561 F. Supp. 2d 352 - Schindler Elevator Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 35 U.S.C. § 103 · 35 U.S.C. § 112
Relies on Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. · Vitronics Corporation v. Conceptronic Inc · Phillips v. AWH Corp. · Southwall Technologies, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co. · Specialty Composites v. Cabot Corp.
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“The Court’s definition of the terms rules out, not just standing in front of the recognition device, or inputting data into the information transmitter by hand, but any and all types of personal action by the passenger. All the passenger need do is come within the area that is monitored by the recognition device (also referred to as the effective range of the recognition device); at that point, his transmitter will be activated automatically, and an elevator that has been programmed to take him to his default floor will be called.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because the information transmitter of the present invention is not equipped with user operable keys, it is not necessary that the information transmitter be in the elevator user’s hands to select the desired floor. Thus, the call commands are pre-programmed to occur automatically, contactlessly, and independently of the orientation of the information transmitter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The advantages achieved by the invention reside in the fact that the desired journey destination is communicated automatically to the elevator control by [ (1) ] the information transmitters carried by the elevator users or by [ (2) ] the recognition of features of the elevator users without any personal action being required by the passenger.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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