The court held that the claims describe an “automated agent” that does not simply use a computer to automate prior concepts; instead it solves technologically specific problems. Specifically, Judge Mazzant wrote that the claims survive an Alice challenge because “[i]t is the provision of this automated agent to solve the problem of a business intelligence system lacking local control that amounts to significantly more than a patent on the idea of maintaining versions of electronic documents itself…The claims describe an invention that serves as an addition to a business intelligence system rather than claiming a monopoly on all version control systems, particularly version control native to a business intelligence system.... Moreover, the [patent] does not claim version control generally, but rather a specific method, using an 'automated agent' distinct from a business intelligence system to improve the functionality of a business intelligence system.”
Motio, Inc. v. BSP Software LLC et al, 4-12-cv-00647 (E.D. Tex. January 4, 2016, Order) (Mazzant, J.)