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`15/670,585
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`08/07/2017
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`Katsunao TAKAHASHI
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`20296.0109USW1
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`CAREY, FORREST L
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`06/03/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application No.
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`TAKAHASHI, Katsunao
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`FORREST L CAREY
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`Application/Control Number: 15/670,585
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR
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`1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued
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`examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the
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`finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Status of Claims
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`Claims 1-7, 11 are pending. Claims 8-10, 12 are cancelled.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis
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`for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application
`for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as
`the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effectivefiling date of
`the claimed invention.
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`Claim(s) 1-2, 4-7, 11 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)({2) as being anticipated by Khosravietal
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`(PGPUB 2016/0179554).
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`Application/Control Number: 15/670,585
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`Regarding Claim 1:
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`Khosravi teaches an electronic device comprising:
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`a receiver configured to receive position-dependent information, the position-dependent
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`information being information depending on a position of the electronic device (abstract, system to
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`initialize a platform; boot loader manager prevents operating system loading in response to power-on
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`condition; context manager retrievesfirst context information associated with the platform; policy
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`manager identifies first operating system based on first context information and authorizes boot
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`loader manager to load first operating system; paragraph 21, context manager 208 detects a service
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`set identifier (SSID) associated with an authorized enterprise network associated with a user of the
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`platform 102 (e.g., an SSID knownto be located in an office, laboratory, etc.));
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`a storage in which a table is stored, the table managing the position-dependent information
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`received by the receiver and authentication information used by a user to log in to the electronic device
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`while correlating the position-dependent information and the authentication information to each other
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`(paragraph 22, 26, Fig. 3, platform profile table 300 stored in platform policy storage 118; table
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`includes SSID column {i.e. position-dependent information) and post hibernate/sleep column which
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`lists required user authentication information to be provided for the particular detected SSID location
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`context); and
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`a controller that performs operating environment setting of the electronic device (paragraph
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`31, any of the example platform power change monitor 202, the example boot loader manager 204,
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`the example authentication input manager 206, the example context manager 208, the example
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`policy manager 210, the example disk privilege manager 212, the example boot loader 106, the
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`example file system manager 108, the example platform policy storage 118 and/or, more generally,
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`the example privilege engine 116 of FIGS. 1 and 2 could be implemented by one or more analog or
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`digital circuit(s), logic circuits, or programmable processor(s)),
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`wherein the controller
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`comparesthe position-dependentinformation received in predetermined timing by the receiver
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`with the position-dependentinformation corresponding to the authentication information about the
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`user who is currently logged in to the electronic device in pieces of position-dependent information
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`managedby the table (paragraph 38, platform profile table identifies one or more configurations of
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`the platform based on one or more environmental conditions; based on corresponding environmental
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`conditions detected by the example context manager and successful authentication as determined by
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`the example authentication input manager, the example boot loader manager instructs the example
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`bootloader to load a corresponding OS image; additionally, the example platform profile table
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`identifies one or more configurations for platform storage to be applied to the example platform
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`based on the environmental context; paragraph 21, platform is powered on and context manager 208
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`detects a service set identifier (SSID) associated with an authorized enterprise network associated
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`with a user of the platform 102 (e.g., an SSID knownto be located in an office, laboratory, etc.);
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`predetermined timing of receiving position-dependentinformation is therefore when system is
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`poweredon), and
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`changesthe operating environment setting of the electronic device according to a comparison
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`result (paragraph 22, policy manager 210 performs one or more comparisonsof retrieved context
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`information with one or morefields of the example platform profile table 300 to determine (a) which
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`OSto load and (b) a corresponding storage (disk) privilege condition), wherein when the table
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`managesa plurality of the pieces of position-dependent information for each user, the controller
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`determines whether a ratio of match between the plurality of pieces of position-dependent information
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`received in the predetermined timing and the authentication information about the user who is
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`currently logged in to the electronic device in the pieces of position-dependent information managed by
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`the table is greater than or equal to a predetermined value (paragraph 22, policy manager 210
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`performs one or more comparisons of retrieved context information with one or morefields of the
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`example platform profile table 300 to determine (a) which OSto load and (b) a corresponding storage
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`(disk) privilege condition; paragraph 38, platform profile table identifies one or more configurations of
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`the platform based on one or more environmental conditions; based on corresponding environmental
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`conditions detected by the example context manager (e.g. SSID-based location context) and successful
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`authentication as determined by the example authentication input manager (e.g. authentication
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`information aboutthe currently logged in user), the example boot loader manager instructs the
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`example bootloader to load a corresponding OS image;additionally, the example platform profile
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`table identifies one or more configurations for platform storage to be applied to the example platform
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`based on the environmental context), and
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`changesthe operating environment setting of the electronic device according to a result of the
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`determination (paragraph 22, policy manager 210 performs one or more comparisonsof retrieved
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`context information with one or morefields of the example platform profile table 300 to determine
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`(a) which OS to load and (b) a correspondingstorage (disk) privilege condition),
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`wherein the position-dependent information is identification information about an access point
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`having a predetermined radio communication system (paragraph 21, Fig. 3, context manager 208
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`detects a service set identifier (SSID) associated with an authorized enterprise network associated
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`with a user of the platform 102 (e.g., an SSID knownto be located in an office, laboratory, etc.)),
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`wherein the identification information about the access pointis Service Set Identifiers
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`(paragraph 21, Fig. 3, SSID), and
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`wherein the predeterminedtiming is a time during a starting of the electronic device (paragraph
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`21, context manager detects SSID when platform is powered-on).
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`Regarding Claim 2:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 1.
