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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`STRATOSAUDIO, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`__________________
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`Case No. IPR2021-00721
`Patent No. 8,166,081
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I. Mandatory Notices (37 C.F.R. §42.8) ............................................................. 1
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`Real Party in Interest (37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(1)) ...................................... 1
`B.
`Related Matters (37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(2)) ............................................... 1
`C.
`Counsel and Service Information (37 C.F.R. §§42.8(b)(3)-(4)) ........... 2
`Payment of Fees (37 C.F.R. §42.103) ............................................................. 3
`II.
`III. Requirements for Inter Partes Review (37 C.F.R. §42.104) .......................... 3
`A. Grounds for Standing (37 C.F.R. §42.104(a)) ...................................... 3
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`Identification of Challenge (37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(1)-(2)) and
`Relief Requested (37 C.F.R. §42.22(a)(1)) ........................................... 3
`IV. Relevant Information Concerning the Contested Patent ................................. 3
`A. Overview of the ’081 Patent .................................................................. 3
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`Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art ....................................................... 7
`C.
`Claim Construction (37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(3)) ..................................... 7
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`“media content” (Claims 9-11) ................................................... 8
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`“present … media content” (Claim 9) ........................................ 8
`The Specific Grounds of Unpatentability ........................................................ 9
`A. Overview of the Prior Art ...................................................................... 9
`1. Mackintosh .................................................................................. 9
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`DeWeese ................................................................................... 13
`B. Ground 1: Mackintosh Anticipates Claims 9-11 and 23 ..................... 15
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`Claim 9 ...................................................................................... 15
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`V.
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`Claim 10 .................................................................................... 47
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`Claim 11 .................................................................................... 49
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`Claim 23 .................................................................................... 52
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`C. Ground 2: Mackintosh Renders Obvious Claims 9-11 and 23 ........... 52
`D. Ground 3: DeWeese Anticipates Claims 9-11 and 23 ........................ 53
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`Claim 9 ...................................................................................... 53
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`Claim 10 .................................................................................... 76
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`Claim 11 .................................................................................... 77
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`Claim 23 .................................................................................... 78
`Ground 4: DeWeese Renders Obvious Claims 9-11 and 23 ............... 80
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`VI. Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 81
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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` Page
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`Cases
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`Apple Inc. v. Omni MedSci, Inc.,
`IPR2020-00175, Paper 11 (PTAB June 17, 2020) .......................................13
`Blue Calypso, LLC v. Groupon, Inc.,
`815 F.3d 1331 (Fed. Cir. 2016) .............................................................. 47, 75
`In re GPAC Inc.,
`57 F.3d 1573 (Fed. Cir. 1995) ......................................................................7
`Kennametal, Inc. v. Ingersoll Cutting Tool Co.,
`780 F.3d 1376 (Fed. Cir. 2015) .............................................................. 47, 75
`Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co.,
`868 F.3d 1013 (Fed. Cir. 2017) ....................................................................7
`Phillips v. AWH Corp.,
`415 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) ....................................................................7
`Zip Top, LLC v. Stasher, Inc.,
`IPR2018-01216, Paper 14 (PTAB Jan. 17, 2019) ........................................13
`Statutes
`35 U.S.C. §102 ..................................................................................................passim
`35 U.S.C. §103 ..................................................................................................passim
`Rules and Regulations
`83 Fed. Reg. 51340, Vol. 83, No. 197 (Oct. 11, 2018) ...........................................7
`M.P.E.P. §2141.03 ..................................................................................................7
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`LIST OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit No.
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`Description
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`1001
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`1002
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`1003
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`1004
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`1005
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`1006
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`1007
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`1008
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081
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`File History of U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081
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`Declaration of Dr. Tim Williams
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,349,329 (Mackintosh)
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2005/0262542
`(DeWeese)
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`IP Address: Your Internet Identity, R. Smith (Mar. 29, 1997)
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`TCP/IP ILLUSTRATED VOL. 1, W. R. STEVENS (1994)
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`Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specifications, DOCSIS
`1.1, Radio Frequency Interface Specification, September 7,
`2005 (“DOCSIS Standard”)
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`Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (“Petitioner”) respectfully requests
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`Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) of claims 9-11 and 23 (the “Challenged Claims”) of
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081 (Ex. 1001, “the ’081 patent”), currently assigned—
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`according to Patent Office records—to StratosAudio, Inc. (“Patent Owner”). There
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`is a reasonable likelihood Petitioner will prevail on at least one challenged claim.
