Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
Filing
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NOTICE by Motorola Mobility, Inc. of Filing Brief on Claim Construction (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit, # 2 Exhibit, # 3 Exhibit, # 4 Exhibit, # 5 Exhibit, # 6 Exhibit, # 7 Exhibit, # 8 Exhibit, # 9 Exhibit, # 10 Exhibit, # 11 Exhibit, # 12 Exhibit, # 13 Exhibit, # 14 Exhibit, # 15 Exhibit, # 16 Exhibit, # 17 Exhibit, # 18 Exhibit, # 19 Exhibit, # 20 Exhibit, # 21 Exhibit, # 22 Exhibit, # 23 Exhibit, # 24 Exhibit, # 25 Exhibit, # 26 Exhibit, # 27 Exhibit, # 28 Exhibit, # 29 Exhibit, # 30 Exhibit, # 31 Affidavit)(Giuliano, Douglas)
Exhibit 8
to Motorola’s Opening Claim Construction Brief
July 28, 2011
091014.300
Office A c tion Summary
IXI Flesponsive to communication Is) filed on ,M!!!!'",18C,J']9~9~8~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _
o This action is FIN AL.
o Since this application is in condition for allowance except lor l armsl matters. prosecution lIS to the merll s Is closed
In eccordlnCI with the prectiee under Ex PUflt! QU8yle, 1935 C.O. 11 ; 453 O.G. 213.
A shortened stat utory pariod lor response to this aClion is set to expire
3
month(s). or thirty days, whichever
is longer, from the mliling date of this communication. Failure to respond within the pei'iod lor response w ill cause the
application 10 become abandone(l. (35 U.S.C. § 133). ExtenSIons of time mav ba obtained under the provisions of
37 CFFI 1.136(1).
DI$OOSIllon of Claims
(81 Clalml s) "C _______________________ is/are pending in the application.
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Claim[s)
isl ere Objected to.
o Claims
are subject to restr lClion or eleclion requirement.
Application Papers
IX! See the atteched Notice of
Draftsperson 's Patent Dlawing Rev iew. PTO·948.
o The drawlng(s) filed on
o The proposed drewing correction, filed on
isfera objected 10 by Ihe Examiner.
IS
Dpproved
O:Hsapproved.
o The specification is Objected to by tha Examiner.
o The oath Of deciaration is objected to by the Examiner.
Pl'lorilV under 35 U.S.C. t 119
Acknowladgement is made of a cll im for foreign prOorltv under 3S U.S.C. t
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o Acknowladgement is m~de ol a claim lor domestic priority ul'\der 35 U.S.C. ,
Attachmen t(sl
X Notice 01 Fleferences Cited, PTO·892
X Inl ormallon Disclosure Statement(sl, PTO·1449, Paper NO/51.
o Int",vlew Summary, PTO·413
1 19Ie).
5,6
IKI Notice 01 Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review, PTO·948
o Notice ollnfolmal Patent Applica tion, PTO·152
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PTO·326 [Rev. 9·95)
Olfice Action SummlllV
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Applicaiion/Control Number: 09074300
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Art Unit: 2787
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DETAJLED ACTION
Drawings
1.
This application has been filed with informal drawings which ate acceptable for
examination purposes only. Forma1 drawings will be required when the application is allowed.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
2.
The following is" quotation oflhe appropriate paragraphs of35 U.S.C. 102 that fonn the
s
basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A per$OIl shall be entitled 10 ~ p!llent W1Icss-
(e) !he invention was deJaibed in a potent granted on lin application for polcnt by another filed in the Uni ted
Slalts before the invention lheroofby the Ipplicant for petcnt. or on an inlernatiOllol application bY another who
has fulfilled the rupillements of paragraph! (I). (2) ••nd (4)ofseclion 31J(c) pfthillitle bc(ClnIlhc invention
theroofby the applicant for palent.
3.
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 V.S.C 102~ as being unpatentable over Hendry et ai, U.S.
Patent No. 5,682,529.
