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`15/437,483
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`02/21/2017
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`NORITAKA IGUCHI
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`2017-0448T
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`6904
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`52349
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`11/22/2019
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`WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK L.L.P.
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`WANG” HANNAH S
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`ART UNIT
`2454
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/22/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/437,483
`Examiner
`HANNAH s WANG
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`Applicant(s)
`IGUCHI et al.
`Art Unit
`2454
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`AIA (FITF) Status
`Yes
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 10/03/2019 and 09/11/2019.
`CI A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)[:] This action is FINAL.
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4):] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`Claim(s) fl is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above Claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`[:1 Claim(ss)
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s 110Is/are rejected
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`D Claim(ss_) is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement
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`Application Papers
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`10)|:l The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`11). The drawing(s) filed on 02/21/2017 is/are: a). accepted or b)(j objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12). Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`a). All
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`c)C] None of the:
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`1.. Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2C] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`SD Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
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`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`3) E] Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Application/Control Number: 15/437,483
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`Notice of Pre-AIA orAIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined underthe first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.1 14
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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 forcontinued
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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. Appl icant's
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`submission filed on 10/03/2019 has been entered.
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`Response to Request for Continued Examination
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`This communication is in response to the Amendment filed on 09/11/2019.
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`Claims 1-10 are pending.
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`Claims 1, 5 and 9-10 have been amended.
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`Claims 11-12 have been canceled.
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`Rejection of Claims 1, 5 and 9-12 under 35 U. S. C. 1 12
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`Applicant’s A rguments:
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`Applicant argues thatclaims 1, 5 and 9 have been amended and the 112 rejections should be
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`withdrawn.
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`Examiner’s Response:
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`Upon the removal of “always” and “only” in claims 1, 5 and 9-10, the 112 rejections ofclaims 1, 5
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`and 9-10 have been withdrawn.
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`Upon the cancelation of claims 1 1 -1 2, the 112 rejections of claims 1 1 -1 2 have been moot.
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`Rejection of Claims 1, 5 and 9-10 under 35 U. S. C. 103
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`Applicant’s A rguments:
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`Applicant argues that DBSDSA does not teach the newly added claim limitation regarding
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`including information in the stream indicating whether or not each of the IP data flows includes the same
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`content. Applicant further alleges 1] [0359] of the specification for the corresponding written description of
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`the amendment.
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`Examiner’s Response:
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`First, 1] [0359] does not provide the corresponding written description for the newly added claim
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`limitation. However, it seems that Applicant relies on 1] [0346], 1] [0354-0357] and 1] [0365-0366] for the
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`claim amendment.
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`Moreover, Examiner introduces a new reference VARE to teach the amended limitations. Please
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`see the rejections in the section of 35 USC 103.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(f):
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`Claim Interpretation
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`(f) Elementin Claim fora Combination. —An elementin a claim fora combination maybe
`expressed as a means orstep for perform ing a specified function withoutthe recital of
`structure, material, or acts in supportthereof, and such claim shall be construed to coverthe
`corresponding structure, material, or acts described in the specification and equivalents
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`The claims in this application are given their broadest reasonable interpretation using the plain
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`meaning of the claim language in light of the specification as itwould be understood by one of ordinary
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`skill in the art. The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim element (also commonly referred to as a
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`claim limitation) is limited by the description in the specification when 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AlA 35
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`U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is invoked.
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`As explained in MPEP § 2181, subsection I, claim limitations that meet the following three-prong
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`test will be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph:
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`(A)
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`the claim limitation uses the term “means” or “step” or a term used as a substitutefor “means”
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`that is a generic placeholder (also called a nonce term or a non-structural term having no specific
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`structural meaning) for performing the claimed function;
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`(B)
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`the term “means” or “step” orthe generic placeholder is modified by functional language, typically,
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`but not always linked by the transition word “for” (e.g., “means for”) or another linking word or
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`phrase, such as “configured to” or“sothat”; and
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`(C)
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`the term “means” or “step” orthe generic placeholder is not modified by sufficient structure,
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`material, or acts for performing the claimed function.
