Sprint Communications Company LP v. Vonage Holdings Corp., et al

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TRIAL BRIEF by Vonage America, Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A# 2 Exhibit B# 3 Exhibit C# 4 Exhibit E# 5 Exhibit F# 6 Exhibit G# 7 Exhibit H# 8 Exhibit I)(Campbell, Terrence)

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37 UNDER C.PR. 110 CERTIFICATION 7AI995,tas:.It9> 1 being deposited with the United StatesPostal Serice on Dccrueber thereby certify thatthis Preliminary Amendment'is LabelNo: EF596040135US, postageprepatd, addressed to: Box WC Assitaa Mailing "Express Mail, Post Officeto Addftessee", ,2023t1. commissiotner for Patents, Washington, 0.C.

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UNTETHE IN~~~~ STTE PAETADTAEAK Application of: Filed: For: Joseph Michael Christte December 7, 1995 FOR "METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTROL"

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Hon. Assistant Commissioner for Patents Washington, D.C. 20231 Dear Sirs: PRELIMINARY AMENDMENTI enclosed file wrapper continuation Please enter this amendment to the of the file wrapper Applicants respectfully request consideration application. of Time, a Correction of Drawings, continuation application. A Petition for Extension for the and a Transmittal with authorization an Information Disclosure Statement, proper fees is also attached.

Applicants: Serial No.: Filed: Title:

Joseph Michael Christie 08/238,605 May 5,1994 FOR "METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTROL" Group No.: 2603 Blum, R. Examiner:

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In the claim, thesignaling procesorE sends a signaling message to a switch that .In contrast, SCPs only respond to the switch that sent the query. This claimed distinction is made possible because thtLraime~dsignaling pRoEs0soris able=tourcive the same signalingmnessages typically received byswitches. It can then process this signaling to generate new signaling messages for transmission to any switch needed-toestablish thecOmmunications path. Claim 122 further refines this new capability by reciting that the signaling processor receives a Signaling System #7 (SS7) Initial Address Message OJAM). Prior systems do not teach or suggest this capability. Claim 147 also claims a method for processing telecommunications signaling. In this claim, a telecommunications signaling message is received into a telecommunications network and routed to a signaling processor. The references do not teach or suggest routing signaling from outside of the network directly to an SCP. The signaling processor processes the signaling message and generates a new signaling message. This new signaling message is transmitted "to a switch that did not generate the telecommunications signaling message that was received into the telecommunications network and routed to the signaling processor." The references do not teach or suggest an SCP thsat sends a signaling message to a switch that did not first send a query. Claim 150 recites a processor. The processor is able to: "receive a telecommunications signaling message configured for a telecommunications switch.. to process the telecommunications signaling message ... and to generate and transmit a new telecommunications signaling message." The references do not teach or suggest equipping an SCP with the ability to process the signaling configured for a switch. An example would be an SCP that processed SS7 IAMs. SCPs only process queries generated by a switch that are configured for the SGP. Claim 152 recites a telecommunications network. The network includes "a signaling processor that ... is operational to receive telecommunications signaling messages from outside of the telecommunications network, process the telecommunications signaling messages ... and generate and transmit new dideneatea qe ot

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Applicant submits that claims 121-174 are patentable and requests allowance of these claims. Applicant is prepared to cooperate with the Examiner in order to bring this case to a conclusion. Applicant respectfully requests that the Examiner telephone the undersigned with any comments or suggestions that would foster such cooperation. Respectfully submitted,

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