Motorola Mobility, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.

Filing 95

AFFIDAVIT signed by : Christine Saunders Haskett. Supplemental Declaration in Support of Apple Inc's Responsive Claim Construction Brief (Brief Filed Under Seal) by Apple, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 21, # 2 Exhibit 22, # 3 Exhibit 23, # 4 Exhibit 24, # 5 Exhibit 25, # 6 Exhibit 26, # 7 Exhibit 29, # 8 Exhibit 30)(Pace, Christopher)

EXHIBIT 23

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
.APPLICANTS:

Eggleston et al.

EXAMINER:

Luu, L.
2756
PD05517AWCOI

N/A

ART GROUP:

FILED:

04/16/98

DOCKET NO.:

APPLICATION:

Method and Apparatus for Prestage Filtering Communications

SERIAL NO.:

Motorola, Inc.
Corporate Offices
1303 E. Algonquin Road
Schaumburg, Illinois 60196
Date: April 15, 1998
,eRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
Assistant Commissioner of Patents
Washington, DC 20231

Dear Sir:
This preliminary amendment is submitted with a request for a continuation
application of prior US application

No.~..53.Z filed

on December 19, 1995.

In the Claimy!
Please cancel claim 1 without prejudice or disclaimer.

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A method of communicating data units over a wireless network

between a client communication unit and a host device via a communication
server, the method comprising, at the communication server:
filtering data units based on a first set of user-selected criteria to produce
filtered data units;
communicating the filtered data units to the client communicatio'n unit;

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receiving a second set of a plurality of user-selected criteria, wherein the
second se,t of the plurality of user-selected criteria has been previously prepared at
.,the client communication unit and, when completed, has been sent to the
communication server in a virtual session;
filtering subsequent data units based on the second set of the plurality of userselected criteria to create subsequent filtered data units; and
communicating the subsequent filtered data units to the client
communication unit.

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The method according to claim)tr further comprising truncating

a filtered data unit if the filtered data unit exceeds a first filter size.

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The method according to

claim~urther comprising truncating

a subsequent filtered data unit if the subsequent filtered data unit exceeds a second
filter size.

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The method according to

claim)l~further comprising:

maintaining a summary index of data units that did not pass the first set of
user-selected criteria to produce unfiltered data units; and
automatically forwarding the unfiltered data units to the client
communication unit that pass the second set of the plurality of user-selected criteria.

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(New)

A method of communicating data units over a wireless network

between a client communication unit and a host device via a communication
server, the method comprising, at the client communication unit:
communicating a set of a plurality of user-selected criteria to the
communication server;
storing the set of the plurality of user-selected criteria locally in a memory;
receiving filtered data units from the communication server based on the set
of the plu rality of user-selected criteria;

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reviewing the set of the plurality of uSN-selected criteria locally;
modifying the set of the plurality of USt!r-selected criteria locally to produce a
modified set of a plurality user-selected criteria;
storing the modified set of the plurality of user-selected criteria locally in the
memory;
communicating the modified set of the plurality of user-selected criteria to
the communication server; and
receiving filtered data units from the communication server based on the
modified set of the plurality of user-selected criteria.

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The method according to daim~wherein the steps of

commtmicating occurs when a virtual session is established oetween the client
comumnication unit and the communication server.

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The method according to

claim~rein the step of modifying

comprises modifying the set of user-selected criteria at the client communication
unit while on-line with the communication 1;erver.

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The method according to daim)<wherein the step of modifying

comprises modifying the set of the plurality of user-selected criteria at the client
communication unit while off-line from the communication server.
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The method according to daimjlA"further comprising providing

the client communication unit with several pre-defined groups of filter settings that
are selectively communicable to the communication server.

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The method according to claim 44 further comprising providing

the client communication unit with several groups of filter settings that are
manually activated.

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(New)

. A method of communicating data units over a wireless network

between a client communication unit and a host device via a communication
'server, wherein data units are filtered at the communication server based on

set of

user-selected criteria and communicated to the client communication unit he
method comprising storing a predetermined number of user-definable . tel'
attributes in a memory, wherein the predetermined number of user- efinable filter
attributes include granularity filters.
51.