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`I. Mandatory Notices (37 C.F.R. §42.8)
`A. Real Party in Interest (37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(1))
`The real party in interest is Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
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`B. Related Matters (37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(2))
`The Challenged Claims are asserted by Patent Owner against Petitioner in
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`StratosAudio, Inc. v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., No. 6:20-cv-1131,
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`pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. The
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`Challenged Claims are also asserted by Patent Owner against (1) Hyundai Motor
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`America in StratosAudio, Inc. v. Hyundai Motor America, No. 6:20-cv-01125; (2)
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`Mazda Motor of America, Inc. in StratosAudio, Inc. v. Mazda Motor of America,
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`Inc., No. 6:20-cv-01126; (3) Subaru of America, Inc. in StratosAudio, Inc. v.
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`Subaru of America, Inc.; and (4) Volvo Cars of North America, LLC and Volvo
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`Cars USA, LLC in StratosAudio, Inc. v. Volvo Cars of North America, LLC et al.,
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`No. 6:20-cv-01129, all of which are pending in the United States District Court for
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`the Western District of Texas.
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`C. Counsel and Service Information (37 C.F.R. §§42.8(b)(3)-(4))
`Petitioner designates the following lead and back-up counsel:
`Lead Counsel
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`Eric S. Lucas (Reg. No. 76,434; Tel. (212) 848-4955;
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`eric.lucas@shearman.com), attorney at Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington
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`Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
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`Backup Counsel
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`David J. Cooperberg (Reg. No. 63,250; Tel. (212) 848-4063;
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`david.cooperberg@shearman.com), attorney at Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599
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`Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
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`Mark A. Hannemann (pro hac vice to be requested upon authorization; Tel.
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`(212) 848-7696; mark.hannemann@shearman.com), attorney at Shearman &
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`Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
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`Thomas R. Makin (pro hac vice to be requested upon authorization; Tel.
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`(212) 848-7698; thomas.makin@shearman.com), attorney at Shearman & Sterling
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`LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
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`Petitioner consents to e-mail service at the above e-mail addresses and VW-
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`Stratos@Shearman.com.
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`II.
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`Payment of Fees (37 C.F.R. §42.103)
`The Director is authorized to charge the filing fee for this Petition, as well as
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`any other fees that may be required in these proceedings, to Deposit Account
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`500324.
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`III. Requirements for Inter Partes Review (37 C.F.R. §42.104)
`A. Grounds for Standing (37 C.F.R. §42.104(a))
`Petitioner certifies that the ’081 patent is available for IPR, and that
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`Petitioner is not barred or estopped from requesting an IPR challenging the claims
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`on the identified grounds.
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`B.
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`Identification of Challenge (37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(1)-(2)) and
`Relief Requested (37 C.F.R. §42.22(a)(1))
`Petitioner requests the Board institute IPR on the Challenged Claims
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`because they are anticipated or obvious under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. §§102 and 103
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`on the following grounds:
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`Grounds
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`Prior Art
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`Basis
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`IV. Relevant Information Concerning the Contested Patent
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`A. Overview of the ’081 Patent
`The ’081 patent is directed to a “media enhancement system configured to
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`associate a secondary media signal (for example, the secondary media signal can
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`1, 2
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,349,329
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`U.S. Patent Application Publication
`No. 2005/0262542 (“DeWeese”)
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`§102,
`§103
`§102,
`§103
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`Claims
`Challenged
`9-11, 23
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`9-11, 23
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`comprise an advertisement) to a primary media signal (for example, a radio
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`broadcast).” Ex. 1001, 3:8-12. In one example, “a radio station transmits” a “first
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`media signal” containing “a song that is received by a user enabled-device, such as
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`a cellular phone with a radio.” Ex. 1001, 3:27-30; Ex. 1003, ¶27.1 The media
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`enhancement system then sends to a user device “a secondary media signal that is
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`separate and/or discrete from the first media signal.” Ex. 1001, 3:32-35; Ex. 1003,
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`¶27. “For example, the secondary media signal could be an advertisement for a
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`particular truck.” Ex. 1001, 3:35-36; Ex. 1003, ¶27. “As the user enabled-device
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`is playing a song obtained from the first media signal, the user enabled-device
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`displays the media content in the second media signal, wherein the media content
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`can be a still or moving picture of the advertised truck.” Ex. 1001, 3:37-40; Ex.
