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`Document Description: Certification of Micro Entity Status (Gross Income Basis)
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`PTO/SB/15A (03-13)
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`CERTIFICATION OF MICRO ENTITY STATUS
`(GROSS INCOME BASIS)
`Application Number or Control Number (if applicable):
`Patent Number (if applicable):
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`First Named Inventor:
`Ryan Hardin
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`Title of Invention:
`EXCLUSIVE DELIVERY OF CONTENT WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS
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`The applicant hereby certifies the following—
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`(1) SMALL ENTITY REQUIREMENT - The applicant qualifies as a small entity as defined in
`37 CFR 1.27.
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`(2) APPLICATION FILING LIMIT - Neither the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor
`has been named as the inventor or a joint inventor on more than four previously filed U.S.
`patent applications, excluding provisional applications and international applications
`under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for which the basic national fee under 37
`CFR 1.492(a) was not paid, and also excluding patent applications for which the applicant
`has assigned all ownership rights or is obligated to assign all ownership rights as a result
`of the applicant's previous employment.
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`(3) GROSS INCOME LIMIT ON APPLICANTS AND INVENTORS - Neither the applicant nor
`the inventor nor a joint inventor, in the calendar year preceding the calendar year in which
`the applicable fee is being paid, had a gross income, as defined in section 61(a) of the
`Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 61(a)), exceeding the "Maximum Qualifying
`Gross Income" reported on the USPTO website at
`http://www.usplo.govipatentsflawfmicro entily.isp which is equal to three times the
`median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by
`the Bureau of the Census.
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`(4) GROSS INCOME LIMIT ON PARTIES WITH AN "OWNERSHIP INTEREST" - Neither
`the applicant nor the inventor nor a joint inventor has assigned, granted, or conveyed, nor
`is under an obligation by contract or law to assign, grant, or convey, a license or other
`ownership interest in the application concerned to an entity that, in the calendar year
`preceding the calendar year in which the applicable fee is being paid, had a gross
`income, as defined in section 61(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, exceeding the
`"Maximum Qualifying Gross Income" reported on the USPTO website at
`http://www.usipto.govipatentsilawimicro entityjsp which is equal to three times the
`median household income for that preceding calendar year, as most recently reported by
`the Bureau of the Census.
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`Signature
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`Name
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`Date
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`SIGNATURE by a party set forth in 37 CFR 1.33(b)
`/David 0. Simmons/
`David 0. Simmons
`Registration No. 43124
`04-19-2014 Telephone 512-345-9767
`There is more than one inventor and I am one of the inventors who are jointly identified as the applicant.
`Additional certification form(s) signed by the other joint inventor(s) are included with this form.
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`Exhibit 1014
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`Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76
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`Attorney Docket Number
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`hardin-01 DPA
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`Application Number
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`Title of Invention
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`Exclusive Delivery Of Content Within Geographic Areas
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`The application data sheet is part of the provisional or nonprovisional application for which it is being submitted. The following form contains the
`bibliographic data arranged in a format specified by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as outlined in 37 CFR 1.76.
`This document may be completed electronically and submitted to the Office in electronic format using the Electronic Filing System (EFS) or the
`document may be printed and included in a paper filed application.
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`Secrecy Order 37 CFR 5.2
`m Portions or all of the application associated with this Application Data Sheet may fall under a Secrecy Order pursuant to
`I—I 37 CFR 5.2 (Paper filers only. Applications that fall under Secrecy Order may not be filed electronically.)
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`Inventor Information:
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`Inventor 1
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`Henderson
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`Middle Name
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`Family Name
`Hardin
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`TX
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`Country of Residence i US
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`Mailing Address of Inventor:
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`Inventor
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`P. O. Box 271861
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`Houston
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`77277
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`US
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`TX
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`Prefix Given Name
`Andrew
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`Houston
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`Hill
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`TX
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`Mailing Address of Inventor:
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`Address 1
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`P. O. Box 271861
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`Houston
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`City
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`77277
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`Correspondence Information:
`Enter either Customer Number or complete the Correspondence Information section below.
`For further information see 37 CFR 1.33(a).
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`Exhibit 1014
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`Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76
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`Attorney Docket Number
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`hardin-01 DPA
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`Application Number
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`Title of Invention
