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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.,
`Plaintiff,
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`AMAZON.COM, INC.;
`AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC; and
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`6:20-CV-00272-ADA
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`FINAL CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE COURT
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`On February 8, 2023, the parties in the above captioned case submitted a First Amended
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`Joint Claim Construction Statement, in which the parties agreed on the following previously
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`disputed claim terms: “network element(s),” ““identifier(s),” “first participant profile,” and
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`“private network.” ECF No. 84 at 1–2. The parties also identified the following two terms as
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`disputed claim terms that still needed construction: “routing message” and “gateway.” Id. at 2–3.1
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`The Court provided preliminary claim constructions on February 14, 2023, for U.S. Patent No.
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`10,218,606. Because the Court preliminarily construed the term “gateway” as “a device that
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`connects networks and can adjust a protocol of traffic moving between the networks,” the parties
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`agreed not to argue this term. The Court held a claim construction hearing on February 15, 2023,
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`in which the Court heard argument on the following claim term: “routing message.” After careful
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`1 The Court construed the identical term “gateway” to mean “a device that connects networks
`and can adjust a protocol of traffic moving between the networks” in the Claim Construction
`Order issued on June 3, 2022, in VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 6:21-cv-
`00668-ADA, ECF No. 67 (W.D. Tex.). Although the parties maintained the assertion of their
`proposed constructions, the parties agreed that they would not argue this term at the claim
`construction hearing if the Court preliminarily adopted the same construction as in the other
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`Case 6:20-cv-00272-ADA Document 87 Filed 02/17/23 Page 2 of 3
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`consideration of the parties’ briefs, oral argument, and the applicable law, the Court enters its final
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`constructions for each term as shown below.
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`Claim Term
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“routing message”
`claims 1, 8, 14, 19, 21, 26, 27, 32
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`“a message that includes a callee user name
`field, a route field, and a time to live field”
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`Claim Term
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“gateway”
`claims 14, 26
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`“a device that connects networks and can
`adjust a protocol of traffic moving between
`the networks”
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`Claim Term
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“network element(s)”
`claims 1, 4, 8, 14, 19-21, 23, 24, 27, 32
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Claim Term
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“identifier(s)”
`claims 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 27,
`32, 42, 44
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Claim Term
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“first participant profile”
`claims 1, 3, 19-21, 42, 44
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Claim Term
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`Court’s Final Construction
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`“private network”
`claim 8
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`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Case 6:20-cv-00272-ADA Document 87 Filed 02/17/23 Page 3 of 3
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`SIGNED this 17th day of February, 2023.
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