FWIW, cleaned up a bit...

"One way to show this might be to plug the I-Flash Drive (see link below) into an Apple product and see if the Apple product does a memory integrity test."

along with that " requires no manual involvement of the user other than inserting the flash memory module into the plug assembly of the device.”);

Meaning , if the user does not have to do any manual fdisk(memory scan) / manual formatting of the memory....to officiate an operating environment.

From Claim 9 ... 737: though this phrase is implicit (regarding my above comment) of what it signifies... it is very important

"memory integrity verification means for ascertaining whether the flash memory digital recording medium can record voice messages to said memory with no manual involvement of the user other than inserting the removable flash memory digital recording medium into a plug assembly in said recording device."

claims being sort for infringement...

RE: e.Digital doc 41 page 20

2. The Accused Products Infringe Claims 6, 9 And 13

"Claims 9 and 13 disclose a method and device for performing a flash memory medium integrity test that requires no manual involvement of the user other than inserting the flash memory module into the plug assembly of the device.

(’737 patent, claims 9 and 13.) Claim 6 depends from claim 13. (Id., claim 6.)5 An accused product that sometimes embodies a claimed device, but not always, nevertheless infringes."

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claim 9:

9. A device for enabling the testing of memory integrity in a removable flash memory recording medium and the marking of defective memory such that voice messages are only recorded to segments of flash memory capable of storing electrical signals, said device comprising:

New claim 13 replacing claim 5 adding the word media:

13. A method for verifying the integrity of memory on a
removable flash memory recording medium chip for use
within a hand held recording device, such that the flash
memory is suitable for recording voice messages, said
method comprising the steps of'

a) providing a removable flash memory recording chip and
a hand held recording device with a plug assembly for
electrically coupling the flash memory and the recording
device; and
b) activating a memory media integrity test by manually
inserting the flash memory chip into the plug assembly of
said recording device to electrically couple the flash
memory to the recording device.

claim 6: "Claim 6 depends from claim 13."

6. A method as defined in claim 5, wherein the memory integrity test of step b) further comprises the steps of:

claim 5 now 13...step b):

b) activating a memory media integrity test by manually
inserting the flash memory chip into the plug assembly of
said recording device to electrically couple the flash
memory to the recording device.

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RE: e.Digital doc 41 page 20

"Apple, by this statement, apparently concedes that a user can manually insert flash memory into an Apple MacBook product, but simply argues that it is done differently in the Accused Products. However, the claims of the ’737 patent, like the ’774 patent, do not claim a particular “way” of coupling the flash memory module to the receiving socket. They merely require that the components can be electrically coupled by the user, which Apple concedes can be done and which the PICs show can be done."

anyway

doni