UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
`WASHINGTON, DC
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`Before the Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
`Administrative Law Judge
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` Investigation No. 337-TA-1158
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`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO
`RECEIVERS, BROADBAND
`GATEWAYS, AND RELATED
`HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
`COMPONENTS
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART
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`Comcast, Ex. 1123
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`WASHINGTON, DC
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`Before the Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
`Administrative Law Judge
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`
`
` Investigation No. 337-TA-1158
`
`
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`
`
`In the Matter of
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO
`RECEIVERS, BROADBAND
`GATEWAYS, AND RELATED
`HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
`COMPONENTS
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`
`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART
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`i
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`Comcast, Ex. 1123
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO RECEIVERS,
`BROADBAND GATEWAYS, AND
`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`I.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,779,445
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`A.
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`Agreed Terms
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`Inv. No. 337-TA-1158
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`2
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15, 21,
`23
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`“broadcast [television] program[s]”
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`(Comcast)
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`Agreed Construction
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`Program[s] distributed to multiple users at scheduled start-
`times and end-times
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`1, 15
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`Preambles
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`Preambles are limiting.
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`B.
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`Disputed Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`1
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` 1, 15
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`“retention criteria”
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`(Rovi and Comcast)
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`2
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` 1, 7, 9, 15,
`23
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`“retention-period”
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`(Rovi)
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`Rovi’s Proposed Construction
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`Comcast’s Proposed Construction
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`series, channels,
`specific programs,
`program categories, content rights, and
`popularity selected or used by an
`operator or service provider and used to
`determine which programs to retain
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`length of time an operator or service
`provider determines a program is to be
`retained
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`information related to a program
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`the period of time in which programs are
`stored on the server remote to the users
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
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`[a/the]
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`“during
`period”
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`(Comcast)
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`retention-
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`during the ‘length of time an operator or
`service provider determines a program is
`to be retained.’
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`throughout the period of time in which the
`programs are stored on the server remote to
`the users
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO RECEIVERS,
`BROADBAND GATEWAYS, AND
`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`II.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,156,528
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`Inv. No. 337-TA-1158
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`A.
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`Agreed Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`1
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`27
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`“application programming interfaces”
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`(Comcast)
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`Agreed Construction
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`a set of protocols or routines that provide an interface between
`two program modules, such as two software modules
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`B.
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`Disputed Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`Rovi’s Proposed Construction
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`Comcast’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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` 1, 27
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`2
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` 1, 27
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`recorder
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`“personal video
`compliant device”
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`(Rovi and Comcast)
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`recorder
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`“personal video
`device”
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`(Comcast)
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`a device without a personal video
`recorder, designed to operate with a
`personal video recorder device, and used
`to interact with an interactive television
`system
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`interact with an
`to
`a device used
`interactive television system and that is
`capable of recording programs to local
`digital storage including the automatic
`recording of programs that users are
`watching in real-time
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`a device that provides recording functionality
`only when coupled to a personal video
`recorder
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`a device that records personal videos on
`internal storage
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`BROADBAND GATEWAYS, AND
`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`3
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` 1, 13, 27,
`30
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`television
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`“interactive
`program guide”
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`(Comcast)
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`4
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` 1, 27
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`5
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` 1, 27
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`“same functions”
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`(Comcast)
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`“distinctly implemented”
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`(Comcast)
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`an application that generates a display of
`television program
`listings on user
`television equipment and that allows
`users to navigate through and interact
`with television program listings based on
`user commands
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`that can
`the components of a system
`manipulate guide data and user inputs to
`provide an interactive, visual display of media
`listings and other guidance functions
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`interactive
`a plurality of common
`television program guide functions
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`all of the same functions
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`separately implemented
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`the
`each device separately contains all
`components of a system that can manipulate
`guide data and user inputs to provide an
`interactive, visual display of media listings
`and other guidance functions
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`hardware or software that enables seamless
`integration of interactive program guide and
`personal video recorder functionality
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` 1, 27, 30
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`recorder
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`“personal video
`extensions”
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`(Comcast)
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`any suitable hardware, software, or both
`used in conjunction with the interactive
`television program guide which adds
`personal video recorder functionality to a
`device
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO RECEIVERS,
`BROADBAND GATEWAYS, AND
`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`III. U.S. Patent No. 7,200,855
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`Inv. No. 337-TA-1158
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`A.
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`Agreed Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`Agreed Construction
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`1
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`1, 53
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`“channel selection request”
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`data that identifies a particular channel and at least one of the
`clients
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`B.
