UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`PTAB Case No. IPR2017-01818
`Patent No. 9,641,645 B2
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`EXHIBIT LIST ....................................................................................................... iii
`I.
`INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1
`II. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(B) ............................ 1
`III. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW ..................................... 3
`A. GROUND FOR STANDING ............................................................... 3
`B.
`IDENTIFICATION OF CHALLENGE ............................................... 4
`IV. CLAIM LISTING ........................................................................................... 5
`A.
`Independent Claim 1 ............................................................................ 5
`B.
`Dependent Claims 2-12 ........................................................................ 6
`C.
`Independent Claim 13 .......................................................................... 8
`D. Dependent Claims 14-24 ...................................................................... 9
`E.
`Independent Claim 25 ........................................................................ 11
`F.
`Dependent Claims 26-36 .................................................................... 12
`V. OVERVIEW OF THE ’645 PATENT ......................................................... 14
`A.
`PRIORITY DATE OF THE ’645 PATENT ...................................... 14
`B.
`SUMMARY OF THE ’645 PATENT ................................................ 14
`C.
`PROSECUTION HISTORY OF THE ’645 PATENT ...................... 17
`D.
`LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART ............................... 17
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`PROPOSED CLAIM CONSTRUCTION .......................................... 18
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`“Wireless Portable Device” in all claims except Claims 6,
`10, 18, 22, 30, 34-36: ............................................................... 18
`“Thereby Enabling Efficient Use of Network Bandwidth
`in conditions of network latency” in Claims 8, 20, and
`32: ............................................................................................. 19
`“Configure[d/s] … as a server to provide access to [THE]
`at least some image parcels [received by the wireless
`portable device]” in claims 7, 19, and 31: ............................... 20
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`“Image Parcel” in claims 1-4, 7-8, 12-16, 19-20, 25-28,
`31-32, and 36: .......................................................................... 21
`VI. THERE IS A REASONABLE LIKELIHOOD THAT AT LEAST
`ONE CLAIM OF THE ’645 PATENT IS UNPATENTABLE ................... 23
`A.
`THE CITED REFERENCES ARE PRIOR ART .............................. 23
`B.
`GROUND 1: CLAIMS 1-7, 9-11, 13-19, 21-23, 25-31, AND
`33-35 ARE UNPATENTABLE UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 103(A)
`OVER REDDY AND WOODS ......................................................... 25
`1.
`The Reddy–Woods Combination ............................................. 26
`2.
`Independent Claim 1 ................................................................ 37
`3.
`Independent Claim 13 .............................................................. 46
`4.
`Independent Claim 25 .............................................................. 48
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`Dependent Claims 2-7, 9-11, 14-19, 21-23, 26-31, and
`33-35 ........................................................................................ 50
`C. GROUND 2: CLAIMS 8, 20, AND 32 ARE OBVIOUS OVER
`REDDY, WOODS, AND CHIARABINI .......................................... 62
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`The Reddy–Woods–Chiarabini Combination .......................... 62
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`Claims 8, 20, and 32 ................................................................ 63
`D. GROUND 3: CLAIMS 12, 24, AND 36 ARE OBVIOUS
`OVER REDDY, WOODS, AND FULLER ....................................... 67
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`The Reddy–Woods–Fuller Combination ................................. 67
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`Claims 12, 24, and 36 .............................................................. 69
`VII. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................. 70
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`EXHIBIT LIST
`Ex. 1001 U.S. Patent No. 9,641,645 B2 to Levanon et al. (“the ’645 Patent”)
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`Ex. 1002 U.S. Patent No. 9,253,239 B2 to Levanon et al. (“the ’239 Patent”)
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`Ex. 1003 U.S. Patent No. 5,956,036 B2 to Woods et al. (“Woods”)
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`Ex. 1004 Reddy et al., “TerraVision II: Visualizing Massive Terrain Databases
`in VRML,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications March/April
`1999, pp. 30-38 (“Reddy” with added paragraph numbers by
`Petitioner for ease of reference in the Petition)
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`Ex. 1005 Declaration of Prof. William R. Michalson (“Michalson Decl.”)
