Cox Communications Inc., et al. v. Sprint Communications Company, L.P., et al., C.A. No. 12- 487-SLR, March 21, 2016.
Robinson, J. Claim construction opinion issues regarding 43 terms from five patents.
The disputed technology relates to data transmissions in electronic devices. The following terms were considered :
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“Processing system”
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“Signaling processor”
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“Call processor”
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“Control system”
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“Interworking unit”
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“First communication format /second communication format”
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“first format/second format”
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"[Second communication format is a] connectionless communication format”
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“Converting the communications between a time division multiplex format and another format”
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“First connection I second connection”
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“connection”
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“Asynchronous communication”
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“"Communication system”
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“Routing”
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“Identifier(s)”
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"In the processing system"
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"in the signaling processor"
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"in the call processor"
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"in the control system”
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“Processing ... to select”
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“Processing …to participate in selecting”
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“Processing ... to transfer”
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“Processing … to participate in transferring”
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“Selecting a service and a service node”
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“Generating [a message] /[messaging]”
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“Transmitting ... [a first message] / [a second message]"
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"transferring ... [a message] / [messaging]”
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“Receiving messages”
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“Message(s)”
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“control [message] / [messaging”
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“service”
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“service node"
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"service platform system”
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"Receiving and processing call routing data to fill ... data tables with the call routing data”
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“control system data tables"/ "call processor data Tables”
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“transferring the call routing data from the control system data tables to call processor routing tables”
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"formatting the call routing data for the call processor data tables”
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“Transferring the call routing data from the control system data tables to call processor routing tables”
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Formatting the call routing date for the call processor data tables”
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“user communications”
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“Compression instruction”
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“Compressing”
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“DSO connection”