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Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116 Filed 09/18/17 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 3899
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`
`
`
`
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`FEDEX CORP., FEDERAL EXPRESS
`CORP., FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE
`SYSTEM, INC., FEDEX FREIGHT,
`INC., FEDEX CUSTOM CRITICAL
`INC., FEDEX OFFICE AND PRINT
`SERVICES,
`INC.,
`and GENCO
`DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.,
`
`
`
`
`
`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
`
`
`
`
`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Civil Action No. 2:16-cv-980-JRG
`
`
`
`
`
`Defendants.
`
` JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE 4-5(d)
`
`Pursuant to P. R. 4-5(d) and the Court’s First Amended Docket Control Order (Dkt. No.
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`108), the parties hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction Chart included as Exhibit A to this
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`filing.
`
`Dated: September 18, 2017
`
`By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Berkowitz
`Jeffrey A. Berkowitz
`(VA Bar No. 65149)
`jeffrey.berkowitz@finnegan.com
`Elliot C. Cook
`elliot.cook@finnegan.com
`Michael V. Young, Sr. (pro hac vice)
`michael.young@finnegan.com
`Daniel C. Tucker (pro hac vice)
`daniel.tucker@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Two Freedom Square
`11955 Freedom Drive, Suite 800
`Reston, VA 20190-5675
`
`
`
`
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`
`By: /s/ William E. Davis, III
`William E. Davis, III
`Texas State Bar No. 24047416
`bdavis@davisfirm.com
`Edward Chin (Of Counsel)
`Texas State Bar No. 50511688
`echin@bdavisfirm.com
`THE DAVIS FIRM, PC
`213 N. Fredonia Street, Suite 230
`Longview, Texas 75601
`Telephone: (903) 230-9090
`Facsimile: (903) 230-9661
`
`Of counsel
`
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 1
`
`IV Exhibit 2017
`FedEx v. IV
`Case IPR2017-00741
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116 Filed 09/18/17 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 3900
`
`Alan S. Kellman (pro hac vice)
`Lauren M. Nowierski
`Adam D. Steinmetz (pro hac vice)
`Kyle G. Petrie (pro hac vice)
`DESMARAIS LLP
`230 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10169
`(212) 351-3400 (Tel)
`(212) 351-3401 (Fax)
`akellman@desmaraisllp.com
`lnowierski@desmaraisllp.com
`asteinmetz@desmaraisllp.com
`kpetrie@desmaraisllp.com
`
`Counsel for Plaintiff
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC
`
`(571) 203-2700 (Tel)
`(202) 408-4400 (Fax)
`
`Aliza George Carrano (pro hac vice)
`Email: aliza.carrano@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`(202) 408.4148
`Fax: 202-408-4400
`
`Eric H. Findlay (Bar No. 00789886)
`efindlay@findlaycraft.com
`Roger B. Craft (Bar No. 0004972020)
`bcraft@findlaycraft.com
`FINDLAY CRAFT, P.C.
`102 North College Avenue, Suite 900
`Tyler, TX 75702
`(903) 534-1100 (Tel)
`(903) 534-1137 (Fax)
`
`Counsel for Defendants FedEx Corp., Federal
`Express Corp., FedEx Ground Package System,
`Inc., FedEx Freight, Inc., FedEx Custom
`Critical, Inc., FedEx Office and Print Services,
`Inc., and GENCO Distribution System, Inc.
`
`
`
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`
`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in
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`compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). As such, this document was served on all counsel who are
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`deemed to have consented to electronic service. Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A). Pursuant to Fed. R.
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`Civ. P. 5(d) and Local Rule CV-5(d) and (e), all other counsel of record not deemed to have
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`consented to electronic service were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing by
