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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SECURE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`_____________
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`Case No. IPR2025-01183
`Patent No. 11,687,971
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`PETITION FOR INTER PARTES REVIEW
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. §§ 311-319 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.1 et seq
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1
`I.
`II. STANDING CERTIFICATION ........................................................................ 5
`III. UNPATENTABILITY GROUNDS .................................................................. 6
`IV. ’971 PATENT .................................................................................................... 6
`A. Background .................................................................................................. 6
`B. Prosecution History ..................................................................................... 8
`C. POSITA ....................................................................................................... 9
`V. CLAIM INTERPRETATION ........................................................................... 9
`VI. GROUND 1: EAGLE IN VIEW OF BEHRENS AND OLKKONEN
`RENDERS OBVIOUS THE CHALLENGED CLAIMS ................................. 9
`A. Eagle (EX1005) ........................................................................................... 9
`B. Behrens (EX1006) ..................................................................................... 11
`C. Olkkonen (EX1007) .................................................................................. 12
`D. Eagle in view of Behrens, in further view of Olkkonen ............................ 13
`1. Receiving different identifying information from the same
`device ................................................................................................... 16
`2. Filtering beacon service identifiers ..................................................... 19
`3. Actions ................................................................................................. 26
`E. Mapping to Challenged Claims ................................................................. 29
`1. Claim 1 ................................................................................................ 29
`a. [1.PRE] “A method comprising:” ............................................... 29
`b. [1.A.I] “receiving, at a wireless device, via a short range
`wireless protocol, a first plurality of beacon transmissions,
`each beacon transmission comprising three fields” .................... 30
`c. [1.A.II] “(a) a MAC address,” .................................................... 33
`d. [1.A.III] “(b) a unique identifier, wherein the unique
`identifier of each respective beacon transmission does not
`directly identify a location of a beacon transmitter, and” ........... 34
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`e. [1.A.IV] “(c) a beacon service identifier, wherein the
`beacon service identifier of each respective beacon
`transmission identifies that the unique identifier is relevant
`to stored information associated with a wireless beacon
`service,” ....................................................................................... 36
`[1.A.V] “wherein the stored information is not otherwise
`accessible to the wireless device utilizing the short range
`wireless protocol;” ...................................................................... 38
`g. [1.B.I] “receiving, at the wireless device via a second
`wireless protocol, the stored information from one or more
`servers,” ....................................................................................... 39
`h. [1.B.II] “the stored information relating to a particular
`entity or object associated with a first unique identifier,
`and” ............................................................................................. 40
`[1.B.III] “wherein the second wireless protocol is different
`from the short range wireless protocol;” ..................................... 41
`[1.C] “causing selection of one or more of the unique
`identifiers from the first plurality of beacon transmissions,
`by filtering the beacon transmissions which include a
`particular beacon service identifier indicating that a
`particular received beacon transmission is associated with
`a particular wireless beacon service; and” .................................. 41
`k. [1.D] “taking first further action relating to the stored
`information, if the first unique identifier is present among
`the selected one or more unique identifiers.” ............................. 42
`2. Claim 2 ................................................................................................ 43
`a. [2.PRE] “The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, at
`the wireless device, via a short range wireless protocol, of
`the first plurality of beacon transmissions occurs in a first
`time period, and” ......................................................................... 43
`b. [2.A] “wherein the method further comprises, during a
`second time period:” ................................................................... 44
`c. [2.B.I] “receiving, at the wireless device, via a short range
