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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendants.
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 6:22-cv-00533-ADA-DTG
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`Case No. 6:22-cv-00535-ADA-DTG
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`DODOTS LICENSING SOLUTIONS LLC,
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`APPLE INC., BEST BUY STORES, L.P.,
`BESTBUY.COM, LLC, AND
`BEST BUY TEXAS.COM, LLC,
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`DODOTS LICENSING SOLUTIONS LLC,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
`INC., BEST BUY STORES,
`L.P., BESTBUY.COM, LLC, AND
`BEST BUY TEXAS.COM, LLC,
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`v.
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`v.
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`Defendants.
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`DEFENDANTS APPLE INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG
`ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., BEST BUY STORES, L.P.,
`BESTBUY.COM, LLC, AND BEST BUY TEXAS.COM, LLC’s
`IDENTIFICATION OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Defendants Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America,
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`Inc., Best Buy Stores, L.P., Bestbuy.com, LLC, and Best Buy Texas.com, LLC (collectively
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`“Defendants”) hereby provide their Preliminary Proposed Constructions of Claim Terms. The
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`preliminary proposed constructions set forth herein cover U.S. Patent Nos. 9,369,545; 8,020,083;
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`and 8,510,407. Unless otherwise indicated below, any occurrence of a listed claim term, phrase,
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`and/or clause is intended to receive the same construction across all patents-in-suit for which the
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`listed term, phrase, and/or construction is proposed for construction.
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`Defendants reserve the right to modify, supplement, or amend the list of claim terms,
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`phrases, and/or clauses set forth below. Additionally, Defendants reserve the right to request
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`separately the construction of portions of the identified claim terms, phrases, and/or clauses.
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`Defendants further reserve all rights to assert that terms, phrases, and/or clauses in the
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`patents-in-suit are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112, other than as indefinite, including without
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`limitation the terms, phrases, and/or clauses listed in this Preliminary Proposed Constructions of
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`Claim Terms and/or the terms, phrases, and/or clauses listed in Defendants’ Preliminary Invalidity
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`Contentions and any supplements thereto.
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`The inclusion of any claim term, phrase, and/or clause listed is not intended, and should
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`not be construed to mean, that any such term, phrase, and/or clause has a special or uncommon
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`meaning. Additionally, the inclusion of any claim term, phrase, and/or clause on this list is not
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`intended and does not constitute an admission that the term, phrase, and/or clause is capable of
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`construction and not indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112, lacking enablement or adequate written
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`description, or otherwise incapable of construction. Defendants reserve the right to contest any
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`such term, phrase, and/or clause, and the validity of any claim of the patents-in-suit.
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`This list is proposed constructions is preliminary and Defendants reserve the right to add,
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`delete, and/or amend claim terms, phrases, and/or clauses from the list based on, without limitation,
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`the list(s) propounded by DoDots Licensing Solutions LLC (“DoDots”) or any information learned
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`throughout the course of the claim construction process.
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`To the extent the claim terms, phrases, and/or clauses set forth below include particular
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`terms, phrases, and/or clauses appropriate to be construed separately, such terms, phrases, and/or
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`clauses are deemed part of this disclosed Preliminary Proposed Constructions of Claim Terms.
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`Similarly, to the extent it is appropriate to construe terms, phrases, and/or clauses listed below in
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`the context of additional claim language, such additional language is deemed part of this
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`disclosure.
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`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY PROPOSED CONSTRUCTIONS OF CLAIM TERMS
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`Claim Term
`“networked information monitor”
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`“networked information monitor
`template”
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`“is accessible” / “is available”
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`“lacks controls for manually
`navigating a network”
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`Claims
`’083 pat.: cls. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10,
`11, 12, 13, 14
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`’407 pat.: cls. 1, 11, 12, 13, 22, 24
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`’545 pat.: cls. 1, 12, 13
`’083 pat.: cls. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
`10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
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`’407 pat.: cls. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11,
`12, 13, 20, 22, 24
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`’545 pat.: cls. 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15
`’083 pat.: cls. 1, 4, 9, 12
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`’407 pat.: cls. 1, 13
`’083 pat.: cls. 1, 4, 9, 12
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`“computer program modules being
`configured to access the networked
`information monitor defined by the
`networked information monitor
`template”
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`’407 pat.: cl. 1
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`“instructions configured (i) to cause
`the [first/second] networked
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`’083 pat.: cls. 1, 4, 9, 12
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`Construction
`“fully configurable frame, with one or more controls,
`through which content is presented to the user”
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`“data structure which defines the characteristics of a
`NIM, including the NIM frame, view and control
`characteristics, and which excludes executable
`applications/compiled code”
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`“can be transmitted at the time the content is
`requested”
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`“lacks controls for manually navigating a network
`(e.g., a forward browsing button, a backward browsing
`button, a URL entry field, and/or other manual
`navigation controls)”
`Indefinite (means-plus-function).