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`1003, ¶27. The advertisement may also include a “user selectable audio of the
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`advertised truck wherein the first audio track could be paused upon selection.” Ex.
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`1001, 3:41-47; Ex. 1003, ¶27.
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`The ’081 patent’s figure 3, reproduced below, is illustrative of the above
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`example. Figure 3 illustrates a user device 4, playing an audio broadcast received
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`by radio “receiver 455” and outputting the sound using “speaker 453.” Ex. 1001,
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`1 Declaration of Dr. Tim Williams, an expert in electrical engineering. Ex. 1003,
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`¶¶5-14; see also CV attached to same.
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`18:56-19:10; Ex. 1003, ¶28. Device 4, while playing the audio, displays: in an
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`“upper panel 451” of “display 450,” “textual information corresponding to the
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`music being played on the radio”; and, in a “lower panel 452” of display 450, “an
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`advertisement signal 113.” Ex. 1001, 19:11-46; Ex. 1003, ¶28. The “textual
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`information” presented in upper panel 451 can be acquired using receiver 455 from
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`an “RBDS and/or RDS signal” accompanying an FM audio broadcast. Ex. 1001,
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`19:17-22, 24:63-66; Ex. 1003, ¶28. The ’081 patent contemplates that the
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`“advertisement media signal 113 can be provided by any of the communication
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`methods disclosed herein, and/or can comprise any form of media content.” Ex.
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`1001, 12:40-42; Ex. 1003, ¶28.
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`Ex. 1001, Fig. 3.
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`The ’081 patent further discloses that, “[t]o facilitate the assignment and/or
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`sending of an advertisement media signal 113 with a first media signal 111, a
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`unique identifier 115 can be provided to each media signal (the first media signal
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`111 [and] the advertisement media signal 113…)…. These identifiers 115 can be
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`stored in a database and/or other location such as the control management system
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`100, along with other relevant information. The unique identifier 115 can be used
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`… to track and/or record the results of any given signal as well as to determine
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`whether the signal should be provided to the primary and/or ancillary devices 4, 5
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`and/or the user.” Ex. 1001, 12:66-13:22; Ex. 1003, ¶29.
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`Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
`B.
`Here, the level of skill is apparent from the cited art. See In re GPAC Inc.,
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`57 F.3d 1573, 1579 (Fed. Cir. 1995); M.P.E.P. §2141.03. Petitioner submits that a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art (“POSITA”) would have had at least a B.S. in
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`computer science or electrical engineering or a related field, and approximately
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`three years of experience working in the communications or Internet-related
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`industries. Ex. 1003, ¶33. This description is approximate—a higher education or
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`skill level might make up for less experience, and vice-versa; for example, a
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`POSITA could have a master’s degree with no industry experience. Ex. 1003, ¶33.
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`C. Claim Construction (37 C.F.R. §42.104(b)(3))
`This Petition construes terms consistent with the understanding a POSITA
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`would have had, at the time of the invention, in view of the ’081 patent’s intrinsic
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`evidence. See 83 Fed. Reg. 51340, Vol. 83, No. 197 (Oct. 11, 2018); Phillips v.
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`AWH Corp., 415 F.3d 1303, 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc). Only terms subject
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`to a legitimate dispute need to be construed for the purposes of IPR. Nidec Motor
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`Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co., 868 F.3d 1013, 1017 (Fed. Cir.
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`2017). Terms not expressly construed should be given their plain and ordinary
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`meaning.
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`“media content” (Claims 9-11)
`1.
`For purposes of this IPR, Petitioner adopts the ’081 patent’s broad definition
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`of “media content”:
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`[T]he terms “media” or “media content” are broad terms
`that comprise any form of content, including without
`limitation, graphics, videos, sounds, text, text messages,
`interactive applications, vibrations, television and/or radio
`programming, podcasts, movies, songs, games, telephone
`conversations,
`speeches,
`news,
`information,
`advertisements, polls votes, personal messages, and/or
`other physical manifestations capable of communicating a
`concept or idea.
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`Ex. 1001, 5:22-29; Ex. 1003, ¶¶39-40.