`wireless protocol, a second plurality of beacon
`transmissions, each of the second plurality of beacon
`transmissions comprising three fields” ....................................... 45
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`d. [2.B.II] “(a) a MAC address,” ..................................................... 45
`e. [2.B.III] “(b) a unique identifier, wherein the unique
`identifier of each respective beacon transmission does not
`directly identify a location of a beacon transmitter, and” ........... 46
`[2.B.IV] “(c) a beacon service identifier, wherein the
`beacon service identifier of each respective beacon
`transmission identifies that the unique identifier is relevant
`to stored information associated with a wireless beacon
`service,” ....................................................................................... 46
`g. [2.B.V] “wherein the stored information is not accessible
`to the wireless device utilizing the short range wireless
`protocol;” ..................................................................................... 47
`h. [2.C] “causing selection of one or more of the unique
`identifiers from the second plurality of beacon
`transmissions, by filtering the beacon transmissions which
`include the same particular beacon service identifier
`indicating that the particular received beacon transmission
`is associated with the same particular wireless beacon
`service; and” ................................................................................ 47
`[2.D.I] “taking second further action relating to the stored
`information, if a second unique identifier is present among
`the one or more unique identifiers selected from the
`second plurality of beacon transmissions,” ................................. 48
`[2.D.II] “wherein the first unique identifier and the second
`unique identifier are both associated with the same
`particular entity or object, and wherein the second unique
`identifier is not equal to the first unique identifier, and
`further wherein the received beacon transmissions
`including the first and second unique identifiers are
`received from a same transmitting device.” ................................ 48
`3. Claim 3 ................................................................................................ 49
`a. [3.A] “The method of claim 2 wherein the MAC address
`received in a beacon transmission including the second
`unique identifier is different from the MAC address
`received in a beacon transmission including the first
`unique identifier, but each such beacon transmission
`includes the same particular beacon service identifier, and” ...... 49
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`b. [3.B] “wherein a plurality of beacon transmissions
`including the particular service identifier and the first
`unique identifier are received in the first time period, and
`no beacon transmissions including the same particular
`service identifier and the second unique identifier are
`received in the first time period.” ............................................... 51
`4. Claims 4/40/53: “[Claim 3][Claim 37][Claim 53] wherein the
`second further action is based upon a function currently being
`performed on a device associated with the wireless beacon
`service.” ............................................................................................... 52
`5. Claims 5/41/54: “[Claim 4][Claim 40][Claim 53] wherein the
`function is related to a current phone call, music being played, a
`video being played, a multi-player game, or a shared
`application.” ........................................................................................ 54
`6. Claims 6/29/55/56: “[Claim 2][Claim 1][Claim 51][Claim 50]
`wherein the first [or the second] further action is [additionally]
`related to receiving advertising information for presentation to a
`user of the wireless device, based upon the first [or the second]
`unique [identifier][identifiers], or [based upon] information
`derived from the first [or second] unique identifier.” ......................... 55
`7. Claims 7/30/42/57/58: “[Claim 2][Claim1][Claim 37][Claim
`51][Claim 52] wherein [one or more of] the first [and the
`second] further action [additionally] includes
`[receiving][causing the wireless device to receive] content from
`a server based upon information derived from [either] the first
`unique identifier [or the second unique identifier].” ........................... 56
`8. Claims 8/43/59: “[Claim 2][Claim 37][Claim 51], wherein the
`first or second further action [additionally] includes [sending a
`message][or causing a server to send a message][causing the
`wireless device to send a message] to another device associated
`with an account related to the first and the second unique
`identifiers[, or information derived from the first or the second
`unique identifiers].” ............................................................................. 57
`9. Claims 10/44/62: “[Claim 2][Claim 37][Claim 51] wherein the
`second further action [additionally] includes
`[preventing][causing the wireless device to prevent] sending
`[of] the second unique identifier or information derived from
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`the second unique identifier by the [mobile] wireless device to
`at least one of the one or more servers.” ............................................. 58
`10. Claims 12/64: “[Claim 1][Claim 50] wherein the [taking] first
