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`Filed: October 30, 2021
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MEMORYWEB, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. IPR2022-00031
`U.S. Patent No. 10,621,228
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`MemoryWeb Ex. 2007
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 1
`I.
`II. COMPLIANCE WITH IPR REQUIREMENTS ....................................... 2
`A.
`Certification of Standing ....................................................................... 2
`B. Mandatory Notices ................................................................................ 2
`1.
`Real Party-in-Interest .................................................................. 2
`2.
`Related Proceedings .................................................................... 2
`3.
`Counsel and Service Information................................................ 3
`IDENTIFICATION OF CHALLENGED CLAIMS .................................. 3
`III.
`IV. TECHNICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................... 4
`A. Digital Photography and Metadata ........................................................ 4
`B. Metadata Standards ............................................................................... 4
`C.
`Photo Organizer Applications and Websites ......................................... 5
`D.
`Common Features of Photo Applications ............................................. 7
`THE ’228 PATENT ....................................................................................... 9
`A.
`Effective Filing Date and AIA Status ................................................... 9
`B.
`Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art ....................................................... 9
`C.
`Overview of the ’228 Patent .................................................................. 9
`D.
`Prosecution History ............................................................................. 12
`VI. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................ 12
`VII. THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTABLE ..................... 13
`A.
`Prior Art Overview .............................................................................. 13
`1.
`A3UM ....................................................................................... 13
`a.
`Prior Art Status ............................................................... 13
`b.
`Overview ......................................................................... 17
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`Belitz ......................................................................................... 22
`Claims 1-19 Are Obvious Over A3UM and Belitz ............................. 24
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`1.
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`2.
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`Belitz Suggests Modifying A3UM to Use Photo Thumbnails
`Instead of Pins in the A3UM Interactive Map .......................... 24
`Claim 1 ...................................................................................... 31
`a.
`Preamble and Map View ................................................ 31
`b.
`First and Second Location Selectable Thumbnail Images
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`c.
`First and Second Location Views ................................... 39
`d.
`People View .................................................................... 44
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`First and Second Person Selectable Thumbnail Images . 46
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`First and Second Names ................................................. 53
`3.
`Claims 2 and 5 ........................................................................... 55
`4.
`Claims 3 and 6 ........................................................................... 58
`5.
`Claims 4 and 7 ........................................................................... 59
`6.
`Claims 8 and 9 ........................................................................... 60
`7.
`Claim 10 .................................................................................... 62
`8.
`Claim 11 .................................................................................... 64
`9.
`Claim 12 .................................................................................... 67
`10. Claim 13 .................................................................................... 68
`11. Claim 14 .................................................................................... 70
`12. Claim 15 .................................................................................... 72
`13. Claim 16 .................................................................................... 73
`14. Claim 17 .................................................................................... 76
`15. Claims 18 and 19....................................................................... 78
`VIII. THE BOARD SHOULD NOT EXERCISE ITS DISCRETION UNDER
`§ 314(a) or § 315(d) ...................................................................................... 79
`A.
`Section 314(a) ...................................................................................... 80
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`Factor 1 (Possibility of Stay) is Neutral .................................... 80
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`Factor 2 (Trial Date) Favors Institution .................................... 80
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`3.
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`4.
`5.
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`Factor 3 (Investment in Parallel Proceedings) Favors Institution
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`Factor 4 (Overlapping Issues) Favors Institution ..................... 82
`Factor 5 (Overlapping Parties) is Outweighed by Other Factors
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`Factor 6 (Strength of Petition and Other Considerations) Favors
`Institution .................................................................................. 83
`Section 325(d) ..................................................................................... 85
`B.