(New)

The method according to claim 51 wherei the predetermined

number of user-definable filter attributes are selectively co municable to the
communication server.
52.

(New)

The method according to claim 1 wherein the predetermined

number of user-definable filter attributes are re ined at the client communication
unit.
53.

An apparatus'of co

(New)

unicating data units over a wireless

network between a client commu ca 'on unit and a host server via a
communication server, comprisi

client communication unit:

a memory having a profil

for sto ring user-selected criteria;

a prestage filter unit, co pled to the memory, for filtering a data unit
generated at the client com unication unit using the user-selected criteria; and
the memory, for reviewing and modifying the userselected criteria.
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(New)

method of communicating data units over a wireless network
ommunication unit and a host device via a communication

server, compri mg, at the client communication unit:
locally each data unit generated using a set of usercselected criteria;
forw rding the data units to the host device which satisfy the set of user-

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which do not satisfy the set of user-selected

A method of communicating data units over a wireless network

between a client communication unit and a host device via a communication
server, the method comprising:
filtering data units, at the communication server, based on a first set of a
plurality of user-selected criteria to produce filtered data units;
communicating, at the communication server, the filtered data units to the
client communication unit;
preparing, at the client communication unit, a second set of a plurality of
user-selected criteria and, when completed, communicating the second set of the
plurality of user-selected criteria to the communication server in a virtual session;
filtering subsequent data units, at the communication server, based on the
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second set of the plurality of user-selected criteria to create subsequent filtered data
units; and

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communicating, at the communication server, the subsequent filtered data

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The Applicants have canceled claims 1-39 and added new claims 40-55 in the
present application. Support for the new claims are found on the follOWing pages of
the specification: claim 40-page 15, line 17 to page 17, line 12; claim 41-page 17, lines
22-23; claim 42-page 17, lines 22-23; claim 43-page 17, lines 8-12; claim 44-page 17,
lines 2-6; claim 45-page 17, lines 6-7; claim 46-implied on page 17, lines 6-8; claim 47page 17, lines 6-8; claim 48-page 16, lines 25-26; claim 49-page 16, lines 25-26; claim 50page 14, line 15-29; claim 51-page 16, lines 25-31; claim 52-page 16, line 33 to page 17,
line 2; claim 53-page 16, lines 15-18 and page 17, lines 1-4; and claim 54-page 16, lines
16-20.
Neither the Vaudreuil reference (USPN 5,621,727) nor the Emery reference
(USPN 5,506,887) nor aJ;ly combination thereof, teaches or suggests previously
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preparing a set of ,a plurality of user-selected criteria at a client communication unit
and, when completed, communicating the set of the plurality of user-selected
'criteria to the communication server in a virtual session,
Moreover, neither the Vaudreuil reference nor the Emery reference nor any
combination thereof, teaches or suggests allowing a user to store and review the set
of the plurality of user-selected criteria locally at his unit. Such a feature is
advantageous over the prior art because it allows the user to remember which
parameters were previously selected and allows the user to easily modify the set of
the plurality user-selected criteria in its entirety or partially.
Further, the Exam'iner acknowledges that the Vaudreuil reference does not
explicitly teach providing filtered data in response to the communication unit being
logged onto the comn;mnication server in a wireless system. - As a result, the
Examiner relies on the Emery reference to teach delivering such information, The
Emery reference, however, does not teach or suggest filtering data units generated
locally at the client communication.unit using a set of a plurality of user-selected
criteria. In fact, the Emery reference is concerned with only applying a screening
anaylsis to limit what is received at the cellular handset, not to limit what is
transmitted from the handset. Thus, filtering messages locally at the unit and
retaining the messages which do not satisfy the set of the plurality of user-criteria
locally teaches away from the Emery reference.

In the event that the Examiner has any questions regarding this amendment
in particular or this application in general, the Examiner is urged to contact the
Applicants' undersigned representative at the below-listed telephone number.
Respectfully submitted,
Eggl~ton,,,.1. ~

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V1~ttorney for

Applicant
Provo Registration No.: P-41,856
Telephone No.: 847-576-5214
Facsimile No.: 847-576-3750

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