The China National Intellectual Property Administration
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`Examination Decision on Request for Invalidation (No. 56755)
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`Decision No.
`Date of Decision
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`Title of the Invention-Creation
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`International Classification No.
`Petitioner for Invalidation
`Patentee
`Patent No.
`Application Date
`Priority Date
`Date of Announcement of the
`Grant of Patent Right
`Date
`of Request
`Invalidation
`Legal basis
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`the
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`4W113708
`June 24, 2022
`MANAGING ASSOCIATED SESSIONS IN A
`NETWORK
`H04L29/06
`XIAOMI COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD.
`KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V.
`201080013541.8
`January 19, 2010
`January 19, 2009
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`December 9, 2015
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`January 7, 2022
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`Rule 20.1 of the Implementing Regulations of the
`Patent Law; Article 22.3 of the Patent Law
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`Main points of the Decision:
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`Determination of whether a claim clearly expresses the protection scope should be
`done from the perspective of those skilled in the art in combination with common
`technical knowledge of the art.
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`If the technical solution of a claim differs from the closest prior art, other prior arts do
`not give a technical inspiration of combining with the closest prior art, nor is there
`evidence that the distinguishing feature is common knowledge of the art, and the
`technical solution of the claim can bring about beneficial technical effects, then the
`claim has inventiveness.
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`I. Brief of the Case
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`The present Examination Decision on Request for Invalidation concerns the patent No.
`201080013541.8, titled "MANAGING ASSOCIATED SESSIONS IN A NETWORK"
`(hereinafter referred to as "the contested patent"). The contested patent had a filing
`date of January 19, 2010, claimed a priority date of January 19, 2009, and had a grant
`date of December 9, 2015. The Patentee was initially KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V.,
`NEDERLANDSE
`ORGANISATIE
`VOOR
`TOEGEPAST-NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, and
`then
`changed to KONINKLIJKE KPN N.V.
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`The granted claims of the contested patent are as follows.
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`"1. Method for managing associated sessions in a network, the network
`comprising a network element configured for managing associated sessions between
`the network and user equipment, the method comprising:
`- providing a composition session identifier for associating sessions in a
`network;
`- exchanging the composition session identifier between a user equipment and
`the network element; and
`- associating two or more sessions with the composition session identifier by
`exchanging the composition session identifier.
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`2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of
`initiating a composition session.
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`3. Method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises the steps
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`of:
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`- the user equipment generating a composition session identifier;
`- sending a request for initiating a composition session from the user equipment
`to the network element, the request comprising the composition session identifier.
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`4. Method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises the steps
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`of:
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`- sending a request for initiating a composition session from the user equipment
`to the network element;
`- the network element generating a composition session identifier in response to
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`the receipt of the request;
`- sending the composition session identifier to the user equipment.
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`5. Method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the method further comprises
`the steps of:
`- the user equipment initiating two or more sessions by sending two or more
`session initiation requests for a session, to the network element, each request
`comprising the composition session identifier.
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`6. Method according to claim 5, wherein the session initiation requests are sent
`by using a SIP INVITE message.
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`7. Method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the method further comprises
`the steps of:
`- the network element initiating two or more or more sessions by sending two or
`more requests for a session to the user equipment, each requests comprising the
`composition session identifier.
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`8. Method according to claim 7, the requests for a session are sent by using a SIP
`INVITE message.
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`9. Method according to any of claims 3-4, wherein the request for initiating a
`composition session further comprises one or more session identifiers.
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`10. Method according to claim 3-4, the request for initiating a composition
`session further comprises resource reservation information and/or resource allocation
`information associated with the one or more sessions identified by the session
`identifiers.
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`11. Method according to claim 5, wherein the two or more sessions comprise at
`least one of a broadcast (BC) session associated with a BC identifier (BCServicelD),
`a content-on-demand (CoD) session associated with a CoD identifier (CoDID), a
`Targeted Advertisement Insertion (TAI) session associated with a TAI identifier,
`network personal video content (NPVC) session associated with a NPVR identifier
`(NPVRContentID), a user generated content (UGC) session associated with a UGC
`identifier, a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN) emulation session
`associated with a PSTN emulation identifier and/or a shared content (SC) session
`associated with a SC identifier.