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`Ex. 1006 U.S. Patent No. 7,324,228 B2 to Chiarabini et al. (“Chiarabini”)
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`Ex. 1007
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`Printout of IEEE Explore citations to Reddy et al. (Ex.1004)
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`Ex. 1008 Printout of Google Scholar citations to Reddy et al. (Ex.1004)
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`Ex. 1009 Cover page and authenticating declaration of Reddy et al. (Ex.1004)
`from British Library
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`Ex. 1010 Cover page of Reddy et al. (Ex.1004) from Linda Hall Library
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`Ex. 1011 B. Fuller and I. Richer, The MAGIC Project: From Vision to Reality,
`IEEE Network May/June 1996, pp. 15-25
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`Ex. 1012 U.S. Patent No. 7,908,343 B2 to Levanon et al. (“the 343 Patent”)
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`Ex. 1013 U.S. Patent No. 8,924, 506 B2 to Levanon et al. (“the 506 Patent”)
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`Ex. 1014 Visualization System for SRI’s Digital Earth Proposal,
`dated April 16, 1999, available at
`http://www.ai.sri.com/digitalearth/proposal/visualization-system.html
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`Ex. 1015
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`Isaac Levanon Linkedin profile
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`Ex. 1016
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`’645 Patent File History
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`Ex. 1017 Not Used in This Proceeding
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`Ex. 1018 Deposition Transcript of Peggy Agouris, dated January 13, 2017
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`Ex. 1019 Deposition Transcript of Isaac Levanon, dated January 18, 2017
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`Ex. 1020
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`Fujitsu Technical Reference Guide, Stylistic 2300 (1998)
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`Ex. 1021 Bradium Provisional Application No. 60/258465
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`Ex. 1022
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`The Universal Grid System, NGA Office of GEOINT Sciences,
`March 2007
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`Ex. 1023 Wolford, B., FXT1: 3dfx Texture Compression, Last Updated
`September 14, 1999, available at http://web.archive.org/web/
`20000114134331/http://www.combatsim.com/htm/sept99/3dfx-
`tc1.htm
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`Ex. 1024 U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0294332 A1 to Levanon et al.
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`Ex. 1025 U.S. Patent No. 7,561,156 B2 to Levanon et al.
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`Ex. 1026 May 10, 2017 letter from M. Zachary to M. Bernstein
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`Ex. 1027-1029
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`Not Used in This Proceeding
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`Ex. 1030 Barclay, T. et al., Microsoft TerraServer: A Spatial Data Warehouse,
`Microsoft Research, June 1999, Revised February 2000.
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`Ex. 1031
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`Intel Microprocessor Quick Reference Guide - Product Family,
`available at http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickreffam.htm
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`Ex. 1032 Barclay, T. et al., Microsoft TerraServer: A Spatial Data Warehouse,
`Microsoft Research, June 1999.
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`Ex. 1033 Microsoft Terraserver Abstract, Cornell University Library, Submitted
`September 5, 1998.
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`Ex. 1034 Barclay, T. et al., The Microsoft TerraServer, Microsoft Research,
`June 1998.
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`Ex. 1035 Barclay, T. et al., Microsoft TerraServer: A Spatial Data Warehouse,
`ACM, 2000.
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`Ex. 1036 Barclay, T. et al., Microsoft TerraServer: SQL Server 7.0, Microsoft,
`June 1998, available at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
`us/library/aa226316(v=sql.70).aspx.
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`Ex. 1037 Microsoft, Partners Announce Microsoft TerraServer – Global Atlas
`Is World’s Largest Database on the Web, Microsoft News Center,
`posted June 24, 1998, available at
`https://news.microsoft.com/1998/06/24/microsoft-partners-announce-
`microsoft-terraserver-global-atlas-is-worlds-largest-database-on-the-
`web/#bMPkijPvjZ8sDgPw.97.
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`Ex. 1038
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`Ex. 1039
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`Ex. 1040
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`Ex. 1041
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`Ex. 1042
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`TerraServer Image Loading and Cutting Process, available at
`https://web.archive.org/web/20000914164508/http://terraserver.micro
`soft.com/qa_load_graph2.asp.
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`TerraServer Story, TerraServer Site Story, available at https://web-
`beta.archive.org/web/19991129051006/http://terraserver.microsoft.co
`m/terra_story_images.asp.
