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`CELLCO PARTNERSHIP D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC
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`IPR2023-00056
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES .................................................................................... ix 
`EXHIBIT LIST ......................................................................................................... xi 
`CLAIM LISTING .................................................................................................. xiii 
`I. 
`INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 
`II.  MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 ................................... 2 
`A. 
`Real Parties-in-Interest .......................................................................... 2 
`B. 
`Related Matters ...................................................................................... 3 
`C. 
`Grounds for Standing ............................................................................ 6 
`D. 
`Lead and Backup Counsel and Service Information ............................. 6 
`E. 
`Fee for Inter Partes Review .................................................................. 7 
`IDENTIFICATION OF CHALLENGES ........................................................ 7 
`III. 
`IV.  TECHNICAL BACKGROUND ...................................................................... 8 
`A. 
`’970 Patent Overview ............................................................................ 8 
`B. 
`The ’970 Patent Concepts were Well Known ........................................ 8 
`C. 
`Prosecution history .............................................................................. 11 
`PERSON OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART ........................................ 12 
`V. 
`VI.  CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ........................................................................... 13 
`A. 
`“data transmission means…” (limitation [2.b]) ................................... 13 
`B. 
`“means for attaching…” (limitation [2.e]) .......................................... 14 
`C. 
`“means for requiring…” (limitation [2.f]) ............................................ 14 
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`E. 
`F. 
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`“means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient
`PDA/cell phones have automatically acknowledged…”
`(limitation [2.g]) .................................................................................. 15 
`“means for periodically resending …” (limitation [2.h]) ..................... 15 
`“means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient
`PDA/cell phones have transmitted…” (limitation [2.i]) ..................... 16 
`“means for displaying…” (limitation [2.j]) ......................................... 16 
`G. 
`“means for obtaining” (limitation [2.k]) ............................................. 16 
`H. 
`“means for presenting” (limitation [2.l]) ............................................. 17 
`I. 
`“means for transmitting” (limitation [2.m]) ........................................ 17 
`J. 
`“means for controlling” (limitation [2.n]) ........................................... 17 
`K. 
`“means for allowing… and transmitting…” (limitation [2.o]) ........... 18 
`L. 
`“means for clearing” (limitation [2.p]) ................................................ 18 
`M. 
`“forced message alert” (limitation [2.e]) ............................................. 18 
`N. 
`VII.  THE ’970 PATENT IS NOT ENTITLED TO AN EFFECTIVE
`FILING DATE EARLIER THAN NOVEMBER 26, 2008 .......................... 19 
`VIII.  GROUND 1: CLAIMS 2 AND 10-13 ARE OBVIOUS OVER
`KUBALA, HAMMOND, AND EMIGH ...................................................... 22 
`A. 
`Claim 2................................................................................................. 28 
`1. 
`[2.preamble] A communication system for transmitting,
`receiving, confirming receipt, and responding to an
`electronic message, comprising: .............................................. 28 
`[2.a] a predetermined network of participants, wherein
`each participant has a similarly equipped PDA/cell
`phone that includes a CPU and a touch screen display a
`CPU and memory; ................................................................... 29 
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`[2.b] a data transmission means that facilitates the
`transmission of electronic files between said PDA/cell
`phones in different locations; ................................................... 30 
`[2.c] a sender PDA/cell phone and at least one recipient
`PDA/cell phone for each electronic message; ......................... 32 
`[2.d] a forced message alert software application
`program including a list of required possible responses
`to be selected by a participant recipient of a forced
`message response loaded on each participating PDA/cell
`phone; ........................................................................................ 32 
`[2.e] means for attaching a forced message alert software
`packet to a voice or text message creating a forced
`message alert that is transmitted by said sender PDA/cell
`phone to the recipient PDA/cell phone, said forced
`message alert software packet containing a list of
`possible required responses and requiring the forced