`IX. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ 85
`Exhibit List ............................................................................................................. 86
`Certificate of Compliance ...................................................................................... 90
`Certificate of Service .............................................................................................. 91
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,621,228
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Apple”) requests inter partes review of claims 1-19
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`(“challenged claims”) of U.S. Patent No. 10,621,228 (“’228 patent”). The ’228
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`patent claims digital photo management methods that use two well-known user
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`interface elements to select and display desired photos: (i) a “map view” showing
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`the location where photos were taken and (ii) a “people view” that uses faces of
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`people to select and display digital photos containing those people. Patent Owner
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`MemoryWeb LLC secured allowance of the challenged claims over unrelated prior
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`art by adding a “People view” requirement to its claims.
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`The prior art, however, described photo management systems with both
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`interface elements before early 2011. Most notably, A3UM—not considered
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`during examination—describes a photo management system that allows users to
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`select and view digital photos using locations on an interactive map (“Places”) and
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`by individuals in digital images (“Faces”). The only potential distinction between
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`the ’228 patent claims and A3UM involves the style of markers used on the
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`interactive map: A3UM uses pins, while the ’228 patent requires “thumbnail
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`images.” That distinction cannot render the claims patentable, as Belitz teaches
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`using thumbnail images on interactive maps to select and display photos.
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`Because the evidence demonstrates that the ’228 patent claims are obvious
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`based on A3UM in view of Belitz, the Board should institute inter partes review.
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`II. COMPLIANCE WITH IPR REQUIREMENTS
`A. Certification of Standing
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`Petitioner certifies that the ’228 patent is available for IPR. Petitioner is not
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`barred or estopped from requesting an IPR on the challenged claims on the grounds
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`identified below. Petitioner and its privies have not filed a civil action challenging
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`the validity of any claim of the ’228 patent. This petition is timely filed within one
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`year of service of MemoryWeb’s complaint alleging infringement of the ’228
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`patent against Apple (EX1023; EX1024) and is filed more than 9 months from the
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`issue date of the ’228 patent (see §V.A).
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`B. Mandatory Notices
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`1.
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`Real Party-in-Interest
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. is the real party-in-interest for this petition.
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`2.
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`Related Proceedings
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`The ’228 patent is related to the following U.S. Patents: 9,098,531 (“’531
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`patent,” EX1010); 9,552,376 (“’376 patent,” EX1011); 10,423,658 (“’658 patent,”
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`EX1012); and 11,017,020 (“’020 patent,” EX1014).
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`The ’228 patent is related to the following pending U.S. Patent Applications:
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`16/536,300; 17/381,047; and 17/459,933.
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`The ’228 patent or related patents are or were at issue in the following cases:
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`Filing Date
`Sep. 3, 2021
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`Patents
`’228
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`May 25, 2021
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`May 17, 2021
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`’376, ’658,
`’228, ’020
`’658, ’228
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`Apr. 26, 2021
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`’658, ’228
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`Case
`Unified Patents, LLC v. MemoryWeb, LLC,
`IPR2021-01413
`MemoryWeb, LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 6-21-cv-
`00531 (W.D. Tex.)
`MyHeritage (USA), Inc. et al. v. MemoryWeb,
`LLC, No. 1-21-cv-02666 (N.D. Il.) (dismissed)
`MemoryWeb, LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co.,
`Ltd. et al, No. 6-21-cv-00411 (W.D. Tex.)
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`3.
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`Counsel and Service Information
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`Lead Counsel
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`Backup Counsel
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`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Reg. No. 43,401
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`jkushan@sidley.com
`(202) 736-8914
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`Samuel A. Dillon
`Reg. No. 65,197
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`samuel.dillon@sidley.com
`(202) 736-8298
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`Kyle S. Smith
`Reg. No. 78,579
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`kyle.smith@sidley.com
`(202) 736-8327
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`Petitioner consents to service via e-mail at the following address:
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`SidleyAppleMemoryWebIPRs@sidley.com.
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`III.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF CHALLENGED CLAIMS
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`Claims 1-19 are unpatentable as obvious under 35 U.S.C. § 103 (AIA or pre-
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`AIA) based on A3UM (EX1005) in view of Belitz (EX1006).
