Clear With Computers LLC v. Tesla Motors Inc

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COMPLAINT against Tesla Motors Inc ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0540-4519054.), filed by Clear With Computers LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(Spangler, Andrew)

EXHIBIT B
U.S. Patent No. 7,606,739

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(12) United States Patent

(10) Patent No.:

Johnson
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US 7,606,739 B1

(45) Date of Patent:

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ELECTRONIC PROPOSAL PREPARATION

4,567,359 A *

1/1986 Lockwood ................ .. 235/381

SYSTEM

4,670,798 A

6/1987 Campbell et a1.

(75) Inventor:

Jerome D. Johnson, North Mankato,
MN (US)

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(73) Asslgnee. $715211; \gxlaJCsgmputers, LLC, Indlan

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From Internet archive Wayback Machine, http://Web.archive.0rg/,
searching pages of http://WWW.cadence.c0m/ & http://WWW.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/566,029

(22) Filed:

micr0sim.c0m.*

May 8,2000

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Primar ExamineriRobert M. Pond

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(74) AlJ/orney, Agent, or FirmiHershkovitZ & Associates,

Continuation of application No. 08/823,534, ?led on

LLC; Abraham HershkovitZ

Mar. 24, 1997, noW abandoned, Which is a continua

tion of application No. 08/596,575, ?led on Feb. 5,

(57)

ABSTRACT

1996, noW Pat. No. 5,615,342, Which is a continuation

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An electronic system for creating customized product pro
posals stores a plurality of pictures and text segments to be
used as building blocks in creating the proposal. The pictures
may include various products, environments in Which the

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products may be used, and available product options. The text

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Segments may include textual descriptions of the product,

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700/90; 708/101; 396/2; 715/716; 719;

environments in Which the product may be used, and its
performance speci?cations. The system queries a user to

715/727; 380/252; 609G 5/00;~ H04K [/02

determine a customer’s needs and interests. Based upon the

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answers to the queries, the system selects the appropriate
picture and text building blocks to ?ll in proposal templates.
The system can print the completed proposal templates to
provide the user With a customized, printed proposal that

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