`message alert software on said recipient PDA/cell phone
`to transmit an automatic acknowledgment to the sender
`PDA/cell phone as soon as said forced message alert is
`received by the recipient PDA/cell phone; ............................... 34 
`[2.f] means for requiring a required manual response
`from the response list by the recipient in order to clear
`recipient’s response list from recipient’s cell phone
`display; ...................................................................................... 37 
`[2.g] means for receiving and displaying a listing of
`which recipient PDA/cell phones have automatically
`acknowledged the forced message alert and which
`recipient PDA/cell phones have not automatically
`acknowledged the forced message alert; .................................. 39 
`[2.h] means for periodically resending said forced
`message alert to said recipient PDA/cell phones that
`have not automatically acknowledged the forced message
`alert; and ................................................................................... 42 
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`[2.i] means for receiving and displaying a listing of
`which recipient PDA/cell phones have transmitted a
`manual response to said forced message alert and details
`the response from each recipient PDA/cell phone that
`responded; and .......................................................................... 44 
`[2.j] means for displaying a geographical map with
`georeferenced entities on the display of the sender
`PDA/cell phone; ........................................................................ 48 
`[2.k] means for obtaining location and status data
`associated with the recipient PDA/cell phone; and .................. 50 
`[2.l] means for presenting a recipient symbol on the
`geographical map corresponding to a correct
`geographical location of the recipient PDA/cell phone, .......... 51 
`[2.m] wherein the forced message alert software
`application program on the recipient PDA/cell phone
`includes: means for transmitting the acknowledgment of
`receipt to said sender PDA/cell phone immediately upon
`receiving a forced message alert from the sender
`PDA/cell phone; ....................................................................... 53 
`[2.n] means for controlling of the recipient PDA/cell
`phone upon transmitting said automatic acknowledgment
`and causing, in cases where the force message alert is a
`text message, the text message and a response list to be
`shown on the display of the recipient PDA/cell phone or
`causes, in cases where the forced message alert is a voice
`message, the voice message being periodically repeated
`by the speakers of the recipient PDA/cell phone while
`said response list is shown on the display; .............................. 54 
`[2.o] means for allowing a manual response to be
`manually selected from the response list or manually
`recorded and transmitting said manual response to the
`sender PDA/cell phone; and .................................................... 57 
`[2.p] means for clearing the text message and a response
`list from the display of the recipient PDA/cell phone or
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`3. 
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`stopping the repeating voice message and clearing the
`response list from the display of the recipient PDA/cell
`phone once the manual response is transmitted. ..................... 59 
`Claim 10 .............................................................................................. 60 
`1. 
`[10.preamble] A method of receiving, acknowledging and
`responding to a forced message alert from a sender
`PDA/cell phone to a recipient PDA/cell phone, wherein
`the receipt, acknowledgment, and response to said forced
`message alert is forced by a forced message alert
`software application program, said method comprising
`the steps of: ............................................................................... 60 
`[10.a] receiving an electronically transmitted electronic
`message; .................................................................................... 61 
`[10.b] identifying said electronic message as a forced
`message alert, wherein said forced message alert
`comprises of a voice or text message and a forced
`message alert application software packet, which
`triggers the activation of the forced message alert
`software application program within the recipient
`PDA/cell phone; ........................................................................ 61 
`[10.c] transmitting an automatic acknowledgment of
`receipt to the sender PDA/cell phone, which triggers the
`forced message alert software application program to
`take control of the recipient PDA/cell phone and show
`the content of the text message and a required response
`list on the display recipient PDA/cell phone or to repeat
`audibly the content of the voice message on the speakers
`of the recipient PDA/cell phone and show the required
`response list on the display recipient PDA/cell phone;
`and ............................................................................................. 63 
`[10.d] transmitting a selected required response from the
`response list in order to allow the message required
`response list to be cleared from the recipient’s cell phone
`display, whether said selected response is a chosen
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`7. 
