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 D:
JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART FOR U.S. PATENT NO. US 7,895,178 B2
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
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
produce search results;
selecting at least one
advertisement from an
advertisement database

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“modified search
results”
’178 (1, 12)

Plain and ordinary
meaning.

a set of search results
created by modifying
previous search results;
not a new set of results

“advertising machine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

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

See ‘969 (6)

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
relating to at least one of
the search argument and
the search results;
transmitting the search
results together with the
at least one
advertisement via the
communications link to
the data processing
device; receiving search
refinement input from
the data processing
device via the
communications link;
producing modified
search results based
upon at least the search
refinement input;
selecting at least one
other advertisement from
the advertisement
database based upon at
least one of the search
refinement input and the
modified search results;
and transmitting at least
one of the modified
search results and the at

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“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)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertisement
database” /
“database having
advertisement
information”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
least one other
advertisement via the
communications link to
the data processing
device.

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“search refinement
input”

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

5. The method of claim
1, wherein the search
refinement input
comprises at least one
additional search
argument.

“search refinement
input”

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

“search argument” /
“the received search
argument”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

6. The method of claim
1, wherein the search
refinement input
comprises additional
search criteria.

“search refinement
input”

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

7. The method of claim
1, wherein the at least
one advertisement
includes a link to a
website sponsoring the
advertisement.

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”
“link to a website”
’178 (7, 16)
’183 (2, 10, 15)

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

[Agreed]

[Agreed]

8. The method of claim
1, further comprising:
determining, via
communication with the
data processing device

“updating
advertisements
provided to the data
processing device based
upon a determination

Plain and ordinary
meaning.

change[ing] the
advertisement database
to indicate that an
advertisement has [not]
been selected

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In the alternative,
“modifying the
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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
that the user does not
select the at least one
advertisement; and
updating
advertisements
provided to the data
processing device based
upon a determination
that the user does not
select the at least one
advertisement.

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that the user does not
select the at least one
advertisement”
’178 (8)

“user”

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advertisements provided
to the data processing
device based upon a
determination that the
user does not select the
at least one
advertisement”
See ‘969 (1)

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See ‘969 (1)

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

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”
9. The method of claim
1, further comprising
selecting the at least one
advertisement based
upon a least one of user
profile data and user
preference data.

See ‘969 (6)

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”
“[the] user profile
data”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (2)

See ‘969 (2)

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

See ‘245 (1)

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(Disputed terms in
bold)
10. The method of claim
1, further comprising
selecting the search
results based upon at
least one of user profile
data and user
preference data.

12. A method for
operating a data
processing device of a
user to receive
advertisements via a
communications link
from an advertising
machine implemented on
at least one computer,
the method comprising:
based upon interaction
with the user, creating a
search request that
includes a search
argument; transmitting
to the advertising

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“search result[s]”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“[the] user profile
data”

See ‘969 (2)

See ‘969 (2)

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

See ‘245 (1)

“search argument” /
“the received search
argument”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertising machine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

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See ‘969 (1)

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Asserted Claims
(Disputed terms in
bold)
machine via the
communications link
the search request that
includes the search
argument; receiving
search results and at
least one advertisement
via the communications
link from the advertising
machine, the at least one
advertisement relating to
the search argument;
displaying the search
results and the at least
one advertisement on a
display of the data
processing device;
based upon interaction
with the user, receiving
search refinement
input; transmitting the
search refinement input
to the advertising
machine via the
communications link;
receiving modified
search results and at

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“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

“search result[s]”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“display[ed/ing]”

See ‘969 (6)

See ‘969 (6)

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

See ‘969 (6)

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(Disputed terms in
bold)
least one other
advertisement from the
advertising machine that
are based upon at least
the search refinement
input; and displaying the
modified search results
and the at least one other
advertisement on the
display of the data
processing device.
14. The method of claim
12, wherein the search
refinement input
comprises at least one
additional search
argument.
15. The method of claim
12, wherein the search
refinement input
comprises additional
search criteria.
16. The method of claim
12, wherein the at least
one advertisement
includes a link to a
website sponsoring the
advertisement.

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“search refinement
input”

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

“modified search
results”

See ’178 (1)

See ’178 (1)

“search refinement
input”

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

“search argument” /
“the received search
argument”
“search refinement
input”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘245 (8)

See ‘245 (8)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”
“link to a website”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

[Agreed]

[Agreed]

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a hyperlink to a website

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(Disputed terms in
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17. The method of claim
12, further comprising:
determining that the
user does not select the
at least one
advertisement; and
transmitting the
indication that the user
does not select the at
least one advertisement
to the advertising
machine via the
communications link.
18. The method of claim
12, further comprising:
receiving user input to
indicate selection of the
at least one
advertisement; and
transmitting the
indication that the user
selects the at least one
advertisement to the
advertising machine via
the communications
link.

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“user”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertising machine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

“advertisement”/
“particular
advertisement”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“user”

See ‘969 (1)

See ‘969 (1)

“advertising machine”

See ‘969 (17)

See ‘969 (17)

“communications link”

See ‘245 (1)

See ‘245 (1)

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