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`12. Method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the combined streams of the
`associated sessions are presented to a user as a personalized composed multimedia
`stream.
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`13. Method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the network further
`comprises storage means, the method further comprising the step of:
`- the network element storing the composition session identifier and two or more
`associated session identifiers in the storage means.
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`14. Method according to claim 13, wherein the storage means is a database.
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`15. Method according to any of claims 2-4, the method further comprising the
`step of:
`- modifying the composition session by adding one or more sessions to the
`composition session, by terminating; or modifying one or more sessions in the
`composition session and/or by transferring one or more sessions from the composition
`session to a further composition session or outside the composition session.
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`16. Method according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the network is an IP
`Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network comprising an IMS core connected to a Service
`Control Function SCF, the SCF configured for managing associated sessions between
`the network and the User Equipment.
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`17. A system for managing associated sessions in a network, the system
`comprising:
`- a network element configured for managing associated sessions between the
`network and a user equipment; for exchanging a composition session identifier with a
`user equipment; and, for associating two or more sessions with the composition
`session identifier by exchanging the composition session identifier;
`- a user equipment configured for providing a composition session identifier for
`associating sessions in a network; and, for exchanging the composition session
`identifier with the network element.
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`18. A user equipment for use in a system according to claim 17, the user
`equipment comprising:
`- an ID generator for generating a composition session identifier;
`- a multimedia client configured for receiving the composition session identifier
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`from the ID generator; for exchanging the composition session identifier with a
`network element; for initiating one or more multimedia sessions with the network
`element; and for exchanging the composition session identifier with the network
`element during the set up of the multimedia sessions.
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`19. A user equipment according to claim 18, further configured for initiating a
`composition session.
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`20. A network element for use in a system according to claim 17, the network
`element comprising:
`- a session manager configured for exchanging a composition session identifier
`with a user equipment; and for setting up and modifying multimedia sessions;
`- a storage means for storing composition session information, the composition
`session information comprising information regarding composition session and the
`associated sessions.
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`21. A network element according to claim 20, further configured for initiating,
`and/or terminating and/or modifying a composition session.
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`22. A network element according to claim 20 or 21, the network element further
`comprising:
`- an ID generator for generating a composition session identifier.
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`23. Apparatus for managing associated sessions in a network, the network
`comprising a network element configured for managing associated sessions between
`the network and user equipment, the apparatus comprising:
`- unit for providing a composition session identifier for associating sessions in a
`network;
`- unit exchanging the composition session identifier between a user equipment
`and the network element; and
`- unit for associating two or more sessions with the composition session identifier by
`exchanging the composition session identifier."
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`Regarding the above patent right, the valid claims confirmed in the Invalidation
`Decision No. 34593 issued on January 19, 2018 by the China National Intellectual
`Property Administration (hereafter referred to as "CNIPA") are as follows:
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`"1. Method for managing associated sessions in a network, the network
`comprising a network element configured for managing associated sessions between
`the network and user equipment, the method comprising:
`- providing a composition session identifier for associating sessions in a
`network;
`- exchanging the composition session identifier between a user equipment and
`the network element; and
`- associating two or more sessions with the composition session identifier by
`exchanging the composition session identifier,
`wherein the method further comprises the step of initiating a composition
`session,
`wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
`- the user equipment generating a composition session identifier;
`- sending a request for initiating a composition session from the user equipment
`to the network element, the request comprising the composition session identifier,
`wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
`- the user equipment initiating two or more sessions by sending two or more
`session initiation requests for a session, to the network element, each request
`comprising the composition session identifier,
`of:
`the method further comprising the step
`- modifying the composition session by adding one or more sessions to the
`composition session, by terminating; or modifying one or more sessions in the
`composition session and/or by transferring one or more sessions from the composition
`session to a further composition session or outside the composition session.
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`2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the session initiation requests are sent
`by using a SIP INVITE message.
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`3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the steps
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`- the network element initiating two or more sessions by sending two or more
`requests for a session to the user equipment, each requests comprising the
`composition session identifier.
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`4. Method according to claim 3, the requests for a session are sent by using a SIP
`INVITE message.
