Xerox Corporation v. Google Inc. et al

Filing 19

AMENDED COMPLAINT for Patent Infringement against Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube Inc., YouTube LLC, Right Media Inc., Right Media LLC- filed by Xerox Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B)(Day, John)

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United States Patent
Swartz et al.

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P a t e n t No.: US 6,236,994 B I Date o f P a t e n t : M a y 22, 2001

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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE Inventors: R o n a l d M . S w a r t z , Dresher; J e f f r e y L . W i n k l e r , Collegeville; E v e l y n A . J a n o s , West Chester, all o f PA (US); I g o r M a r k i d a n , C h e r r y Hill, N J (US); Q u n D o u , N o r t h Wales, PA ( U S ) Assignee: X e r o x C o r p o r a t i o n , S t a m f o r d , C T (US) Notice: S u b j e c t to any disclaimer, the term o f this p a t e n t is e x t e n d e d o r a d j u s t e d u n d e r 3 5 U . S . c . 1 5 4 ( b ) b y 0 days.

C o m p u t e r ( I n t e r n e t Watch), " W e b - B a s e d K n o w l e d g e M a n a g e m e n t " b y H e r m a n n M a u r e r , A u s t r i a , p p . 1 2 2 - 1 2 3 , Mar. 1998. I E E E publication, " U s i n g A I i n Knowledge Management: K n o w l e d g e B a s e s and Ontologies" b y D a n i e l E. O ' L e a r y , pp. 3 4 - 3 9 , M a y 1 9 9 8 . IEEE publication, " W e b - B a s e d Knowledge Management for D i s t r i b u t e d D e s i g n " b y N i c h o l a s H . M . C a l d w e l l , p p . 4 0 - 4 7 , M a y 2000.* V i l l i e r s ; " N e w A r c h i t e c t u r e for L i n k a g e o f S A S I P H - C l i n i cal Software w i t h Electronic D o c u m e n t M a n a g e m e n t Syst e m s " ; R e v i s e d J u n . 19, 1 9 9 7 ; pp 1 - 7 . F i l e N e t ; F i l e N e t ' s F o u n d a t i o n for E n t e r p r i s e D o c u m e n t M a n a g e m e n t S t r a t e g y W h i t e P a p e r ; p p 1 - 2 7 , No d a t e . * cited b y examiner

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T h e p r e s e n t i n v e n t i o n i s a m e t h o d a n d a p p a r a t u s f o r first i n t e g r a t i n g the o p e r a t i o n o f v a r i o u s i n d e p e n d e n t s o f t w a r e applications directed to the m a n a g e m e n t o f information w i t h i n an enterprise. The s y s t e m architecture is, however, an e x p a n d a b l e architecture, w i t h b u i l t - i n k n o w l e d g e integration f e a t u r e s t h a t f a c i l i t a t e t h e m o n i t o r i n g o f i n f o r m a t i o n flow i n t o , o u t o f , a n d b e t w e e n the i n t e g r a t e d i n f o r m a t i o n m a n agement applications so as to assimilate k n o w l e d g e inform a t i o n a n d f a c i l i t a t e the c o n t r o l o f s u c h i n f o r m a t i o n . A l s o i n c l u d e d a r e a d d i t i o n a l t o o l s w h i c h , u s i n g the k n o w l e d g e i n f o r m a t i o n e n a b l e the m o r e e f f i c i e n t u s e o f the k n o w l e d g e w i t h i n an enterprise, i n c l u d i n g the ability to develop a c o n t e x t for a n d v i s u a l i z a t i o n o f s u c h k n o w l e d g e . 20 Claims, 17 Drawing Sheets

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