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`·4· · · · · · · · SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
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`· · · · · Case IPR2022-01249 (US Patent No. 9,019,946)
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`12· · · · · · · · VIDEOCONFERENCE DEPOSITION OF
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`12· · · · · · · · ·EXAMINATION BY MR. GREEN:
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`13· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, good morning.
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`14· · · · A.· ·Good morning, Counsel.
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`15· · · · Q.· ·Would you do me a quick favor and state
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`16· ·your full name for the record.
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`17· · · · A.· ·Todor Cooklev.
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`18· · · · Q.· ·All right.· And what is your address,
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`19· ·please?
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`20· · · · A.· ·1336 Sycamore Hills Parkway, Fort Wayne,
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`21· ·Indiana, 46814.
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`22· · · · Q.· ·And where are you physically situated today
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`23· ·for the deposition?
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`24· · · · A.· ·At the address that I just gave.
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`25· · · · Q.· ·All right.· Do you have anything available
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`·2· ·the device that is connected to this virtual
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`·3· ·deposition session?
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`·4· · · · A.· ·I am in my office of -- there are some
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`·5· ·items, but then they're not related to the -- there
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`·6· ·are some items that you would find in an office, but
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`·7· ·they are not related to the materials of this IPR.
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`·8· · · · Q.· ·Great.· Do you have available to you any of
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`·9· ·the papers that have been filed as part of this
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`10· ·proceeding?
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`11· · · · A.· ·I do not.· As I said, I do not have with me
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`12· ·in the office right now.· I do not have any papers
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`13· ·that are related to the -- this IPR.
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`14· · · · Q.· ·Do you have open or do you have access to
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`15· ·any electronic copies of the materials that have
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`16· ·become part of this IPR, whether prior art
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`17· ·references, various declarations, so forth?
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`18· · · · A.· ·I'm using my computer.· And on my computer,
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`19· ·yes, I have access to these materials.· They are not
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`20· ·open at the moment.
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`21· · · · Q.· ·The materials you have access to on your
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`22· ·computer, are they annotated or notated in any way?
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`23· · · · A.· ·They are not.
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`24· · · · Q.· ·Thank you.· All right.· Dr. Cooklev, I know
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`25· ·you have been deposed a number of times, but for the
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`·1· ·sake of completeness, would you help me with a few
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`·3· · · · · · ·The first being that I will do my best to
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`·4· ·wait until you answer a question before asking
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`·5· ·another, and I would ask in return that you please
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`·6· ·wait until my question is finished before beginning
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`·7· ·your answer.
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`·8· · · · A.· ·Yes.
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`·9· · · · Q.· ·That's a big one because it helps our
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`10· ·friend, the court reporter.
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`11· · · · · · ·The other is if you need a break today,
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`12· ·please just let me know.· I will, as our experiences
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`13· ·in the past, do my best to grant your request for the
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`14· ·break at the time that you ask for it.· The one
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`15· ·exception, of course, being if we have a question or
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`16· ·issue pending, then we may need to resolve that
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`17· ·before we all leave the virtual room.· But with that
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`18· ·understanding, is there any time that you know now
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`19· ·you may need a break during the course of our day?
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`20· · · · A.· ·Yes, I understand.
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`21· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Is there any particular time today
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`22· ·when you need a break at a particular -- at a
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`24· · · · A.· ·No.· There's no particular time that I need
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`25· ·to be on a break.
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`·3· ·deposition and being able to give complete and
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`·4· ·truthful answers in accordance with the oath that you
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`·6· · · · A.· ·I don't think so.
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`·7· · · · Q.· ·Very well.· Thank you very much.
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`·8· · · · · · ·Dr. Cooklev, are you familiar with the word
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`·9· ·"interleaving"?
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`10· · · · A.· ·I'm familiar with that word, yes.
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`11· · · · Q.· ·Are you familiar with the word "combining"?
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`12· · · · A.· ·Yes, I am.
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`13· · · · Q.· ·Do you understand the words "interleaving"
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`14· ·and "combining" to have different meanings?
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`15· · · · A.· ·Sometimes they could have different
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`16· ·meanings.
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`17· · · · Q.· ·So if sometimes interleaving and combining
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`18· ·could have different meanings, that would indicate
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`19· ·that at other times interleaving and combining could
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`20· ·have the same or similar meaning; is that correct?
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`21· · · · A.· ·That's generally correct.
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`22· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· All right.· In what instances do the
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`23· ·words "interleaving" and "combining" have the same or
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`24· ·similar meaning?