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`Petitioner’s challenges are supported by the declaration and testimony of Dr.
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`Loren Terveen (EX1003), an expert in graphical user interfaces with over 40 years
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`of experience. See EX1003, ¶¶2-10; EX1004 (CV).
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`IV. TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
`A. Digital Photography and Metadata
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`The advent of low-cost digital cameras and smartphones, coupled with the
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`establishment of key standards for digital images (e.g., JPEG image compression
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`standard and Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) metadata standard) drove a
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`rapid transformation away from print photography at the end of the last century.
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`EX1029, 59-62; EX1036 (EXIF). By 2010, digital photography had effectively
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`replaced conventional film-based photography. EX1003, ¶¶55-56. The increased
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`availability of digital cameras and the ability to take and maintain unlimited
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`numbers of photographs for free drove users to accumulate large numbers of
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`digital photographs. See EX1029, 59; EX1003, ¶57. That, in turn, created a
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`market demand for digital photo management applications that could efficiently
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`and intuitively retrieve desired images out of a large collection of digital photos.
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`EX1029, 62.
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`B. Metadata Standards
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`Before 2010, several standards governing information related to digital
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`images (metadata) had been established, including: (i) the Exchangeable Image
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`File format (“EXIF”), (ii) the Information Interchange Model (“IIM”) (aka
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`“IPTC”), and (iii) the Metadata Working Group Guidelines (“MWGG”). EX1036
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`(EXIF); 1037 (IPTC); EX1038 (MWGG); EX1003, ¶58. “Metadata has become a
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`powerful tool to organize and search through the growing libraries of image, audio
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`and video content that users are producing and consuming.” EX1038, 6. Metadata
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`plays a key role “in the consumer workflow,” with user-defined keywords and
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`location information (where a photo was taken or the location of its subject) as two
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`important types of metadata for digital files. EX1038, 16-18.
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`C.
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`Photo Organizer Applications and Websites
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`Numerous photo organizer applications and websites existing before 2010
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`allowed users to manage large collections of digital photographs, and easily
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`retrieve digital images, including photos and videos. E.g., EX1031, 1; EX1003,
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`¶59. One example was Google Picasa, which included both a People view, which
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`allowed a user to easily select digital photos containing a given person, and a
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`Places view, which allowed a user to view photos taken at or tagged with a
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`particular location:
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`EX1032, 1-2; EX1003, ¶59. Other applications with both people-oriented and
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`map-oriented display capabilities included Apple’s iPhoto and Aperture products.
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`EX1031, 4; EX1039, 1-3; EX1003, ¶60.
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`Photo sharing websites were another outgrowth of the digital photography
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`revolution. EX1003, ¶61. By 2010, numerous such websites existed that allowed
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`users to upload and share their digital photographs, including Flickr, Photobucket,
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`Picasa, Shutterfly, Panoramio and Wikimedia Commons. EX1003, ¶61; e.g.,
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`EX1030, 1, 4. Many adopted the common features of photo organizer
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`applications, including albums, image tagging, use of thumbnails to select desired
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`photos, and mapping of the locations where photos were taken. E.g., EX1030, 1,
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`3; EX1043, 1; EX1003, ¶¶61-62. For example, Picasa Web Albums allowed users
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`to browse a map that displayed “thumbnails of a photo album’s pictures” at the
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`locations where the photos were taken. EX1033, 1-2. Sites like Flickr included
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`powerful filtering functionality that let users filter by specific users or tags,
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`allowing users to easily identify photographs. EX1033, 2; EX1003, ¶63.
