Case 1:23-cv-00747-ADA Document 60 Filed 07/05/23 Page 1 of 10
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`OZMO LICENSING LLC,
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`DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC. and
`DELL INC.,
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`1:23-CV-00747-ADA
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`Before the Court are the Parties’ claim construction briefs: Defendants Dell Technologies
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`Inc. and Dell Inc.’s Opening Claim Construction Brief (ECF No. 32), Plaintiff Ozmo Licensing
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`LLC’s Responsive Claim Construction Brief (ECF No. 38), Defendant’s Reply Claim
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`Construction Brief (ECF No. 43), Plaintiff’s Sur-Reply Construction Brief (ECF No. 45), and the
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement (ECF No. 46). On June 27, 2023, the Court provided the
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`parties with its Preliminary Claim Constructions, and on June 28, 2023, the Court held a Markman
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`hearing. The Court issues this Order to memorialize the Court’s final claim construction rulings
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`for the parties, and to inform the parties that the Court plans to issue a more-detailed Order
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`explaining its analysis in due course.
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`SIGNED this 5th day of July, 2023.
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`I.
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`AGREED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Term
`No.
`1
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`2
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`3
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`4
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`5
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`Term
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`Agreed Construction
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`“protocol”
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`All patents, all claims
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`“partially consistent” / “partially compliant”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,599,814 (“the ’814 patent”), all claims;
`U.S. Patent No. 11,012,934 (“the ’934 patent”), all claims;
`U.S. Patent No. 11,122,504 (“the ’504 patent”), all claims;
`U.S. Patent No. 11,252,659 (“the ’659 patent”), all claims;
`U.S. Patent No. 10,873,906 (“the ’906 patent”), all claims;
`U.S. Patent No. 9,264,991 (“the ’991 patent”), claims 1-7,
`9, 11-14, 16, 17, 19, 20
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`“configured to agree / can agree / mutually agreeable”
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`‘814 patent, claim 5; ‘991 patent, claims 8, 11, 12, 20; ‘906
`patent, claims 1, 4; ‘934 patent, claims 1, 4; ‘504 patent,
`claims 1, 4
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`“first [wireless] network / second [wireless] network”
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`‘814 patent, claims 1-4, 6, 11; ‘991 patent, claims 1-3, 6-9,
`13, 17, 19; ‘659 patent, claims 1-3, 5, 15, 16
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`“logic for processing data received via the wireless radio
`circuit”
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`‘814 patent, claims 1, 6, 7
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`“set of rules”
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`“conforms to a part, but not the entirety of”
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`“jointly determine”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: processing data received via the wireless radio circuit
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`6
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`7
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`8
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`9
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`“logic for generating data to be transmitted by the wireless
`radio circuit”
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`‘814 patent, claim 1
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`“logic for initiating and maintaining wireless network
`connections with nodes of a wireless network external to
`the network-enabled hub, maintaining at least a first
`wireless network connection using a first wireless network
`protocol and a second wireless network connection using a
`second wireless network protocol, that can be maintained,
`at times, simultaneously with each other in a common
`wireless space”
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`‘814 patent, claim 1
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`“data forwarding logic”
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`‘814 patent, claim 1; ‘991 patent, claims 1, 11
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`“a routing module for receiving a poll request that contains
`information required to unambiguously identify a station
`that is a node in the second network, wherein the routing
`module coordinates retrieval of information from the
`station”
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`‘814 patent, claim 2; ‘991 patent, claims 2, 19
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`Structure: processing unit 28
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: processing data received via the wireless radio circuit
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`Structure: processing unit 28
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: initiating and maintaining wireless network
`connections with nodes of a wireless network external to the
`network-enabled hub, maintaining at least a first wireless
`network connection using a first wireless network protocol and a
`second wireless network connection using a second wireless
`network protocol, that can be maintained, at times,
`simultaneously with each other in a common wireless space
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`Structure: wireless circuit 27, processing unit 28, and software
`platform 36
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: receiving a poll request that contains information
`required to unambiguously identify a station that is a node in the
`second network, wherein the routing module coordinates
`retrieval of information from the station
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`Structure: Processing unit 28 executing the algorithm at 7:66-
`8:87 and 8:11-14, and their equivalents
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`II.
