment
`located on a
`network
`different from
`(1)
`a
`respective
`network
`each
`user
`equipment of
`the plurality of
`user
`equipment and
`(2) a network
`of the remote
`server
`user
`equipment
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`1:36-65; 2:11-18; 2:55-3:2; 3:16-20;
`6:34-50; 7:11-8:27; 10:13-18; 13:42-
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`2e,
`7
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`9;
`ROVI_0275CDCA00098372-
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`1:36-65; 2:11-18; 2:55-3:2; 6:34-50;
`7:19-8:27; 13:42-17:31; 24:41-63; 33:42-
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`Abstract; 2:55-58; 3:3-20; 8:61-11:1;
`11:17-21; 11:26-47; 11:60-63; 12:7-23;
`12:46-13:17; 13:33-41; 14:42-66; 15:8-
`15:11; 15:25-33; 16:55-17:6; 18:62-65;
`20:27-49; 20:64-66; 21:17-21; 22:10-16;
`22:23-37; 22:45-63; 23:11-15; 23:60-
`26:2; 26:9-19; 26:52-34:56; Figures 2a-
`2e, 3, 5, and 26-30.
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`Abstract; 1:22-33; 2:62-67; 6:31-47;
`7:15-8:36; 13:36-64; 15:26-39; 16:5-19;
`16:20-17:27; 17:28-20:43; 20:44-26:63;
`26:64-31:2; 31:3-33:28; 33:29-34:54;
`Figures 8, 10-25b, 26-31; Reply to
`Office Action (March 6, 2012); Notice of
`Allowability (May 18, 2012).
`Abstract; 2:53-56; 3:1-17; 8:57-10:62;
`11:11-15; 11:20-41; 11:54-57; 12:1-18;
`12:41-13:11; 13:27-35; 14:38-62; 15:4-7;
`15:21-29; 16:51-17:2; 18:58-61; 20:25-
`47; 20:62-64; 21:15-19; 22:8-14; 22:21-
`35; 22:43-61; 23:9-13; 23:58--25:67;
`26:7-17; 26:50-34:54; Figures 2a-2e, 3,
`5, and 26-30; Reply to Office Action
`(March 6, 2012); Notice of Allowability
`(May 18, 2012).
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`remote server
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` “user equipment” means “equipment
`that is capable of generating the display of
`an interactive television program guide
`and receiving a video program”
`“remote server” means “a server, remote
`from the user equipment, that records
`programs, program guide data, or any
`suitable combination thereof and supplies
`either or both to user equipment in
`response to requests generated by the
`interactive television program guide”
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 8,272,019
`program guide “program guide” means “software that
`generates for display program guide data
`on user equipment, allows users
`to
`navigate
`through and
`interact with
`program guide data based on user
`commands, and acts on such commands”
`
`remote media
`server
`
`“remote media server” means “a server,
`remote from the user equipment, that
`records programs, program guide data, or
`any suitable combination thereof and
`supplies either or both to user equipment
`in response to requests generated by the
`program guide”
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`“user equipment” means “equipment that
`user
`equipment
`is capable of generating the display of a
`program guide and receiving a video
`program”
`
`U.S. PATENT NO. 7,735,107
`“user
`television equipment” means
`user television
`equipment
`“equipment that is capable of generating
`the display of an interactive television
`program guide and receiving a video
`program”
`“remote media server” means “a server,
`remote
`from
`the
`user
`television
`equipment,
`that
`records
`programs,
`program guide data, or any suitable
`combination thereof and supplies either or
`both to user television equipment in
`response to requests generated by the
`interactive program guide”
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`remote media
`server
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`broadcast
`program
`
`interactive
`[television]
`program guide
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`tun[e/ing]
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`storage
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`local
`device
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`“broadcast program” means “any type
`of broadcasted show or advertisement
`carried on a regular, premium, pay-per-
`view, music, or other type of television
`channel, and may include movies, pay-
`per-view programs,
`sporting events,
`music programs, commercials and any
`other suitable type of television program”
`
`Rovi objects to this claim “term” that
`appears nowhere in the claims. To the
`extent Comcast proposes a construction of
`“interactive television program guide” as
`it appears in claim 9, Rovi proposes the
`following:
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`“interactive television program guide”
`means “software
`that generates
`for
`display program guide data on user
`television equipment, allows users
`to
`navigate
`through and
`interact with
`program guide data based on user
`commands, and acts on such commands”
`“tun[e/ing]” means “use any suitable
`combination of analog and digital tuners
`and decoders to receive”
`No construction necessary; plain and
`ordinary meaning.
