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Plaintiff
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Defendant
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Accused
Products
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Patent-in-Suit
1,190
Days in
Litigation
Cause of Action
Willful Patent Infringement
Market Sector
E-commerce and Software
Assigned Judge
Outcome Summary
- Patent Information
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Validity & Enforceability
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1 |
A course-based system for providing to an educational community of users access to a plurality of online courses, comprising: a) a plurality of user computers, with each user computer being associated with a user of the system and with each user
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Invalid
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The system of claim 1 wherein the instructor user is provided with an access level to enable the creation and editing of a plurality of files associated with a course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise an announcement file.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise a course information file.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise a staff information file posted to all registered in the course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise a course document file posted to all registered in the course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise an assignments file posted to all registered in the course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise a dropbox file.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise an asynchronous communication file.
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Invalid
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10 |
The system of claim 2 wherein the course files comprise a synchronous communication file.
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Invalid
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11 |
The system of claim 2 wherein the student user is provided with an access level to enable reading of a plurality of files associated with a course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 11 wherein the student user is provided with an access level to enable modification of a subset of the plurality of files associated with a course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 11 wherein the user is provided with an access level to enable creation of a student file associated with a file for which the student user is able to read.
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Invalid
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14 |
The system of claim 13 in which the file that the student is able to read is an assessment file created by the instructor user, and the student file created by the student user is a response to the assessment file.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 14 wherein the assessment file comprises a plurality of examination questions selected by the instructor user to assess the ability of the student user.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 15 wherein the examination questions are selected by the instructor user from a predetermined pool of available examination questions.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 15 wherein the examination questions are created by the instructor user substantially at the time of the creation of the assessment file.
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Invalid
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18 |
The system of claim 15 wherein the student file is reviewed by the instructor user and assigned a grade.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 18 wherein the grade is made available to the student user.
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Invalid
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20 |
The system of claim 18 wherein the instructor user collates a plurality of grades obtained from reviewing a plurality of student files, and wherein the collated grades are made available to all student users associated with the course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 13 in which the file that the student is able to read is an assignment file created by the instructor user, and the student file created by the student user is a response to the assignment file.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 8 wherein the dropbox file comprises a plurality of files transferred to the server computer from one or more student users associated with the course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 22 wherein the instructor user is provided with access to the files in the dropbox file, whereby the instructor user may download, edit and upload the files in the dropbox.
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Invalid
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24 |
The system of claim 1 wherein a user is required to enter a login sequence into a user computer in order to be provided with access to course files associated with that user.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 24 wherein the user is provided with access to all courses with which the user is associated after entry of the logon sequence.
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Invalid
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26 |
The system of claim 25 wherein the user is provided with a web page comprising a plurality of course hyperlinks, each of said course hyperlinks associated with each course that the user has enrolled in.
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Invalid
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27 |
The system of claim 26 wherein selection of a course hyperlink will provide the user with a web page associated with the selected course, the web page comprising a plurality of content hyperlinks to various content areas associated with the course.
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Invalid
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28 |
The system of claim 27 wherein said content hyperlinks comprise an announcement area hyperlink, a course information hyperlink, a staff information hyperlink, a course documents hyperlink, an assignments hyperlink, a communications hyperlink, and a
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Invalid
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The system of claim 28 wherein selection of the announcement area hyperlink provides a web page comprising a group of course announcements.
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Invalid
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30 |
The system of claim 28 wherein selection of the course information hyperlink provides a web page comprising information regarding the associated course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 28 wherein selection of the staff information hyperlink provides a web page comprising data regarding the instructors of the associated course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 28 wherein selection of the course documents hyperlink provides a web page comprising a listing of documents associated with the course.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 32 wherein the listing of course documents comprise active hyperlinks to the documents.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 28 wherein selection of the assignments hyperlink provides a web page comprising a group of course assignments.
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Invalid
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The system of claim 28 wherein selection of the communications hyperlink provides a web page comprising hyperlinks to a group of communication tools comprising an asynchronous communication tool and a synchronous communication tool.
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Invalid
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36 |
An method for providing online education method for a community of users in a network based system comprising the steps of: a. establishing that each user is capable of having redefined characteristics indicative of multiple predetermined roles in
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Valid (102 and 103)
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The method of claim 36 wherein at least one of the course files comprises a course assignment, further comprising the steps of: e) the student user creating a student file in response to the course assignment; and f) the student user transferring the
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Valid (102 and 103)
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38 |
The method of claim 37 further comprising the steps of: g) the instructor user accessing the student file from the server computer; h) the instructor user reviewing the student file to determine compliance with the course assignment; and i) the
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Valid (102 and 103)
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Infringement
Desire2Learn Incorporated
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Accused Product | Patent # | Claim # | Outcome |
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D2L eLearning Technology Suite | US 6,988,138 B1 |
36, 37, 38
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Infringement
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Damages