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`Means: “computer program modules”
`Function: “configured to access the networked
`information monitor defined by the networked
`information monitor template.”
`Indefinite (means-plus-function).
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`Means: “instructions”
`Function: “configured (i) to cause the first networked
`information monitor to request content from the
`network location in the content reference via the
`TCP/IP protocol, and (ii) to cause the first networked
`information monitor to generate the graphical user
`interface of the first networked information monitor
`with the content received from the network location
`via the TCP/IP protocol within the frame”
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`’407 pat.: cl. 13
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`Indefinite.
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`’407 pat.: cls. 1, 2, 9, 13, 21
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`Indefinite.
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`’545 pat.: cl. 1
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`’407 pat.: cls. 1, 13
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`’407 pat.: cls. 1, 13
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`“standard Internet content that is capable of being
`parsed by a browser, such content including HTML,
`Java script, XML, CSS, streaming media, Flash,
`HTTPS, cookies, etc.,”
`Indefinite.
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`information monitor to request
`content from the network location
`in the [second] content reference
`via the TCP/IP protocol, and (ii) to
`cause the [first/second] networked
`information monitor to generate the
`graphical user interface of the
`[first/second] networked
`information monitor with the
`content received from the network
`location via the TCP/IP protocol
`within the frame”
`“the application media package
`template”
`“time-varying content” / “content
`being time-varying”
`“web browser readable language”
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`“wherein accessing the networked
`information monitor defined by the
`networked information monitor
`template results in:
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`transmission, over a network to a
`web server at a network location, of
`a content request for content to be
`displayed within the frame of the
`viewer graphical user interface
`defined by the networked
`information monitor template;
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`reception, over the network from
`the web server at the network
`location, of content transmitted
`from the web server in response to
`the content request, the content
`being time-varying;
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`presentation, on the display, of the
`viewer graphical user interface
`defined by the networked
`information monitor template
`outside of and separate from any
`graphical user interface of any
`other application; and
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`presentation, on the display within
`the frame of the viewer graphical
`user interface defined by the
`networked information monitor, of
`the time-varying content received
`from the web server.”
`“The method of claim 1, further
`comprising . . .
`“the networked information
`template”
`“frame”
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`’407 pat.: cl. 2
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`’545 pat.: cl. 15
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`’083: cls. 1, 4, 9, 12
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`’407: cls. 1, 13
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`Indefinite.
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`Indefinite.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Dated: March 1, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`DLA PIPER LLC (US)
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`By: /s/ John M. Guaragna
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`John M. Guaragna
`Texas Bar No. 24043308
`john.guaragna@us.dlapiper.com
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 3000
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Tel: (512) 457-7125
`Fax: (512) 457-7001
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`Sean C. Cunningham (pro hac vice)
`Robert Williams (pro hac vice)
`4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
`San Diego, CA 92121
`Tel: (619) 699-2700
`Fax: (619) 699-2701
`Erik Fuehrer (pro hac vice)
`Sangwon Sung (pro hac vice)
`Marinna C. Radloff (pro hac vice)
`2000 University Avenue
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2214
`Tel: (858) 677-1400
`Fax: (858) 677-1401
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`Jackob Ben-Ezra
`Texas Bar No. 24073907
`845 Texas Avenue, Suite 3800
`Houston, TX 77002-5005
`Tel: (713) 425-8431
`Fax: (713) 300-6031
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS,
`APPLE INC., BEST BUY STORES, L.P.,
`BESTBUY.COM, LLC, AND BEST BUY
`TEXAS.COM, LLC
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`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
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`By: /s/ David M. Hoffman
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`David M. Hoffman
`TX Bar No. 24046084
`hoffman@fr.com
`111 Congress Avenue, Suite 810
`Austin, TX 78701
`Tel: (512) 472-5070
`Fax: (512) 320-8935
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`Michael J. McKeon
`DC Bar No. 459780
`Adam R. Shartzer
`DC Bar No. 994420
`shartzer@fr.com
`Michael J. Ballanco
`VA Bar No. 87293
`ballanco@fr.com
`Raj Utreja
`DC Bar No. 1673646
`utreja@fr.com
`Irene Hwang
`CA Bar No. 344798
`hwang@fr.com
`1000 Maine Avenue, SW, Suite 1000
`Washington, DC 20024
`Tel: (202) 783-5070
`Fax: (202) 783-2331
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`BEST BUY STORES, L.P., BESTBUY.COM, LLC,
`AND BEST BUY TEXAS.COM, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 1, 2023, the foregoing document was
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`served electronically to all counsel of record.
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`/s/ David M. Hoffman
`David M. Hoffman
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