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`TerraServer Image Loading and Cutting Process, TerraServer Site
`Story, available at https://web-
`beta.archive.org/web/20000309231237/http://terraserver.microsoft.co
`m/terra_story_load.asp.
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`TerraServer Scale, TerraServer Site Story, available at https://web-
`beta.archive.org/web/20000226014211/http://terraserver.microsoft.co
`m/terra_story_scale.asp.
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`TerraServer Interface, TerraServer Site Story, available at
`https://web.archive.org/web/20000707214318/http://terraserver.micro
`soft.com:80/terra_story_interface.asp.
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`Ex. 1043 Namir C. Shammas, Foundations of C++ and Object-Oriented
`Programming (1995).
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`Ex. 1044
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`Patrick Killelea, Web Performance Tuning: Speeding Up the Web
`(Linda Mui ed., 1st ed., October 1998).
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`Ex. 1045 Microsoft Computer Dictionary (4th ed., 1999).
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`Steve Lohr, Apple Offers iMac's Laptop Offspring, the iBook, N.Y.
`Steve Lohr, Apple Ofiers iMac's Laptop Oflspring, the iBook, N. Y.
`Times (July 22, 1999), http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/22/business/
`Times (July 22, 1999), http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/22/business/
`apple%ADoffers%ADimac%ADs%ADlaptop%ADoffspring%ADthe
`apple%ADoffers%ADimac%ADs%ADlaptop%ADoffspring%ADthe
`%ADibook.html .
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`%ADibook.html .
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`EX.
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`1047
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`Ex. 1047 Apple iBook Feature Page, Apple Computer, available at
`Apple iBook Feature Page, Apple Computer, available at
`https://web.archive.org/web/ 19991001211542/
`https://web.archive.org/web/ 1999100121 1542/
`http://apple.com:80/ibook/mobility.html
`http://apple.com: 80/ibook/mobility.html
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`Ex. 1048 Airport Technical Fact Sheet, Apple Computer, Inc. (1999).
`Airport Technical Fact Sheet, Apple Computer, Inc. (1999).
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`1048
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`EX.
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`EX.
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`1049
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`Ex. 1049 Wireless Networking A Technical Overview: Understanding and
`Wireless Networking A Technical Overview: Understanding and
`Using Airport Networks, Airport 1.1, Apple (2000).
`Using Airport Networks, Airport 1.1, Apple (2000).
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`EX.
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`1050
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`Ex. 1050 Rick Bause, IBM announces the new Thinkpad X Series Ultraportable
`Rick Bause, IBM announces the new Thinkpad X Series Ultraportable
`Computer (September 11, 2000), http://www03.ibm.com/press/
`Computer (September 11, 2000), http://www03.ibm.com/press/
`us/en/pressrelease/1559.wss.
`us/en/pressrelease/ 1559.wss.
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`EX.
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`1051
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`Ex. 1051 RangeLAN2 7410 CE PC Card: Mobilizing the Workforce with
`RangeLAN2 7410 CE PC Card: Mobilizing the Workforce with
`Handheld PCs, Proxim, Inc. (1999).
`Handheld PCs, Proxim, Inc. (1999).
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`EX.
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`1052
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`Ex. 1052 Cisco Aironet 340 Series Products: Quick Reference Guide, Cisco
`Cisco Aironet 340 Series Products: Quick Reference Guide, Cisco
`Systems (2000).
`Systems (2000).
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`EX.
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`1053
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`Ex. 1053 Chuck Musciano & Bill Kennedy, HTML & XHTML: The Definitive
`Chuck Musciano & Bill Kennedy, HTML & XHTML: The Definitive
`Guide (Mike Loukides and Deb Cameron eds., 4th ed., 2000).
`Guide (Mike Loukides and Deb Cameron eds., 4th ed., 2000).
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`EX.
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`1054
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`Ex. 1054 Mark R. Brown, Special Edition Using Netscape 2: The Most
`Mark R. Brown, Special Edition Using Netscape 2: The Most
`Complete Reference (1995).
`Complete Reference (1995).
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`EX.
