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`The Applicant respectfully requests that prior to the examination of the above-captioned
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`patent application that this First Preliminary Amendmentbe entered.
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`The Applicant’s Amendments to the Specification begin on Page 2 of this paper.
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`The Applicant’s Listing of the Claims begins on Page 3 of this paper.
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`The Applicant’s Remarksbegin on Page4 ofthis paper.
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`4848-1113-3499.1
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION:
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`Please replace the Cross Reference To Related Applications Section on page 2, after the
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`--CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`This application is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application No. 14/193,426, filed
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`February 28, 2014, now allowed, which is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority to
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`pendine U.S. Patent Application No. 13/157,214, filed June 9, 2011, now U.S. Patent No.
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`9,098,531, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.--
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`4848-1113-3499.1
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1017, p. 2
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`LISTING OF THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Original) A computer-implemented method of associating digital tags with
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`digital files, comprising:
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`storing, on one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, a plurality of
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`digital files, each of the digital files having embedded therein content data and metadata
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`including tags;
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`receiving, via a user interface device of a client device, a first tag label containing
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`alphanumeric text created and inputted by a userofthe client device;
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`modifying, using a controller device, a selected first one of the tags of the metadata in a
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`first of the digital files to includethe first tag label;
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`receiving, via the user interface device or another user interface device, an instruction to
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`search for all of the digital files having at least the first tag label;
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`responsive to receiving the instruction, automatically searching forall of the digital files
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`havingat least the first tag label; and
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`displaying, on a video display device associated with the client device, a first indication
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`of the first tag label.
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`2-29.
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`(Canceled)
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`4848-1113-3499.1
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1017, p. 3
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. - Ex. 1017, p. 3
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`REMARKS
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`Claims 1-29 are pending. Claims 2-29 are canceled. No new claims are added. No
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`The specification has been amendedto indicate the benefit of priority.
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`CONCLUSION
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`The Applicant submits that the claim is in a condition for allowance and action toward
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`that end is earnestly solicited. Applicant is concurrently submitting filing fees of $730.00.
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