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`Exclusive Delivery Of Content Within Geographic Areas
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`41468
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`dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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`Application Information:
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`Small Entity Status Claimed
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`Application Type
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`Nonprovisional
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`Subject Matter
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`Utility
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`application papers including a specification and any drawings are being filed. Any domestic benefit or foreign priority information must be
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`Request Not to Publish. I hereby request that the attached application not be published under
`35 U.S.C. 122(b) and certify that the invention disclosed in the attached application has not and will not be the
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`publication at eighteen months after filing.
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`that is eligible for retrieval under the priority document exchange program (PDX) 'the information will be used by the Office to
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`property office, or a certified copy of the foreign priority application is filed, within the time period specified in 37 CFR 1.55(g)(1).
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`NOTE: By providing this statement under 37 CFR 1.55 or 1.78, this application, with a filing date on or after March
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`The information to be provided in this section is the name and address of the legal representative who is the applicant under 37 CFR
`1.43; or the name and address of the assignee, person to whom the inventor is under an obligation to assign the invention, or person
`who otherwise shows sufficient proprietary interest in the matter who is the applicant under 37 CFR 1.46. If the applicant is an
`applicant under 37 CFR 1.46 (assignee, person to whom the inventor is obligated to assign, or person who otherwise shows sufficient
`proprietary interest) together with one or more joint inventors, then the joint inventor or inventors who are also the applicant should be
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`Application Data Sheet 37 CFR 1.76
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`hardin-01 DPA
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`/David 0. Simmons/
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`Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2014-05-27
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`David
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`Simmons
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`Privacy Act Statement
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`The Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579) requires that you be given certain information in connection with your submission of the attached form related to
`a patent application or patent. Accordingly, pursuant to the requirements of the Act, please be advised that: (1) the general authority for the collection
`of this information is 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2); (2) furnishing of the information solicited is voluntary; and (3) the principal purpose for which the information is
`used by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is to process and/or examine your submission related to a patent application or patent. If you do not
`furnish the requested information, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may not be able to process and/or examine your submission, which may
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`The information on this form will be treated confidentially to the extent allowed under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552)
`and the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Records from this system of records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice to determine
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, in the course of presenting evidence to a court, magistrate, or
`administrative tribunal, including disclosures to opposing counsel in the course of settlement negotiations.
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`A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Member of Congress submitting a request involving an
`individual, to whom the record pertains, when the individual has requested assistance from the Member with respect to the subject matter of
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`A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a contractor of the Agency having need for the information in
`order to perform a contract. Recipients of information shall be required to comply with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as
`amended, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(m).
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`A record related to an International Application filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in this system of records may be disclosed,
`as a routine use, to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, pursuant to the Patent Cooperation Treaty.
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`A record in this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to another federal agency for purposes of National Security
`review (35 U.S.C. 181) and for review pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 218(c)).
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the Administrator, General Services, or his/her designee,
`during an inspection of records conducted by GSA as part of that agency's responsibility to recommend improvements in records
`management practices and programs, under authority of 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. Such disclosure shall be made in accordance with the
`GSA regulations governing inspection of records for this purpose, and any other relevant (i.e., GSA or Commerce) directive. Such
`disclosure shall not be used to make determinations about individuals.
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`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to the public after either publication of the application pursuant
`to 35 U.S.C. 122(b) or issuance of a patent pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 151. Further, a record may be disclosed, subject to the limitations of 37
`CFR 1.14, as a routine use, to the public if the record was filed in an application which became abandoned or in which the proceedings were
`terminated and which application is referenced by either a published application, an application open to public inspections or an issued
`patent.
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`9.
`
`A record from this system of records may be disclosed, as a routine use, to a Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, if the
`USPTO becomes aware of a violation or potential violation of law or regulation.
`
`EFS Web 2.2.11
`
`Exhibit 1014
`Page 009 of 122
`
`