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`1055
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`Ex. 1055 Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin, Operating System
`Abraham Silberschatz and Peter Baer Galvin, Operating System
`Concepts (5th ed., February 1998).
`Concepts (5th ed., February 1998).
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`EX.
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`1056
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`Ex. 1056 Aaron Cohen and Mike Woodring, Win32 Multithread Programming:
`Aaron Cohen and Mike Woodring, Win32 Multithread Programming:
`Building Thread-Safe Applications (Ron Petrusha ed., 1st ed., January
`Building Thread-Safe Applications (Ron Petrusha ed., 1st ed., January
`1998).
`1998).
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`Ex. 1057
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`1057
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`EX.
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`Steve Kleinman, Devang Shah and Bart Smaalders, Programming
`Steve Kleinman, Devang Shah and Bart Smaalders, Programming
`With Threads (1996).
`With Threads (1996).
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`Ex. 1058 Douglas Boling, Programming: Microsoft Windows CE (1998).
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`Ex. 1059
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`Eric Giguere, Palm Database Programming: The Complete
`Developer's Guide (Carol Long ed., 1999).
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`Ex. 1060 William R. Stanek, Mozilla Source Code Guide (1999).
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`Ex. 1061 Gagan Saksena, nsCacheManager, Mozilla Source Code (1998).
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`Ex. 1062 Gagan Saksena, nsMemModule, Mozilla Source Code (1998).
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`Ex. 1063 Gagan Saksena, nsDiskModule, Mozilla Source Code (1998).
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`Ex. 1064
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`Francesco Balenna, Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 (1999).
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`Ex. 1065 U.S. Patent No. 4,972,319 to Delorme
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`Ex. 1066
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`Provisional Application No. 60/258,465 filed December 27, 2000.
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`Ex. 1067
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`Provisional Application No. 60/258,466 filed December 27, 2000.
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`Ex. 1068
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`Provisional Application No. 60/258,467 filed December 27, 2000.
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`Ex. 1069
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`Provisional Application No. 60/258,468 filed December 27, 2000.
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`Ex. 1070
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`Provisional Application No. 60/258,488 filed December 27, 2000.
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`Ex. 1071
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`Provisional Application No. 60/258,489 filed December 27, 2000.
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`Ex. 1072
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`Excerpt of Initial Claim Chart, Bradium Techs. LLC v. Microsoft
`Corporation, No. 15-cv-31-RGA (D. Del).
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`Ex. 1073 Bing Map Tile System, Bing Maps Articles, available at
`http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb259689.aspx.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 311 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.100, Microsoft Corporation
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`(“Microsoft” or “Petitioner”) petitions for inter partes review (IPR) of Claims 1-36
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`of U.S. Patent No. 9,641,645 (“the ’645 Patent,” Ex. 1001), owned by Bradium
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`Technologies LLC (“Bradium” or “Patent Owner”).
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`The ’645 Patent broadly claims dividing large sets of imagery (e.g.,
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`geographic imagery) into “image parcels” at varying levels of detail to allow users
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`to browse such imagery online. The cited references show how this concept was
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`well-known before the priority date of the ’645 Patent.
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`Therefore, Claims 1-36 are unpatentable under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 103.
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`II. MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(B)
`REAL PARTY IN INTEREST: Petitioner is the only real party in interest
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`and there are no other real parties in interest under 35 U.S.C. § 312(a)(2) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1).
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`RELATED MATTERS: Four patents related to the ’645 Patent, U.S. Patent
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`Nos. 9,253,239 B2 (“the ’239 Patent”), 7,139,794 B2 (“the ’794 Patent”),
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`7,908,343 B2 (“the ’343 Patent”), and 8,924,506 B2 (“the ’506 Patent”), are being
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`asserted against Petitioner in an ongoing patent infringement lawsuit brought by
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`Patent Owner in Bradium Techs. v. Microsoft, 1:15-cv-00031-RGA, filed January
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`9, 2015. Bradium has accused Microsoft of infringing the ’645 Patent (Ex. 1026),
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`Patent.
