I/P Engine, Inc. v. AOL, Inc. et al

Filing 166

Claim Construction Brief Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement filed by AOL Inc., Gannett Company, Inc., Google Inc., I/P Engine, Inc., IAC Search & Media, Inc., Target Corporation. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Proposed Order)(Sherwood, Jeffrey)

EXHIBIT C
Defendants’ Proposed Constructions with Supporting Intrinsic and Extrinsic Evidence
Claim Term

2.

“[feedback system for]
receiving information
found to be relevant to
the query by other users”
(‘664 claim 1, 26)

[system using a process of
filtering information by]
determining what
information other users
with similar interests or
needs found to be relevant

2:20-25;1 23:39-42;
Abstract

“collaborative feedback
Data from users with
data” (‘420 claims 10, 25) similar interests or needs
regarding what informons
such users found to be
relevant

1.

Defendants’
Construction

16:32-33; 24:37-38;
29-40:41

“scan[ning] a network”
(‘420 claims 10, 25)

1:23-24; 1:45-61;
25:39-40; 26:14-15

spider[ing] or crawl[ing] a
network

Defendants’ Intrinsic
and Extrinsic
Evidence

Ira S. Nathanson,
Internet Infoglut and
Invisible Ink, 12
HARV. J. L & TECH.
43, 61 (1998); Eric W.
Guttag, Applying the
Printed Publication
Bar in the Internet
Age, 16 VA. J. L. &
TECH. 66, *12 (2011)
“a scanning system”
(‘664 claim 1)

a system used to scan a
network

29:34-37
RANDOM HOUSE
UNABRIDGED
DICTIONARY (2nd Ed.
1993) at 1727

1

While the ‘420 and ‘664 specifications are substantively identical, all citations are taken from
the ‘420 specification unless otherwise noted

1

Claim Term

3.

Defendants’
Construction

“combining” (‘420 claims plain meaning;
10, 25; ‘664 claims 1, 26) alternatively, bringing
together

Defendants’ Intrinsic
and Extrinsic
Evidence
1:10-26; 14:56-58;
25:9-26:7; Fig. 8;
’664 claims 1, 5, 26
RANDOM HOUSE
WEBSTER’S COLLEGE
DICTIONARY (1999) at
263; Plaintiff’s
Responses and
Objections to
Google’s Third Set of
Interrogatories at 11

4.

separateness of the
claimed systems (‘420
claim 10, ‘664 claim 1)

The claimed “system for
scanning a network,”
“content-based filter
system,” and “feedback
system” of ‘420 claim 10
must be different systems

‘664 claim 1, ‘420
claim 10; 10:10-12
WEBSTER’S NEW
WORLD DICTIONARY
OF COMPUTER TERMS
(8th Ed. 2000) at 344

The claimed “scanning
system,” “feedback
system,” and “contentbased filter system” of
‘664 claim 1 must be
different systems
5.

demand search (‘420
claims 10, 25)

search engine query

23:45-51; 23:65-24:8;
25:19-20; 25:27-28;
Abstract

6.

individual user/first user
(‘420 claims 10, 25; ‘664
claims 1, 26)

particular user

‘664 claim 1; 25:1112; 26:11-12

7.

“relevance to at least one
of the query and the first
user” (‘664 Claims 1, 26)

how well information
satisfies the information
need of at least one of the
query and the first user

4:5-6

“[informons/information]
relevant to a query” (‘420
Claims 10, 25; ‘664

[informons/information]
that satisfy the individual
user’s information need

4:5-6

2

Claim Term

Defendants’
Construction

Claims 1, 26)
8.

expressed in the query

Order of Steps (‘420
claim 25; ‘664 claim 26)

‘420 Claim 25: Step [a]
must be performed before
Step [b]; Steps [b] and [c]
must be performed before
Step [d]
‘664 Claim 26: Steps [a]
and [b] must be performed
before Step [c]; Step [c1]
must be performed before
Step [c2]

9.

Defendants’ Intrinsic
and Extrinsic
Evidence

“informons” / “the
informons” (‘420 claims
10, 25)

“informons” and “the
informons” are the same
informons

“users” / “such users”
(‘420 claims 10, 25)

“users” and “such users”
are the same users

“a query” /”the query”
(‘420 claims 10, 25; ‘664
claims 1, 26)

“a query” and “the query”
are the same query

“a feedback system” /
“the feedback system”
(‘420 claim 10; ‘664
claim 1)

“a feedback system” and
“the feedback system” are
the same feedback system

“a scanning system” /
“the scanning system”
(‘664 claim 1)

“a scanning system” and
“the scanning system” are
the same scanning
system”

“a first user” / “the first
user” (‘664 claims 1, 26)

“a first user” and “the first
user” are the same first
user

“a content-based filter
system” / “the content-

“a content-based filter
system’ and “the content3

‘420 claim 25; ‘664
claim 26

Claim Term

based filter system” (‘664
claims 1, 21)

Defendants’
Construction
based filter system” are
the same content-based
filter system

4

Defendants’ Intrinsic
and Extrinsic
Evidence