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`25· · · · A.· ·It seems to me that's a fairly general
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`·2· ·of -- to be able to analyze when the meaning is the
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`·4· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, my question was in response to
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`11· · · · A.· ·I think my earlier testimony that sometimes
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`16· · · · · · ·But, you know, I -- I don't think I can,
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`19· ·they have the same or similar meaning.· I think
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`23· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, what was the basis of your
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`·7· ·that the words "interleaving" and "combining" can
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`10· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.
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`11· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Only that -- in the abstract,
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`12· ·in a certain context, interleaving could be a type of
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`15· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· I'm going to drop an exhibit in the
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`20· · · · · · · · ·(Whereupon Exhibit 6000 was marked for
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`23· · · · Q.· ·Let me know when you have that.
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`24· · · · A.· ·I downloaded Exhibit 6000 from the chat.
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`·5· ·and green rectangles leaving the box marked
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`·6· ·"multiplexing" have been interleaved, have been
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`·7· ·combined, or both?
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`·8· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· I'll object that this is
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`11· · · · Q.· ·You may answer, Dr. Cooklev.
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`12· · · · A.· ·So the question is whether the green
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`15· · · · Q.· ·So let me be very clear, Dr. Cooklev.· And
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`16· ·thank you for asking for the clarification.
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`17· · · · · · ·So first, I want to confirm that we are
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`19· ·which shows a sequence of green blocks and a sequence
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`21· ·"multiplexing" and then exiting the multiplexing
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`22· ·rectangle on its left side.
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`23· · · · · · ·Do you see the document?
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`24· · · · A.· ·Yes.
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`·4· ·possible they're both interleaved and combined?
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`·5· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection to the form.· Beyond
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`·7· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· It is also possible that they
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`11· ·configuration of green and yellow blocks that are
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`13· ·what would you say describes the arrangement of those
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`14· ·green and yellow blocks?· Are they interleaved?· Are
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`17· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.· Beyond the
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`18· ·scope.· Objection.· Vague.
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`19· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· They are neither interleaved
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`·3· · · · A.· ·Yes.· The green and yellow boxes on this
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`·5· · · · Q.· ·Why is it that you believe the green and
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`·7· ·multiplexing rectangle in Exhibit 6000 to be neither
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`·8· ·interleaved nor combined?
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`·9· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.
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`12· · · · A.· ·So I'm just -- you're just giving me this
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`14· ·have more time to analyze.· And, I mean, this
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`16· ·understand you called this multiplexing.· But to
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`19· · · · · · ·So I'm just -- I'm giving you a -- indeed
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`20· ·what I can do is give you just an answer based on
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`21· ·some quick analysis of this hypothetical system.· And
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`·6· · · · Q.· ·What is your understanding of the term
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`17· · · · A.· ·Yeah, that's one way to implement a data
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`19· · · · Q.· ·It is.
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`20· · · · A.· ·It is, and there are -- there's more than
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`22· · · · Q.· ·All right.· Would you agree with me that a
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`23· ·multiplexer can be used to select, at any one time,
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`·8· · · · Q.· ·In some context a data selector can be
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`10· · · · A.· ·In some context it can be referred to as a
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`16· · · · Q.· ·All right.· In what context can a data
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`18· · · · A.· ·Well, in one example I think is in the
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`19· ·Bernard prior art reference where there is an element
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`20· ·that is called a multiplexer, but in reality it is a
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`21· ·data selector element.· But even then, it doesn't
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`23· ·Exhibit 6000 is an accurate representation of the
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`·5· ·in the claim construction proposed by the defendants
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`13· · · · A.· ·You know, I'm not sure I have a -- like a
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`14· ·definition for interleaving.· But kind of as a
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`17· · · · Q.· ·As a general concept -- well, withdrawn.
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`18· · · · · · ·What kind of processing is involved in your
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`20· · · · A.· ·Oh, I said some -- some kind of processing.
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`21· · · · Q.· ·Specifically what kinds of processing would
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`22· ·be involved in the term or in the process of
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`23· ·interleaving, as you understand the term?
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`24· · · · · · ·Let me restate that, please.· Can you
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`25· ·provide some specific examples of the type of
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`·2· ·you understand that term?
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`·3· · · · A.· ·As an example, I mean, I can follow --
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`·4· ·maybe I could kind of give an example in the -- in
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`·5· ·the abstract.· If you break down input streams and
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`·6· ·produce an output of that way, that could be an
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`·7· ·example.
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`·8· · · · Q.· ·What do you mean when you say interleaving
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`·9· ·would involve breaking down input streams and
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`10· ·producing an output of that way?