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`Use ofthe word “means” (or “step”) in a claim with functional language creates a rebuttable
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`presumption that the claim limitation is to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph. The presumption thatthe claim limitation is interpreted under 35 U.S.C.
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`112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is rebutted when the claim limitation recites sufficient
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`structure, material, or acts to entirely perform the recited function.
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`Absence ofthe word “means” (or “step”) in a claim creates a rebuttable presumption thatthe
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`claim limitation is not to be treated in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth
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`paragraph. The presumption that the claim limitation is not interpreted under35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA
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`35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, is rebutted when the claim limitation recites function without reciting
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`sufficient structure, material or acts to entirely perform the recited function.
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`Claim limitations in this application that use the word “means” (or “step”) are being interpreted
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`under35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, except as otherwise indicated in an
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`Office action. Conversely, claim limitations in this application that do not use the word “means” (or “step”)
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`are not being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, except as
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`otherwise indicated in an Office action.
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`This application includes one or more claim limitations that do not use the word “means,” but are
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`nonetheless being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, because
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`the claim limitation(s) uses a generic placeholder that is coupled with functional language without reciting
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`sufficient structure to perform the recited function and the generic placeholder is not preceded by a
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`structural modifier. Such claim limitation(s) is/are: “a generator generatesa stream...” in claim 9, and
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`“a determiner that determines...” and “a reproducer that reproduces...” in claim 10.
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`A review of the specification shows that the following appears to be the corresponding structure
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`described in the specification for the 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph
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`limitation:
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`Forthe hardware structure:
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`0281
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`“In FIG.35 transmissiona
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`ratus30 includes
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`generator 31 ...each component of transmission apparatus 30 is specifically implemented by a
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`microcom uter a
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`rocessor’“
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`0381 “whereasre roducer82 corre ondsto rocessors’“
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`0385 “The com nents ma be each20im lementedb a
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`ro ram execution unit such asa
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`CPU and a processor, reading and executing the software program recorded in a recording
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`medium such asa hard disk and a semiconductor memory”.
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`For the special algorithm to accompany with the generic processor to implement the
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`claimed
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`ecial functions:
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`0283-0286 and
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`0379 forthe “ enerator’“
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`0346
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`0354-0357
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`and SI |0365-0366l for the “determiner”; 1| |0383| for the “reproducer”.
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`Because this/these claim limitation(s) is/are being interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA
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`35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, it/they is/are being interpreted to cover the corresponding structure
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`described in the specification as performing the claimed function, and equivalents thereof.
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`lf applicant does not intend to have this/these limitation(s) interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f) or
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`pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph, applicant may: (1) amend the claim limitation(s) to avoid it/them
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`being interpreted under35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph (e.g., by reciting
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`sufficient structure to perform the claimed function); or (2) present a sufficient showing that the claim
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`limitation(s) recite(s) sufficient structure to perform the claimed function so as to avoid it/them being
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`interpreted under35 U.S.C. 112(f) or pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph.
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`Claim Objections
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`Claims 1, 5 and 9-10 are obiected to because of the following informal/ties: claims 1 , 5 and 9-10
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`recite “each ofthe IP data flows respectively storing th_e corresponding service from among the plurality of
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`services” which should be “each ofthe IP data flows respectively storing a corresponding service from
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`among the plurality ofservices”. Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections- 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and
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`103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for
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`the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale
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`supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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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 ordinary skill 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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`Claims 1 -10 are rejected under 35 U. S. C. 103 as being ungatentable over Digital Broadcasting
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`Systems Development Subcommittee Association of Radio Industries and Business (Interim report on
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`ultra-hi h-definition television broadcast/n s stems multi leXin method
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`of LEE (U. S. Pub. No. 2012/0163219A1j, and further in viewof VARE (U. S. Pub. No. 2006/0262793A1j.