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`5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the request for initiating a composition
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`session further comprises one or more session identifiers.
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`6. Method according to claim 1, the request for initiating a composition session
`further comprises resource reservation information and/or resource allocation
`information associated with the one or more sessions identified by the session
`identifiers.
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`7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the two or more sessions comprise at
`least one of a broadcast (BC) session associated with a BC identifier (BCServiceID),
`a content-on-demand (CoD) session associated with a CoD identifier (CoDID), a
`Targeted Advertisement Insertion (TAI) session associated with a TAI identifier,
`network personal video content (NPVC) session associated with a NPVR identifier
`(NPVRContentID), a user generated content (UGC) session associated with a UGC
`identifier, a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN) emulation session
`associated with a PSTN emulation identifier and/or a shared content (SC) session
`associated with a SC identifier.
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`8. Method according to claim 1, wherein the combined streams of the associated
`sessions are presented to a use as a personalized composed multimedia stream.
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`9. Method according to claim 1, wherein the network further comprises storage
`means, the method further comprising the step of:
`- the network element storing the composition session identifier and two or more
`associated session identifiers in the storage means.
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`10. Method according to claim 9, wherein the storage means is a database.
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`11. Method according to claim 1, wherein the network is an IP Multimedia
`Subsystem (IMS) network comprising an IMS core connected to a Service Control
`Function SCF, the SCF configured for managing associated sessions between the
`network and the User Equipment.
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`12. A system for managing associated sessions in a network, the system
`comprising:
`- a network element configured for managing associated sessions between the
`network and a user equipment; for exchanging a composition session identifier with a
`user equipment; and, for associating two or more sessions with the composition
`session identifier by exchanging the composition session identifier;
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`- a user equipment configured for providing a composition session identifier for
`associating sessions in a network; and, for exchanging the composition session
`identifier with the network element,
`- the user equipment generating a composition session identifier;
`- sending a request for initiating a composition session from the user equipment
`to the network element, the request comprising the composition session identifier,
`- the user equipment initiating two or more sessions by sending two or more
`session initiation requests for a session, to the network element, each request
`comprising the composition session identifier,
`- modifying the composition session by adding one or more sessions to the
`composition session, by terminating; or modifying one or more sessions in the
`composition session and/or by transferring one or more sessions from the composition
`session to a further composition session or outside the composition session.
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`13. A user equipment for use in a system according to claim 12, the user
`equipment comprising:
`- an ID generator for generating a composition session identifier;
`- a multimedia client configured for receiving the composition session identifier
`from the ID generator; exchanging the composition session identifier with a network
`element; for initiating one or more multimedia sessions with the network element; and
`for exchanging the composition session identifier with the network element during the
`set up of the multimedia sessions.
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`14 . A user equipment according to claim 13, further configured for initiating a
`composition session.
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`15 . A network element for use in a system according to claim 12, the network
`element comprising:
`- a session manager configured for exchanging a composition session identifier
`with a user equipment; and for setting up and modifying multimedia sessions;
`- a storage means for storing composition session information, the composition
`session information comprising information regarding composition session and the
`associated sessions.
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`16. A network element according to claim 15, further configured for initiating,
`and or terminating and or modifying a composition session.
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`17. A network element according to claim 15 or 16, the network element further
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`- an ID generator for generating a composition session identifier."
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`and
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`Regarding the above patent right, Xiaomi Communications Co., Ltd. (hereafter
`referred to "the Petitioner") filed on January 7, 2022 a Request for Invalidation with
`the CNIPA, together with the following exhibits:
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`Annex 1: the granted text CN102356623B of the contested patent;
`Annex 2: the priority document EP2209280A1 of the contested patent and its Chinese
`translation;
`Annex 3: the prior oral hearing record sheet of invalidation relating to the contested
`patent (Case No. 4W106016);
`Annex 4 (hereinafter referred to as "D1"): ETSI TISPAN#19-Ter standard revising
`proposal
`(19bTD080r4)
`with
`the
`file
`name
`"19tTD080r4_WI2070_Procedure_for_Personal_Service_Composition"
`its
`Chinese translation, with the publication date of January 21, 2009.