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`option from the response list, causing the forced message
`alert software to release control of the recipient PDA/cell
`phone and stop showing the content of the text message
`and a response list on the display recipient PDA/cell
`phone and or stop repeating the content of the voice
`message on the speakers of the recipient PDA/cell phone; ...... 64 
`[10.e] displaying the response received from the PDA
`cell phone that transmitted the response on the sender of
`the forced alert PDA/cell phone; and ....................................... 64 
`[10.f] providing a list of the recipient PDA/cell phones
`have automatically acknowledged receipt of a forced
`alert message and their response to the forced alert
`message; and ............................................................................. 65 
`[10.g] displaying a geographical map with georeferenced
`entities on the display of the sender PDA/cellphone; ............... 65 
`[10.h] obtaining location and status data associated with
`the recipient PDA/cellphone; and ............................................. 65 
`[10.i] presenting a recipient symbol on the geographical
`map corresponding to a correct geographical location of
`the recipient PDA/cellphone based on at least the
`location data. ............................................................................ 65 
`Claim 11 ............................................................................................... 65 
`C. 
`Claim 12 ............................................................................................... 68 
`D. 
`Claim 13 ............................................................................................... 69 
`E. 
`IX.  GROUND 2: CLAIMS 2 AND 10-13 ARE OBVIOUS OVER
`HAMMOND IN VIEW OF JOHNSON, PEPE, AND EMIGH ................... 69 
`A. 
`Claim 2 ................................................................................................. 73 
`1. 
`[2.preamble] .............................................................................. 73 
`2. 
`[2.a] ........................................................................................... 73 
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`[2.b] ........................................................................................... 75 
`3. 
`[2.c] ........................................................................................... 75 
`4. 
`[2.d] ........................................................................................... 75 
`5. 
`[2.e] ........................................................................................... 76 
`6. 
`[2.f] ............................................................................................ 77 
`7. 
`[2.g] ........................................................................................... 78 
`8. 
`[2.h] ........................................................................................... 79 
`9. 
`[2.i] ............................................................................................ 79 
`10. 
`[2.j] ............................................................................................ 81 
`11. 
`[2.k] ........................................................................................... 82 
`12. 
`[2.l] ............................................................................................ 82 
`13. 
`[2.m] .......................................................................................... 82 
`14. 
`[2.n] ........................................................................................... 82 
`15. 
`[2.o] ........................................................................................... 84 
`16. 
`[2.p] ........................................................................................... 84 
`17. 
`Claim 10 .............................................................................................. 85 
`1. 
`[10.preamble] ............................................................................ 85 
`2. 
`[10.a] ......................................................................................... 85 
`3. 
`[10.b] ......................................................................................... 85 
`4. 
`[10.c] ......................................................................................... 85 
`5. 
`[10.d] ......................................................................................... 86 
`6. 
`[10.e] ......................................................................................... 86 
`7. 
`[10.f] .......................................................................................... 86 
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`[10.g] ......................................................................................... 86 
`8. 
`[10.h] ......................................................................................... 86 
`9. 
`[10.i] .......................................................................................... 86 
`10. 
`Claim 11 ............................................................................................... 86 
`C. 
`Claim 12 ............................................................................................... 87 
`D. 
`Claim 13 ............................................................................................... 88 
`E. 
`X.  GROUND 3: CLAIMS 2 AND 10-13 ARE OBVIOUS OVER
`HAMMOND IN VIEW OF JOHNSON, PEPE, EMIGH, AND
`BANERJEE ................................................................................................... 89 
`XI.  SECONDARY CONSIDERATIONS ........................................................... 90 
`XII. 
`INSTITUTION IS APPROPRIATE .............................................................. 90 
`A. 
`The Prior IPRs and Ex Parte Reexamination ...................................... 90 
`B. 
`Discretionary Denial Is Unwarranted Under Advanced Bionics ......... 90 
`C. 
