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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

MICROSOFT CORP., Plaintiff, v. ALCATEL-LUCENT ENTERPRISE and GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC., Defendants.

Civil Action No. 07-090-SLR Hon. Sue L. Robinson Jury Trial Demanded

JOINT CLAIM CHART Per the Court's scheduling order, the parties submit the following joint claim chart outlining the terms for which there is a claim construction dispute. At issue are three terms in the '439 patent, four in the '289 patent, and seven in the '357 and '064 patents. For convenience, those terms, as well as the parties' proposed constructions, appear below.

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Term "telephone network" "computer network" "current activity of subscribers on the computer network or according to current activity of the user on the computer network" "the controller accessing the user-selectable criteria in the one or more lists of the data structure via the computer network access port and thereby applying the userselectable criteria to the incoming call"

Appears In All asserted claims All asserted claims All asserted claims

'439 patent MS Proposed Constr. "network for carrying telephony information" "network for carrying digital data" "current status of subscribers on the computer network or according to current status of the user on the computer network"

Defs.' Proposed Constr. "network for carrying telephony information originated by telephones" "network for carrying digital data originated by computers" "whether the calling party is present on the computer network or the called party is present on the computer network"

Claims 1, 2 and 9

The parties agree to the following construction: "hardware or software that accesses the user-selectable criteria in the one or more lists of the data structure via the computer network access port and thereby applying the user-selectable criteria to the incoming call"

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Term " telephone network" " computer network" " monitoring activity of a user computer"

Appears In All asserted claims All asserted claims All asserted claims

'289 patent MS Proposed Constr. " network for carrying telephony information" " network for carrying digital data" Phrase does not require construction. If construction is required: " monitoring the status of a user computer" Phrase does not require construction. If construction is required: " receiving at the computer network information from the telephone network that a telephone call from a first party to a second party has been initiated"

Defs.' Proposed Constr. " network for carrying telephony information originated by telephones" " network for carrying digital data originated by computers" " determining whether a called party' s computer is active or idle" " receiving at the computer network an indication from the telephone network that a first party requests to set up a telephone call with a second party prior to the time the call is placed by the first party"

" at the computer All asserted network, receiving claims information from the telephone network that a first party from whom a call is originating desires to establish telephone communication with a second party"

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Term " unified messaging system"

" communication options" " [first/second] enable option for enabling or disabling the [first/second] communication service" " a single graphical menu for displaying said communication options for each of said communication services at the same time" " audibly representing said communication options to one of said telephones using said telephony server, when said subscriber employs said one of said telephones

'064 and '357 patents Appears In MS Proposed Constr. All asserted " system that allows claims messages of a data-centric network and a telephonycentric network to be received, stored, retrieved, and forwarded without regard to the communication devices or networks employed for the transmission of the messages (i.e., in a coordinated manner) All asserted " settings that control how claims communication services will be handled" Claims 1, 3, 8, 9 " communication option and 11 of the that controls the extent to `064 patent; which a communication claims 1, 6 and service is implemented" 17 of the `357 patent All asserted claims " a single graphical menu for displaying at least a first communication service and option and a second communication service and option at the same time" " audibly representing communication options pertaining to at least two communication services to a telephone using said telephony server, when a subscriber employs one of the telephones to access the computer-implemented control center"

Defs.' Proposed Constr. " system that allows messages of a data-centric network and a telephonycentric network to be received, stored, retrieved, and forwarded to the communication devices or networks employed for the transmission of the messages" " parameters associated with specific types of communication services" " an option that allows a subscriber to turn on or off a communication service"

" one graphical menu that shows all of the communication options associated with the subscriber' s communication services"

Claim 1 of the `357 patent;

" audibly representing the same options available through the graphical menu to one of said telephones, using said telephony server, when said subscriber employs said one of said telephones to access said computerimplemented control center"

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Term to access said computerimplemented control center" " an audible representation of said communication options capable of being provided to one of said telephones, using said telephony server, when said subscriber employs said one of said telephones to access said computerimplemented control center" " telephony server being configured to audibly represent said communication options to said telephone when said subscriber employs said telephone to access said computerimplemented control center"

'064 and '357 patents Appears In MS Proposed Constr.

Defs.' Proposed Constr.

Claim 17 of the `357 patent

" an audible representation of communication options pertaining to at least two communication services capable of being provided to one of the telephones, using said telephony server, when a subscriber employs one of the telephones to access the computer-implemented control center"

" an audible representation of the same options available through the graphical menu to one of said telephones, using said telephony server, when said subscriber employs said one of said telephones to access said computerimplemented control center"

All asserted claims of the `064 patent

" telephony server being configured to audibly represent communication options pertaining to at least two communication services to a telephone when the subscriber employs said telephone to access the computerimplemented control center"

" a telephony server that represents the same communication options that are available through the single graphical menu"

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Dated: May 2, 2008 Respectfully submitted, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ALCATEL-LUCENT ENTERPRISE and GENESYS TELECOMMUNICATIONS LABORATORIES, INC. By their attorneys, _/s/ Jack B. Blumenfeld__________________ Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Maryellen Noreika (#3208) MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 Tel: (302) 658-9200 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

By its attorneys, _/s/ Thomas L. Halkowski_______________ Thomas L. Halkowski (#4099) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 919 N. Market Street, Suite 1100 P.O. Box 1114 Wilmington, DE 19899-1114 Tel: (302) 652-5070 Fax: (302) 652-0607 E-Mail: [email protected]

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