Rockstar Consortium US LP et al v. Google Inc

Filing 200

Joint Claim Construction Chart Pursuant to Patent Rule 4-5(d) by Google Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix A - U.S. Patent No. 7,236,969, # 2 Appendix B - U.S. Patent No. 7,469,245, # 3 Appendix C - U.S. Patent No. 7,672,970, # 4 Appendix D - U.S. Patent No. 7,895,178, # 5 Appendix E - U.S. Patent No. 7,895,183, # 6 Appendix F - U.S. Patent No. 7,933,883, # 7 Appendix G - Ordering Agreements and Disputes, # 8 Appendix H - Antecedent Basis Agreements and Disputes)(Anderson, Carl)

APPENDIX B:
JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART FOR U.S. PATENT NO. 7,469,245
Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
1. A method for
operating an advertising
machine implemented
on at least one computer
to provide
advertisements via a
communications link to
a data processing
device of a user, the
method comprising:
receiving user
preference input from
the data processing
device via the
communications link;
creating user
preference data based
upon the user preference
input; receiving from the
data processing device
via the communications
link a search request that
includes a search
argument; searching at
least one database using
the search argument to

Terms for
Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

Google’s Proposed
Construction

“communications link”
’245 (1, 5, 8, 9, 17)
’970 (1, 10, 11, 14, 17,
23, 26, 27, 30, 33, 34)
’178 (1, 12, 17, 18)
’183 (1, 5, 9, 11, 14, 18)
’883 (1, 20)

the network connection
between the data
processing device and
the advertising machine

the physical network
connection between the
data processing device
and the advertising
machine

“user preference
input”
’245 (1, 9)

input from user
regarding his or her
preferences

input about the user’s
preferences, not the
user’s search arguments

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
produce search results;
selecting at least one
advertisement from an
advertisement database
relating to the search
argument using the
user preference data;
and transmitting the
search results together
with the at least one
advertisement via the
communications link to
the data processing
device.

Terms for
Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

Google’s Proposed
Construction

“user preference data”/ [creating] data regarding
“preference data for
a user’s preferences
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”
’245 (1, 3, 5-7, 9, 16)
’970 (4, 12, 20, 28, 37,
45)
’178 (9, 10)
’183 (12)

[creating] information
about the user’s
preferences, not the
user’s search arguments

“advertising machine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

“data processing device See ‘969 (6)
[of a/the user]”

See ‘969 (6)

“search argument” /
“the received search
argument”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“database”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“search result[s]”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“User”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”
“advertisement
database” /
“database having
advertisement

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)

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Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

Google’s Proposed
Construction

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information”

3. The method of claim
1, further comprising
ordering the search
results based upon the
user preference data.

5. The method of claim
1, further comprising:
receiving user
preference edit input
via the communications
link from the data
processing device; and
modifying the user
preference data based
upon the user preference
edit input.

“select[] at least one
[Agreed]
advertisement from an
advertisement database
relating to the search
argument using the
user preference data”
’245 (1, 9)
“search result[s]”
See ‘969 (1)

[Agreed]

“user preference data”/ See ‘245 (1)
“preference data for
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”

See ‘245 (1)

“user preference edit
input”
’245 (5)

input from a user to edit
his or her preferences

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

additional input about
the user’s preferences,
not the user’s search
arguments
See ‘245 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“data processing device See ‘969 (6)
[of a/the user]”

See ‘969 (6)

“user preference data”/ See ‘245 (1)
“preference data for
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”

See ‘245 (1)

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select at least one
advertisement from an
advertisement database
using the search
argument and the user
preference data

Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
6. The method of claim
1, further comprising:
receiving user
preference reprioritization input;
and re-prioritizing the
user preference data
based upon the user
preference reprioritization input.
7. The method of claim
1, wherein the user
preference data is
derived from prior
searching history.