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` “present … media content” (Claim 9)
`2.
`Consistent with the intrinsic evidence, the term “present … media content”
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`should be construed to mean “provide an output, related to a media content, that
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`can be sensed by the user,” for example, display, audio, and vibration. Ex. 1003,
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`¶45.
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`As explained immediately above, the ’081 patent specification broadly
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`defines “media content.” Ex. 1001, 5:22-29; Ex. 1003, ¶42.
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`And, the ’081 patent explains that “media content” can be “presented” in
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`various ways:
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`[T]he terms “display,” “present,” their synonyms, and
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`alternative
`conjugations
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`interchangeably and be broadly interpreted as providing
`media to be sensed by the user.
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`Ex. 1001, 5:36-40; Ex. 1003, ¶43.
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`Further, the ’081 patent specification makes explicit that media content
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`“need not be presented through the display panel, but could alternatively be
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`presented through the speaker, a vibration system, and/or any other primary device
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`output 402, 403.” Ex. 1001, 19:52-19:56, see also 19:1-65; Ex. 1003, ¶44.
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`V. The Specific Grounds of Unpatentability
`A. Overview of the Prior Art
`1. Mackintosh
`Mackintosh, entitled “Coordinating Delivery of Supplemental Materials with
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`Radio Broadcast Material,” was filed on September 29, 1998, and issued as a
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`patent on February 19, 2002. Ex. 1004. It is therefore prior art under at least 35
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`U.S.C. §102(b).
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`Mackintosh’s invention is directed toward a system for enhancing a
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`listener’s broadcast experience by providing to the listener certain “supplemental
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`materials” in combination with an audio broadcast. Ex. 1004, 2:40-45 (emphasis
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`added); Ex. 1003, ¶47.
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`Mackintosh explains that:
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`According to one aspect of the invention, supplemental
`materials can be provided to a user in a coordinated
`fashion with the broadcast materials being delivered. The
`supplemental materials can be provided in a coordinated
`fashion such that they relate to the actual broadcast
`materials as they are being streamed or otherwise
`delivered to the user. For example, according to one
`embodiment, the broadcast material is delivered to the user
`in segments such as, for example, tracks of music,
`advertisements, and promotional materials in a radio
`broadcast. In this embodiment, the supplemental materials
`can be coordinated with the individual segments (e.g.,
`tracks) such that supplemental materials relating to the
`segments can be provided as the segments are being
`provided to the user.
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`Ex. 1004, 2:43-56; Ex. 1003, ¶48.
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`Mackintosh explains that “radio broadcast materials can include a plurality
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`of tracks that can be streamed to a user via the Internet, [which] can include, for
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`example, music tracks … along with program data that can indicate, for example,
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`an identification of the track, the type of track, and other pertinent or relevant
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`information regarding the particular track being broadcast at that time.” Ex. 1004,
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`3:1-11; Ex. 1003, ¶49. Mackintosh implements its system through a “player” that
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`executes on a “client computer or other end use device within the communications
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`network.” Ex. 1004, 21:56-58; Ex. 1003, ¶49.
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`Mackintosh discloses several examples intended to highlight the features of
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`its system. Ex. 1003, ¶50. Figures 5, 6, and 7, reproduced below, depict: a block
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`diagram illustrating the example application of the invention in which a radio
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`station provides its broadcast materials to a listener at its user terminal; an
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`operational flow diagram illustrating an example process by which supplemental
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`information can be coordinated with the broadcast material; and a diagram
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`illustrating an example user interface, respectively:
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`Ex. 1003, ¶50.
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`A specific implementation of Mackintosh’s system is depicted in figures 10
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`through 13, with exemplary architecture of “computer system 702” shown in figure
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`13 (reproduced, below left), and “player 510” shown in figure 12 (reproduced,
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`below right). Ex. 1004, Figs. 10-13; Ex. 1003, ¶51. Mackintosh asserts that this
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`“specific example is provided by way of example only, and it should be
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`appreciated that other environments are possible … including the more generic
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`examples described [elsewhere in Mackintosh],” Ex. 1004, 24:5-9:
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`Mackintosh itself was not listed in an IDS or cited during prosecution. An
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`international publication (WO 2000/019662) to the same assignee
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`(Radiowave.com, Inc.) was listed in a 107-reference IDS, but it too was never cited
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`by the Examiner. Ex. 1002, 127-31. Thus, the Board should decline to exercise its
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`discretion pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 325(d). See Zip Top, LLC v. Stasher, Inc.,
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`IPR2018-01216, Paper 14, 35 (PTAB Jan. 17, 2019); see also Apple Inc. v. Omni
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`MedSci, Inc., IPR2020-00175, Paper 11 (PTAB June 17, 2020) (declining to
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`exercise §325(d) discretion where, inter alia, there was an absence of record “of
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`what the Examiner’s consideration of these references entailed”).