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`DISPUTED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Term
`No.
`1
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`2
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`Term
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`“WLAN”: “wireless
`local area network”
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`‘814 patent, claim 3
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`“wireless LAN”
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`‘991 patent, claims
`3-5
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`“wireless local area
`network (WLAN)”
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`‘906 patent, claims
`1, 4; ‘934 patent,
`claims 1, 4, 7, 11;
`‘504 patent, claims
`1, 4, 7, 11
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`“WLAN”
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`‘659 patent, claims
`1, 4, 11, 12, 21-23,
`25, 26, 28
`“WPAN”: “wireless
`personal area
`network (‘WPAN’)”
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Defendant’s Proposed
`Construction
`“a wireless network with a typical
`coverage range on the order of
`300 feet”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`which is a longer-range wireless
`network than WPAN
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`“a short-range wireless
`network usable to connect
`peripherals to devices in close
`proximity”
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`“a wireless network with a typical
`coverage range on the order of 30
`feet”
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`“a short-range wireless network
`usable to connect peripherals to
`devices in close proximity”
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`‘814 patent, claim 5;
`‘991 patent, claims
`11-12, 19-20; ’906
`patent, claims 1, 4,
`6, 7, 9, 10, 12; ‘934
`patent, claims 1, 4,
`7-9, 12; ’504 patent,
`claims 1, 4, 7-9, 12,
`14
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`“WPAN”
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`‘659 patent, claims
`1, 4, 6, 14, 15
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`“802.11x”
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`‘814 patent, claim 4;
`‘991 patent, claims
`7, 19; ‘906 patent,
`claims 1, 4; ‘934
`patent, claims 1, 4,
`11; ‘504 patent,
`claims 1, 4, 11; ‘659
`patent, claims 13,
`24, 27
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`“overlay protocol”
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`‘814 patent, claim 1;
`‘991 patent, claims
`1, 19; ‘906 patent,
`claims 1, 4; ‘934
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`3
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`4
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Indefinite
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`alternatively: all amendments to
`802.11 as of March 14, 2006
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`All versions to 802.11 as of
`March 14, 2006
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`“a protocol governing a
`second network, which
`protocol has aspects in
`common with a first network
`protocol to reduce
`interference such that the
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`“a second protocol that has
`elements that are reuses of
`elements of a first protocol to
`provide one or more advantages”
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`“a protocol governing a second
`network, which protocol has
`aspects in common with a first
`network protocol to reduce
`interference such that the second
`and first networks can co-exist”
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`patent, claims 1, 4,
`7; ‘504 patent,
`claims 1, 4; ‘659
`patent, claim 4
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`“at least partially
`disable the wireless
`connection”
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`‘906 patent, claims
`1, 4; ‘934 patent,
`claims 1, 4; ‘504
`patent, claims 1, 4
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`“disable the second
`connection”
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`‘659 patent, claim 6
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`“the disabling” / “the
`at least part is
`disabled”
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`‘934 patent, claim 2;
`504 patent, claim 2
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`“logic to coordinate
`a mutually agreeable
`inactivity period”
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`5
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`6
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`7
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`8
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`second and first networks can
`co-exist”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`“at least partially do not maintain
`the wireless connection”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`“do not maintain the second
`connection”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Indefinite
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: “coordinate a mutually
`agreeable inactivity period”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Not indefinite; plain and ordinary
`meaning, wherein “the disabling”
`and “the at least part is disabled”
`refer to the limitation “wherein
`the WPAN protocol provides for
`the first wireless device to disable
`at least a part of said coordination
`following a start of inactivity
`time.”
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)
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`Function: “coordinate a mutually
`agreeable inactivity period”
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`9
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`‘814 patent, claim 5,
`‘991 patent, claims
`11, 12, 20
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`“logic for data
`forwarding between
`an originating node
`that is a node in of
`one of the first and
`second networks and
`a destination node
`that is a node in of
`the other of the first
`and second
`networks, the logic
`for data forwarding
`including logic for
`processing a data
`packet from the
`originating node to
`identify an address
`of the destination
`node in the data
`packet and using that
`address to transmit
`data into the second
`network”
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`Function: “coordinate a
`mutually agreeable inactivity
`period”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`executing algorithms at ‘814
`patent, col. 12, ln. 13 to col.