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`11· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.· Substance.
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`12· ·BY MR. GREEN:
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`13· · · · Q.· ·You may answer.
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`14· · · · A.· ·I mean, that's -- I meant exactly what I
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`15· ·said.· I'm not sure what -- what is more to explain.
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`16· · · · Q.· ·Would you describe the process of breaking
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`17· ·down input streams and producing an output in a way
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`18· ·that matches your understanding of the term
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`19· ·"interleaving"?
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`20· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.
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`21· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I'm not sure I can describe
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`22· ·this example any further.
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`23· ·BY MR. GREEN:
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`24· · · · Q.· ·Is it your understanding that the term
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`25· ·"interleaving" refers to breaking down input streams
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`·2· · · · A.· ·In some contexts, that could be an example.
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`·3· · · · Q.· ·What type of breaking down of input streams
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`·4· ·are you referring to?· What specific processing
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`·5· ·operation qualifies as breaking down?
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`·6· · · · A.· ·I mean, as I -- I think I answered, it's --
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`·7· ·it's not something that I can -- I can now describe
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`·8· ·in greater detail.
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`·9· · · · Q.· ·As we sit here today, do you have any
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`10· ·further information to provide on what you mean by
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`11· ·interleaving as requiring breaking down input
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`12· ·streams?
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`13· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.· Substance.
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`14· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· Well, you asked me to
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`15· ·construct a hypothetical example.· I mean, stuff like
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`16· ·that is -- you asked me to do it on the fly, and I
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`17· ·did my best to say in some contexts this could be an
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`18· ·example of -- of interleaving.· But I just can't
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`19· ·describe this any -- in any more detail.
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`20· ·BY MR. GREEN:
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`21· · · · Q.· ·What is your understanding of the word
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`22· ·"combining"?
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`23· · · · A.· ·Can -- can I look at my declaration?
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`24· · · · Q.· ·Yes.
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`25· · · · A.· ·Will you -- may I look at the copy of the
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`·1· ·declaration on my computer?
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`·2· · · · Q.· ·I -- I can drop it in the chat for the
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`·3· ·benefit of the court reporter, but you are welcome to
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`·4· ·open the copy on your computer or you can wait for me
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`·5· ·to drop it in the chat which will take just a moment.
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`·6· · · · A.· ·Okay.· My -- my -- my copy is unmarked.
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`·7· · · · Q.· ·I would accept your representation, but
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`·8· ·just for -- say for administration and completeness,
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`·9· ·I have placed into the chat room -- or into the chat
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`10· ·box rather, exhibit -- what is previously marked as
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`11· ·Exhibit 2019, which is Dr. Cooklev's second
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`12· ·declaration.
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`13· · · · · · ·Is that the document you were hoping to
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`14· ·refer to, Dr. Cooklev?
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`15· · · · A.· ·In just a second, I will --
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`16· · · · Q.· ·Of course.
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`17· · · · A.· ·So in my declaration in paragraph 33, I --
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`18· ·where I use combine, I state that, "In the District
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`19· ·Court action, the patent owner has proposed a
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`20· ·construction of multiplexing as to combine multiple
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`21· ·signal streams or data streams into a single signal
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`22· ·stream or data stream for transmission or further
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`23· ·processing, or split a single signal stream or data
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`24· ·stream into multiple signal streams or data streams
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`25· ·for transmission or further processing."
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`·1· · · · Q.· ·I do see where you have offered that
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`·2· ·understanding of a position that the patent owner has
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`·3· ·taken in the District Court litigation.· But my
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`·4· ·question was different.· My question was not about
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`·5· ·the definition of the term "multiplexing."· My
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`·6· ·question was about the term "combining," and my
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`·7· ·question is this:· What is your understanding of the
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`·8· ·term "combine" or "combining" that you have used to
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`·9· ·provide your testimony thus far?
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`10· · · · A.· ·So I'm not going to -- first I want to
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`11· ·clarify that in connection with my second declaration
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`12· ·for the IPR, I was not asked to provide any opinions
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`13· ·regarding claim construction.· I just applied the
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`14· ·claim constructions that -- I mean, I -- and to just
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`15· ·qualify my previous sentence, I wasn't asked to
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`16· ·provide claim construction opinions regarding the
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`17· ·term "multiplexing."· It's -- but what I was asked to
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`18· ·do is just apply both proposed constructions.
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`19· · · · · · ·So but I understand your question is about
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`20· ·combine or combining, and so in -- your question is
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`21· ·asking me to construe the construction.· So I think
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`22· ·what's relevant is that I just wasn't asked to
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`23· ·even -- even propose here a construction.· I was just
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`24· ·applying it.
