Case 6:20-cv-00997-ADA Document 69 Filed 11/23/21 Page 1 of 8
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`AUDIOEYE, INC.,
` Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`ACCESSIBE LTD.,
` Defendant.
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`AMENDED CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`6:20-CV-00997-ADA
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`The Court provided its preliminary constructions of disputed term on November 15, 2021.
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`The Court then held a Markman hearing on November 16, 2021. See ECF No. 65.
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`After careful consideration of the Parties’ briefs, oral argument, and the applicable law, the
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`Court enters its final constructions for each term as shown below.1
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`SIGNED this 23rd day of November, 2021.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`1 This Order SUPERSEDES AND VACATES the Claim Construction Order at ECF No. 68.
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
`Page 1 of 8
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
`
`AUDIOEYE, INC.,
` Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`ACCESSIBE LTD.,
` Defendant.
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`§
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`§
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`§
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`AMENDED CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`6:20-CV-00997-ADA
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`
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`The Court provided its preliminary constructions of disputed term on November 15, 2021.
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`The Court then held a Markman hearing on November 16, 2021. See ECF No. 65.
`
`After careful consideration of the Parties’ briefs, oral argument, and the applicable law, the
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`Court enters its final constructions for each term as shown below.1
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`SIGNED this 23rd day of November, 2021.
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`
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`1 This Order SUPERSEDES AND VACATES the Claim Construction Order at ECF No. 68.
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`1
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
`Page 1 of 8
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`“alternative text tag[s]”
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`“‘alt’ HTML attribute tag[s]”
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`“alternative text”
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`“text in an ‘alt’ HTML
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`attribute”
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`text” / “alternative text
`“descriptive alternative
`
`description”
`
`“descriptive text in an ‘alt’
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`HTML attribute”
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`graphical user interface”
`“a web browser without a
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`graphical user interface”
`“a web browser without a
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`2
`
`“alternative text”
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`To the extent the Court
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`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`ordinary meaning should
`necessary, the plain and
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`No construction is
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`apply.
`
`control of software rather
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`“a browser under the
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`than a human”
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`To the extent the Court
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`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`ordinary meaning should
`necessary, the plain and
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`No construction is
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`apply.
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`14
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`10,845,947
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`3, 19
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`10,845,946
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`15
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`11
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`10,867,120
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`10,444,934
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`3, 18
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`10,866,691
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`1
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`10,444,934
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`14
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`10,867,120
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`“alt text tag[s]”
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`“ALT-text”/”alt text”
`
`2
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`“alt text description”
`“descriptive alt text”/
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`1, 19
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`10,762,280
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`“headless browser”
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`1
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`19
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`10,423,709
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`Court’s Construction
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`Claim(s)
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`Case 6:20-cv-00997-ADA Document 69 Filed 11/23/21 Page 2 of 8
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
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`“extract URL links from a
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`user-requested web
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`page”
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`3
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`user-requested web page”
`“structurally navigate a
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`associated with the web
`by a computer system,
`“a structured navigation,
`
`page”
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`1
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`requested web page” 10,762,280
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`“crawl a user-
`
`Indefinite
`
`web pages to be scanned”
`generate a list of individual
`
`analyzing a website to
`crawling: “spidering or
`
`the DOM associated with
`by a computer system, of
`“a structured navigation,
`
`the web page”
`
`11
`
`10,444,934
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`associated with the
`computer system,
`“crawling, by a
`
`web page”
`
`3
`
`Indefinite
`
`the DOM associated with
`extracting URL links from
`“by a computer system,
`
`the web page”
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`To the extent the Court
`
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`ordinary meaning should
`necessary, the plain and
`
`No construction is
`
`apply.
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`1
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`10,444,934
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`DOM associated with
`computer system, the
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`the web page”
`
`“crawling, by a
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`Court’s Construction
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`Claim(s)
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
`Page 3 of 8
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`4
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`used to uniquely identify
`the string of characters
`“assigning . . . based on
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`a file’s name and
`
`location in a directory
`
`structure”
`
`one set with an element
`between an element of
`
`of another set”
`
`correspondence
`“assign[ing] a
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`system, an alt text description
`“assigning, by the computer
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`determined file path”
`generated using the
`
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`No construction is necessary,
`
`To the extent the Court
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`No construction is necessary,
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`“correlating” / “correlate”
`
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
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`To the extent the Court
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`1
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`10,444,934
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`determined file
`based on the
`“assigning . . .