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`Disputed Terms
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`Rovi’s Proposed Construction
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`Comcast’s Proposed Construction
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`1
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` 1
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`“A method for multiplexing
`a plurality of channels in a
`multimedia system”
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`(Comcast)
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`The preamble is limiting, but only to the
`environment
`in which
`the
`invention
`operates, and the preamble does not add
`steps or components to the recited claim.
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`The preamble is limiting.
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`The steps of the claim are performed within a
`home as part of an in-home communication
`network.
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`Further, the steps of the claim are performed
`by a multimedia server within a user’s home,
`e.g., a stand-alone device or a device that may
`be incorporated in a satellite receiver, set-top
`box,
`cable box, HDTV
`tuner, home
`entertainment receiver, et cetera.
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`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`2
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` 28
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`“A tuning module for using
`in multimedia system the
`tuning module comprises:
`plurality of selectors . . .
`encoding module . . . and
`bus interface module”
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`The preamble is limiting but only to the
`environment
`in which
`the
`invention
`operates, and the preamble does not add
`steps or components to the recited claim.
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`The preamble is limiting.
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`The claimed apparatus is in a home as part of
`an in-home communication network.
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`the claim are
`the elements of
`Further,
`performed by a tuning module within a
`multimedia server within a user’s home, e.g.,
`a stand-alone device or a device that may be
`incorporated in a satellite receiver, set-top
`box,
`cable box, HDTV
`tuner, home
`entertainment receiver, et cetera.
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`The preamble is limiting.
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`The claimed apparatus is in a home as part of
`an in-home communication network.
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`Further, the elements of the claim are in a
`multimedia server within a user’s home, e.g.,
`a stand-alone device or a device that may be
`incorporated in a satellite receiver, set-top
`box,
`cable box, HDTV
`tuner, home
`entertainment receiver, et cetera.
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`for
`apparatus
`“An
`multiplexing channels in a
`multimedia system”
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`(Comcast)
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`The preamble is limiting but only to the
`environment
`in which
`the
`invention
`operates, and the preamble does not add
`steps or components to the recited claim.
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`4
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` 1, 28, 29, “channel
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`selection command related
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`to selection of a command that is derived from a channel
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`RELATED HARDWARE AND
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`53
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`5
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`7
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`command”
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`(Comcast)
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`“shared bus”
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`(Comcast)
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`“identify[ing] a data [frame
`/ packet] at one of
`the
`specific time intervals that
`contains at least a portion of
`one of
`the plurality of
`channel
`selection
`[commands/requests]”
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`(Comcast)
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`“to identi[f]y at least one of
`the packets at one of the
`specific time intervals, that
`contains at least a portion of
`one of
`the plurality of
`channel
`selection
`commands to produce an
`identified packet”
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`channel
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`bus within a multimedia server
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, which is
`“determin[e/ing] that a data [frame /
`packet] at one of the specific time
`intervals contains at least a portion of
`one of the plurality of channel selection
`[commands/requests]”
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`identifies a
`that
`request and
`selection
`particular channel of a plurality of channels
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`bus within a multimedia server used for data
`transfer
`between
`components
`of
`the
`multimedia server
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`determining, without decoding a frame based
`on a data conveyance protocol of
`the
`multimedia system to recapture its contents,
`that the frame contains at least a portion of a
`channel selection [command/request]
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`Plain and ordinary meaning, which is
`“determine that a data packet at one of
`the specific time intervals contains at
`least a portion of one of the plurality of
`channel selection commands”
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`determining, without decoding a packet based
`on a data conveyance protocol of
`the
`multimedia system to recapture its contents,
`that the packet contains at least a portion of a
`channel selection command to produce an
`identified packet
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`contains at least a portion of one of the
`plurality
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`Indefinite.
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`user defined list
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`Indefinite.
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`bus interface module operably coupled to
`transmit the encoded channel data
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`Indefinite.
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`to identify at least one of the packets
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`Indefinite.
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`BROADBAND GATEWAYS, AND
`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`8
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` 1
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`9
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` 1
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`10 28
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`11 28
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`(Comcast)
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`“contains at least a portion
`of one or the plurality”
`(Comcast)
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`“user define list”
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`(Comcast)
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`interface module
`“bus
`operably coupled transmit
`the encoded channel data”
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`(Comcast)
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`“to identity at least one of
`the packets . . . that contains
`at least a portion of one of
`the plurality of channel
`selection requests”
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`(Comcast)
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`Indefinite.