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`D. Common Features of Photo Applications
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`Developers of photo applications such as organizers and websites were
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`constantly extending their products to incorporate functionality found in other
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`products. EX1003, ¶64. By 2010, common features of such organizers included:
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`(i) the use of albums or collections to identify sets of photos, (ii) use of thumbnail
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`previews of images to enable easier selection/display of desired photos, (iii)
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`slideshow functionality, (iv) facial recognition and (v) the use of tags that enabled
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`users to associate keywords and other information (metadata) with individual
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`photos. E.g., EX1031, 1-4; EX1003, ¶65. The latter capability enabled users to
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`group, find and sort photographs using the identity of individuals in the photos or
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`location information linked to the photos. EX1003, ¶65.
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`By 2010, developers could easily incorporate and combine multiple
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`functionalities and information sources using application programming interfaces
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`(APIs) of public data services. EX1003, ¶66; e.g., EX1035, 7. For example, the
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`Google Maps API (“GM-API”) enabled photo collection applications and websites
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`to display an interactive map that placed interactive map markers at specified
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`locations using simple API calls enabling retrieval and display of photos at those
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`locations:
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`EX1043; EX1040; EX1003, ¶66.
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`Google illustrated these capabilities in two pre-2010 products: Picasa Web
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`Albums and Panoramio. EX1033, 2; EX1034, 1. Each product used small images
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`to represent photos locations on a map and could display associated information in
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`response to user interaction:
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`Picasa (2009)
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`Panoramio (2010)
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`EX1033, 2; EX1034, 1; EX1003, ¶67. By 2010, a skilled artisan thus could easily
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`provide an interactive map in a website or application having locations marked
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`with thumbnails of digital images, and to retrieve and display information linked to
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`those marked locations. EX1003, ¶68.
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`V. THE ’228 PATENT
`A. Effective Filing Date and AIA Status
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`The earliest filing date claimed by the ’228 patent is June 9, 2011. EX1001,
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`Face. Patent Owner has represented in related litigation that claims 1-9, 12, 14-15,
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`and 17-19 are only entitled to a priority date of February 28, 2014. EX1027, 2.
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`Under either date, the references at issue are prior art (§§VII.A.1.a, VII.A.2) and
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`would have rendered the challenged claims obvious before June 9, 2011 (EX1003,
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`¶¶39-40).
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`B.
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`Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`A person of ordinary skill in the art in the field of the ’228 patent in 2011 (or
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`2014) would have had (1) at least a bachelor’s degree in computer science,
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`computer engineering, or electrical engineering, and (2) at least one year of
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`experience designing graphical user interfaces for applications such as photo
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`management systems. EX1003, ¶¶41-43.
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`C. Overview of the ’228 Patent
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`The ’228 patent “relates generally to the management of digital files … such
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`as digital photographs.” EX1001, Face, 1:21-24, 1:61-67; EX1003, ¶44. The ’228
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`patent discloses a “web-based digital file storage system” including a “digital file
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`repository for storing and retrieving digital files, such as photos, a digital tagging
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`system configured to assign digital tags to the digital files, a sorting system, and a
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`user interface.” EX1001, 4:36-42; EX1003, ¶45. “[M]ultiple views from which a
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`user can display his or her digital media files and their tagged attributes” are
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`disclosed. EX1001, 5:58-6:7; EX1003, ¶45.
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`The ’228 Patent provides two illustrations of a “location view” in Figures 5
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`and 41. EX1001, 3:7-8 (“FIG. 5 is a screenshot of a location view of one
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`embodiment of the disclosed system.”), 4:7-8, 6:18-23. Both depict an interactive
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`map with locations identified using map markers. In Figure 5, pins are used to
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`denote the location of photos, while in Figure 41 thumbnails with overlaid counts
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`are used:
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`EX1001, 29:41-57; Fig. 41; EX1003, ¶¶46-48.
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`The ’228 patent explains that selecting a thumbnail prompts display of a
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`Single Location view (Figure 34). EX1001, 24:16-36, 29:48-55.
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`EX1001, Fig. 34; EX1003, ¶49.