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`Per claims 1 and 9, DBSDSAteaches “A transmission method comprising: generating a stream
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`including a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) data flows (Pg.10, Para.1, In broadcasting, these multiple
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`IP data flowsare multiplexed on one TLV stream. A TLV stream isa series of TLV packets
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`identified by the TLV stream ID, and containsTLV transmission control signals (TLV-Sis) such as
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`TLV-NIT (Network Information Table) and AMT (Address Map Table) as TLV packets) corresponding
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`with a plurality of services in broadcast, each of the IP data flows respectively storing the
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`corresponding service from among the plurality ofservices; (Pg.54, Para.1; Pg.19, Table 3.1.18; Pg.9,
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`Para.4; Pg.9, last Para., Then correspondence between the IP data flow and service ID is made
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`using AMT; Providesthe list variousservicestransmitted on the broadcasting netwom; While
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`the content unit is defined as the package in MMT, this package and the service are used with
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`one-to-one conespondence; As shown in Fig. 3 .1.4, multiple MMT packages can be multiplexed
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`on the same IP data flow) and transmitting the generated stream in a determined channel” (Pg.9,
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`Fig.3.1.4, Fig. 3.1.4 “Relationship between MMT package and service on the broadcasting
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`transmission path” “TLV stream” “Physical channel”; Pg.1 0, Fig.3.1 .5, “TLV stream (Transmission
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`unit in broadcasting)” “Physical channel”; Pg.7, Last Para.-Pg.8, First Para.; Pg.53, Last Para.-Pg.54,
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`First Para., TLV-SI isthe transmission control signal for multiplexing of IP packets, and it provides
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`the channel selection information and information on correspondence between IP address and
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`service; Channel selection by the user is executed by specifying the IP data flow or the service ID.
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`Then correspondence between the IP data flow and service ID is made using AMT. Next, TL V-NIT
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`is used to identify the physical channel for the corresponding service ID to execute the channel
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`selection process).
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`Moreover, DASDSA discloses “one-to-one” correspondence between broadcasting service and
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`MMT package in an IP data flow (Pg.9, Para.4; While the content unit is defined as the package in
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`MMT, this package and the service are used with one-to-one correspondence). In addition, DASDSA
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`further discloses multiple MMT packagesm contained in an IP data flow, which seems to imply that
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`a single MMT package or multiple MMT packages may be contained in an IP data flow. When a single
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`MMT package is contained in an IP data flow, there is “one-to-one” correspondence between
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`broadcasting services and IP data flows (broadcasting service-MMT package-IP data flow). However,
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`DASDSA does not explicitly disclose the scenario that a single MMT package i_scontained in an IP data
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`flow and thus does not explicitly teach the “one-to-one” correspondence between broadcasting service
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`and IP dataflow.
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`In analogous teaching of IP flows, LEE explicitu teaches one-to-one correspondence between IP
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`flows and services (1] [0065], 1] [0039], 1] [0103] and 1] [0067], a item: may refer it) successive iii? packets
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`that have the same chatecteristic and term a predetermined serviee; a first tiew farming e tirst
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`service...e seamed tiew iermieg a second service; the third tiew farming a third service; a first
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`service associated with a ti ret flew... a second eerviee aseeeieteet with a sesame flew).
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`Thus, given the teaching of LEE, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filling date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of one-to-one
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`correspondence between IP flows and services of LEE into IP flows and services in broadcast of
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`DBSDSA, such that IP flows would correspond one-to-one with services in broadcast. One of ordinary
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`skill in the art would have been motivated to do so because LEE recognizes an IP flow forming a
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`predetermined service (1i [0065], e tiew they reterte edeeeeeive iP beeketethet have the eerne
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`ehereeterietie and term e predetermined eerviee). Additionally, one of ordinary skill in the art would
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`have been motivated to do so because this is combining prior art elements according to known methods
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`to yield predictable results, specifically, incorporating a known method of IP flow-service correspondence
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`(one-to-one) as taught by LEE into another known method of IP flow-service correspondence in
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`broadcast as taught in DBSDSA to yield predictable and reasonably successful results (KSR MPEP
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`2143).