`Discretionary Denial Is Unwarranted Under General Plastic ............ 92 
`D.  Discretionary Denial Is Unwarranted Under Fintiv ............................ 94 
`XIII.  CONCLUSION .............................................................................................. 95 
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases 
`Advanced Bionics, LLC. v. Med-El Elektronimeizinishce Gerate GmbH,
`IPR2019-01469, Paper 6 (Feb. 13, 2020) (precedential) .................................... 90
`Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. v. Oyster Optics, LLC,
`IPR2018-00070, Paper 14 (May 10, 2018) ......................................................... 93
`Ball Aerosol & Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc.,
`555 F.3d 984 (Fed. Cir. 2009) ...................................................................... 27, 71
`Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft v. Paice LLC,
`IPR2020-01386, Paper 13 (Feb. 5, 2021) ........................................................... 94
`General Plastic Industrial Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha,
`IPR2016-01357, Paper 19 (Sept. 6, 2017) (precedential)................................... 92
`In re Rice,
`341 F.2d 309 (CCPA 1965) ................................................................................ 26
`KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.,
`550 U.S. 398 (2007) ............................................................................................ 71
`Lockwood v. Am. Airlines, Inc.,
`107 F.3d 1565 (Fed. Cir. 1997) ........................................................................... 22
`Medtronic, Inc. v. Advanced Cardiovascular, Inc.,
`248 F.3d 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2001) .......................................................................... 13
`Samsung Elec. Co. v. Iron Oak Techs., LLC,
`IPR2018-01554, Paper 9 (Feb. 13, 2019) ........................................................... 94
`SDI Technologies, Inc., v. Bose Corp.,
`IPR2013-00350, Paper 36 (Nov. 7, 2014) .......................................................... 26
`Valve Corp. v. Elec. Scripting Prods., Inc.,
`IPR2019-00062, Paper 11 (Apr. 2, 2019) (precedential) ............................ 92, 93
`Valve Corp. v. Elec. Scripting Prods., Inc.,
`IPR2019-00064, Paper 10 (May 1, 2019) (precedential) ............................ 92, 93
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`W. Digital Corp. v. SPEX Techs., Inc.,
`IPR2018-00084, Paper 14 (Apr. 25, 2018) ......................................................... 94
`WMS Gaming, Inc. v. Int’l Game Tech.,
`184 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 1999) .......................................................................... 13
`Wyers v. Master Lock Co.,
`616 F.3d 1231 (Fed. Cir. 2010) ................................................................... 27, 71
`Other Authorities 
`Memorandum for the Interim Procedure for Discretionary Denials in
`AIA Post-Grant Proceedings with Parallel District Court Litigation
`(June 21, 2022).................................................................................................... 95
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Description
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970 (“ʼ970 patent”)
`Declaration of David H. Williams
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`Curriculum Vitae of David H. Williams
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`Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970
`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2006/0218232 (“Kubala”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,854,007 (“Hammond”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,325,310 (“Johnson”)
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`U.S. Patent No. 5,742,905 (“Pepe”)
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`U.S. Publication No. 2003/0128195 (“Banerjee”)
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`Simon Says “Here’s How!” Simon™ Mobile Communications Made
`Simple, Simon Users Manual, IBM Corp., 1994. (“Simon”)
`Prosecution History of U.S. Patent Application No. 10/711,490
`(“’490 application”)
`Prosecution History of U.S. Application No. 11/308,648 (“’648
`application”)
`Prosecution History of U.S. Application No. 11/612,830 (“’830
`application”)
`McKinsey & Company, The McKinsey Report : FDNY 9/11
`Response (2002) (“The McKinsey Report”)
`History of Mobile Phones, Wikipedia.com,
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mobile_phones (last visit-
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`Apple Newton, Wikipedia.com,
`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton (last visited May 10,
`2018) (“Apple”)
`Email, Wikipedia.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email (last
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`technology, Arstechnica.com
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`the-surface-a-brief-history-of-touchscreen-technology/ (last visited
`May 10, 2018) (“Arstechnica”)
`Palm VII,Wikipedia.com, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_VII
`(last visited May 10, 2018) (“Palm”)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,330,112 (“Emigh”)
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`U.S. Publication No. 2003/0008670 (“Katoh”)
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`U.S. Publication No. 2002/0123356 (“Michaud”)
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`U.S. Publication No. 2002/0173906 (“Muramatsu”)
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`File History for Ex Parte Reexamination Control No. 90/014,507 for
`U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970 (“’970 Reexam”)
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`Final Written Decision in Google LLC v. AGIS Software
`Development LLC, IPR2018-01079, challenging U.S. Patent No.