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`DeWeese
`2.
`DeWeese, entitled “Television Chat System,” was filed on August 12, 2004,
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`and was published on November 24, 2004. Ex. 1005. It is therefore prior art under
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`at least 35 U.S.C. §102(b).
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`DeWeese is directed to a “television chat system 10,” as illustrated in figure
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`1A, reproduced below. Ex. 1005. Television chat system 10 includes a “main
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`facility 12,” a “television distribution facility 16” having “chat equipment 22”
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`(e.g., a chat server), and “user television equipment 20.” Ex. 1005, Fig. 1A; Ex.
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`1003, ¶53. Main facility 12 provides television distribution facility 16 with
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`electronic program information, which includes “television program listings data
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`such as program times, channels, titles, descriptions.” Ex. 1005, ¶¶51-53; Ex.
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`1003, ¶53. “Television distribution facility 16 distributes [the] program guide data
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`and other information to the user television equipment 20 of multiple users via
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`communications paths 24.” Ex. 1005, ¶55; Ex. 1003, ¶53. “Communication paths
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`24 … allow television distribution facility 16 to distribute scheduled television
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`programming, pay programming, real-time communications, chat requests and
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`other video and audio information to user television equipment 20 in addition to
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`non-video program guide information and communications.” Ex. 1005, ¶55; Ex.
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`1003, ¶53.
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`Ex. 1005, Fig. 1A.
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`In one example, as illustrated in figure 9, reproduced below, “[t]elevision
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`program 202 may be displayed in region 203 of display screen 200, while a chat
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`room region 206 may be displayed simultaneously in the lower portion of display
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`screen 200.” Ex. 1005, ¶93; Ex. 1003, ¶54. “Participants in the chat room send
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`chat messages [208 and 210] which appear in region 206.” Id. Moreover, as
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`illustrated in figure 4, reproduced below, each user of the chat system has an
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`associated unique user identification (“USER ID 138”), so that “real-time
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`communications and chat requests can be directed to specific users.”
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`Ex. 1005, ¶76, Figs. 4 (annotated) and 9.
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`DeWeese was not cited during prosecution of the ’081 patent.
`B. Ground 1: Mackintosh Anticipates Claims 9-11 and 23
`Claim 9
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`9[preamble] “A system for combining multiple media
`comprising:”
`Regardless of whether the preamble is limiting, it is disclosed by
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`Mackintosh. Mackintosh discloses a system for combining multiple media. Ex.
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`1003, ¶¶55-66.
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`Mackintosh’s invention is directed toward a system for enhancing a
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`listener’s broadcast experience by providing to the listener certain “supplemental
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`materials” in combination with an audio broadcast. Ex. 1004, 2:40-45; Ex. 1003,
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`¶56. Mackintosh explains that a radio station, for example, transmits over the
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`Internet (via, e.g., “broadcast internet service provider 208” or “broadcast server
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`509”) the audio broadcast (and certain program data, such as cut codes, associated
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`with the audio broadcast) to a user. Ex. 1004, Figs. 5 and 10; Ex. 1003, ¶56. And,
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`Mackintosh explains that certain servers (e.g., “data server 214,” or “support server
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`511”) provide “supplemental materials” to the user (which “supplemental
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`materials” provide additional information about, and potential actions regarding,
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`the broadcast). Ex. 1004, Figs. 5 and 10; Ex. 1003, ¶56. Figures 5 and 10,
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`showing two of Mackintosh’s exemplary broadcast architectures, are reproduced
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`below:
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`Ex. 1003, ¶56.