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`email, on this the 18th day of September 2017.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`/s/ William E. Davis, III
`William E. Davis, III
`
`2
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 2
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 1 of 29 PageID #: 3901
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART UNDER P.R. 4-5(d)
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,633,900
`
`#
`
`1
`
`2
`
`“mobile field
`unit”
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`“computing device that
`communicates over a
`wireless network”
`
`“a system having
`an enterprise
`computing
`system and at
`least one mobile
`field unit”
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`See IV’s proposed
`construction for “mobile
`field unit”
`
`
`“a mobile device in which
`all graphical user interfaces
`are built using HTML; no
`proprietary code is used to
`present data”
`
`
`“a system having an
`enterprise computing
`system and at least one
`mobile field unit, where all
`graphical user interfaces
`on the mobile device are
`built using HTML
`generated dynamically by a
`CGI or stored procedures
`at the enterprise computing
`system and communication
`between the enterprise
`computing system and
`mobile field unit uses non-
`proprietary technology”
`
`“a group of people in the
`field”
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`3
`
`“field crew”
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`
`“one or more field
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 1
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 3
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 2 of 29 PageID #: 3902
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`personnel”
`
`
`“work order
`assignment
`data”
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`“data describing a task to
`be performed by the group
`of people in the field”
`
`“in response to the input
`of login data
`corresponding to and
`entered by the group of
`people in the field”
`“verifying, by the
`enterprise computing
`system, the identity of the
`group of people in the
`field”
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`#
`
`4
`
`5
`
`6
`
`7
`
`8
`
`
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`
`“in response to
`the input of field
`crew login data”
`
`
`“verifying field
`crew identity”
`
`
`“retrieving and
`presenting a list
`of assignments”
`
`
`“retrieving
`detailed
`assignment
`data”
`
`
`[AGREED]
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`’900 patent,
`claim 1
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`“retrieving, from the
`enterprise computing
`system, detailed data
`regarding the assignment
`that the field crew is
`working on”
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 2
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 4
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 3 of 29 PageID #: 3903
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`U.S. Patent No. 6,909,356
`
`IV proposes the following
`constructions for the
`following terms:
`
`“entity”: “an individual, an
`automated device, or a
`robot”
`
`“controlled space”: “a
`space in which access to,
`from, or within is controlled
`or monitored”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be given
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`
`See IV’s proposed
`construction and evidence
`for “entity” above
`
`
`
`“entity”: “a person or
`robot”
`
`“controlled space”: “a
`storage location having a
`mechanism limiting
`unauthorized access to the
`storage location”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be
`construed: “receiving
`information, from an
`entity, identifying the
`entity upon entry into a
`controlled space”
`
`
`“wireless tracking
`system”: “close proximity
`tracking system”
`
`“entity”: “a person or
`robot”
`
`Exhibit A – page 3
`
`
`“obtaining
`identity
`information
`regarding an
`entity which
`enters a
`controlled
`space”
`
`
`’356 patent,
`claims 1, 35, 51
`
`
`“monitoring,
`using a wireless
`tracking system .
`. . locations and
`movements of
`the entity and
`
`
`’356 patent,
`claims 1, 35, 51
`
`9
`
`10
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 5
`
`

