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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`TOUCHSTREAM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-569-ADA
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`GOOGLE LLC
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Comcast, Ex. 1120
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`Page 1 of 5
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`In accordance with the Court’s Order Governing Proceedings – Patent Cases (Dkt. 24)
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`and the Scheduling Order (Dkt. 21), the parties hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction
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`Statement. The claim terms identified below as agreed upon or being in-dispute are found in U.S.
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`Patent Nos. 8,356,251 (the “’251 patent”), 8,782,528 (the “’528 patent”), and 8,904,289 (the
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`“’289 patent”).
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`I.
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`AGREED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Claim Term
`1. “media player” (’251 patent, claim 1; ’528
`patent, claims 1, 27, 28; and ’289 patent,
`claims 1, 6)
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`II.
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`DISPUTED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Agreed Construction
`plain and ordinary
`meaning
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`Term Proposed By
`Touchstream
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`Claim Term
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`Touchstream’s
`Proposed Construction
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`Google’s Proposed
`Construction
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
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`one-to-one mapping
`between the personal
`computing device and the
`[display device / content
`presentation device]
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`2. “an association
`between the personal
`computing device and the
`[display device / content
`presentation device]”
`(’251 patent, claim 1;
`’528 patent, claims 1, 27,
`28; and ’289 patent,
`claims 1, 6)
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`Term
`Proposed
`By
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`3. “video file” / “video
`content” (’251 patent,
`claims 1, 6, 7)
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
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`Indefinite
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
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`Indefinite
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`4. “converting the
`command from the
`personal computing
`device into corresponding
`code to control the media
`player” (’251 patent,
`claim 2)
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`Claim Term
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`Touchstream’s
`Proposed Construction
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`Google’s Proposed
`Construction
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
`
`alternatively, plain and
`ordinary meaning, which
`is “a standard command
`used for controlling
`playback of media
`content such as play or
`pause”
`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
`
`alternatively, plain and
`ordinary meaning which
`is “[unique identification
`code] / [synchronization
`code] associated with a
`content presentation
`device”
`
`plain and ordinary
`meaning, which is,
`provide information that
`locates or may be used to
`locate the particular
`media player
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
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`5. “universal command”
`(’251 patent, claim 5)
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`6. “unique identification
`code assigned to the
`content presentation
`device” (’289 patent,
`claims 1 and 6) and
`“synchronization code
`assigned to the content
`presentation device”
`(’528 patent, claims 1,
`27)
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`7. “[identify/identifying/
`include information
`indicating] a location of
`the particular media
`player” (’528 patent,
`claims 1, 27, 28; and ’289
`patent, claims 1, 7)
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`8. “action control
`command being
`independent of the
`particular media player”
`(’528 patent, claims 1,
`27, 28; ’289 patent,
`claims 1 and 6)
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`2
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`Indefinite
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`Term
`Proposed
`By
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`[unique identification /
`synchronization] code
`assigned by the server
`system to the content
`presentation device
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`
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`[identify/identifying/
`including information
`indicating] an Internet
`address from where the
`media player is obtained
`by the content
`presentation device
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`action control command
`being in a standard
`format that must be
`converted for use by the
`particular media player
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`Claim Term
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`Touchstream’s
`Proposed Construction
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`Google’s Proposed
`Construction
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`Term
`Proposed
`By
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`plain and ordinary
`meaning - no
`construction needed
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`alternatively, plain and
`ordinary meaning for
`“programming code”
`which is “instructions
`that the media player can
`recognize and execute.”
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`by the server system,
`identifying the specific
`media player that is being
`requested and converting
`the incoming commands
`into the correct
`programming code used
`by the content
`presentation device to
`control the specific media
`player
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`9. “identifying, [by the
`server system,]
`programming code
`corresponding to the
`action control command,
`wherein the programming
`code is for controlling
`presentation of the
`content presentation
`device using the
`particular media player”
`(’528 patent, claims 1,
`27, 28; ’289 patent,
`claims 1 and 6)
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`
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`Date: February 8, 2022
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`
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
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`/s/ Samuel J. LaRoque
`Samuel J. LaRoque, pro hac vice
`B. Trent Webb, pro hac vice
`Ryan D. Dykal, pro hac vice
`Jordan T. Bergsten, pro hac vice
`Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
`2555 Grand Boulevard
`Kansas City, MO 64108
`(816) 474-6550
`Fax: (816) 421-5547
`Email: slaroque@shb.com
`Email: bwebb@shb.com
`Email: rdykal@shb.com
`Email: jbergsten@shb.com
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`Fiona A. Bell (TX Bar No. 24052288)
`SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P.
`600 Travis Street, Suite 3400
`Houston, TX 77002
`(713) 227-2008
`Fax: 713-227-9508
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`Email: fbell@shb.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff
`Touchstream Technologies, Inc.
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`/s/ Tharan Gregory Lanier
`Tharan Gregory Lanier, pro hac vice
`CA State Bar No. 138784
`E-mail: tglanier@jonesday.com
`JONES DAY
`Michael C. Hendershot, pro hac vice
`CA State Bar No. 211830
`E-mail: mhendershot@jonesday.com
`Evan M. McLean, pro hac vice
`CA State Bar No. 280660
`E-mail: emclean@jonesday.com
`1755 Embarcadero Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94303
`Telephone: (650) 739-3939
`Facsimile: (650) 739-3900
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`POTTER MINTON PC
`Michael E. Jones
`TX State Bar No. 10929400
`E-mail: mikejones@potterminton.com
`Patrick C. Clutter
`TX State Bar No. 24036374
`E-mail: patrickclutter@potterminton.com
`110 N. College Ave., Suite 500
`Tyler, TX 75702
`Telephone: (903) 597-8311
`Facsimile: (903) 593-0846
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`GOOGLE LLC
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