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`In order to coordinate the delivery of the supplemental materials, the server
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`is provided certain program data (e.g., “event codes,” “cut codes” or some other
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`“identifying indicia,” which pertain to a “distinct segment” of the broadcast) that
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`the server uses to look up the relevant supplemental materials that it provides to the
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`user. Ex. 1004, 3:19-26; 5:36-42; 5:50-54; 5:59-6:2; 7:16-20; 8:40-55; 9:7-59;
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`10:4-16; 21:13-25; Ex. 1003, ¶57.
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`Mackintosh explains that the “supplemental materials” can broadly include
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`“images, video clips, audio clips, data, or other materials that may be provided to
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`the user in conjunction with the broadcast materials. The supplemental materials
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`particular segments of the broadcast material.” Ex. 1004, 2:57-62, 10:32-33,
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`For example, Mackintosh explains that:
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`[T]he user may be provided with an image of an album
`currently being played, album title, artist, and track
`number, links to purchase the album, additional materials
`such as promotional materials, concert schedules and
`materials, memorabilia, artists bios, other images or
`videos relating to the album or artists, or virtually any
`other information that may be somehow related to the
`current item being played by radio station 204.
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`Additionally, advertising information can be retrieved and
`provided on user terminal 212 in conjunction with the
`current broadcast material. For example, particular
`advertising spots may be keyed to particular songs or
`broadcast material to further enhance the user interface.
`Advertising can be keyed to attributes identified by the
`program data such as music types, products or product
`categories, artists, and so on.
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`Ex. 1004, 10:67-11:15; Ex. 1003, ¶59.
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`Mackintosh discloses that the broadcast and supplemental materials can be
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`presented to its users on a device such as “user terminal 212,” or, more
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`specifically, “computer system 702.”2 Ex. 1004, 24:10-25:4, 8:32-35; 5:28-37
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`(“Depending on the broadcast or delivery medium, the user equipment can include,
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`for example a processor-based system, such as a personal computer (PC) or other
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`processor-based system, having an appropriate communication interface. In the
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`Internet embodiment described above, user equipment 112 can include, for
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`example, an Internet terminal having an Internet communication interface.”); Ex.
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`1003, ¶60.
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`Figure 13, which depicts a “diagram illustrating an example computer
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`architecture according to one embodiment of the invention,” Ex. 1004, 4:55-56, is
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`2 For ease of reference, Petitioner will hereinafter refer to each of Mackintosh’s
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`“user terminal 212” and “computer system 702” as “computer.” Ex. 1003, ¶61.
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`The user’s computer plays the audio broadcast materials, sent by the
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`broadcaster, through speakers (not shown), and displays the “supplemental
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`materials,” sent by a server (e.g., “support server 511”), to the user through
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`“player” software (e.g., “player 510”) that can reside on the user’s computer. Ex.
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`1004, 3:17-23, 21:56-67, Fig. 7 (showing a generic “player”) and Fig. 12 (showing
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`a more specific example: “player 510”); Ex. 1003, ¶63.
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`A generic software “player” with placeholder boxes for where various
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`elements of the “supplemental materials” are displayed, is depicted in figure 7;
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`and, a more specific example of Mackintosh’s “player”—with the placeholder
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`boxes of figure 7 filled in with examples—is depicted in figure 12:
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`Mackintosh’s system, as illustrated in, e.g., figures 5 and 10—in which a
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`broadcaster transmits audio broadcast data to a user and a server transmits
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`“supplemental materials” to the user—corresponds to the claimed “system for
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`combining multiple media,” which media are combined at the user’s computer.
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`Ex. 1003, ¶65. This is discussed in additional detail with respect to the individual
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`limitations below. Ex. 1003, ¶66.
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`9[a] “a first receiver module configured to receive at least a
`first media content and data enabling the identification of a
`specific instance of the first media content from a first
`broadcast medium;”
`Mackintosh discloses a first receiver module configured to receive at least a
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`first media content and data enabling the identification of a specific instance of the
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`first media content from a first broadcast medium. Ex. 1003, ¶¶67-73.
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`As illustrated in figures 5 and 10, reproduced below, Mackintosh discloses
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`that a broadcaster (shown as “broadcast internet service provider 208” and
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`“broadcast server 509,” respectively) transmits broadcast material, including audio
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`and program data, to a user (shown, respectively, as “user terminal 212” and
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`“player 510”). Ex. 1004, 8:40-49, 9:48-50; Ex. 1003, ¶67.