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`wherein the receiving module comprises
`receiving
`comprising
`a decoding module
`to decode
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`“wherein
`module
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`decoding module to decode
`the identified packet, based
`on
`the data conveyance
`protocol,
`to recapture at
`least a portion of the one of
`the plurality of channel
`selection commands”
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`(Comcast)
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`“wherein the each of the
`plurality
`of
`channel
`selection
`commands
`includes”
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`(Comcast)
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`“memory operably coupled
`to the processing module,
`wherein
`the
`memory
`includes
`operational
`instructions that cause the
`processing module
`to:
`receiving. . . receiving . . .
`processing . . . selecting . .
`.encoding”
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`identified packet, based on the data
`conveyance protocol, to recapture at least
`a portion of the one of the plurality of
`channel selection commands
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`wherein each of the plurality of channel
`selection commands includes
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`Indefinite.
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`the
`to
`coupled
`memory operably
`processing module, wherein the memory
`includes operational
`instructions
`that
`cause the processing module to: receive. .
`. receive . . . process . . . select . . .encode
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`Indefinite.
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
`(Party Proposing)
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`(Comcast)
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`“monitoring shared bus”
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`monitoring a shared bus
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`Indefinite.
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`16 53
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`17 53
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`18 59
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`(Comcast)
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`“processing the plurality of
`channel selection requests to
`determine whether
`the
`request can supported”
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`(Comcast)
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`the
`each of
`“encoding
`selected channels bused on
`the
`data
`conveyance
`protocol”
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`(Comcast)
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`instructions
`“operational
`that cause the processing
`module to encoding each of
`the selected channels”
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`(Comcast)
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`process the plurality of channel selection
`requests to determine whether the request
`can be supported
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`Indefinite.
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`encode each of the selected channels
`based on the data conveyance protocol
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`Indefinite.
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`operational instructions that cause the
`processing module to encode each of the
`selected channels
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`Indefinite.
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`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`Claim(s)
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`Term
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`the
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`selected
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`identity of the selected channel
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`Indefinite
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`tho
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`selected
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`encrypt the selected channels
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`Indefinite.
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`20 63
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`“identity
`channel”
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`(Comcast)
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`“encrypt
`channels”
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`(Comcast)
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Bert C. Reiser
`Bert C. Reiser
`Jamie D. Underwood
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004
`Telephone:
`(202) 637-2200
`Facsimile:
`(202) 637-2201
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`Michael A. David
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`885 Third Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone:
`(212) 906-2968
`Facsimile:
`(212) 751-4864
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`Ashok Ramani
`David J. Lisson
`Micah G. Block
`Gareth E DeWalt
`Philip T. Sheng
`DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP
`1600 El Camino Real
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone:
`(650) 752-2000
`Facsimile:
`(650) 752-2111
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`Counsel for Respondents Comcast
`Corporation, Comcast Cable
`Communications, LLC, Comcast Cable
`Communications Management, LLC, and
`Comcast Holdings Corporation
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`CERTAIN DIGITAL VIDEO RECEIVERS,
`BROADBAND GATEWAYS, AND
`RELATED HARDWARE AND
`SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
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`Dated: October 21, 2019
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`/s/ Douglas A. Cawley
`Douglas A. Cawley
`Richard A. Kamprath
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: (214) 978-4000
`Telecopier: (214) 978-4044
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`Roderick G. Dorman
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 694-1200
`Telecopier: (213) 694-1234
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`John B. Campbell
`Joshua W. Budwin
`Leah Buratti
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 W. Sixth Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: (512) 692-8700
`Telecopier: (512) 692-8744
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`Matthew Rizzolo
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20006-6807
`(202) 508-4600
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`Counsel for Complainants
`Rovi Corporation and Rovi Guides, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`CHART was served to the parties, in the manner indicated below, on October 21, 2019:
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` Via Hand Delivery
` Via First Class Mail
` Via Overnight Delivery
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`COMCASTROVI3.LWTEAM@lw.com
`comcast.rovi4@davispolk.com
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`The Honorable Lisa R. Barton
`Secretary to the Commission
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street S.W., Room 112
`Washington, D.C. 20436
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`The Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
`Administrative Law Judge
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, S.W., Room 317
`Washington, DC 20436
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`Jae Lee, Esq.
`Attorney Advisor
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, S.W., Room 317
`Washington, DC 20436
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`Cortney Hoecherl
`Office of Unfair Import Investigations
`U.S. International Trade Commission
`500 E Street, SW, Room 401
`Washington, DC 20436
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`Bert C. Reiser
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20004
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`Counsel for Comcast Respondents
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`Date: October 21, 2019
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`/s/ Tanya J. Wood
`Tanya J. Wood
`Senior Paralegal
`McKool Smith, P.C.
`1999 K Street, N.W., Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20006
`(202) 370-8331
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