Appln. No. 14/127,676
`Amendment dated June 28, 2018
`Reply to Office Action dated March 28, 2018
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims
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`l-l7.
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`(Cancelled)
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`18.
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`(Currently amended) A communication system comprising:
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`a user terminal,
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`a network device including a network entity that is an element of a network, and
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`a predetermined communication device as a communication partner of the user terminal,
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`wherein:
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`the predetermined communication device includes:
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`a request message transmission unit for transmitting, to the network device, a
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`request message including application identification information for identifying an application on
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`the user terminal, wherein the request message transmission unit is implemented by at least one
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`communication device integrated circuit,
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`the network device includes:
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`a request message receiving unit for receiving the request message from the
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`predetermined communication device,
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`a control message transmission request holding unit for holding a control message
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`transmission request received from the user terminal, wherein the control message transmission
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`request indicates that the application is not running on the user terminal, requests the network
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`device to transmit_a the—control message to the user terminal, and includes paging request
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`information,
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`a control message transmitting unit for transmitting a—thicontrol message
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`including the application identification information to the user terminal, and
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`a packet
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`transmission unit for transmitting the request message to the user
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`terminal,
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`wherein if the control message transmission request from the user terminal is held
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`in the control message transmission request holding unit when the request message is received
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`from the predetermined communication device:
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`the control message is generated based on the request message and is
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`transmitted to the user terminal by the control message transmitting unit, wherein if the control
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`message transmission request
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`includes a paging request,
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`the control message is further
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`transmitted with—Qa paging request message, and
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`the request message is buffered and transmitted to the user terminal after
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`receiving a response to the control message from the user terminal indicating that the application
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`is running on the user terminal,—and
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`wherein if the control message transmission request from the user terminal is not
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`held in the control message transmission request holding unit when the request message is
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`received from the predetermined communication device, the request message is transmitted to
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`the user terminal by the packet transmission unit without buffering or further transmitting the
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`control message or paging request message, and
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`wherein the request message receiving unit, control message transmission request
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`holding unit,
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`the control message transmitting unit, and the packet
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`transmission unit are
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`implemented by at least one network device integrated circuit, and
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`the user terminal includes:
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`a control message receiving unit for receiving the control message from the
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`network device,
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`an application starting unit for starting an application identified by the application
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`identification information in the control message when the control message is received at the
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`control message receiving unit, and
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`a control message transmission requesting unit for transmitting the control
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`message transmission request to the network device;
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`wherein the control message receiving unit, the application starting unit, and the
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`control message transmission requesting unit are implemented by at least one user terminal
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`integrated circuit.
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`19.
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`(Previously presented) The communication system according to claim 18, wherein the
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`control message transmission requesting unit of the user terminal transmits the control message
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`transmission request to the network device when quitting the application on the user terminal.
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`20.
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`(Currently amended) A user
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`terminal
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`for performing communication with a
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`predetermined communication device through a network, comprising:
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`a control message transmission requesting unit for transmitting a control message
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`transmission request to a network device including a network entity that is an element of the
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`network, wherein:
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`the control message transmission request indicates that the application is not
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`running on the user terminal, requests the network device to transmit a control message to the
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`user terminal, and includes paging request information, and
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`the control message is generated by the network device based on a request
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`message transmitted from the predetermined communication device and includes the application
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`identification information,
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`a control message receiving unit for receiving, from the network device, the control
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`message as a paging request message including the application identification information for
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`identifying an application on the user terminal—and—a—pagi—ng—request—message, and
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`an application starting unit for starting an application identified by the application
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`identification information in the control message when the control message is received at the
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`control message receiving unit,
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`wherein when the control message is received at the control message receiving unit, a
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`response message is transmitted to the network device and the request message is received from
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`the network device, the request message having been buffered by the network device,
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`wherein the control message transmission requesting unit, control message receiving unit,
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`and the application starting unit are implemented by at least one user terminal integrated circuit.
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`21.
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`(Currently amended) The user terminal according to claim 20, further comprising a
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`response message transmitting unit for transmitting the response message to the network device
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`when the application starting unit starts the application, the response message being indicative of
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`the start of the application, wherein the response message transmitting unit is implemented by
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`the at least one user terminal integrated circuit.
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`22.
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`(Previously presented) The user terminal according to claim 20, wherein the control
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`message transmission requesting unit transmits the control message transmission request to the
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`network device when quitting the application on the user terminal.
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`23.
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`(Currently amended) The user terminal according to claim 20, further comprising an
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`identification information adding unit for adding, to the control message transmission request,
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`the application identification information for identifying the application on the user terminal
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`wherein the identification information adding unit is implemented by the at least one user
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`terminal integrated circuit.
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`24.
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`(Currently amended) A network device including a network entity that is an element of a
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`network through which a user terminal and a predetermined communication device communicate
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`with each other, comprising:
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`a request message receiving unit for receiving, from the predetermined communication
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`device, a request message including application identification information for identifying an
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`application on the user terminal,
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`a control message transmission request holding unit for holding a control message
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`transmission request received from the user terminal, wherein the control message transmission
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`request indicates that the application is not running on the user terminal, requests the network
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`device to transmit the-a_control message to the user terminal, and includes paging request
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`information,
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`a control message transmitting unit for transmitting the control message including the
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`application identification information to the user terminal, and
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`a packet transmission unit for transmitting the request message to the user terminal,
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`wherein if the control message transmission request from the user terminal is held in the
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`control message transmission request holding unit when the request message is received from the
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`predetermined communication device:
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`the control message is generated based on the request message and is transmitted
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`to the user terminal by the control message transmitting unit, wherein if the control message
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`transmission request includes a paging request, the control message is further transmitted ‘Wl—t—h—fi
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`a paging request message, and
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`the request message is buffered and transmitted to the user terminal after
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`receiving a response to the control message from the user terminal indicating that the application
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`is running on the user terminal,—and
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`wherein if the control message transmission request from the user terminal is not held in
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`the control message transmission request holding unit when the request message is received from
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`the predetermined communication device, the request message is transmitted to the user terminal
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`by the packet transmission unit without buffering or further transmitting the control message or
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`paging request messagefl
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`wherein the request message receiving unit, control message transmission request holding
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`unit, the control message transmitting unit, and the packet transmission unit are implemented by
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`at least one network device integrated circuit.
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`25.
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`(Currently amended) The network device according to claim 24, further comprising a
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`message forwarding unit for forwarding,
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`to the user terminal, a data packet related to the
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`application after receiving the response to the control message indicating that the application is
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`running on the user terminal, wherein the message forwarding unit is implemented by the at least
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`one network device integrated circuit.
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`26.
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`(Previously presented) The network device according to claim 24, wherein the control
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`message transmission request is transmitted from the user terminal to the network device when
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`quitting the application on the user terminal.
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