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`Petitioner has previously filed IPR petitions challenging six related patents:
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`• ’794 Patent: IPR2015-01432, instituted Dec. 23, 2015, Final Written
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`Decision issued Dec. 21, 2017
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`• ’343 Patent:
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`o IPR2015-01434, institution denied Dec. 23, 2015
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`o IPR2016-00448, instituted July 25, 2016
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`• ’506 Patent:
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`o IPR2015-01435, institution denied Dec. 23, 2015
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`o IPR2016, instituted July 27, 2016
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`• ’239 Patent: IPR2016-01897, instituted April 5, 2017
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`• U.S. Patent No. 9,641,644 (“the ’644 Patent”): IPR2017-01616, filed
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`June 22, 2017
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`• U.S. Patent No. 9,635,136 (“the ’136 Patent”): IPR2017-01817, filed
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`July 19, 2017
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`NOTICE OF COUNSEL AND SERVICE INFORMATION: Pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 42.8(b)(3), 42.8(b)(4) and 42.10(a), Petitioner appoints Chun M. Ng
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`(Reg. No. 36,878) as its lead counsel, Matthew C. Bernstein (pro hac vice),
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`Evan S. Day (Reg. No. 75,992), and Miguel J. Bombach (Reg. No. 68,636) as its
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`back-up counsel. Lead counsel is at the address of 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900,
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`Seattle, WA 98101 and contact number of 206-359-6400. All back-up counsel are
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`at the mailing address of Perkins Coie LLP, 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 350, San
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`Diego, CA 92130, contact numbers of 858-720-5700 (phone) and 858-720-5799
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`(fax). All counsel for Petitioner may be reached at the following email for service
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`and communications:
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`PerkinsServiceBradiumIPR@perkinscoie.com.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b), a Power of Attorney is concurrently filed.
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`III. REQUIREMENTS FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
`This Petition complies with all statutory requirements and requirements
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`under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104, 42.105 and 42.15 and thus should be accorded a filing
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`date as of the date of filing of this Petition pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.106.
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`A. GROUND FOR STANDING
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.104(a), Petitioner hereby certifies that the ’645
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`Patent is available for IPR and that the Petitioner is not barred or estopped from
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`requesting IPR challenging claims of the ’645 Patent.
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`This is Petitioner’s first petition challenging the ’645 Patent and the one-year
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`bar in 35 U.S.C. § 315(b) does not apply because Bradium has not yet served
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`IDENTIFICATION OF CHALLENGE
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`B.
`Claims Challenged: Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.104(b) and 42.22, the
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`precise relief requested is that the Board institute an IPR trial on Claims 1-36 of
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`the ’645 Patent, and cancel all of these claims.
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`The Prior Art: The prior art references relied upon are Reddy (Ex. 1004),
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`Woods (Ex. 1003), Chiarabini (Ex. 1006), and Fuller (Ex. 1011), and are discussed
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`in this Petition and the Declaration of Prof. William Michalson (Ex. 1005).
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`Supporting Evidence Relied Upon For The Challenge: The evidence
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`includes the Michalson Declaration (Ex. 1005) and other supporting evidence in
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`the Exhibit List. If the IPR is instituted, Petitioner may seek additional discovery
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`including a deposition of co-inventor Yonatan Lavi.
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`Statutory Ground(s) Of Challenge And Legal Principles: Pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(2), the review of patentability of Claims 1-36 is governed by
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`pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103. Further, statutory provisions of 35 U.S.C.
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`§§ 311 to 319 and 325(d) govern this IPR.
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`Claim Construction: The ’645 Patent is an unexpired patent and each claim
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`shall be given “its broadest reasonable interpretation [BRI] in light of the
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`specification of the patent in which it appears” to a person of ordinary skill in the
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`art (POSITA). 37 C.F.R. § 42.100(b); Cuozzo Speed Techs. v. Lee, 136 S. Ct. 2131,
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`C.F.R. § 42.104(b)(4), Section VI explains how Claims 1-36 are unpatentable and
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`specifies where each claim element is found in the cited prior art.
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`IV. CLAIM LISTING
`The challenged claims of the ’645 Patent are the following:
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`INDEPENDENT CLAIM 1
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`Identifier
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`1.B
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`1.C
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`1.D
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`Claim Element
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`A method of communicating images for display, the method
`comprising steps of:
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`processing data of a source image to obtain a series (K0, K-1 . . .