`further action [further][additionally] includes causing the
`wireless device[,] to: send the first unique identifier or
`information derived from the first unique identifier to at least
`one of the one or more servers, and [subsequently] receive the
`stored information in response.” ......................................................... 59
`11. Claims 13/14/65/66: “[Claim 1][Claim 2][Claim 50][Claim 51]
`wherein the [computer program instructions, when executed by
`the one or more processors in the wireless device, further cause
`the wireless device to[:] receive] stored information [is
`received] at the wireless device from at least one of the one or
`more servers prior to [the taking of the first][performing one or
`more of the first and the second][performing the
`first][performing one or more of the first and the second]
`further action.” ..................................................................................... 59
`12. Claims 15/36/46/67/80: “[Claim 1 further comprising][Claim
`37 wherein the operations further comprise][Claim 50 wherein
`the computer program instructions… further cause the wireless
`device to][Claim 50 further comprising program instructions
`that… cause the wireless device to]: [using][use] the stored
`information to determine if the first unique identifier is present
`among the [first] selected one or more unique identifiers [from
`the first plurality of beacon transmissions].” ...................................... 60
`13. Claims 16/68: “[Claim 2][Claim 51] wherein all beacon
`transmitter devices participating in the particular wireless
`beacon service have the same particular beacon service
`identifier.” ............................................................................................ 61
`14. Claim 18: “[Claim 2] wherein the steps performed at the
`wireless device are performed as a result of an application
`program executing on the wireless device.” ....................................... 62
`15. Claims 19/34/72: “[Claim 2][Claim 1][Claim 51] wherein the
`[second][first] further action is [additionally] related to either a
`product tied to a location or an advertisement tied to a
`location.” ............................................................................................. 62
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`16. Claims 22/48/75: “[Claim 2][Claim 37][Claim 51] wherein the
`second further action [additionally] includes [allowing][causing
`the wireless device to allow] a user associated with the [mobile]
`wireless device to [be provided] access to an object or device
`associated with the wireless beacon service.” ..................................... 63
`17. Claims 23/35/49/76: “[Claim 2][Claim 3][Claim 37][Claim 51]
`wherein the [taking][first or] second further action additionally
`[comprises: controlling][includes causing the wireless device to
`control] further communications between the [mobile] wireless
`device and at least one [other] device or server associated with
`an entity or object in proximity to the wireless device [based
`upon information derived from the first or second unique
`identifier].” .......................................................................................... 64
`18. Claims 26/38/79: “[Claim 2 further comprising][Claim 37
`wherein the operations further comprise][Claim 51 wherein the
`computer program instructions, when executed by the wireless
`device, further cause the wireless device to]: [using][use] the
`stored information to determine if the second unique identifier
`is present among the selected one or more of the unique
`identifiers from the second plurality of beacon transmissions.” ......... 66
`19. Claims 27/39/81: “[Claim 1][Claim 37][Claim 50] wherein
`[the][each] MAC address is a randomly generated 48 bit
`number matching a format of a Bluetooth BD_ADDR.”.................... 66
`20. Claim 28: “[Claim 3] wherein the short range protocol is
`derived from Bluetooth.” ..................................................................... 66
`21. Claim 37 .............................................................................................. 67
`a. [37.PRE] “A mobile wireless device comprising:” .................... 67
`b. [37.A] “one or more radios for providing reception and
`transmission for each of a Bluetooth wireless protocol and
`a second wireless protocol; ......................................................... 67
`c. [37.B] “one or more processors; and” ......................................... 68
`d. [37.C] “one or more memory devices coupled to the one or
`more processors, the one or more memory devices storing
`a set of instructions that when executed by the one or more
`processors cause the one or more processors to perform
`operations including:” ................................................................. 68
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`e. [37.D] “receiving from a beacon transmitter… a first
`plurality of beacon transmissions during a first time
`period…” ..................................................................................... 69
`[37.E] “receiving… stored information…;” ............................... 69
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`g. [37.F] “selecting one or more unique identifiers… by
`filtering the beacon transmissions…;” ........................................ 69
`h. [37.G] “taking first further action… if the first unique
