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Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 1 of 9
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS LLC
` Plaintiff,
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`-v-
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., MERAKI,
`LLC,
` Defendants.
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS LLC
` Plaintiff,
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`-v-
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
`AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG
`ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
` Defendants.
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS LLC,
` Plaintiff,
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`-v-
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
` Defendant.
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`6:21-CV-00623-ADA
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`6:21-CV-00626-ADA
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`6:21-CV-00695-ADA
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`The Court held a Markman hearing on September 1, 2022. During that hearing, the Court
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`provided its final constructions. The Court now enters those claim constructions.
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`SIGNED this 30th day of September, 2022.
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`Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 2 of 9
`Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 2 of 9
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`IPR2024-00613
`Petitioner's Exhibit 1017
`Page 000002
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`Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 3 of 9
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`Term
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`

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`Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 4 of 9
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`Not subject to § 112, ¶ 6.
`Plain-and-ordinary meaning.
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`#1: “signal
`transmission/reception
`coordination logic”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,289,939, All
`Asserted Claims
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`Plain and ordinary meaning;
`no construction necessary.
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`Alternative proposed
`construction, should the term
`be treated as a means-plus-
`function limitation:
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`Function: See below for cl.
`15, cl. 30.
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`Claim 15: ascertaining, by
`monitoring the plurality of
`access points for received
`signals, that: a first access
`point of the plurality of access
`points is receiving a first
`signal on a first channel, a
`second access point of the
`plurality of access points is
`receiving a second signal that
`is ongoing on a second
`channel, restrain[ing] at least a
`third access point of the
`plurality of access points from
`transmitting a third signal on a
`third channel responsive to the
`ascertaining that the first
`access point is receiving the
`first signal and that the second
`access point is receiving the
`second signal that is ongoing-
`on the second channel,
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`Means-plus-function;
`indefinite for lack of
`corresponding structure.
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`
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`Function:
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`Claim 15: ascertaining, by
`monitoring the plurality of
`access points for received
`signals, that: a first access
`point of the plurality of access
`points is receiving a first
`signal on a first channel, a
`second access point of the
`plurality of access points is
`receiving a second signal that
`is ongoing on a second
`channel, restrain[ing] at least a
`third access point of the
`plurality of access points from
`transmitting a third signal on a
`third channel responsive to the
`ascertaining that the first
`access point is receiving the
`first signal and that the second
`access point is receiving the
`second signal that is ongoing-
`on the second channel,
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`wherein the restraining at least
`the third access point prevents
`degradation to the first and
`second signals
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`Claim 30: ascertaining, by
`monitoring the plurality of
`access points for received
`signals, that a first access point
`of the plurality of access points
`is receiving a first signal on a
`first channel, restrain[ing] at
`least a second access point of
`the plurality of access points
`from transmitting a second
`signal on a second channel
`different from the first channel
`responsive to the ascertaining
`that the first access point is
`receiving the first signal.
`
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`wherein the restraining at least
`the third access point prevents
`degradation to the first and
`second signals.
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`Claim 30: ascertaining, by
`monitoring the plurality of
`access points for received
`signals, that a first access
`point of the plurality of access
`points is receiving a first
`signal on a first channel,
`restrain[ing] at least a second
`access point of the plurality of
`access points from
`transmitting a second signal
`on a second channel different
`from the first channel
`responsive to the ascertaining
`that the first access point is
`receiving the first signal
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`Structure:
`Signal transmission/reception
`logic 404 and/or MAC
`coordinator logic 606 and/or
`6:151 and/or 6:65-7:20 and/or
`9:11-59 and/or 11:19-12:21
`and/or 14:28-15:22 and/or
`15:23-65 and/or 16:53-67
`and/or 18:12-55 and
`equivalents thereof.
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Term
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`The corresponding structure of
`“signal transmission/reception
`logic 404” includes the
`characteristics and
`configuration set forth for the
`signal transmission/reception
`coordination logic 404 (and the
`MAC coordinator logic 606,
`which is subsumed within the
`corresponding structure of the
`signal transmission/reception
`coordination logic 404) in the
`’939 Patent, including at 6:1-
`51 and/or 6:65-7:20 and/or
`9:11-59 and/or 11:19-12:21
`and/or 14:2815:22 and/or
`15:23-65 and/or 16:53-67
`and/or 18:12-55, and
`equivalents thereof
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`Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 7 of 9
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`Term
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`#2: “IEEE 802.11 standard”
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,289,939,
`Cls. 3, 19, 32
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`“802.11 Standard”
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`U.S. Patent 10,594,376 Patent,
`Cls. 10, 21
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`#3: “transmission nulls”
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`U.S. Patent 10,594,376, Cls.
`1, 12, 22, 30, 32; U.S. Patent
`No. 10,715,235, Cls. 2, 4, 8,
`12, 16
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`“One of the IEEE 802.11
`standards that existed at the
`time of the invention.”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Plain-and-ordinary meaning.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`which is “portions of one or
`more spatially distributed
`patterns of electromagnetic
`signals where transmissions of
`no or insignificant energy are
`selectively directed.”
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`“portions of one or more
`spatially distributed
`transmission patterns of
`electromagnetic signals where
`transmissions of no or
`insignificant energy are
`selectively directed.”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`meaning is “portions of one or
`more spatially distributed
`patterns of electromagnetic
`signals where transmissions of
`no or insignificant energy are
`selectively directed.”
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Plain-and-ordinary meaning1
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` 1
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` – Note not for the jury: The
`plain-and-ordinary meaning of
`“transmission peaks” includes
`relative maxima.
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`“portions of one or more
`spatially distributed
`transmission patterns of
`electromagnetic signals where
`transmissions of maximum
`energy are selectively
`directed.”
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`“third signal carrying content,
`wherein the content is based
`on the set of weighting values”
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`Alternatively, “third signal
`comprising content that is
`based on the set of weighting
`values”
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`Plain-and-ordinary meaning
`wherein the plain-and-ordinary
`means that the “third signal’ is
`‘based on the set of weighting
`values.”
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Alternatively, “portions of one
`or more spatially distributed
`patterns of electromagnetic
`signals where transmissions of
`significant energy are
`selectively directed / portions
`of one or more spatially
`distributed transmission
`patterns of electromagnetic
`signals where transmissions of
`significant
`energy are selectively
`directed.”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Term
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`#4: “transmission peaks”
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`U.S. Patent 10,594,376, Cls. 1,
`12, 22, 30, 32; U.S. Patent No.
`10,715,235, Cls. 2, 4, 8, 12, 16
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`#5: “third signal comprising
`content based on the set of
`weighting values”
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,715,235,
`Cls. 1, 8 and 15
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`Case 6:21-cv-00623-ADA Document 56 Filed 09/30/22 Page 9 of 9
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`Plaintiff’s Proposed
`Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`not indefinite.
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`Defendants’ Proposed
`Construction
`Indefinite.
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`Not indefinite. Plain-and-
`ordinary meaning.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`which
`is
`“remote
`client
`device.”
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Term
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`#6: “the set of weighting
`values is configured to be used
`by the remote station to
`construct one or more beam-
`formed transmission signals”
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,715,235,
`Cl. 8
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`“the set of weighting values is
`configured to be used by the
`transceiver to construct one or
`more beam-formed
`transmission signals”
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,715,235,
`Cls. 1, 15
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`Proposed by Defendants
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`#7: “remote station”
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,715,235,
`Cls. 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 15
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`Proposed by Defendants
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