`13, ln. 14, and equivalents
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`Not subject to 35 U.S.C.
`§112(f)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Structure: none (indefinite)
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`executing algorithms at ’814
`patent, col. 12, ln. 13 to col. 13,
`ln. 14, and equivalents
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: “data forwarding
`between an originating node that
`is a node in of one of the first and
`second networks and a
`destination node that is a node in
`of the other of the first and
`second networks, the logic for
`data forwarding including logic
`for processing a data packet from
`the originating node to identify an
`address of the destination node in
`the data packet and using that
`address to transmit data into the
`second network”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`executing an algorithm to read
`the IP address on incoming
`packets and forward the packets
`to that IP address
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)
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`Function: “data forwarding
`between an originating node that
`is a node in of one of the first and
`second networks and a
`destination node that is a node in
`of the other of the first and
`second networks, the logic for
`data forwarding including logic
`for processing a data packet from
`the originating node to identify an
`address of the destination node in
`the data packet and using that
`address to transmit data into the
`second network”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`executing an algorithm to read
`the IP address on incoming
`packets and forward the packets
`to that IP address
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`10
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`11
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`‘991 patent, claim 19
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`“logic for uniquely
`identifying the
`destination node
`from data received
`from the originating
`node such that the
`network-enabled hub
`can use that data to
`transmit data into the
`second wireless
`network”
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`‘814 patent, claim 11
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`“wherein the
`network-enabled hub
`and the device
`include logic, in one
`or both of the
`network-enabled hub
`and the device, for
`initiating device
`discovery by sending
`broadcast discovery
`requests on a pre-
`defined channel”
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`‘991 patent, claim 9
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: “uniquely
`identifying the destination
`node from data received from
`the originating node such that
`the network-enabled hub can
`use that data to transmit data
`into the second wireless
`network”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`and algorithms at ‘814 patent,
`col. 7, ln. 52 to col. 8, ln. 15
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`Not subject to 35 U.S.C.
`§112(f)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Alternatively,
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`Function: “initiating device
`discovery by sending
`broadcast discovery requests
`on a pre-defined channel”
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`Structure: processing unit
`28/24, including algorithms at
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. §112(f)
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`Function: “uniquely identifying
`the destination node from data
`received from the originating
`node such that the network-
`enabled hub can use that data to
`transmit data into the second
`wireless network”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`executing an algorithm to read
`the IP address on incoming
`packets and forward the packets
`to that IP address and equivalents
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`Indefinite
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)
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`Function: “uniquely identifying
`the destination node from data
`received from the originating
`node such that the network-
`enabled hub can use that data to
`transmit data into the second
`wireless network”
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`Structure: processing unit 28 and
`algorithms at ‘814 patent, col. 7,
`ln. 52 to col. 8, ln. 15, and
`equivalents
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)
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`Function: “initiating device
`discovery by sending broadcast
`discovery requests on a pre-
`defined channel”
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`Structure: processing unit 28/24,
`including algorithms at ‘814
`patent, col. 13, ln. 16 to col. 14,
`ln. 27 and equivalents
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`Indefinite
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`“wherein the
`network-enabled hub
`and the device
`include logic, in one
`or both of the
`network-enabled hub
`and the device, for
`indicating
`characteristics and/or
`state of the network-
`enabled hub and/or
`device”
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`‘991 patent, claim 10
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`‘814 patent, col. 13, ln. 16 to
`col. 14, ln. 27 and equivalents
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`Not subject to 35 U.S.C.
`§112(f)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Alternatively,
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`Function: “indicating
`characteristics and/or state of
`the network-enabled hub
`and/or device”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`and/or 24 and algorithms at
`‘814 patent, col. 13, ln. 38 to
`col. 14, ln. 3 and equivalents
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`12
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`Subject to 35 U.S.C. § 112(f)
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`Function: “indicating
`characteristics and/or state of the
`network-enabled hub and/or
`device”
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`Structure: processing unit 28
`and/or 24 and algorithms at ‘814
`patent, col. 13, ln. 38 to col. 14,
`ln. 3 and equivalents
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