Netflix, Inc. v. Blockbuster, Inc.

Filing 178

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etflix, Inc. v. Blockbuster, Inc.

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION
APRIL 11, 2007 U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1
EXHIBIT F CLASSIFICATIONS, COMBINATIONS AND MOTIVATIONS (Part 3)

Short Name 1.
Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

Classification1
and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

In Combination with
Yoshida Kuriyama Koya Crooks Isobe and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification

Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with computer implemented video rental kiosk machines, and further with computer implemented library practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a and/or in further combination telecommunication network, online car rental with technologies, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental Reference Guide and/or business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental Functional Requirements and/or services, to improve item rental business.

Dockets.Justia.com

A reference classified under 35 U.S.C. § 103 is one which Blockbuster contends to render one or more claims of United States Patent No. 6,584,450 B1 obvious.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
(E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name 2.
Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

Classification1
and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

In Combination with
Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with library practices having computer implemented subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, and further with computer implemented method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental technologies, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions

and/or in further combination with NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.)

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

3.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

NCR and/or in further combination with Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with computer implemented method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, and further with computer implemented library practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, online car rental technologies, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-and-

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
BOT Netflix

Motivation for Combination or Modification

and/or mortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

4.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

Burks Hironori Subler

and/or Combine conventional brick and mortar video and/or store rental practice with computer systems having memory devices and micro-controllers and computer readable medium, and further with computer implemented library practices having and/or in further combination subscription based no late fee book-lending with programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
telecommunication network, online car rental technologies, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

5.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

and/or Combine conventional brick and mortar video and/or store rental practice with user friendly features for allowing a user to make and update a list of desired and/or reserved items, and further with computer implemented library practices having and/or in further combination subscription based no late fee book-lending with programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their Reference Guide and/or digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental Functional Requirements and/or technologies, subscription based no late fee Maxcess and/or practices utilized in audio book and tape rental Sirsi and/or business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental Auto Librarian and/or services, to improve item rental business. NCR and/or Applying computer technology to make retail or and/or rental operations more efficient and capable. Avis Using the Internet to perform functions of AudioQueue and/or computer networks, including networks referred and/or to in the NCR patents. BTCC BTL and/or Transformation and expansion of "brick-andand/or mortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. BVS TBW and/or Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar and/or BOT retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Netflix Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andLeason Cook Video Vendor

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
mortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g.,

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

6.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

Stein Herz

and/or Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with user friendly features for allowing a user to automatically select desired items based on item selection criteria, and/or in further combination and further with computer implemented library with practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, method for ordering and Reference Guide and/or downloading resources/contents based on Functional Requirements and/or searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental Maxcess and/or technologies, subscription based no late fee Sirsi and/or practices utilized in audio book and tape rental Auto Librarian and/or business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental NCR and/or services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.)

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

7.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or

McMullan Bakoglu

and/or Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with methods of renting, distributing and delivering games, and further with computer implemented library practices

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name
Cine Club Campus Video and/or

Classification1

In Combination with
and/or in further combination with Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
having subscription based no late fee booklending programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental technologies, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve game rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

8.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

Avis and/or in further combination with Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with computer implemented online car rental technologies, and further with computer implemented library practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet.

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities,

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

9.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

Bradley Fein TiVo

and/or Combine conventional brick and mortar video and/or store rental practice with video content storage, distribution and selection technologies used in TV broadcast systems, and further with computer implemented library practices having and/or in further combination subscription based no late fee book-lending with programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their Reference Guide and/or digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental Functional Requirements and/or technologies, subscription based no late fee Maxcess and/or practices utilized in audio book and tape rental

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there

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BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name 10.
Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

Classification1
and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

In Combination with
AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and further with computer implemented library practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental technologies, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions

and/or in further combination with Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

EXHIBIT F: CLASSIFICATIONS, COMBINATIONS AND MOTIVATIONS (Part 3) Page 32 of 260
925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals. Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.)