`identifier is present…;” ............................................................... 69
`[37.H] “receiving, during a second time period, a second
`plurality of beacon transmissions…;” ......................................... 69
`[37.I] “selecting one or more of the unique identifiers…
`by filtering the beacon transmissions…;” ................................... 69
`k. [37.J] “taking second further action… if a second unique
`identifier is present…, wherein the second unique
`identifier is associated with the same entity or object, and
`wherein the second unique identifier is not equal to the
`first unique identifier, and further wherein the received
`beacon transmissions including the first and second unique
`identifiers are received from a same transmitting device;
`and” ............................................................................................. 70
`[37.K] “wherein the [second beacon transmission] MAC
`address… is different from the [first beacon transmission]
`MAC address…, but each… includes the same particular
`beacon service identifier.” ........................................................... 70
`22. Claim 50 .............................................................................................. 70
`a. [50.PRE] “A computer program product for installation in
`a non-volatile memory in a wireless device, the computer
`program product comprising computer program
`instructions that, when read from the non-volatile memory,
`and then executed by one or more processors in the
`wireless device, cause the wireless device to:” ........................... 70
`b. [50.A] “process a first plurality of beacon transmissions…,
`each beacon transmission comprising three fields…;” ............... 71
`c. [50.B] “process stored information…;” ...................................... 71
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`d. [50.C] “select one or more of the unique identifiers… by
`filtering the beacon transmissions…; and” ................................. 71
`e. [50.D] “perform a first further action… if the first unique
`identifier is present….” ............................................................... 71
`23. Claim 51 .............................................................................................. 72
`a. [51.PRE] “[Claim 50] wherein the computer program
`instructions, when executed by the one or more processors
`in the wireless device, cause the wireless device to:” ................. 72
`b. [51.A] “during a first time period: process the first
`plurality of beacon transmissions…, and” .................................. 72
`c. [51.B] “during a second time period:” ........................................ 72
`d. [51.C] “process a second plurality of beacon
`transmissions…, each beacon transmission comprising
`three fields…;” ............................................................................ 72
`e. [51.D] “select one or more of the unique identifiers… by
`filtering the beacon transmissions which include the same
`particular beacon service identifier…; and” ............................... 72
`[51.E] “perform a second further action… if a second
`unique identifier is present….” ................................................... 73
`24. Claim 52: “[Claim 51] wherein the [first and second beacon
`transmission] MAC address [are different], but each… includes
`the same particular beacon service identifier, and… no beacon
`transmissions including the same service identifier and the
`second unique identifier are received in the first time period.” .......... 73
`VII. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................ 74
`1. APPENDIX A: U.S. PATENT NO. 11,687,971 CLAIM LISTING .............. 75
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC,
`735 F.3d 1333 (Fed. Cir. 2013) .............................................................................. 5
`OTHER AUTHORITIES
`MPEP §2111.05 ....................................................................................................... 55
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`EXHIBIT LIST
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`Exhibit Description
`1001 U.S. Patent No. 11,687,971
`1002
`Prosecution History of U.S. Patent No. 11,687,971
`1003 Declaration of Mark Lanning
`1004 Curriculum Vitae of Mark Lanning
`1005 U.S. Patent Application No. 2005/0250552 (“Eagle”)
`1006 U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0138481 (“Behrens”)
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`MANDATORY NOTICES
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`A. Real Party-In-Interest
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`Petitioner Google LLC1 is a real party-in-interest to this proceeding under 37
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`C.F.R. §42.8(b)(1).
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`B. Related Matters
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`A decision in this proceeding could affect or be affected by the following.
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`1. United States Patent & Trademark Office
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`U.S. Patent No. 11,687,971 issued from application no. 17/942,197, filed
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`2022-09-12, and claims priority to the following applications:
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`Application No.