`8,213,970
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`The following claim listing adds bracketed labels ([preamble], [a], [b], etc.)
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`for reference:
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`2. [preamble] A communication system for transmitting, receiving, confirming
`receipt, and responding to an electronic message, comprising:
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`[a] a predetermined network of participants, wherein each participant has a
`similarly equipped PDA/cell phone that includes a CPU and a touch screen
`display a CPU and memory;
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`[b] a data transmission means that facilitates the transmission of electronic files
`between said PDA/cell phones in different locations;
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`[c] a sender PDA/cell phone and at least one recipient PDA/cell phone for each
`electronic message;
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`[d] a forced message alert software application program including a list of
`required possible responses to be selected by a participant recipient of a
`forced message response loaded on each participating PDA/cell phone;
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`[e] means for attaching a forced message alert software packet to a voice or
`text message creating a forced message alert that is transmitted by said
`sender PDA/cell phone to the recipient PDA/cell phone, said forced message
`alert software packet containing a list of possible required responses and
`requiring the forced message alert software on said recipient PDA/cell phone
`to transmit an automatic acknowledgment to the sender PDA/cell phone as
`soon as said forced message alert is received by the recipient PDA/cell
`phone;
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`[f] means for requiring a required manual response from the response list by
`the recipient in order to clear recipient's response list from recipient's cell
`phone display;
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`[g] means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient PDA/cell
`phones have automatically acknowledged the forced message alert and
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`which recipient PDA/cell phones have not automatically acknowledged the
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`[h] means for periodically resending said forced message alert to said recipient
`PDA/cell phones that have not automatically acknowledged the forced
`message alert; and
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`[i] means for receiving and displaying a listing of which recipient PDA/cell
`phones have transmitted a manual response to said forced message alert and
`details the response from each recipient PDA/cell phone that responded; and
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`[j] means for displaying a geographical map with georeferenced entities on the
`display of the sender PDA/cell phone;
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`[k] means for obtaining location and status data associated with the recipient
`PDA/cell phone; and
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`[l] means for presenting a recipient symbol on the geographical map
`corresponding to a correct geographical location of the recipient PDA/cell
`phone,
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`[m] wherein the forced message alert software application program on the
`recipient PDA/cell phone includes:
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`means for transmitting the acknowledgment of receipt to said sender
`PDA/cell phone immediately upon receiving a forced message alert
`from the sender PDA/cell phone;
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`[n] means for controlling of the recipient PDA/cell phone upon
`transmitting said automatic acknowledgment and causing, in cases
`where the force message alert is a text message, the text message and
`a response list to be shown on the display of the recipient PDA/cell
`phone or causes, in cases where the forced message alert is a voice
`message, the voice message being periodically repeated by the
`speakers of the recipient PDA/cell phone while said response list is
`shown on the display;
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`[o] means for allowing a manual response to be manually selected from
`the response list or manually recorded and transmitting said manual
`response to the sender PDA/cell phone; and
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`[p] means for clearing the text message and a response list from the
`display of the recipient PDA/cell phone or stopping the repeating
`voice message and clearing the response list from the display of the
`recipient PDA/cell phone once the manual response is transmitted.