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`The Petitioner raised the Request for Invalidation on the grounds that the priority
`rights of claims 1-17 are untenable, the publication date of D1 is January 21, 2009,
`which is earlier than the filing date, i.e., January 19, 2010 of the contested patent;
`claims 1-17 involve no inventive step in the sense of Article 22.3 of the Patent Law
`relative to D1.
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`After the examination as to formalities was passed, the CNIPA accepted the aforesaid
`request for invalidation on January 25, 2022, transferred the Request for Invalidation
`as well as the annexes to the Patentee, and called up a collegiate panel (hereinafter
`referred to as “the Panel”) to reexamine the present case.
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`On February 7, 2022, the Petitioner filed a Response, and the following exhibits:
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`Exhibit 1: the granted text CN102356623B of the contested patent;
`Exhibit 2: the priority document EP2209280A1 of the contested patent and its
`Chinese translation;
`Exhibit 3: the prior oral hearing record sheet of invalidation relating to the contested
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`patent (Case No. 4W106016);
`Exhibit 4: "Response to the Examination of Requests for Reexamination and for
`Invalidation" submitted by the Patentee on June 25, 2021 with respect to the
`invalidation case No. 4W112325 of the contested patent;
`Exhibit 5: "Response to the Examination of Requests for Reexamination and for
`Invalidation" submitted by the Patentee on September 22, 2021 with respect to the
`invalidation case No. 4W112441 of the contested patent;
`Exhibit 6 (hereinafter referred to as "D1"): ETSI TISPAN#19-Ter standard revising
`proposal
`(19tTD080r4)
`with
`the
`file
`name
`"19tTD080r4_WI2070_Procedure_for_Personal_Service_Composition"
`its
`Chinese translation, with the publication date of January 21, 2009;
`Exhibit 7 (hereinafter referred to as "D2"): ETSI TISPAN#19-Ter standard revising
`proposal
`(19bTD080)
`with
`the
`file
`name
`"19tTD080_WI2070_Procedure_for_Personal_Stream_Composition" and its Chinese
`translation, with the publication date of January 14, 2009;
`Exhibit 8 (hereinafter referred to as "D3"): Draft ETSI DTS 182 027 V.3.0.2
`(2008-07), with the publication date of November 14, 2008;
`Exhibit 9 (hereinafter referred to as "D4"): Master's Theses of Soochow University,
`"The Research and Design of IP Multicast Desktop Video Conference Based on SIP",
`I136-263, YAO Qinqin, China Master’s Theses Full-text Database, Information
`Technology (Monthly), No. 3, 2008, published on February 16, 2008 to March 15,
`2008, China Academic Journals (CD Edition) Electronic Publishing House (CNKI),
`with the publication date of March 15, 2008;
`Exhibit 10 (hereinafter referred to as "D5"): Master's Theses of Soochow University,
`"Research and Design of a VoIP Teleconferencing System Based on P2P-SIP
`Technique", I136-512, NIE Pengpeng, China Master’s Theses Full-text Database,
`Information Technology (Monthly), No. 11, 2008, published on October 16, 2008 to
`November 15, 2008, China Academic Journals (CD Edition) Electronic Publishing
`House (CNKI), with the publication date of November 15, 2008;
`Exhibit 11 (hereinafter referred to as "D6"): RFC 4579 and its Chinese translation,
`with the publication date of August 31, 2006; and
`Exhibit 12 (hereinafter referred to as "D7"): RFC 4122 and a part of its Chinese
`translation, with the publication date of July 31, 2005.
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`The Petitioner raised the following arguments. (1) Claims 13 and 15 lack essential
`technical features, contrary to Rule 21.2 of the Implementing Regulations of the
`Patent Law; (2) the protection scopes of claims 3, 4, 16 and 17 are unclear, contrary to
`Rule 20.1 of the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law; (3) the priority rights
`of claims 1-17 are untenable, the publication date of D1 is January 21, 2009, which is
`earlier than the filing date, i.e., January 19, 2010, of the contested patent, so D1 can be
`employed as the prior art for evaluating inventive step of the contested patent; when
`D1 is employed as the closest prior art, claims 1-12 involve no inventive step in the
`sense of Article 22.3 of the Patent Law; when D1, D2 or D4 is employed as the closest
`prior art respectively, claims 13-17 involve no inventive step in the sense of Article
`22.3 of the Patent Law; the Petitioner indicated that this Response has covered all
`exhibits and reasons stated in the Request for Invalidation.