`17/366,826
`16/817,896
`15/271,410
`14/861,563
`14/472,477
`13/775,435
`13/212,723
`12/364,828
`61/095,359
`61/095,001
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`Filing Date
`2021-07-02
`2020-03-13
`2016-09-21
`2015-09-22
`2014-08-29
`2013-02-25
`2011-08-18
`2009-02-03
`2008-09-09
`2008-09-08
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`1 Google LLC is a subsidiary of XXVI Holdings Inc., which is a subsidiary of
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`Alphabet Inc. XXVI Holdings Inc. and Alphabet Inc. are not real parties-in-interest
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`to this proceeding.
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`The following patent applications claim priority to U.S. Patent No.
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`11,687,971 and application no. 17/942,197:
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`Application No.
`19/027,075 (pending)
`19/027,020 (pending)
`18/437,306 (pending)
`18/204,528
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`Filing Date
`2025-01-17
`2025-01-17
`2024-02-09
`2023-06-01
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`U.S. Patent No. 11,687,971 is the subject of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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`v. Secure Communication Technologies, LLC, IPR2025-01051, filed 2025-05-30.
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`Petitioner is concurrently filing petitions for inter partes review of U.S.
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`Patent Nos. 11,443,344 (application 17/366,826) and 11,344,918 (application
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`15/217,410) and recommends assigning each case to the same panel.
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`2. United States District Court
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`a. Eastern District of Texas
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`Secure Communication Technologies, LLC. v. Samsung Electronics Co.,
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`Ltd., No. 2:24-cv-00484 (E.D. Tex.), filed 2024-07-03.
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`C. Counsel and Service Information - §§42.8(b)(3) and (4)
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`Lead Counsel
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`SMcKeown-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
` Elizabeth.DiMarco@WolfGreenfield.com
` VCheung-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
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`Scott A. McKeown, Reg. No. 42,866
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`Backup Counsel Libbie A. DiMarco (pro hac vice forthcoming)
`Victor Cheung, Reg. No. 66,229
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`E-mail:
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`Petitioner requests inter partes review (IPR) and cancellation of claims 1-8,
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`10, 12-16, 18-19, 22-23, 26-30, 34-44, 46, 48-59, 62, 64-68, 72, 75-76, and 79-81
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`(“Challenged Claims”) of U.S. Patent No. 11,687,971 (EX1001, the “’971”).
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`INTRODUCTION
`The ’971 is directed to a mobile communication architecture for “facilitating
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`the exchange of information” between two wireless devices, each device
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`employing short-range communication (e.g., Bluetooth) and long-range
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`communication (e.g., cellular) wireless capabilities. EX1001, 1:5-24, 1:49-2:63. A
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`first device may detect an identifier transmitted from a second device in short-
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`range proximity and sends information identifying the second device to a server
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`via long-range communications. EX1001, 1:49-2:4, 5:25-34, 5:57-67. Based on
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`policy information stored at the server, the server may alert the first device to the
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`second device’s presence with, e.g., the second device’s contact information.
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`EX1001, 2:5-14, 6:7-14, 6:41-59, 6:60-7:8.
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`This architecture of exchanging information between nearby devices and
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`servers was claimed in earlier patents within the ’971’s family (all claiming
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`priority to the same provisional applications) and previously cancelled by the
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`PTAB as known in the art. As shown in the diagram below, a majority of the
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`family’s earlier patents were challenged before the PTAB, and claims directed to
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`the device-server architecture were found unpatentable in all but one proceeding.2
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`See EX1014-EX1033 (Petitions and Decisions in those IPRs). Unpatentability was
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`further confirmed in the only two IPR proceedings appealed to the CAFC (from
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`IPR2020-00931 and IPR2020-00933). See EX1034.
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`2 IPR2020-00978 was denied institution for reasons/limitations not relevant to the
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`’971 claims. EX1029, 15-18.
