California Institute of Technology v. Hughes Communications Inc.

CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER

I. Introduction

Plaintiff California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) has asserted U.S. Patent No. 7,116,710 (“the '710 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 7,421,032 (“the '032 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 7,916,781 (“the '781 patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 8,284,833 (“the '833 patent,”) against Defendants Hughes Communications, Inc., Hughes Network Systems, LLC, DISH Network Corporation, DISH Network L.L.C., and dishNET Satellite Broadband L.L.C. (collectively, “Hughes”). Hughes has asserted several defenses, including the invalidity and non-infringement of the aforementioned patents. In this Order, the Court construes certain claim terms in dispute.

II. Technical Background

The asserted claims in the patents are method and apparatus claims relating to error correction. 1 In modern electronic *1179 systems, data are stored in the form of bits having the value “1” or “0.” In the process of transmitting data, a random or irregular fluctuation (noise) can occur in the signal and corrupt the data. For example, a transmitter may send a bit with the value “1,” but noise may corrupt it and cause the receiver to read the value as “0.” People using technology have a low…