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`The “program data” that is sent with the audio data “can include, for
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`example, a cut number, a category of the cut, and a duration of the cut. In these
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`embodiments, the cut number can include number [sic: a numeric] or other alpha-
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`numeric designation assigned by the radio station for recorded components that air
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`on their station.” Ex. 1004, 9:7-12, 21:11-24; Ex. 1003, ¶68. Mackintosh explains
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`that the “cut number can be a numeric or alphanumeric identification (ID) that
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`identifies the particular cut,” and that each “cut code correspond[s] to and uniquely
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`identif[ies] a segment from the standpoint of the radio station.” Ex. 1004, 9:18-19,
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`21:21-25; Ex. 1003, ¶68. Additional “program data” can include “format
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`information,” and a “station ID” that “uniquely identif[ies] that station from among
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`a plurality of other stations.” Ex. 1004, 9:25-47, 21:11-24; Ex. 1003, ¶68. The
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`station ID allows for “cut number[s] or other codes from different stations [to] be
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`differentiated.” Ex. 1004, 10:11-13, 21:11-24; Ex. 1003, ¶68. Thus, the station ID
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`and the cut number, collectively, correspond to the claimed data that enable the
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`identification of a specific instance of the first media content. Ex. 1003, ¶68.
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`Mackintosh discloses that a server, having the station ID and cut number,
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`can “correlate [the] station ID and cut code with an ID of the album containing the
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`song, the name of the artist, the album name, and the song name,” and that the
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`server “obtains the album ID for the album containing the song associated with the
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`cut code and station ID.” Ex. 1004, 22:15-23; Ex. 1003, ¶69.
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`Mackintosh further discloses that “player” software (e.g., “software
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`application resident on user terminal 212” or “player 510” running on “computer
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`system 702”) “play[s] the broadcast material broadcast from the broadcast Internet
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`service provider 208.” Ex. 1004, 12:18-22, 21:56-67 (“The player is configured to
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`receive the merged stream over signal line 513 and play the audio component
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`thereof through speakers or the like (not shown) configured as part of the client
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`computer/end user device.”); Ex. 1003, ¶70.
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`Figures 7 and 12, reproduced below, illustrate exemplary screenshots of
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`Mackintosh’s computer, on which the “player” software operates, includes a
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`“communications interface 724,” which “allows software and data to be transferred
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`between computer system 702 and external devices.” Ex. 1004, 24:55-58; Ex.
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`1003, ¶72. Mackintosh explains that:
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`Examples of communications interface 724 can include a
`modem, a network interface (such as, for example, an
`Ethernet card), a communications port, a PCMCIA slot
`and card, etc. Software and data
`transferred via
`communications interface 724 are in the form of signals
`which can be electronic, electromagnetic, optical or other
`signals capable of being received by communications
`interface 724. These
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`communications interface via a channel 728. This channel
`728 carries signals and can be implemented using a
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`communications medium. Some examples of a channel
`can include a phone line, a cellular phone link, an RF link,
`a network interface, and other communications channels.
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`Ex. 1004, 24:58-25:4; Ex. 1003, ¶72. A POSITA would have understood that
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`“communications interface 724” allows the user’s computer to receive the audio
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`broadcast (and program data) sent over the Internet by the broadcaster. Ex. 1003,
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`¶73.
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`Mackintosh’s computer, which includes “communications interface 724,”
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`corresponds to the claimed “first receiver module”; and, it is configured to receive
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`(i) “broadcast material” (audio data), which corresponds to the claimed “first
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`media content,” and (ii) “program data,” which corresponds to the claimed “data
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`enabling the identification of a specific instance of the first media content from a
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`first broadcast medium.” Ex. 1003, ¶74.
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`9[b] “a second receiver module configured to receive at least
`a second media content and uniquely identifying data
`specific to at least the second media content,”
`Mackintosh discloses a second receiver module configured to receive at least
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`a second media content and uniquely identifying data specific to at least the second
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`media content. Ex. 1003, ¶¶75-86.
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`As explained above, Mackintosh discloses that, to enhance the broadcast
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`experience, a server provides “supplemental materials” to the listener of the
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`broadcast. Ex. 1003, ¶75. Mackintosh discloses that, in order to obtain the
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`relevant “supplemental materials,” its server is provided the program