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`Another example is Figure 32, which illustrates two related People
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`Application Views. EX1001, 22:59-23:49. The Multiple People Application view
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`displays multiple people represented by thumbnails including their face. EX1001,
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`22:59-23:11. By selecting one of these thumbnails, the user invokes a Single
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`person Profile Application View, which displays thumbnail images of the photos
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`containing that person. EX1001, 23:12-49.
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`EX1001, Fig. 32; EX1003, ¶50.
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`D.
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`Prosecution History
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`The Examiner concluded the ’228 patent claims were patentable over each
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`of Hibino (EX1041) and Tanaka (EX1042) because the claims required both (i) a
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`map view that allows locations to be selected and corresponding digital photos to
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`be displayed and (ii) a people view that allows faces to be selected and
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`corresponding digital photos to be displayed. EX1002, 361-363.
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`VI. CLAIM CONSTRUCTION
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`Claims are given their “ordinary and customary meaning … as understood
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`by one of ordinary skill in the art and the prosecution history pertaining to the
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`patent.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b); 83 Fed. Reg. 51,340, 51,358-51,359 (Oct. 11,
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`2018). Petitioner is unaware of any “prior claim construction determination”
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`related to the ’228 patent. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b). Because a skilled artisan
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`would find the challenged claims unpatentable under any interpretation consistent
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`with their plain and ordinary meaning in the context of the ’228 patent, the Board
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`need not expressly construe the claims. See Vivid Techs., Inc. v. Am. Sci. &
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`Eng.’g. Inc., 200 F.3d 795, 803 (Fed. Cir. 1999).
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`VII. THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ARE UNPATENTABLE
`A.
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`Prior Art Overview
`1.
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`A3UM
`a.
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`Prior Art Status
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`Extensive evidence establishes that A3UM (EX1005) was a printed
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`publication that was publicly disseminated in February 2010. As such, A3UM is
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`prior art under § 102(b) (pre-AIA) and under § 102(a)(1) (AIA) (see §V.A).
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`Matthew Birdsell is an Apple employee with personal knowledge of the
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`publication and dissemination of the Aperture 3 User Manual in early 2010.
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`EX1020, ¶¶2-4. As Mr. Birdsell explains, the Aperture 3 User Manual was
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`prepared using an XML-based authoring system and published in early 2010 in
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`two forms: (i) as an HTML file set and (ii) as a PDF file. EX1020, ¶9. Petitioner
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`relies on the HTML file set form of the Aperture 3 User Manual (A3UM, EX1005)
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`in this proceeding.
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`Mr. Birdsell explains that, in February 2010, A3UM (the HTML file set) (i)
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`was included on the installation DVD in retail packages of Aperture 3 that were
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`sold and distributed within the United States in early 2010 and was copied to local
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`storage of a computer during installation of Aperture 3 (EX1020, ¶¶12-16), and (ii)
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`was also published on the www.apple.com website (EX1020, ¶¶17-20).
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`Apple offered for sale, sold, and distributed thousands of retail boxes
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`containing the Aperture 3 installation DVD to users between February 2010 and
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`June 9, 2010. EX1020, ¶7 (level of support indicative of hundreds of thousands of
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`users); EX1021, 2 (showing “Buy Now” link for Aperture 3 in Feb. 2010)1;
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`EX1044 (discussing use of a purchased copy in early 2010); EX1045 (same);
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`EX1048 (announcing Aperture 3’s release on February 9, 2010). This number “far
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`exceeds the number of disclosures recognized under the relevant dissemination law
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`for printed publications.” Cisco Sys., Inc. v. Centripetal Networks, Inc., IPR2018-
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`01436, Paper 40 at 23-31 (Jan. 23, 2020) (finding 586 sales sufficient); Mass. Inst.
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`of Tech. v. AB Fortia, 774 F.2d 1104, 1109 (Fed. Cir. 1985) (six copies sufficient);
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`1 The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine archives snapshots of webpages on the
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`date specified in the URL. EX1022 (Archive.org’s standard affidavit); EX1003,
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`¶70; SDI Tech., Inc. v. Bose Corp., IPR2013-00465, Paper 40 at 13-16 (PTAB
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`Nov. 7, 2014).