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

11.

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

Netflix and/or in further combination with Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Combine conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice with Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, and further with computer implemented library practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a telecommunication network, online car rental technologies, and subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses.

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
TBW BOT

Motivation for Combination or Modification

and/or Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between subscription and pay-per-item rental services and combined discussions of them in prior art. Advantages of subscription programs for online rentals.

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by time required for delivery and return of items and related uncertainties. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008550-51, 00008555, 00008559, 0000856364.) Problems and competitive disadvantages caused for online rental on a pay-per-item basis by cost of delivery and return of items by mail or of other delivery and return of items. (E.g., BB00008541-42, 00008563-64, 00008969-71.) Obvious need for computerized or online rental system to determine what to ship to customer. Obvious need for subscription service to determine, on return of an item, what to ship next. Impracticality of requiring customers to time identification of additional desired items to coincide with rental service's receipt of returned items. Inconvenience and frustration from limiting customers' ability to list on the same site visit when they are identified. Customer dissatisfaction with a subscription service if there are delays providing further items. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of other items to rental of videos. Applying methods and technologies used for rental of audio tapes or other audio materials to rental of videos. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between audio and video rental businesses and combined discussions of them in

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
prior art. (E.g., BB00008587-88, 00008970-71.) Applying methods and technologies used for libraries to rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between libraries and audio and video rental and sales and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008961-62, 00008966-69.) Applying methods and technologies used for subscription video services provided electronically to online subscription with delivery of discs or other physical media by mail or otherwise. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between electronic transmission of video content and delivery of video content on discs or other physical media. Use of standard computer hardware and digital media for computerized business operations and Internet business. Using PCs over the Internet to perform functions of retail kiosks.

12.

Yoshida Kuriyama Koya Crooks Isobe

and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 and/or and/or and/or

Multi Video Pop*Card Video Hit Cine Club Campus Video

and/or and/or and/or and/or

and/or in further combination

Combine video rental technology of using computer implemented video rental kiosk machines with conventional brick and mortar video store rental practice, and further with computer implemented library practices having subscription based no late fee book-lending programs, method for ordering and downloading resources/contents based on searching their digital profiles/attributes over a

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with
with Reference Guide Functional Requirements Maxcess Sirsi Auto Librarian NCR Avis AudioQueue BTCC BTL BVS TBW BOT Netflix and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or and/or

Motivation for Combination or Modification
telecommunication network, online car rental technologies, subscription based no late fee practices utilized in audio book and tape rental business, and Netflix's prior online DVD rental services, to improve item rental business. Applying computer technology to make retail or rental operations more efficient and capable. Using the Internet to perform functions of computer networks, including networks referred to in the NCR patents. Transformation and expansion of "brick-andmortar" businesses into "dot-com" businesses. Conducting existing pre-Internet businesses on the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar retail and rental businesses to the Internet. Adaptation of brick-and-mortar video rental businesses to the Internet. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between brick-andmortar video rental businesses (e.g., Blockbuster's brick-and-mortar business) and Internet video rental (e.g., Netflix's prior-art online rental business) and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008563-64, 00008566, 00008558-60, 00008970-71, 00008590-91, 00008592-93.) Taking advantage of increased suitability of DVD format for mail delivery or other shipment in response to Internet orders and lower cost of mailing or delivering DVDs in comparison to videotapes. (E.g., BB00008531-32.) Use of features of Internet

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925463_2.DOC

BLOCKBUSTER'S FINAL INVALIDITY CONTENTION (U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1)

Short Name

Classification1

In Combination with

Motivation for Combination or Modification
retail sites and ecommerce businesses for DVD rental. Similarities, relationships, and overlaps between Internet retail sites and ecommerce businesses (e.g., Amazon.com) and DVD rental and combined discussions of them in prior art. (E.g., BB00008550-51, 00008558-60.) Adding or substituting subscription programs to or for pay-per-item rental services. Similarities, relationships, and overl