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`In response to the Request for Invalidation submitted by the Petitioner on January 7,
`2022, the Patentee filed a Response on March 09, 2022, arguing that the contested
`patent conforms to the relevant provisions of the Patent Law and the Implementing
`Regulations of the Patent Law.
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`The Panel issued a Notice of Forwarding Documents on February 24, 2022,
`forwarding the Response as well as copies of the exhibits that the Petitioner submitted
`on February 7, 2022 to the Patentee, and issued a Notice of Forwarding Documents on
`March 15, 2022, forwarding the Response that the Patentee submitted on March 9,
`2022 to the Petitioner.
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`In response to the Response and exhibits submitted by Petitioner on February 7, 2022,
`the Patentee filed a Response, the amended claims and the annex Examination
`Decision on Request for Invalidation No. 34593 on April 11, 2022. The Patentee
`further amended the claims based on the text of the claims that were confirmed by the
`previously issued Examination Decision on Request for Invalidation No. 34593,
`wherein the amendments include: claim 14 was incorporated into claim 13, claim 16
`was incorporated into claim 15, dependent claims 3, 4, 14, 16 and 17 were removed,
`the serial numbers and dependencies of the claims were amended adaptively. The
`Patentee argued in the Response that the amended claims conform to the relevant
`provisions of the Patent Law and the Implementing Regulations of the Patent Law,
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`and requested to maintain the validity of the patent right.
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`The amended claims submitted herein are as follows:
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`"1. Method for managing associated sessions in a network, the network
`comprising a network element configured for managing associated sessions between
`the network and user equipment, the method comprising:
`- providing a composition session identifier for associating sessions in a
`network;
`- exchanging the composition session identifier between a user equipment and
`the network element; and
`- associating two or more sessions with the composition session identifier by
`exchanging the composition session identifier,
`wherein the method further comprises the step of initiating a composition
`session,
`wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
`- the user equipment generating a composition session identifier;
`- sending a request for initiating a composition session from the user equipment
`to the network element, the request comprising the composition session identifier,
`wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
`- the user equipment initiating two or more sessions by sending two or more
`session initiation requests for a session, to the network element, each request
`comprising the composition session identifier,
`of:
`the method further comprising the step
`- modifying the composition session by adding one or more sessions to the
`composition session, by terminating; or modifying one or more sessions in the
`composition session and/or by transferring one or more sessions from the composition
`session to a further composition session or outside the composition session.
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`2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the session initiation requests are sent
`by using a SIP INVITE message.
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`3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the request for initiating a composition
`session further comprises one or more session identifiers.
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`4. Method according to claim 1, the request for initiating a composition session
`further comprises resource reservation information and/or resource allocation
`information associated with the one or more sessions identified by the session
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`5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the two or more sessions comprise at
`least one of a broadcast (BC) session associated with a BC identifier (BCServiceID),
`a content-on-demand (CoD) session associated with a CoD identifier (CoDID), a
`Targeted Advertisement Insertion (TAI) session associated with a TAI identifier,
`network personal video content (NPVC) session associated with a NPVR identifier
`(NPVRContentID), a user generated content (UGC) session associated with a UGC
`identifier, a Public Switched Telecommunications Network (PSTN) emulation session
`associated with a PSTN emulation identifier and/or a shared content (SC) session
`associated with a SC identifier.
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`6. Method according to claim 1, wherein the combined streams of the associated
`sessions are presented to a use as a personalized composed multimedia stream.
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`7. Method according to claim 1, wherein the network further comprises storage
`means, the method further comprising the step of:
`- the network element storing the composition session identifier and two or more
`associated session identifiers in the storage means.
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`8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the storage means is a database.
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`9. Method according to claim 1, wherein the network is an IP Multimedia
`Subsystem (IMS) network comprising an IMS core connected to a Service Control
`Function SCF, the SCF configured for managing associated sessions between the
`network and the User Equipment.