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`In re Klopfenstein, 380 F.3d 1345, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2004). Published reports of
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`experiences using Aperture 3 before June of 2010 also show that many individuals
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`had installed Aperture 3—and thereby transferred A3UM—onto their computers
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`before June 2010, which required use of the installer DVD supplied via the retail
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`package of Aperture 3. E.g., EX1044; EX1045; See also EX1020, ¶7.
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`Dr. Terveen inspected Aperture 3 retail boxes obtained from Apple and from
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`two independent sources and confirmed that the installation DVD in each was the
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`same as the version disseminated in February of 2010 (i.e., v3.0). EX1003, ¶¶74
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`(physical DVD), 75-84 (showing early 2010 metadata); EX1047. Dr. Terveen also
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`confirmed that EX1005 is a true and correct copy of the HTML file set both on the
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`Aperture 3 installation DVDs and as copied to computers during Aperture 3’s
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`installation. EX1003, ¶¶73, 89 (in-application Help), 96 (underlying HTML files),
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`97 (eBay-sourced DVD).
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`A3UM was made accessible to users of Aperture 3 by selecting
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`“Help>Aperture Help” from the menu while Aperture was running and clicking
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`“Aperture 3: User Manual” on the page that appeared (EX1003, ¶¶85-89). This
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`would retrieve the locally-stored A3UM HTML file set copied during installation.
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`EX1003, ¶90-96. Contemporaneous Apple publications explain that A3UM is
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`accessible through in-application help functionality. EX1051, 7 (discussing
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`Aperture 3’s in-application “link to the user manual”), 159 (same); EX1003, ¶98.
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`Skilled artisans could obtain A3UM from the Aperture 3 installation DVD or
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`from computers onto which Aperture 3 had been installed. As Dr. Terveen
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`demonstrates, using a 2010-era Mac, a skilled artisan can readily obtain the A3UM
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`HTML file set from the Aperture 3 application bundle, which is in a compressed
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`file (“Archive.pax.gz”) in the “Aperture.pkg” file on the installation DVD.
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`EX1003, ¶¶79-81. That same A3UM HTML file set is copied to a specific
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`location on the local storage of a user’s computer when Aperture 3 is installed.
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`EX1003, ¶¶77-84, 90-96. EX1020, ¶14. A skilled artisan could access the content
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`of A3UM by opening the A3UM HTML file set with a web browser, and would
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`see the same content and interface when opening the HTML file sets obtained from
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`the installer DVD or as placed on local storage during installation of Aperture 3.
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`EX1003, ¶¶90-96.
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`A3UM was also made publicly accessible via www.apple.com. EX1020,
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`¶¶17-19; EX1003, ¶¶99-102. As Mr. Birdsell explains, once Aperture 3 was
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`released, the A3UM HTML file set was loaded onto a publicly accessible website
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`(http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/) where it became
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`accessible to any member of the public starting on the date of commercial sale of
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`Aperture 3. EX1020, ¶¶9-11. Archived copies of Apple’s website from 2010: (i)
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`include an embedded URL pointing to the HTML-based User Manual, and (ii)
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`display the same table of contents entries as A3UM (EX1005), including sub-
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`sections when manually selected; both show that A3UM was publicly accessible
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`via the apple.com website before June of 2010. EX1003, ¶¶101-102; EX1021, 6.