Terms for
Construction
“user preference reprioritization input”
’245 (6)

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction
input from a user to reprioritize preferences

Google’s Proposed
Construction
additional input about
the priority of the user’s
preferences, not the
user’s search arguments

“user preference data”/ See ‘245 (1)
“preference data for
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”

See ‘245 (1)

“prior searching
a user’s previous search
history / prior search
arguments
history”
’245 (7, 16)
’883 (5, 24)
“user preference data”/ See ‘245 (1)
“preference data for
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”

the user’s previous
search arguments

“search refinement
8. The method of claim
input”
1, further comprising:
’245 (8, 17)
receiving search
’178 (1, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15)
refinement input via the “refining the search
communications link
results”/
from the data
“[refining/refine] the
processing device of the search results based
user; refining the
upon the search
search results based
refinement input”/

input from the user
refining a search request
modifying search results
based on search
refinement input from
the user /
search results produced
after receiving search
4

See ‘245 (1)

information regarding a
search query entered
after receiving the initial
set of search results
“refin[ing] the search
results” should be
construed as: “narrowing
the previous set of
search results”

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
upon the search
refinement input; and
transmitting the refined
search results via the
communications link to
the data processing
device.

Terms for
Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

“refined search
results”/
’245 (8, 17)

refinement input from
the user

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

Google’s Proposed
Construction
“refined search
results” should be
construed as: “a set of
search results created by
narrowing the previous
set of search results”
See ‘245 (1)

“data processing device See ‘969 (6)
[of a/the user]”
9. An advertising
machine implemented
on at least one computer
and operable to provide
advertisements via a
communications link to
a data processing
device of a user, the
advertising machine
comprising: a
communications
interface operable to
interface with the data
processing device of the

See ‘969 (6)

“communications
interface”
’245 (9)
’970 (1, 10, 33, 34, 41,
42)
’183 (12, 14)
’883 (20, 23)
“advertising machine”

software operable to
allow interaction
between the advertising
machine and another
computer or computers

indefinite

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

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Alternatively, “browser
application”

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
user via the
communications link; a
database search engine
operable to: receive from
the data processing
device via the
communications link a
search request that
includes a search
argument; and search at
least one database using
the search argument to
produce search results;
an associative search
engine operable to:
receive user preference
input from the data
processing device via the
communications link;
create user preference
data based upon the user
preference input; and
select at least one
advertisement from an
advertisement database
relating to the search
argument using the

Terms for
Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

Google’s Proposed
Construction

“data processing device See ‘969 (6)
[of a/the user]”

See ‘969 (6)

“database search
engine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

“search argument” /
“the received search
argument”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“database”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“search result[s]”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“associative search
engine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

“user preference
input”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
user preference data;
and the advertising
machine operable to
transmit the search
results together with the
at least one
advertisement via the
communications link to
the data processing
device.

16. The advertising
machine of claim 9,
wherein the user
preference data is
derived from prior
searching history.
17. The advertising
machine of claim 9,
wherein the database

Terms for
Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

Google’s Proposed
Construction

“user preference data”/ See ‘245 (1)
“preference data for
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”
See ‘969 (1)
“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”

See ‘245 (1)

“advertisement
database” /
“database having
advertisement
information”
“select[] at least one
advertisement from an
advertisement database
relating to the search
argument using the
user preference data”
“user preference data”/
“preference data for
the user” / [creating]
user preference data”
“prior searching
history / prior search
history”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

[Agreed]

[Agreed]

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (7)

See ‘245 (7)

“database search
engine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

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See ‘969 (1)

select at least one
advertisement from an
advertisement database
using the search
argument and the user
preference data

Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
search engine is further
operable to: receive
search refinement
input via the
communications link
from the data
processing device of the
user; refine the search
results based upon the
search refinement
input; and transmit the
refined search results via
the communications link
to the data processing
device.

Terms for
Construction

Rockstar’s Proposed
Construction

Google’s Proposed
Construction

“search refinement
input”

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

“data processing device See ‘969 (6)
[of a/the user]”

See ‘969 (6)

“refining the search
results”/
“[refining/refine] the
search results based
upon the search
refinement input”/
“refined search
results”/

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

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