`K1-N) of related images of progressively lower image resolution,
`wherein each related image of the series (K0, K-1 . . . K1-N)
`comprises image data and is subdivided into a regular array of
`image parcels,
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`each image parcel of each regular array of the image parcels
`forming a discrete portion of the source image and having same
`predetermined pixel number and same predetermined color or bit
`per pixel depth,
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`the step of processing being performed by one or
`more servers;
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`receiving a first request at the one or more servers from a wireless
`portable device over a network communication channel, the first
`request being for a first image parcel of the series, wherein the
`first image parcel is selected based on a first user-controlled
`image viewpoint on the wireless portable device relative to the
`source image;
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`sending the first image parcel from the one or more servers to the
`wireless portable device over the network communication
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`channel, in response to the first request;
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`receiving a second request at the one or more servers from the
`wireless portable device over the network communication
`channel, the second request being for a second image parcel of the
`series, wherein the second image parcel is selected based on the
`first user-controlled image viewpoint or on a second user-
`controlled image viewpoint on the wireless portable device
`relative to the source image, the step of receiving the second
`request being performed after the step of receiving the first
`request;
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`sending the second image parcel from the one or more servers to
`the wireless portable device over the network communication
`channel, in response to the second request.
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`The method of claim 1, further comprising: [a] providing client
`software to the wireless portable device; [b] wherein the wireless
`portable device renders at least a portion of the first image parcel
`before finishing receiving the second image parcel.
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`The method of claim 2, wherein: [a] the wireless portable device
`issues the first request and the second request according to a
`priority order; [b] priority of the second request in the priority
`order is not higher than priority of the first request in the priority
`order; and [c] wherein the wireless portable device stores the first
`image parcel and the second image parcel in a local parcel
`storage.
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`The method of claim 2, wherein the wireless portable device
`stores the first image parcel and the second image parcel received
`by the wireless portable device in a local store of the wireless
`portable device.
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`The method of claim 4, wherein the first user-controlled image
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`viewpoint is determined based on navigational input of the
`wireless portable device.
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`The method of claim 5, wherein the navigational
`input comprises three-dimensional positional
`coordinate data and rotational positional data.
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`The method of claim 5, wherein [a] the client software configures
`the local store as a server to provide access to at least some image
`parcels received by the wireless portable device, [b] the at least
`some image parcels comprising the first image parcel and the
`second image parcel.
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`The method of claim 1, [a] wherein the second image parcel is
`selected based on the first user-controlled image viewpoint, and
`[b] number of parallel requests by the wireless portable device for
`image parcels of the series is determined based at least in part on
`network response latency and available system resources, thereby
`enabling efficient use of network bandwidth in conditions of
`network latency.
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`The method of claim 1, further comprising sending overlay data
`by the one or more servers to the wireless portable device over the
`network communication channel.
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`The method according to claim 9, wherein the overlay data
`comprises text annotations relating to at least one item selected
`from the group consisting of: one or more street names, one or
`more building names, and one or more landmarks.
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`The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless portable device
`issues the first request and the second request according to a
`priority order based at least in part on viewable areas
`corresponding to the first user-controlled image viewpoint.
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`The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless portable device
`issues the first request and the second request according to a
`priority order based at least in part on resolutions of the first
`image parcel and the second image parcel.
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`A computing system comprising one or more servers, wherein the
`one or more servers are coupled to a wireless portable device by a
`network communication channel, the one or more servers being
`configured to:
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`process data of a source image to obtain a series (K0, K1 . . . K1-N)
`of related images of progressively lower image resolution,
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`wherein each related image of the series (K0, K1 . . . K1-N)
`comprises image data and is subdivided into a regular array of
`image parcels,
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`each image parcel of each regular array of the image parcels
`forming a discrete portion of the source image and having same
`predetermined pixel number and same predetermined color or bit
`per pixel depth,
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`resolution of each related image of the series except
`initial of the related images in the series being related
`to resolution of the immediately preceding related
`image in the series by a factor of four, number of
`image parcels into which each related image of the
`series except the initial of the related images is
`subdivided being related by a factor of four to
`number of image parcels into which the immediately
`preceding related image in the series is subdivided;
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`receive a first request from the wireless portable device over the
`network communication channel, the first request being for a first
`image parcel of the series, wherein the first image parcel is
`selected based on a first user-controlled image viewpoint on the
`wireless portable device relative to the source image;
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`send the first image parcel from the one or more servers to the
`wireless portable device over the network communication
`channel, in response to the first request;
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`receive a second request at the one or more servers from the
`wireless portable device over the network communication
`channel, the second request being for a second image parcel of the
`series, wherein the second image parcel is selected based on the
`first user-controlled image viewpoint or on a second user-
`controlled image viewpoint on the wireless portable device
`relative to the source image, wherein the second request is
`received after the first request; and
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`send the second image parcel to the wireless portable device over
`the network communication channel, in response to the second
`request.