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`25· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, at the beginning of the
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`·1· ·deposition I asked you if you understood the term
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`·2· ·"combining," and you testified that you did.
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`·3· · · · · · ·Do you recall that?
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`·4· · · · A.· ·I do.
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`·5· · · · Q.· ·All right.· And you now testified that you
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`·6· ·have applied a construction of the term
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`·7· ·"multiplexing," which begins with the phrase "to
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`·8· ·combine," correct?
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`·9· · · · A.· ·Yes.
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`10· · · · Q.· ·All right.· So my question to you is:· What
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`11· ·is the understanding of the words "combining" or
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`12· ·"combine" that you have used as the basis of your
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`13· ·testimony today and your opinions in your
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`14· ·declaration?· Are you able to offer me that
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`15· ·understanding?
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`16· · · · A.· ·There is a -- as a general idea maybe I can
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`17· ·give a -- kind of a general idea, not in a way that
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`18· ·I'm -- I'm not construing combined.· I cannot --
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`19· ·that's -- construing terms is -- I'm sure you're
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`20· ·aware, is a serious undertaking that requires quite a
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`21· ·bit of work.· So I can't now construe combine.
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`22· · · · Q.· ·What do you mean when you say you can't now
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`23· ·construe the term "combine"?· Well, let me -- let
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`24· ·me -- let me withdraw that and ask a different
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`25· ·question.
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`·2· ·me some definition or understanding of the words
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`·3· ·"combining" or "to combine" that you applied in
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`·4· ·forming your opinions in the declaration in your
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`·5· ·testimony today, or is that something that you're not
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`·6· ·prepared to do at the moment?
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`·7· · · · A.· ·Well, I'm -- I'm -- for the reasons that I
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`·8· ·just gave, that I just wasn't asked to -- regarding
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`·9· ·the term "multiplexing," I wasn't asked to propose a
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`10· ·construction for this -- for the purpose of this
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`11· ·declaration.
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`12· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev -- go ahead.
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`13· · · · A.· ·I'm not -- I didn't prepare -- I'm not
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`14· ·prepared to explain that.
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`15· · · · · · ·But if, in the abstract -- I mean, you are
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`16· ·asking me --
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`17· · · · Q.· ·But I'm not asking you in the abstract.
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`18· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Chris, let him finish.
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`19· · · · · · ·MR. GREEN:· I thought he was finished.· I'm
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`20· ·sorry.
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`21· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I was going to say that an
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`22· ·example -- an example of combining could be -- an
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`23· ·example could be some kind of processing.
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`24· ·BY MR. GREEN:
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`25· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Understanding that you were not
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`·2· ·terms, do you understand that my question is about
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`·3· ·the word "combined" -- withdrawn.
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`·4· · · · · · ·As we sit here today, have you prepared to
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`·5· ·offer specific definitions or understandings of the
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`·6· ·operations that would constitute combining or to
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`·7· ·combine?
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`·8· · · · · · ·Let me rephrase that question.
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`10· ·offer specific definitions or examples of processing
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`11· ·operations that would constitute combining as you
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`12· ·understand that term and have used it in your
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`13· ·testimony and opinions?
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`14· · · · A.· ·Well, now we -- the short answer to the
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`15· ·question is no.
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`16· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· We can move on.
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`17· · · · · · ·MR. GREEN:· Let's take a quick break, if we
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`18· ·can.
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`19· · · · · · ·(Recess:· 11:04 a.m. to 11:23 a.m.)
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`20· ·BY MR. GREEN:
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`21· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, welcome back.· I hope the
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`22· ·break was pleasant.· One housekeeping matter.· Can
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`23· ·you tell me whether you spoke with anyone during the
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`24· ·break?
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`25· · · · A.· ·No, I did not.
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`·2· · · · · · ·All right.· Dr. Cooklev, are you familiar
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`·3· ·with the general operation of cellular phones as they
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`·4· ·existed in the 1990s and specifically at the relevant
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`·5· ·time frame for the '946 patent that is at issue in
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`·6· ·this proceeding?
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`·7· · · · A.· ·Yes, generally I am familiar with the
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`·8· ·operation of cell phones as of that timeframe.
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`·9· · · · Q.· ·Okay.· Would you agree with me that in the
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`10· ·relevant time frame -- well, withdrawn.
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`11· · · · · · ·Would you agree me that it is possible to
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`12· ·configure a cell phone to operate on networks -- two
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`13· ·different networks with two different protocols?