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`In addition, Khosravi teaches
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`wherein the operating environment setting performed by the controller includes setting of a function
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`usable by the user whois currently logged in to the electronic device (paragraph 21, the platform
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`profile may cause the platform 102 to load an alternate OS image having fewer enterprise-level
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`privileges when the SSID associated with the user's home is detected during boot).
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`Regarding Claim 4:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 1.
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`In addition, Khosravi teaches
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`wherein the table managesall the pieces of position-dependent information {paragraph 22, 26,Fig. 3,
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`platform profile table 300 stored in platform policy storage 118; table includes SSID column {i.e.
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`position-dependentinformation) and post hibernate/sleep column which lists required user
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`authentication information to be provided for the particular detected SSID location context), which
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`are received since the user logs in to the electronic device until the user logs out from the electronic
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`device (paragraph 30, the privilege engine 116 checks environmental conditions of the platform 102
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`ona periodic, aperiodic, scheduled and/or manual basis to determine whether a previously
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`detected/connected SSID has changed;in response to the example context manager 208 detecting
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`that an updated SSID proximate to the platform 102 is associated with a relatively lower privilege (as
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`determined by the example platform profile table 300), the example policy manager 210 determines
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`that current privileges of the platform 102 should be revoked; the example boot loader manager 204
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`instructs the example boot loader 106 to load a new OS image having the relatively lower privilege
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`level (e.g., a cloud OS), and the example disk privilege manager 212 instructs the example file system
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`manager 108to disable platform access to one or more volumesof the storage 112; the privilege
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`engine 116 saves the complete user state of the platform 102 in memory and/orin storage 112 before
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`revoking the accessprivileges; the user of the example platform 102 may re-establish the relatively
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`higher privileges of the platform 102 if proper authentication credentials are subsequently provided,
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`as described above).
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`Regarding Claim 5:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 1.
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`In addition, Khosravi teaches
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`wherein the table manages the position-dependent information received on a predetermined day
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`(paragraph 22, 26, Fig. 3, platform profile table 300 stored in platform policy storage 118; table
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`includes SSID column {i.e. position-dependent information) and post hibernate/sleep column which
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`lists required user authentication information to be provided for the particular detected SSID location
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`context; paragraph 21, context manager detects SSID when platform is powered-on; paragraph 30,
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`the privilege engine 116 checks environmental conditions of the platform 102 on a scheduled basis
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`{i.e. predetermined time/day) to determine whether a previously detected/connected SSID has
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`changed).
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`Regarding Claim 6:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 4.
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`In addition, Khosravi teaches
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`wherein the table further manages the received position-dependent information in each predetermined
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`time period (paragraph 22, 26, Fig. 3, platform profile table 300 stored in platform policy storage 118;
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`table includes SSID column (i.e. position-dependent information) and post hibernate/sleep column
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`which lists required user authentication information to be provided for the particular detected SSID
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`location context; paragraph 21, context manager detects SSID when platform is powered-on).
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`Regarding Claim 7:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 1.
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`In addition, Khosravi teaches
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`wherein the table managesthe position-dependent information received at a predetermined time point
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`(paragraph 22, 26, Fig. 3, platform profile table 300 stored in platform policy storage 118; table
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`includes SSID column {i.e. position-dependent information) and post hibernate/sleep column which
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`lists required user authentication information to be provided for the particular detected SSID location
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`context; paragraph 21, context manager detects SSID when platform is powered-on; paragraph 30,
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`the privilege engine 116 checks environmental conditions of the platform 102 on a periodic, aperiodic,
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`scheduled and/or manual basis to determine whether a previously detected/connected SSID has
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`changed).
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`Regarding Claim 11:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 1.
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`In addition, Khosravi teaches
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`wherein, in addition to the determination result, the controller further determines whether the plurality
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`of pieces of position-dependentinformation received in the predetermined timing include the position-
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`dependentinformation about a connectable access point, and changes the operating environment
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`setting of the electronic device according to determination results (paragraph 21, context manager 208
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`detects a service set identifier (SSID) associated with an authorized enterprise network associated
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`with a user of the platform 102 (e.g., an SSID knownto be locatedin an office, laboratory, etc.);
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`paragraph22, 26, Fig. 3, platform profile table 300 stored in platform policy storage 118; table
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`includes SSID column {i.e. position-dependent information) and post hibernate/sleep column which
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`lists required user authentication information to be provided for the particular detected SSID location
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`context).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections
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`set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is
`not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102,if the differences between the claimed invention
`and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the
`effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinaryskill in the art to which the
`claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention
`was made.
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`Claim 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Khosravi, and further in view
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`of Sanjeev (PGPUB 2011/0252464).
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`Regarding Claim 3:
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`Khosravi teaches the electronic device according to claim 1.
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`Khosravi does not explicitly teach the device further comprising a display wherein the operating
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`environmentsetting performed by the controller includes setting of an element displayed on the
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`display.
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`However, Sanjeev teaches the concept of a device comprising a display wherein an operating
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`environmentsetting performed by a controller includes setting of an element displayed on the display
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`(abstract, mobile devices provide security based on geographic location; mobile device may
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`automatically check its current location against geographic information as to the location(s) in which
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`it is permitted to operate; paragraph 36, warnings, such as that the device is outside its permitted
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`area of operation and therefore not accessible by the user may be provided as visual warnings on the
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`display and/or as audible warnings via the speaker).
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`It would have been obvious to one or ordinaryskill in the art before the effectivefiling date of
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`the claimed invention to combine the displayed location warning teachings of Sanjeev with the location-
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`based authentication and environmentsetting teachings of Khosravi, in order to provide diagnostic
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`information to a user that authentication failure or restrictions were in place, allowing said user to
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`mitigate the problem by returning to a usable location or requesting a waiver or similar correction
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`procedure.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1-7, 11 have been considered but are moot
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`because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of
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`record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
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`Conclusion
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