As per claim I, Henry teaches a display management architecture that detects changes in a '
display environment and notifies software programs as well as application programs of the
changes in order to adjust them accordingly (Abstract). The display management architecture
includes a display manager (Cover element 22) that comprises .o ne part of the computers
operating system (Cover element 18)(C2 L 45-50), This display manager continuously receives
infonnation from the drivers regarding the display capabilities, and provides reconfiguration
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services to other software within the computer (C2 L6 1-67 and C4 L36-40). Whenever a change
in change in configuration is detected, a notification is sent to the display manager (C6 L4-6). A
change may occur from connecting or disconnecting a device, such as a video device in the form
o fa video card (Cover element 14) from the computer (C6 L9- 12), or from insertion or removal
from a docking station or from (he pivoting of a video device such as a monilar from a portrait
position to a landscape position (C6 L12-14). In response to the notification, the display manager
rearranges the display space based on new configuration information. Once the new configuration
has been established, the display manager determines which objects in the display space needs 10
be reposilioned on the display device or screen (C6 L39-46). Information is provided to the
operating system and other software programs by the display manager, in response to any changes
in configurations (C5 L55-60).
Qoim Rej«tion:r _ 35 USC § 10J
4.
The following is a quotation of35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms thc
ba~is
for all obviousnesll
rejections set forth in this Office action:
(.) A pe\cnlllllY lICIt be obtained though \he in\lallion is not identit.lUy disclosed or dacribcd n sct rorth in
KCtion 102 01" this til1e, irlhe differeoocs betwcm \he subjoo;t mII\1Cf .oo.Iih11Q be pltmted UM! the prior art are
IIICb that tiE ~ matter as a wbole ....wld have bo:cn otMow at !he time the inwllIion was InIIOc to a penon
tI,ovingordinarysk:ill in Ihc 111 to which said subjo<:l maner pertains. P.lcnl.lbility , hall not be negatived by the
IIlIMeI" in which \he invention was made.
5.
Claims 2- 2 1 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(8) 8S being unpatentable over Henry et aI,
U.S. Patent No. 5,682,529, in view of Kimura, U.S. Patent No. 5,469,223 .
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As per claims 6,7,10-11 , 13,16. and 19, Henry teaches a display management architecture
that detects changes in a display environment and notifies software programs as well as
application programs of the changes in order to adjust them accordingly (Abstract). The display
management architecture includes a display manager (Cover element 22) that comprises one pan
of the computers operating system (Cover element 18}(C2 L 45·50). This display manager
continuously receives infonnation from the drivers regarding the display capabililie.s, and provides
reconfiguration services 10 other software within the computer (C2 L6l-67 and C4 L36-40).
Whenever a change in change in configuration is detected, a notification is sent to the display
manager (C6 U.6) . A change may occur ITom connecting or disconnecting a cievice, such as a
. video device in the fonn ofa video card (Cover element 14) from the computer (C6 L9. 12), or
from insertion or removal fro m a doclcing station or from the pivoting of a video device such as a
monitor from a portrait position to a landscape position (C6 LI2-14). In response to the
notification, the display manager rearranges the display space based on new configuration
information. Once the new configuration has been established. the display manager determines
which objects in the display space needs to be repositioned on the display device or screen (C6
L39-46). Information is provided to the operating system and other software programs by the
display manager, in response to any changes in configurations (C5 L55-60).
As per claims 10 and 13 , although Hendry does not specifically state the immediate use of
"hot-plugging" it is suggested in the design and implementation. Hot·Plugging is merely a feature
that allows equipment to be connected to an active device, such as a computer, while the device is
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powered on, and since Hendry clearly intends for the process of reconfiguration to occur in real
lime (while computer is running), hot-plugging is an obvious implementation of Hendry' s
combined system.
As pel" claims 13 and 20, although Henry does not specifically state the need for at least
one display for displaying images, it is obvious that in order to display images, a medium must be
present to present those images properly. This medium would appropriately be a display or
monitor.
As per claims 2, 10, 14, and 17-18, Hendry does not specifically teach the use ofa frame
buffer within the video device or video card.
