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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 20:16:06+00:00

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In July SpeakWare Inc. sued Apple, Samsung and Microsoft for patent infringement. The PNE (Non-Practicing Entity; better known as a patent troll) is suing up to five Silicon Valley companies over digital assistants used to control devices or appliances. On December 27, 2018, a petition was filed to challenge SpeakWare's patent.
1001 U.S. Patent No. 6,397,186 by Bush et al.
1007 U.S. Patent No. 6,591,239 by McCall et al.
1008 U.S. Patent No. 5,983,186 by Miyazawa et al.
1009 U.S. Patent No. 5,774,841 by Salazar et al.
Electronics Co., Ltd. et al.
’186 patent in the complaints filed in each of the above-identified district court cases.
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the claims of the ’186 patent on the grounds identified herein.
from U.S. Patent Application No. 09/469,707 (filed 12/22/1999).
2/3/1994 and is prior art to the ’186 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e).
art to the ’186 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a).
art to the ’186 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b).
Corp., IPR2017-00178, Paper 6 at 12-13 (PTAB April 25, 2017); Fox Factory, Inc.
that were previously presented to the Office, as required by 35 U.S.C. § 325(d).
01357, Paper 19 at 15 (PTAB Sept. 6, 2017) (Section II.B.4.i. precedential).
at least a reasonable likelihood of prevailing on these grounds.
by automatically switching between a low-power sleep mode and an awake mode.
The prior art discussed herein, and in the declaration of Bruce McNair (Ex.
Claims require construction beyond their plain and ordinary meaning.
references render the Challenged Claims unpatentable.
(2) channel numbers; and (3) programming of recording events.” (Id., 33:20-26, Fig.
to a VCR using voice commands.
associated IR code to the VCR.
then returns to idle mode. (Id., 37:5-39:29).
command exceeding a threshold, and switching based on timing or errors.
sensing speech input, without the need for the user to turn on the switch every time”).
control system (electronic equipment and electronic components).
to the electronic equipement [sic] to be controlled….” (Ex.
in a more automatic and convenient way, including using a voice activated system.
(Ex. 1003 ¶¶ 53-54.). The claim charts are based on this obvious modification.
• “[A] voice activated interactive speech mechanism….
the present invention in no means limited to stuffed dolls….
and converting conditioned signals for microcontroller 20).
fed into an analog input section of Analog Voice Input 2.
electrical discussed in claim 1[A]).
conditioned signals for into voice templates).
normalized frequency spectra (the voice template)).
… command and the configuration data described above.
perceived by the sound input unit or capture device.” (Ex.
one meeting or exceeded threshold th1 is encountered.
configured to control codes to the components).
in claim 1, (components, e.g., TV, VCR, cable box).
configured to control codes could be used in place of the circuit shown.
the IR remote control codes).
signal activated transmitter is an infrared transmitter (e.g., IR output 12). (Ex.
control system activation mode including the low power state of the processor.
low power power consumption, sleep mode state).
in claim 1, outputting IR remote control codes, as shown in annotated Fig.
as recited period of time (e.g., a specified duration with no input).
wherein said result from decoding).
as recited templates, IR control codes).
control system remote control units).
control signals commands correspond to component functions).
automatically (steps 304, 309, 313)), as shown in annotated Fig. 3 below.
is a duration of no input.
in claim 21, more appliances (components, e.g., TV, VCR, cable box).
control circuit control codes could be used in place of the circuit shown.
system as the second signals as infrared signals (e.g., IR output 12). (Ex.
keyword is detected or if there is a duration of no input.
mode when conversation is finished).
in claim 21, period of time (e.g., a specified duration with no input).
include a passes with no input).
that is based s11, and s15).
the device assumes that the conversation is continuing….
wherein said stored in ROM 22).
providing hands-free control of appliances.
sound perceived by the sound input unit or capture device.” (Ex.
threshold; one meeting or exceeded threshold th1 is encountered.
hands-free activation mode including the low power state of the processor.
system of claim 1. See Section VII.A.
and that voice commands can be used to control a plurality of appliances in sequence.
uses voice recognition to control other devices/equipment using voice commands.
incorporating a programming mode in the system of Bissonnette and Miyazawa.
associated with the appliance type.
corresponding to functions associated with the defined appliance type (claim 20).

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