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,118,948
`“remote server” means “a server, remote
`remote server
`from the user television equipment, that
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`Figures 2a-2e, 7, and 9; Reply to Office
`Action (March 6, 2012); Notice of
`Allowability (May 18, 2012).
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`1:29-58; 2:6-11; 2:48-63; 6:25-41; 7:9-
`8:17; 13:30-17:20; 24:33-54; 33:37-62;
`Figures 2a-2e, 7, and 9; Reply to Office
`Action (December 22, 2009).
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`Abstract; 2:48-51; 2:63-3:13; 8:51-
`10:56; 11:5-9; 11:14-35; 11:48-51;
`11:62-12:11;
`12:34-13:4;
`13:20-28;
`14:30-54; 14:63-66; 15:13-21; 16:43-61;
`18:52-55; 20:17-39; 20:54-56; 21:7-11;
`22:1-7; 22:14-29; 22:37-55; 23:3-7;
`23:59-25:61;
`26:1-11;
`26:45-34:52;
`Figures 2a-2e, 3, 5 and 26-30; Reply to
`Office Action (December 22, 2009).
`1:17-32; 2:4-11; 2:20-32; 2:63-3:12;
`5:60-6:10; 7:9-23; 8:51-9:13; Reply to
`Office Action (December 22, 2009);
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`17:21-20:35; 20:36-26:58; 26:59-30:65;
`30:66-33:25; 33:26-34:52; Figures 8, 10-
`25b, 26-31; Reply to Office Action
`(December 22, 2009).
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`to Office Action
`11:14-35; Reply
`(December 22, 2009).
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`1:29-58; 1:59-2:3; 2:6-11; 2:48-63; 6:25-
`42; 7:9-8:7; 13:30-17:20; 24:33-54;
`33:37-62; Figures 2a-2e, 7 and 9; Reply
`to Office Action (December 22, 2009).
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`Abstract; 2:55-58; 3:3-3:20; 8:61-11:1;
`11:17-21; 11:26-47; 11:60-63; 12:7-23;
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`records programs, program guide data, or
`any suitable combination thereof and
`supplies either or both to user television
`equipment
`in
`response
`to
`requests
`generated by the program guide”
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`tune
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`“tune” means
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`any
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`combination of analog and digital tuners
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`“tuner” means “any suitable combination
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`No construction necessary; plain and
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`“user equipment” means “equipment that
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`interact with
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`“local media server” means “a device
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`display, stores, and plays back programs
`on demand”
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 8,448,215
`“interactive program guide” means
`interactive
`program guide
`“software
`that generates
`for display
`program guide data on user television
`equipment, allows users
`to navigate
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`Abstract; 1:22-37; 2:57-3:4; 3:14-22;
`6:36-52; 7:21-8:42; 8:49-62; 10:52-62;
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`31:44-54; 32:17-27; 32:45-33:33; 34:4-9;
`34:32-63; Figures 8, 10-25b, 26-31.
`Abstract; 3:5-22; 8:63-9:43; 10:15-18;
`10:52-11:21; 11:26-47; 11:60-63; 12:7-
`10; 12:49-13:8; 13:33-41; 14:28-67;
`15:9-54; 16:56-17:13; 18:63-66; 20:29-
`51; 20:66-21:1; 21:13-23; 22:12-18;
`22:25-39; 22:47-66; 23:13-17; 23:46-
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`27:1-28:35;
`28:45-29:40;
`30:23-47;
`30:62-65; 31:13-43; 32:1-34:63; Figures
`2a-2e, 5, 7, and 26-29.
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`Abstract; 1:18-41; 1:52-53; 1:57-2:42;
`3:21-25; 4:30-39; 5:1-18:44; Figures 4-
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`data based on user commands, and acts on
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`No construction necessary; plain and
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`display
`No construction necessary; plain and
`ordinary meaning
`“user equipment” means “equipment that
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`user
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