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`15
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`The computing system of claim 13, [a] wherein the one or more
`servers are further configured to provide client software to the
`wireless portable device; and [b] wherein the wireless portable
`device renders at least a portion of the first image parcel before
`finishing receiving the second image parcel.
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`The computing system of claim 14, wherein: [a] the wireless
`portable device issues the first request and the second request
`according to a priority order; [b] priority of the second request in
`the priority order is not higher than priority of the first request in
`the priority order; and [c] wherein the wireless portable device
`stores the first image parcel and the second image parcel in a local
`parcel storage.
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`The computing system of claim 14, wherein the wireless portable
`device stores at least some image parcels received by the wireless
`portable device in a local store of the wireless portable device.
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`The computing system of claim 16, wherein the first user-
`controlled image viewpoint is determined based on navigational
`input of the wireless portable device.
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`The computing system of claim 17, wherein the
`navigational input comprises three-dimensional
`positional coordinate data and rotational positional
`data.
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`The computing system of claim 17, wherein [a] the client
`software configures the local store as a server to provide access to
`the at least some image parcels received by the wireless portable
`device, [b] the at least some image parcels comprising the first
`image parcel and the second image parcel received by the wireless
`portable device.
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`The computing system of claim 13, wherein number of parallel
`requests by the wireless portable device for image parcels of the
`series is determined based at least in part on network response
`latency and available system resources, thereby enabling efficient
`use of network bandwidth in conditions of network latency.
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`The computing system of claim 13, wherein the one or more
`servers are further configured to send overlay data to the wireless
`portable device over the network communication channel.
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`The computing system according to claim 21, wherein the overlay
`data comprises text annotations relating to at least one item
`selected from the group consisting of: one or more street names,
`one or more building names, and one or more landmarks.
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`The computing system of claim 13, wherein the wireless portable
`device issues the first request and the second request according to
`a priority order based at least in part on viewable areas
`corresponding to the first user-controlled image viewpoint.
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`The computing system of claim 13, wherein the wireless portable
`device issues the first request and the second request according to
`a priority order based at least in part on resolutions of the first
`image parcel and the second image parcel.
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`25.C
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`25.D
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`25.E
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`25.F
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`25.G
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`25.H
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`Claim Element
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`A method of communicating images for display, the method
`comprising steps of:
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`sending a first request from a wireless portable device to one or
`more servers over a network communication channel, the first
`request being for a first image parcel, the first image parcel being
`selected based on a first user-controlled image viewpoint on the
`wireless portable device relative to a source image;
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`receiving the first image parcel by the wireless portable device
`from the one or more servers over the network communication
`channel, in response to the first request;
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`sending a second request from the wireless portable device to the
`one or more servers over the network communication channel, the
`second request being for a second image parcel, the second image
`parcel being selected based on the first user-controlled image
`viewpoint or on a second user-controlled image viewpoint on the
`wireless portable device relative to the source image, the step of
`sending the second request being performed after the step of
`sending the first request; and
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`receiving the second image parcel by the wireless
`portable device from the one or more servers over the
`network communication channel, in response to the
`second request;
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`wherein the source image is processed by one or more servers
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`to obtain a series (K0, K1 . . . K1-N) of related images of
`progressively lower image resolution,
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`wherein each related image of the series (K0, K1 . . . K1-N)
`comprises image data and is subdivided into a regular array of
`image parcels,
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`each image parcel of each regular array of the image parcels
`forming a discrete portion of the source image and having same
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