`

`RULES 63 AND 67 (37 C.F.R. 1.63 and 1.67)
`DECLARATION AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
`
`FOR UTILITY/DESIGN/CIP/PCT NATIONAL APPLICATIONS
`
`As a below named inventor, I hereby declare that:
`
`My residence, post office address and citizenship arc as stated below next to my name;
`and I believe that I am the original, first and sole inventor (if only one name is listed below) or an
`original, first and joint inventor (if plural names are listed below) of the subject matter, which is
`claimed and for which a patent is sought on the invention entitled: EXCLUSIVE DELIVERY OF
`CONTENT WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, the application of which was made or was
`authorized to be made by me and: (mark only one)
`
`X (a)
`
`(b)
`
`(c)
`
` (d)
`
`
`
`(e)
`
`
`
`
`
`is attached hereto.
`was filed on
`as Application Serial No.
`
`(if applicable)
`was filed as PCT International Application No.
`
`and was amended on
`
`on
`
`as Application Serial No.
`
`was filed on
`of Allowance on
`was filed on
`and bearing attorney docket number
`Serial No.
`
`and was issued a Notice
`
`as Application
`
`I hereby state that I have reviewed and understand the contents of the above identified
`application, including the claims as amended by any amendment referred to above or as allowed
`as indicated above. I also hereby state that this application was made or authorized to be made by
`the person executing this declaration.
`
`I acknowledge the duty to disclose all information known to me to be material to the
`patentability of this application as defined in 37 CFR § 1.56. If this is a continuation-in-part (CIP)
`application, insofar as the subject matter of each of the claims of this application is not disclosed
`in the prior United States application in the manner provided by the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. §
`112, I acknowledge the duty to disclose to the Office all information known to me to be material
`to patentability of the application as defined in 37 CFR § 1.56 which became available between
`the filing date of the prior application and the national or PCT international filing date of this CIP
`application.
`
`I hereby claim foreign priority benefits under 35 U.S.C. § 119/365 of any foreign
`application(s) for patent or inventor's certificate listed below and have also identified below any
`foreign application for patent or inventor's certificate filed by me or my assignee disclosing the
`subject matter claimed in this application and having a filing date (1) before that of the application
`on which my priority is claimed or, (2) if no priority is claimed, before the filing date of this
`application:
`
`[hardin-O I DPA]
`
`Exhibit 1014
`Page 010 of 122
`
`

`

`PRIOR FOREIGN PATENTS
`
`Number
`
`Country
`
`Month/Day/Year Date first
`laid-open or
`Filed
`Published
`
`Date
`patented or
`Granted
`
`Priority Claimed
`No
`Yes
`
`PATENT APPLICATION
`
`I hereby claim the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120/365 of any United States application(s)
`listed below and PCT international applications listed above or below:
`
`PRIOR U.S. OR PCT APPLICATIONS
`
`Application No. (series code/serial no.)
`13/856,392
`12/434,094
`
`Month/Day/Year Filed
`04/03/2013
`05/01/2009
`
`Status
`Pending
`Patented
`
`Authorization To Permit Access To Application by Participating Offices
`The undersigned hereby grants the USPTO authority to provide the European Patent Office
`(EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), and any other intellectual property offices in which a
`foreign application claiming priority to the above-identified application is filed access to the
`above-identified patent application. See 37 CFR 1.14(c) and (h). This box should not be checked
`if the applicant does not wish the EPO, JPO, or other intellectual property office in which a
`foreign application claming priority to the above-identified application is filed to have access to
`the application. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.14(h)(3), access will be provided to a copy of the
`application-as-filed with respect to: 1) the above-identified application, 2) any foreign application
`to which the above-identified application claims priority under 35 USC 119(a)-(d) if a copy of the
`foreign application that satisfies the certified copy requirement of 37 CFR 1.55 has been filed in
`the above-identified US application, and 3) any U.S. application from which benefit is sought in
`the above-identified application. In accordance with 37 CFR 1.14(c), access may be provided to
`information concerning the date of filing the Authorization to Permit Access to Application by
`Participating Offices.
`
`I hereby appoint David 0. Simmons, Reg. No. 43,124, as my attorney and/or agents, with full
`power of substitution and revocation, to prosecute this application, provisionals thereof,
`continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, appeals, reissues, substitutions, and extensions
`thereof and to transact all business in the United States Patent and Trademark Office connected
`therewith, to appoint any individuals under an associate power of attorney and to file and
`prosecute any international patent application filed thereon before any international authorities,
`and I hereby authorize them to act and rely on instructions from and communicate directly with
`the person/assignee/attorney/ firm/organization who/which first sent this case to them and by
`whom/which I hereby declare that I have consented after full disclosure to be represented
`unless/until I instruct them in writing to the contrary.
`
`2
`
`[hardin-01 DPA]
`
`Exhibit 1014
`Page 011 of 122
`
`

`

`PATENT APPLICATION
`
`Please address all correspondence and direct all telephone calls to:
`
`IVC Patent Agency
`7637 Parkview Circle
`Austin, Texas 78731
`Telephone: (512) 345-9767
`Facsimile: (512) 345-0021
`
`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own kno

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