`

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`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`objects”
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`“objects”: “inventoried
`items”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be
`construed: “monitoring,
`…the locations and
`movements of the entity
`and objects”
`
`“automatically”: “without
`human intervention”
`
`“status information”:
`“information regarding an
`event in inventory”
`
`“entity”: “a person or
`robot”
`
`“controlled space”: “a
`storage location having a
`mechanism limiting
`unauthorized access to the
`storage location”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be
`
`
`“automatically
`associating . . .
`the identity
`information
`regarding the
`entity with status
`information
`regarding
`additions,
`removals,
`returns,
`defective status,
`or movements of
`the objects
`to/from/within
`the controlled
`space”
`
`11
`
`
`
`’356 patent,
`claims 1, 35, 51
`
`
`IV proposes the following
`constructions for the
`following terms:
`
`“automatically”: “with
`little or no direct human
`control or will”
`
`“to/from/within”:
`“to or from or within”
`
`See also IV’s proposed
`constructions for “entity”
`and “controlled space”
`above
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be given
`
`Exhibit A – page 4
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 6
`
`

`

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`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`construed: “automatically
`specifying a relationship,
`using the computer system,
`between the identity
`information regarding the
`entity with status
`information showing
`object additions, object
`removals, object returns,
`object defective statuses,
`or object movements to,
`from, and within the
`controlled space”
`
`
`
`“transmitting
`the status
`information and
`the associated
`identity
`information to a
`server
`communicatively
`coupled to
`the computer
`system and
`configured to
`automatically
`notify a user of
`
`12
`
`
`
`’356 patent,
`claims 1, 35
`
`[AGREED]
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Exhibit A – page 5
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 7
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 6 of 29 PageID #: 3906
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`the status
`information,
`wherein at least
`one of the
`objects is
`automatically
`returned or
`picked up as a
`result of such
`notification”
`
`
`
`“notifying the
`user of whether
`or not the
`addition,
`removal, return,
`defective status,
`or movement of
`the objects is
`authorized or
`not”
`
`
`#
`
`13
`
`
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`’356 patent,
`claim 4
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`“controlled space”: “a
`storage location having a
`mechanism limiting
`unauthorized access to the
`storage location”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be
`construed: “notifying the
`user with every
`notification whether or not
`the addition, removal,
`return, defective status, or
`movement of
`inventory items at the
`controlled space is
`authorized or not.”
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 6
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 8
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 7 of 29 PageID #: 3907
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`U.S. Patent No. 7,199,715
`
`IV proposes the following
`construction for the
`following claim language:
`
`“successive”: “following
`one after another”
`
`“tag”: [AGREED]
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be given
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`See IV’s proposed
`construction for
`“successive”
`
`See agreed-upon
`construction for “tag”
`
`
`“several successive points
`of [a/the] business
`process”: “an uninterrupted
`sequence of points for
`completing a service or
`product”
`
`“tag”: [AGREED]
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be
`construed: “following tags
`along [a/the] business
`process.”
`
`
`“each tag at each
`successive point”: “every
`tag as it reaches every one
`of the points along the
`uninterrupted sequence of
`points for completing a
`service or product”
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 7
`
`
`14
`
`
`“tracking tags at
`several
`successive points
`of [a/the]
`business
`process”
`
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 1, 9, 11
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 1, 11
`
`
`“attempting to
`read each tag at
`each successive
`point” / reading
`each tag at each
`successive point”
`
`
`15
`
`
`
`“tag”: “any device or
`marking that
`identifies a product or
`process”
`
`
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 9
`
`

`

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`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`The remainder of the
`language should be given
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`
`“for every read of every
`tag at every point in the
`uninterrupted sequence of
`points for completing a
`service or product,
`inserting data
`corresponding to the
`reading of the tag into a
`database that previously
`contained no data and a
`time of the reading”
`
`
`“modifying part of the
`information in the
`database”: “changing data
`inserted in the database for
`any missed reads of a
`particular tag by a particular
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`
`
`
`“populating a
`database with
`information
`corresponding to
`the reading of
`each tag at each
`successive point
`and the time of
`each reading” /
`“populating a
`database with
`information
`corresponding to
`the reading of
`each tag at each
`tag reading point
`and the time of
`each reading”
`“modifying part
`of the
`information in
`the database as a
`function of other
`information in
`the database” /
`
`16
`
`17
`
`
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 1, 19
`
`
`IV proposes the following
`construction for the
`following claim language:
`
`“populating”: “filling in”
`
`The remainder of this claim
`language should be given
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`See agreed-upon
`construction for “tag”
`
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 1, 19; 11
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 8
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 10
`
`

`

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`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`“modifying
`part of the
`information
`stored in the
`database as a
`function of
`other
`information
`stored in the
`database”
`
`“using the
`modified
`information to
`track the tags
`through the
`business
`process” / “the
`modified
`information is
`used to track
`tags through the
`business
`
`#
`
`18
`
`
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 1; 11
`
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`See agreed-upon
`construction for “tag”
`
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`reader”
`
`“as a function of”:
`“determined by a defined
`relationship to”
`
`“other data”: “data
`inserted in the database
`other than the data inserted
`in the database for the
`missed reads”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be given
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`
`“modified data”: “changed
`data inserted in the database
`for any missed reads of a
`particular tag by a particular
`reader”
`
`“track the tags through
`the
`business process”: “follow
`the tag from one point to
`another point until
`
`Exhibit A – page 9
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 11
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 10 of 29 PageID #: 3910
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`process”
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`19
`
`“adjusting the
`supply chain as a
`function of the
`modified
`information”
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 4; 19
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`20
`
`“as a function of
`the modified
`information”
`
`’715 patent,
`claims 5-8, 14-
`19, 23-26
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`completion of a service or
`product”
`
`The remainder of the
`language should be given
`its plain and ordinary
`meaning.
`
`“adjusting the supply
`chain”: “modifying the tag
`pathway to include a
`different tag pathway”
`
`“as a function of”:
`“determined by a defined
`relationship to”
`
`“modified data”: “changed
`data inserted in the database
`for any missed reads of a
`particular tag by a particular
`reader”
`
`
`“determined by a defined
`relationship to the changed
`data inserted in the
`database for any missed
`reads of a particular tag by
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 10
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 12
`
`