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`In 2010, a skilled artisan would have known to visit www.apple.com for
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`information about Aperture 3 and could have readily located A3UM on the
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`apple.com website. EX1003, ¶¶99-102. For example, a skilled artisan, exercising
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`only reasonable diligence, could have located A3UM by following links on the
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`apple.com web site. EX1003, ¶¶101-102; EX1021; EX1020, ¶¶18-19 (links
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`leading to Aperture support page (www.apple.com/support/aperture) with URL to
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`A3UM). EX1020, ¶18. Alternatively, that person could have located A3UM using
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`the search feature within the apple.com web site or using well-known search
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`engines. EX1003, ¶100. Through either approach, a skilled artisan could have
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`easily located and retrieved A3UM in early 2010.
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`b. Overview
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`A3UM discloses a graphical user interface for viewing, managing, and
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`editing digital files, e.g., photos and videos. E.g., EX1005, 5-44; EX1003, ¶¶104-
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`105. The interface presents several panes, including (i) a “Viewer” displaying a
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`selected digital image (EX1005, 51-53), (ii) an “Inspector” pane providing access
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`to collections of digital images in the user’s library as well as metadata in digital
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`images (EX1005, 54-63); (iii) a “Browser” pane that “displays the thumbnail
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`images contained in a folder, project or album” (EX1005, 47-50), and (iv) a toolbar
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`(EX1005, 64-65):
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`EX1005, 46; EX1003, ¶¶105-106
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`A3UM discloses several “views” that allow users to organize, retrieve and
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`display sets of digital files. E.g., EX1005, 28-30; EX1003, ¶¶106-107. For
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`example, selecting “Places” prompts the display of an interactive map (a Google
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`Map) that shows pins at locations with photos. EX1005, 30, 81-83, 429-466
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`(generally). Selecting a pin prompts display of the photos in the “Browser” below
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`the map:
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`EX1005, 436-437; EX1003, ¶106.
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`Similarly, selecting the “Faces” view displays snapshots of people in images
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`in the library or in an item selected in the Library inspector that have been assigned
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`names. EX1005, 28-29, 78-80, 417-428 (generally). Selecting a snapshot of an
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`individual prompts display of thumbnails of digital files with that individual in the
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`“Browser”:
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`EX1005, 78-80; EX1003, ¶107.
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`A3UM makes extensive use of device-captured or user-entered metadata
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`linked to digital files to locate and display those files. EX1003, ¶108; see EX1005,
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`348-351 (describing a Metadata Inspector providing access to different categories
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`of metadata, including user-defined “keywords.” “GPS” location data and
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`standardized metadata sets (e.g., “EXIF Info”, “IPTC Core”).
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`EX1005, 347
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`EX1005, 350
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`A3UM explains that users can add or modify metadata related to digital
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`files. EX1003, ¶109; EX1005, 345 (keywords “are descriptive words assigned to
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`image versions and saved as metadata.”), 421-422 (users can add names to
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`computer-recognized faces); 443-446 (users can add location information by
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`dropping photos on a map or by typing location names in search box and assigning
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`found locations to digital files). A3UM explains that the Places and Faces
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`interfaces use metadata to select and display digital files. E.g., EX1005, 78-81,
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`344, 347-349, 435; EX1003, ¶109.
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`2.
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`Belitz
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`U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2010/0058212 A1 to Belitz et al. (EX1006,
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`“Belitz”) was published on March 4, 2010 and is prior art under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
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`(pre-AIA) or §§ 102(a)(1)-(2) (AIA).
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`Belitz discloses a user interface, usable on electronic devices, that includes
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`an interactive map interface having locations marked with graphical objects
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`representing where photographs were taken or locations with which photographs
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`are associated. EX1006, ¶¶1-3, 6, 39, 50-51, 52; EX1003, ¶112. Figures 4a-4b
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`provide examples of the map interface overlaid with graphical objects. EX1006,
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`¶¶51-53, 55.
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`EX1006, Figs. 4a-b.
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`Selecting one of the graphical objects produces a popup window that
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`displays representations of images represented by that graphical object:
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`EX1006, ¶60, Fig. 4c; EX1003, ¶116.
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`Belitz teaches that in an embodiment where all graphical objects are
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`photographs, the photographs will be repres

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