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`The ’971 claims were prosecuted while the above-described IPRs were
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`pending, but the claims issued before final judgment (with appeals exhausted), to
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`include three overall concepts: (1) the short-range and long-range communications
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`architecture described above and found to be squarely in the prior art; (2) changing
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`device identifiers over time, also found to be in the prior art; and (3) filtering based
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`on short-range service identifiers. The PTAB already determined that the first two
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`features, in combination, were well-known—in Eagle (EX1005) and Behrens
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`(EX1006).3 Likewise, the PTAB has previously found that criteria-based filtering
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`of short-range communicated identifiers was also known.4 Patent Owner is
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`estopped from challenging here the PTAB’s findings regarding the same prior art
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`teachings. Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC, 735 F.3d 1333, 1342 (Fed.
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`3 See EX1015, 7-8 and 15-34 (PTAB determining that Eagle anticipated claims
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`including a server receiving a unique identifier from a wireless device over a “wide
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`area link,” where that wireless device received the unique identifier from another
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`wireless device over a “local wireless link,” and transmitting information back to
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`the wireless device based on a policy); EX1031, 46-49 (PTAB acknowledging that
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`Behrens teaches using “a combination of UIDs” and that users may “exercise
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`control over which or how many UIDs are transmitted”).
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`4 See EX1015, 17, 24 (PTAB finding that Eagle discloses determining which
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`unique identifiers to send to the server); EX1033, 18-23 (PTAB determining that
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`prior art systems disclosed suppressing/filtering communications to servers where
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`unique identifiers were previously encountered).
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`Cir. 2013) (“Collateral estoppel protects a party from having to litigate issues that
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`have been fully and fairly tried in a previous action and adversely resolved against
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`a party-opponent.”).
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`As Patent Owner’s claims were being cancelled in previous IPRs,
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`continuation patents were pursued to switch its filtering criteria to a new but
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`existing parameter (service identifier) of Bluetooth/WiFi communications. The
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`addition of filtering for known Bluetooth service identifiers to the claims cannot
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`confer patentability because the reception of service identifiers and their use in
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`filtering search results was known in the prior art, as Olkkonen (EX1007)
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`illustrates.
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`Ground 1 explains how Eagle in view of Behrens renders obvious the same
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`short-range/long-range architecture and changing identifiers previously presented
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`to the PTAB—and Olkkonen renders obvious the “new” but trivial feature of using
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`a service identifier for filtering.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner requests that the Board institute IPR and cancel the
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`Challenged Claims.
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`II.
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`STANDING CERTIFICATION
`Petitioner certifies that the ’971 is available for IPR and that Petitioner is
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`neither barred nor estopped from requesting IPR of the Challenged Claims. 37
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`C.F.R. §42.104(a).
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`III. UNPATENTABILITY GROUNDS
`The Challenged Claims are unpatentable as follows:
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`Ground
`1
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`References
`Eagle in view of
`Behrens and
`Olkkonen
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`Claims
`1-8, 10, 12-16, 18-19, 22-23, 26-
`30, 34-44, 46, 48-59, 62, 64-68,
`72, 75-76, 79-81
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`Pre-AIA Basis
`§103
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`The ’971’s earliest possible effective filing date is 2008-09-08. EX1001,
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`code (60). Each relied-upon reference is pre-AIA §102(b) and/or (e) prior art even
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`under the earliest 2008 filing date.
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`Name
`Eagle (EX1005)
`Behrens (EX1006)
`Olkkonen (EX1007)
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`Filing Date
`2005-05-05
`2008-04-30 (PCT)
`2004-11-03
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`Issue/Publication Date
`2005-11-10
`2010-06-03
`2009-09-15
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`The Declaration of Mark Lanning (EX1003, ¶¶1-302; “Lanning”) describes
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`the prior art’s scope and content at the time of the ’971.
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`IV.
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`’971 PATENT5
`A. Background
`The ’971 is directed to the exchange of information between two wireless
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`devices using short-range communications (