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`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 11 of 29 PageID #: 3911
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`a particular reader.”
`
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`“to identify at
`least one
`problematic
`portion of the
`supply chain
`having a
`relatively high
`level of errors in
`reading tags”
`
`
`“a tool for
`modifying part
`of the
`information
`stored in the
`database as a
`function of other
`information
`stored in the
`database
`whereby the
`modified
`information is
`used to track
`the tags through
`
`21
`
`22
`
`
`
`’715 patent,
`claim 9
`
`[AGREED]
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`’715 patent,
`claim 11
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`IV disputes that this is a
`means-plus-function term
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §
`112(6). However, to the
`extent that the Court
`determines that 35 U.S.C. §
`112(6) applies, IV proposes
`the following function and
`structure:
`
`Function:
`modifying part of the
`information stored in the
`
`
`Function:
`to modify part of the
`information stored in the
`database as a function of
`other information stored in
`the database whereby the
`modified information is
`used to track the tags
`through the business
`process
`
`Structure:
`processor and data
`modification tool, the data
`modification tool being a
`
`Exhibit A – page 11
`
`
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 13
`
`

`

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`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`the business
`process”
`
`Claim(s)
`
`“activating an
`alarm”
`
`’715 patent,
`claim 22
`
`“handheld
`device”
`
`“access an
`assessment
`program”
`
`’581 patent,
`claims 1, 3, 4,
`7-14, 16-20
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 1
`
`23
`
`24
`
`25
`
`
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`database as a function of
`other information stored in
`the database whereby the
`modified information is
`used to track the tags
`through the business
`process
`
`Structure:
`a database and a data
`modification tool, e.g.,
`client software and a
`processor
`
`See, e.g., ’715 patent at
`4:24-34, 5:12-29, 6:12 -
`7:23, 8:39-60, Fig. 1.
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`software algorithm for
`changing data inserted in
`the database for any
`missed reads of a particular
`tag by a particular reader
`determined by a defined
`relationship to data
`inserted in the database
`other than the data inserted
`in the database for the
`missed reads of the
`particular tag by the
`particular reader, by which
`the changed data is used to
`follow the tags from one
`point to another until
`completion of a service or
`product.
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning
`
`U.S. Patent No. 8,494,581
`
`“a device sized to
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`substantially fit within the
`
`palm of a user’s hand”
`
`“access an assessment
`“access an assessment
`program that is not a
`program, which may
`database”
`contain or access a
`
`Exhibit A – page 12
`
`
`
`
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 14
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 13 of 29 PageID #: 3913
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`26
`
`“download a
`field
`management
`program”
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 7
`
`27
`
`“position
`module”
`
`’581 patent,
`claims 7, 16
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`“download a field
`management program that
`is not a database”
`
`
`Function:
`enable identifying a
`geographic location of the
`handheld device.
`
`Structure:
`Global Positioning System
`(GPS) hardware and
`software, and/or signal
`triangulation hardware and
`software.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`database”
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`IV disputes that this is a
`means-plus-function term
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §
`112(6). However, to the
`extent that the Court
`determines that 35 U.S.C. §
`112(6) applies, IV proposes
`the following function and
`structure:
`
`Function:
`enable identifying a
`geographic location of the
`handheld device
`
`Structure:
`Global Positioning System
`(GPS) hardware and
`software, and/or signal
`triangulation hardware and
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 13
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 15
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 14 of 29 PageID #: 3914
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`28
`
`
`
`“communication
`module”
`
`
`
`’581 patent,
`claims 7-10, 12,
`13
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`software and navigation
`software or resources,
`including mapping
`programs
`
`See, e.g., ’581 Patent at
`2:13-18, 6:51-67, 8:8-12,