Kimura teac~es the use ofa VGA frame buffer (Figure I element 14) that is general1y bitmapped to a display device, which could be a monitor (Figure I element 13) so that the storage
locations in the frame buffer have a' one-Io-one correspondence with the pixels in Ihe display
device (video device or monitor) (CI L 32-27).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary slcill in the art, at the time the invention was
made, to allow Henry' s system to use a frame buffer, as suggested by Kimura, beuuse the frame
buffer merely acts a~ a storage means to hold the contents of a screen image and this information
is already processed, according to Henry. This would have been obvious because Henry
teaches an invention similar to Kimura in that they both are directed towards the use of a video
device (video card) and the means of displaying information of a display device and one of
ordinary skill in the art would have recognized these similarities and concluded that they are from
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the same fi led of endeavor. Accordingly, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
the an to allow Henry's invention to use a frame buffer from within the video card, as suggested
by Gray_
.As per claims 3, 12,1 S, and 17, although Henry's combined system does not specifi cally
state the sl orin~ of a preferences file that identifies the status o f displayed objects prior to change,
it is suggested in the design. Since the framc buffer, as discussed above. serves as a means of
preserving a "screen shot" or the contents of a screen image. it could be interpreted that this
information would comprise the "preferences fi le". That is. a device such as the display manager
or the video card could contain a frame buffer, which could capture or store the contents of a
screen image, this information (the contents) would represent the same information that has been
identifi ed as a " preferences fi le".
As per clai m 4, although Henry's combined system dOes not specifi cally teach the
repositio ning of objects in accordance with a status stored in a preferences file, it would have 15een
an obvious implementation of its design. Since the frame butTer, as discussed above, could store
information (preferences file) which is indicative of the contents of a screen image or "screen
shot", as discussed above. this information could be used by the display manager to reposition
object in the display space due to the addition of a video device or extra video card. Therefore, it
would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the an al the ti me the invention was made, to
allow Hcnry's combined system the ability of reposilioning objects (after detection of added video
device) in the display spaCe in reference to information store in a preferences fil e.
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As per claims 5,14 and 18, it is obvious that the frame buffer corresponds to an allocated
portion of the display space, as previously discussed above, therefore, it is obvious that the display
manager could the infonnation in a frame buffer exclusively for a certain corresponding display
device, or possibly many corresponding devices, depending on the need and the configuration
desired.
As per claims 8 and 21, although Henry's combined system does not specifically state the
use of a color look up table it would be an obvious implementation of Henry's combined system.
Henry teaches the use of a look up table for possible communication problems involving the
display manager and possible display devices (C4 L I 0- 14). Since it is generally accepted that a
display device may pertain to a color monitor, the look up table, which could be represented on
the display device, would certainly be able to be in color as welL
As per claim 9, although Henry's combined system does not specifically state the
recognition of a error condition it is suggested in the design and implementation, According to
Henry, when a display device has been removed, a switch could provide a signal 10 the display
device (C7 L60-65). This signal would therefore act as the "error condition" which would let the
display manager know that a device has either been diSCOMected or has Slopped functioning
correctly. In response to the signal, the display manager deactivates the display by removi ng it
from the active device list, and then dynamically reconfigure the environment accordingly (C7
L60-66). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art, at the time the
invention was made to allow Henry's combined system the ability to recognize an "error
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condition" through the direct use of a signal, generated from the disconnecting of a certain display
device.
6.
The prior art made ofrecord and not relied upon is considered peninenl to applicant's
disclosure.
7.
Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the e",aminer
should be directed to Ronald D. Hartman fr. whose telephone number is (703) 30S-7001 . The
e"'aminer can normally be reached Monday-Thursday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM. The e",aminer
can also be reached on alternate Fridays.
S.
If attempts to reach the e",aminer by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's
supervisor, Joseph Palys. can be reached at (703)305-9685 . The fax number for this Group is
(703) 305·3718.
Any inquiry of a general nature or relating to the status of lhis application should be
directed to the Group receptionist whose telephone IVJmber is (703) 305-9618.
Any res po nSl!: to this action should be ma iled to:
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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Washington, D .C. 2023 1
Or raxed 10:
(703) 308-9051, (for fonnal communications intended fo r entry)
Or:
(703) 305-9724, (for informal or draft communications, please label
"PROPOSED" or "DRAFT")
Ronald D. Hartman Jr.
Art Unit 2787
September 14, 1999
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