`
`path”
`
`5, 19
`
`10,867,120
`
`1
`
`20
`
`10,762,280
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`10,845,947
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`1, 14
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`10,845,946
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`1, 10
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`10,809,877
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`1, 11
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`10,444,934
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`“map”
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`“mapping”
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`5
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`4
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`Court’s Construction
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`Claim(s)
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`Case 6:20-cv-00997-ADA Document 69 Filed 11/23/21 Page 4 of 8
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
`Page 4 of 8
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`5
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`Indefinite
`
`Indefinite except for claims 8
`[image/graphic/photograph]”
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`describing a nature of the
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`image”
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`“descriptive attribute
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`and 23:
`
`describing a nature of the
`
`“descriptive attribute
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`Indefinite except for claims 3,
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`describing a nature of the
`
`“descriptive attribute
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`graphic”
`
`17, and 18:
`
`“descriptive attribute
`
`describing a nature of the
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`Indefinite
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`“alternative text describing a
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`nature of the image”
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`Court’s Construction
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`image”
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`Indefinite except for:
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`claims 7, 8, 20, 22, and 23:
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`Indefinite
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`“a missing or default [ALT-
`missing or default value” /
`attribute] that is more than a
`
`No construction is necessary,
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`To the extent the Court
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`“[alt text] / [descriptive
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`text]”
`
`
`
`15
`
`20
`
`10,867,120
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`10,762,280
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`1, 16
`
`10,866,691
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`1, 16
`
`10,860,173
`
`1, 10
`
`10,845,947
`
`1
`
`10,845,946
`
`1, 10
`
`10,809,877
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`
`
`“inadequate”
`
`attribute”
`descriptive
`“adequate
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`6
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`11
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`“adequate alt text” 10,444,934
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`Does not invoke § 112(f).
`
`Indefinite
`
`Invokes § 112(f) and
`
`indefinite.
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`Does not invoke § 112(f).
`
`Indefinite
`
`6
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`that performs a task based on
`“[software/engine/system]
`
`learning from input or
`
`samples”
`
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`No construction is necessary,
`
`To the extent the Court
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`No construction is necessary,
`
`solution to a problem”
`task by approximating a
`“an engine that performs a
`
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`To the extent the Court
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`
`
`1, 16
`
`10,867,120
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`“machine learning
`
`system”
`
`11, 12
`
`10,762,280
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`“machine learning
`
`engine”
`
`8
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`15, 30
`
`10,866,691
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`“machine learning
`
`algorithm”
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`5, 19
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`10,867,120
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`6, 20
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`10,444,934
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`“heuristics engine”
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`7
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`Court’s Construction
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`Claim(s)
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
`Page 6 of 8
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`Does not invoke § 112(f).
`
`Indefinite
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`
`relative positions, types
`
`particular words”
`of attributes and
`
`nearby elements of the
`
`“information from
`
`web page such as
`
`No construction is necessary,
`
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`1, 16
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`10,860,173
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`“contextual cues”
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`9
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`1, 10
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`10,809,877
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`Court’s Construction
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`Claim(s)
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`Case 6:20-cv-00997-ADA Document 69 Filed 11/23/21 Page 7 of 8
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`7
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`Indefinite
`
`Indefinite
`
`“the remote server”
`
`10
`
`10,809,877
`
`
`
`No construction is necessary,
`
`To the extent the Court
`meaning should apply.
`the plain and ordinary
`
`concludes a construction is
`
`task by simulating human
`“software that performs a
`
`thinking”
`
`construed as follows:
`necessary, it should be
`
`1, 16
`
`10,867,120
`
`14, 29
`
`10,866,691
`
`1, 16
`
`10,860,173
`
`7, 20
`
`10,845,947
`
`1
`
`10,845,946
`
`1, 10
`
`10,809,877
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`10, 25
`
`10,866,691
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`“the computer
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`system”
`
`
`
`11
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`algorithm”
`intelligence
`“artificial
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`10
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
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`there or has been changed”
`remediation process, is still
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`attribute by a previous
`
`assigned a first descriptive
`page, which was previously
`untagged element of a web
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`“assessing whether an
`Limiting and definite:
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`process, is still there or has
`
`descriptive attribute by a
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`which was assigned a
`element of a web page,
`“assessing whether an
`Limiting and definite:
`
`previous remediation
`
`been changed”
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`8
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`Preambles are limiting.
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`Indefinite
`
`claims’ preambles and are not
`these phrases are part of the
`No construction is necessary,
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`limiting.
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`10
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`10,845,947
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`1
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`10,845,947
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`to an element of a
`attribute assigned
`
`descriptive
`validity of a
`“assessing a
`
`web page in a
`
`previous
`
`“assessing a
`process”
`remediation
`
`validity of a first
`
`untagged element
`
`of a web page
`
`process”
`remediation
`
`using a
`
`
`
`assigned to an
`
`previously
`attribute
`descriptive
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`12
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`Court’s Construction
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`accessiBe’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`AudioEye’s Proposed
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`Construction
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`Claim(s)
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`Patent
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`Term
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`No.
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`ACCESSIBE LTD EXHIBIT 1029
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