`8:40-44, 8:64-66, 10:28-30,
`12:17-20, Figs. 5, 7, 13,
`claims 7, 16.
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`IV disputes that this is a
`means-plus-function term
`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §
`112(6). However, to the
`extent that the Court
`determines that 35 U.S.C. §
`112(6) applies, IV proposes
`the following function and
`structure:
`
`Function:
`download a field
`management program
`stored in a computing
`device located remotely
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`Function:
`download a field
`management program
`stored in a computing
`device located remotely
`from the handheld device,
`and communicate the field
`data and the geographic
`location of the handheld
`device to the computing
`device.
`
`Structure:
`wireless modem and/or
`cellular wireless
`transmitter.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 14
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 16
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 15 of 29 PageID #: 3915
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`from the handheld device
`and to communicate the
`field data and the
`geographic location of the
`handheld device to the
`computing device
`
`Structure:
`wireless modem, cellular
`wireless transmitter,
`including GSM, CDMA,
`GPRS, and CDPD, TCP/IP,
`and/or other wireless radio
`transmitters
`
`See, e.g., ’581 patent at
`2:22-3:1, 3:58-60, 4:11-13,
`6:16-38, 6:43-50, 7:1-30,
`7:54-60, Figs. 3, 6, claims
`2, 3, 13.
`
`
`“means for
`establishing a
`two-way
`communication
`channel between
`a server and at
`least one
`handheld device
`
`29
`
`
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 18
`
`[AGREED]
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Exhibit A – page 15
`
`Function:
`establishing a two-way
`communication channel
`between a server and at
`least one handheld device
`located at a field
`geographically distant from
`the server
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 17
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 16 of 29 PageID #: 3916
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`located at a field
`geographically
`distant from the
`server”
`
`This claim term
`is governed by
`35 U.S.C §
`112(6).
`
`
`
`“means for
`accessing a
`program stored
`at the server to
`enable an
`assessment at the
`field using the at
`least one
`handheld
`device”
`
`This claim term
`is governed by
`35 U.S.C. §
`
`30
`
`
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 18
`
`
`Function:
`accessing a program stored
`at the server to enable an
`assessment at the field
`using the at least one
`handheld device
`
`Structure:
`client program on handheld
`device that makes a service
`request to a server program,
`user interface, processor,
`RAM, ROM
`
`
`
`Function:
`accessing a program that is
`not a database stored at the
`server to enable an
`assessment at the field
`using the at least one
`handheld device.
`
`Structure:
`processor and client
`software that makes a
`service request to a server
`program, the server
`program fulfilling the
`
`Exhibit A – page 16
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`Structure:
`wireless modem, cellular
`wireless transmitters,
`including GSM, CDMA,
`GPRS, and CDPD, TCP/IP,
`and/or other wireless radio
`transmitters
`
`See, e.g., ’581 patent at
`Abstract, 2:22-3:1, 3:58-67,
`4:11-13, 6:16-38, 6:43-50,
`7:1-30, 7:54-57, 8:40-44,
`Figs. 3, 6, claim 10
`
`
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 18
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 17 of 29 PageID #: 3917
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`112(6)
`
`Claim(s)
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 18
`
`“means for
`managing data
`collected at the
`field using the at
`least one
`handheld device
`responsive to
`program”
`
`This claim term
`is governed by
`35 U.S.C §
`112(6).
`
`
`31
`
`
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`See, e.g., ’581 patent at
`2:22-3:1, 3:58-67, 4:13-15,
`5:58-64, 6:1-21, 6:43-50,
`7:1-49, 7:51-63, 8:40-53,
`10:52-64, 11:41-52, 12:8-
`47, Figs. 2, 6, 9, 11, 13,
`claims 1, 7, 8.
`
`Function:
`managing data collected at
`the field using the at least
`one handheld device
`responsive to program
`
`Structure:
`industry-specific field data
`management software on
`the handheld device, such
`as a construction industry
`analysis program, HVAC
`analysis program, project
`management program,
`equipment readiness
`program, troubleshooting
`program, inventory tracking
`or ordering program, legal
`investigation program, or
`multi-user coordination
`programs and its
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`request to enable an
`assessment at the field
`using the at least one
`handheld device.
`
`
`
`Function:
`managing data collected at
`the field using the at least
`one handheld device and
`responsive to the program
`stored at the server.
`
`Structure:
`industry-specific field data
`management software on
`the handheld device that
`implements one or more of
`the algorithms described in
`Figs. 7-13 and
`accompanying references in
`the specification, along with
`a processor, RAM, ROM.
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 17
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 19
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 18 of 29 PageID #: 3918
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`equivalents, as described in
`Figs. 7-13 and
`accompanying references in
`the specification, along with
`a processor, RAM, ROM
`
`See, e.g., ’581 patent at
`4:16-23, 4:40-46, 6:1-18,
`7:50-54, 8:40-44, 8:59-
`9:63, 9:64-10:44 10:45-
`11:12, 11:13-40, 11:41-52,
`11:53-12:7, 12:8-47, Figs.
`2, 7-13 and accompanying
`disclosures, claims 7, 14.
`
`
`“means for
`determining a
`geographic
`location of the at
`least one
`handheld
`device”
`
`This claim term
`is governed by
`35 U.S.C §
`112(6).
`
`
`32
`
`
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 18
`
`[AGREED]
`
`[AGREED]
`
`Exhibit A – page 18
`
`Function:
`determining a geographic
`location of the at least one
`handheld device.
`
`Structure:
`Global Positioning System
`(GPS) hardware and
`software, and/or signal
`triangulation hardware and
`software.
`
`See, e.g., ’581 Patent at
`2:13-18, 6:51-67, 8:8-12,
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 20
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 19 of 29 PageID #: 3919
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`8:40-44, 8:64-66, 10:28-30,
`12:17-20, Figs. 5, 7, 13,
`claims 7, 16.
`
`
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`
`“means for
`enabling
`communicating
`the data
`collected at the
`field and the
`geographic
`location of the at
`least one
`handheld device
`between the at
`least one
`handheld device
`and other
`devices or the
`server”
`
`This claim term
`is governed by
`35 U.S.C §
`112(6).
`
`
`33
`
`
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 18
`
`Function:
`enabling communicating
`the data collected at the
`field and the geographic
`location of the at least one
`handheld device between
`the at least one handheld
`device and other devices or
`the server
`
`Structure:
`computer program
`instructions, for example
`Figure 13 and
`accompanying references in
`the specification, in
`conjunction with Global
`Positioning System (GPS)
`hardware and software,
`and/or signal triangulation
`hardware and software and
`wireless modem, cellular
`wireless transmitters,
`including GSM, CDMA,
`GPRS, and CDPD, TCP/IP,
`
`Function:
`enabling communicating
`the data collected at the
`field and the geographic
`location of the at least one
`handheld device between
`the at least one handheld
`device and other devices or
`the server.
`
`Structure:
`software that implements
`the algorithm described in
`Fig. 13 and accompanying
`references in the
`specification, along with a
`processor, RAM, ROM, and
`wireless modem and/or
`cellular wireless
`transmitter..
`
`Exhibit A – page 19
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 21
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 20 of 29 PageID #: 3920
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC v. FedEx Corp.,
`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
`
`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`
`“means for
`tracking a
`location of the at
`least one
`handheld
`device”
`
`This claim term
`is governed by
`35 U.S.C §
`112(6).
`
`’581 patent,
`claim 19
`
`34
`
`
`
`Intellectual Ventures’
`Proposed Construction
`and/or other wireless radio
`transmitters, along with a
`processor, RAM, ROM
`
`See, e.g., ’581 patent at
`Abstract, 2:22-3:1, 3:58-60,
`4:11-13, 6:1-38, 6:43-50,
`6:51-67, 7:1-30, 7:54-57,
`8:4-12, 8:40-44, 8:64-66,
`10:28-30, 12:36-47, Figs. 2,
`3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, claim 7.
`
`
`Function:
`tracking a location of the at
`least one handheld device
`
`Structure:
`Global Positioning System
`(GPS) hardware and
`software, and/or signal
`triangulation hardware and
`software and navigation
`software or resources,
`including mapping
`programs
`
`See, e.g., ’581 Patent at
`2:13-18, 6:51-67, 8:8-12,
`
`Defendants’
`Proposed Construction
`
`Court’s Construction
`
`Function:
`tracking a location of the at
`least one handheld device.
`
`
`Structure:
`Global Positioning System
`(GPS) hardware and
`software, and/or signal
`triangulation hardware and
`software, and navigation
`software.
`
`
`
`Exhibit A – page 20
`
`Exhibit 2017 Page 22
`
`

`

`Case 2:16-cv-00980-JRG Document 116-1 Filed 09/18/17 Page 21 of 29 PageID #: 3921
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`C.A. No. 2:16-00980 (E.D. Texas)
`P.R. 4-5(d) Claim Construction Chart
`
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`#
`
`Claim Terms
`and Phrases
`
`Claim(s)
`

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