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`10. [preamble] A method of receiving, acknowledging and responding to a
`forced message alert from a sender PDA/cell phone to a recipient PDA/cell phone,
`wherein the receipt, acknowledgment, and response to said forced message alert is
`forced by a forced message alert software application program, said method
`comprising the steps of:
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`[a] receiving an electronically transmitted electronic message;
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`[b] identifying said electronic message as a forced message alert, wherein said
`forced message alert comprises of a voice or text message and a forced
`message alert application software packet, which triggers the activation of
`the forced message alert software application program within the recipient
`PDA/cell phone;
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`[c] transmitting an automatic acknowledgment of receipt to the sender
`PDA/cell phone, which triggers the forced message alert software
`application program to take control of the recipient PDA/cell phone and
`show the content of the text message and a required response list on the
`display recipient PDA/cell phone or to repeat audibly the content of the
`voice message on the speakers of the recipient PDA/cell phone and show the
`required response list on the display recipient PDA/cell phone; and
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`[d] transmitting a selected required response from the response list in order to
`allow the message required response list to be cleared from the recipient's
`cell phone display, whether said selected response is a chosen option from
`the response list, causing the forced message alert software to release control
`of the recipient PDA/cell phone and stop showing the content of the text
`message and a response list on the display recipient PDA/cell phone and or
`stop repeating the content of the voice message on the speakers of the
`recipient PDA/cell phone;
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`[e] displaying the response received from the PDA cell phone that transmitted
`the response on the sender of the forced alert PDA/cell phone; and
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`[f] providing a list of the recipient PDA/cell phones have automatically
`acknowledged receipt of a forced alert message and their response to the
`forced alert message; and
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`[g] displaying a geographical map with georeferenced entities on the display of
`the sender PDA/cellphone;
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`[h] obtaining location and status data associated with the recipient
`PDA/cellphone; and
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`[i] presenting a recipient symbol on the geographical map corresponding to a
`correct geographical location of the recipient PDA/cellphone based on at
`least the location data.
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`11. The method as in claim 10, wherein each PDA/cell phone within a
`predetermined communication network is similarly equipped and has the forced
`message alert software application program loaded on it.
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`12. The method as in claim 10, wherein said forced message alert application
`software packet contains a response list, wherein said response list is a default list
`embedded in the forced message alert software application program.
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`13. The method as in claim 10, wherein said forced message alert application
`software packet contains a response list, wherein said response list is a custom
`response list that is created at the time the specific forced message alert is created
`on the sender PDA/cell phone.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”) requests inter partes
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`review of claims 2 and 10-13 of U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970 (“’970 patent”) (Ex.
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`1001), owned by AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS”). The challenged
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`claims recite a combination of known features. These claims recite sending
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`“forced message alerts,” which are electronic messages that require a response, and
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`tracking the recipient’s receipt of those “forced message alerts.” IBM, Bellcore,
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`and Micron Technology, however, described these limitations well before the ’970
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`patent’s filing date.
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`In the 1990s (well before the ’970 patent’s earliest filing date), Bellcore, for
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`instance, disclosed personal digital assistants (PDAs) for sending/receiving
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`electronic messages (e.g., emails). Ex. 1008. IBM and Micron Technology also
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`worked on systems for sending/receiving mandatory-response messages. Exs.
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`1006, 1007. In fact, IBM applied its work with mandatory-response messages to
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`PDAs with a touchscreen user interface and a stylus. Exs. 1005, 1009. These
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`disclosures illustrate that it was known to use a PDA to send, receive, and track
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`forced-message alerts, as claimed in the ’970 patent.
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`The Examiner, without considering such systems, allowed the claims, but
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`only after amendments to recite providing a recipient with a list of possible
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`responses to an incoming message. But even that concept was known in the prior
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`art. Kubala discloses a system in which a PDA receives a mandatory-response
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`message and displays a menu of possible responses that may be selected “as a
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`quick response to the … message.” Ex. 1005, ¶[0057]. Similarly, Pepe discloses a
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`PDA providing a menu of possible responses from which a user may choose in
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`order to respond to a message. Ex. 1008, 36:16-20, 40-42, Figs. 42, 45.
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`While the ’970 patent has undergone reexamination, the reexamination did
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`not consider references that teach limitations added during reexamination.
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`Because the references teach the challenged claims, the Board should
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`institute review and find the claims unpatentable.
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
`A. Real Parties-in-Interest
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`The real party in interest is Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless.
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`Additionally, out of an abundance of caution in light of prior challenges to the
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`named real parties-in-interest in separate and unrelated IPR petitions, Petitioner
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`further identifies Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Enterprise Solutions,
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`LLC, Verizon Business Global LLC, Verizon Business Netw