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`14· · · · A.· ·I mean, I would like -- if you could please
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`15· ·repeat the question so that I think it more
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`16· ·thoroughly.
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`17· · · · Q.· ·Yes, of course.· Would you agree with me
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`18· ·that as of 1999 it was possible to configure a
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`19· ·cellular telephone to operate on two different
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`20· ·networks where each network conforms to a different
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`21· ·communication protocol.
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`22· · · · A.· ·What kind of two networks will be these two
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`24· · · · Q.· ·I'm asking you if you -- can you think of
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`25· ·any examples of a cellular phone that existed as of
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`·5· · · · A.· ·I don't think cell phones as of 1999 had
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`·7· ·cellular network.
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`·9· ·of 1999 there were cellular phone networks that
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`10· ·operated under GSM protocols and technologies?
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`11· · · · A.· ·GSM was known in 1999.
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`12· · · · Q.· ·And do you also recall that a form of
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`13· ·cellular network that operated under CDMA, or
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`14· ·code-division multiple access, existed as of 1999?
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`15· · · · A.· ·CDMA was known in 1999.
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`16· · · · Q.· ·And do you recall that there were mobile
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`17· ·devices capable of communicating wirelessly with
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`18· ·other types of network -- networks; for example,
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`19· ·networks that used the Internet protocol?
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`20· · · · A.· ·Mobile devices using Internet protocol,
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`21· ·that was a very novel feature around that timeframe.
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`22· ·I think that would be correct to say.· I can't agree
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`23· ·that mobile devices using networks that use Internet
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`25· ·I'm not sure I can quite agree with this, but it was
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`·6· ·under the IP or Internet protocol?
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`·7· · · · A.· ·No, I kept thinking about the answer.· But
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`·8· ·now I'm not sure I remember entirely the -- I'm not
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`·9· ·sure I remember the complete question.· I don't think
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`10· ·people were generally using cell phones at that time
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`11· ·to access networks that were using Internet protocol.
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`12· ·As I said, it was a very novel feature, that the idea
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`14· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, you might have unintentionally
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`15· ·reframed my question.· So I want to clarify.· All
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`16· ·right.
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`17· · · · · · ·So you used the term "cellular phone," but
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`18· ·I didn't use the term "cellular phone."· I used the
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`19· ·term "mobile devices."
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`20· · · · · · ·So my first question is this:· Do you
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`21· ·understand that the term "mobile device" can
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`22· ·incorporate more types of electronic devices than a
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`24· · · · A.· ·Yes, I do understand that the term "mobile
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`25· ·device" is -- can include other devices, devices
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`·5· ·operating under the IP or Internet Protocol?
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`·7· ·I just gave that mobile device could include -- the
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`·9· ·cell phones, but -- which is true today.· Maybe --
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`10· ·well, maybe in a sense it was also true in 1999.
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`11· ·So -- but were mobile devices -- were mobile devices
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`14· ·were fielded.· But the concept that a mobile device
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`15· ·could access the Internet, for example, the concept
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`16· ·was known.
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`17· · · · Q.· ·Dr. Cooklev, what are you referring to when
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`18· ·you say, "the concept that a mobile device could
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`19· ·access the Internet, for example, was known"?
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`20· · · · A.· ·I'm not sure what is unclear about my
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`21· ·answer and how can I clarify it any further.
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`22· · · · Q.· ·You said that in 1999 you don't believe
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`23· ·mobile devices were fielded, but the concept of a
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`24· ·mobile device accessing the Internet was -- let me
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`·4· ·fielded, but the concept of a mobile device accessing
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`·5· ·the Internet was known.
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`·7· ·concept being known?
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`·8· · · · · · ·MR. GRAVES:· Objection.· Form.· Objection.
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`·9· ·Substance.
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`10· · · · · · ·THE WITNESS:· I meant that the idea of
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`11· ·Internet access by a mobile device was -- was --
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`12· ·seems to be known as of that timeframe.
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`14· · · · Q.· ·Can you give me some specifics as to why
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`15· ·you have this recollection that the idea of Internet
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`16· ·access by a mobile device was known as of 1999; for
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`17· ·example, which companies or which entities were
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`18· ·researching or developing this concept?
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`19· · · · A.· ·And for the record, I am looking at my
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`20· ·declaration.· The basis for my opinion is that
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`21· ·Billstrom, which is one of the references that has
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`22· ·been identified in the petition, that Billstrom is
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`24· · · · Q.· ·Am I correct that the Billstrom reference
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`·2· · · · A.· ·I'm not looking at Billstrom right now, but
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`·6· ·telecommunications equipment in the