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`10. A system for managing associated sessions in a network, the system
`comprising:
`- a network element configured for managing associated sessions between the
`network and a user equipment; for exchanging a composition session identifier with a
`user equipment; and, for associating two or more sessions with the composition
`session identifier by exchanging the composition session identifier;
`- a user equipment configured for providing a composition session identifier for
`associating sessions in a network; and, for exchanging the composition session
`identifier with the network element,
`- the user equipment generating a composition session identifier;
`- sending a request for initiating a composition session from the user equipment
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`to the network element, the request comprising the composition session identifier,
`- the user equipment initiating two or more sessions by sending two or more
`session initiation requests for a session, to the network element, each request
`comprising the composition session identifier,
`- modifying the composition session by adding one or more sessions to the
`composition session, by terminating; or modifying one or more sessions in the
`composition session and/or by transferring one or more sessions from the composition
`session to a further composition session or outside the composition session.
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`11. A user equipment for use in a system according to claim 10, the user
`equipment comprising:
`- an ID generator for generating a composition session identifier;
`- a multimedia client configured for receiving the composition session identifier
`from the ID generator; exchanging the composition session identifier with a network
`element; for initiating one or more multimedia sessions with the network element; and
`for exchanging the composition session identifier with the network element during the
`set up of the multimedia sessions, and
`further configured for initiating a composition session.
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`12. A network element for use in a system according to claim 10, the network
`element comprising:
`- a session manager configured for exchanging a composition session identifier
`with a user equipment; and for setting up and modifying multimedia sessions, and
`further configured for initiating, and or terminating and or modifying a composition
`session;
`- a storage means for storing composition session information, the composition
`session information comprising information regarding composition session and the
`associated sessions."
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`The Panel issued a Notice of Oral Hearing to both parties on April 18, 2022, and
`scheduled an Oral Hearing on May 10, 2022.
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`The Panel issued a Notice of Forwarding Documents on April 27, 2022, forwarding
`the Response as well as the amended claims and the annex that the Patentee submitted
`on April 11, 2022 to the Petitioner.
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`The Petitioner submitted a Response and annexes on May 7, 2022, including common
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`knowledge documents, Notarial certificates and other references, and mailed the
`original notarized certificates to the Panel. The annexes submitted herein are as
`follows:
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`Annex 1: (2021) Notarial Certificate No. 04759 of Beijing Guoxin Notary Public
`Office and translation of some screenshots;
`Annex 2: (2021) Notarial Certificate No. 04760 of Beijing Guoxin Notary Public
`Office and translation of some screenshots;
`Annex 3: (2021) Notarial Certificate No. 04761 of Beijing Guoxin Notary Public
`Office and translation of some screenshots;
`Annex 4: (2022) Notarial Certificate No. 03372 of Beijing Guoxin Notary Public
`Office and translation of some screenshots;
`Annex 5: (2019) Jing-Xing-Zhong No. 1498 of Administrative Judgment of Second
`Instance
`involving SAMSUNGELECTRONICSCO., LTD
`and
`the Patent
`Reexamination Board of the CNIPA;
`Annex 6: the revised text obtained by comparing the priority text with the publication
`text of the contested patent;
`Standard
`Annex
`7:
`ETSI
`19bTD115_WI2070_Multiple_Content_Delivery_Items;
`Annex
`8:
`ETSI
`Standard
`19bTD115r1_WI2070_Multiple_Content_Delivery_Items;
`Annex
`9:
`ETSI
`Standard
`19bTD115r2_WI2070_Multiple_Content_Delivery_Items;
`Annex
`10:
`ETSI
`Standard
`19bTD115r3_WI2070_Multiple_Content_Delivery_Items;
`Annex 11: ETSI DTS 182 027 Standard Draft 3.1.0 Edition
`(02070-NGN-R3v310);
`Annex 12: the Petitioner-claimed Common Knowledge Exhibit 1-Softswitch and IMS
`Technology, including cover, copyright page, copies of pages 370-374, 377-379,
`383-385, by YANG Fang-chun, SUN Qi-bo, Beijing University of Posts and
`Telecommunications Press, May, 2