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`Furthermore, although DBSDSA teaches including control information forthe services in the
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`transmitted stream (Pg.10, Para.1; Pg.54, Para.1), DBSDSA does not teach thatthe control information
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`comprises an indication of content of the services being the same or not. Therefore DBSDSA modified by
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`LEE (hereinafter DBSDSA-LEE) does not teach “wherein information indicating whether or not content of
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`each of the plurality of services is the same is stored in the stream”.
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`In analogous teaching of broadcasting services, VARE teaches using a content identifier to
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`indicate whether a plurality of broadcast services comprise a same content or not (Fig.1, Fig.2, services
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`11 and 21 hasthe same “content 1” ; services 12 and 22 has the same “content 2”, ABSTRACT, 1i
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`[0024-0026] and 1i [0031], it media identifier, which inchrdeee centent eggregetdr identifier and e
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`aerate ht identitier...t‘;ehetnnere et breedeeet cente rtt ere ebte te tre neitieh between eervice
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`previdere ette ri ne the eerne combination et eentent a nd eentent eggregeter; eentent
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`nrevider iti2 deiieere edhtentt ie.g., Summer Qiyrneieeinfidhte rtt erevider 232 deiivere
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`aerate nt2 (ed, a news deeumentery}. . , {Sentient aggregates" 1533 previdee the twe eentente ae
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`eervieeete eerviee deiivery eietterh‘t itidi. Here, the eervitee have been iabeied eervieeii end
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`eervieeiz. The eerribined digite in the iebei they be considered 3 med ie identitier, er medie___id. “i"he
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`tiret digit “1 " eervee ee an identifier et the behtent eggregeter, end the eeeenrt digit “ i “ er “2"
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`se wee rte a rt ide ntifier et the content. ..'i‘he cemhinetien at identitiere ter the cente rat a gg regeter
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`end the eentent ereeteee eniddeiy identified service... titehite te rminet iti‘t, by searching; ter 3
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`he rtienter media identifier er inediemid amend the eervieee eveitebie trern breedeeet
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`netwerit 295 and eerviee sizieiivertr nietterrn 2m, ieebie te maintain receptien at the rename er simiier
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`eentent; The eemhinatien et eentent___e gg regateruid end eentent___iei byte eeetiene 3532, 3633 create
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`a metiie identifier 33?.“teceiving the eetne er eitniier cententm 3.
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`Thus, given the teaching of VARE, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filling date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of an indication of
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`whether a plurality of broadcast services comprising a same content or not of VARE into control
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`information included in a stream for a plurality of broadcast services of DBSDSA-LEE, such that control
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`information included in a stream for a plurality of broadcast services would comprise an indication of
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`whether the services contain a same content. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated
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`to do so because VARE recognizes that it would have been advantageous to provide a content identifier
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`to identify a same content among different services to improve user experience (1i [0003-0004] and 1i
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`[0026], The neer at the mehiie tern‘tinei may wish in eentinne viewi hg er tietening tn the wine
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`eente nt withnttt having tn remeeieet the same eigitei content here the new hematite menu. When
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`the eerne er eitniiar eigitei content gee, the Summer Qiymeiee) ie hrnedeeet vie tittierent eerviee
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`pietiermeenei nitte rent netwerhe, hewever, there ie erew nth; ne way te eeieet e henttever hetwent
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`that seen: ree reee ntieh et the eerhe enhteht, Theretnre, there is a need in the art fer eyetente e net
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`methedewhich eiiew e veer et a ntehiie terrninei tn receive the eame er ehniier eigitei hrnedhenn
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`hreaneeet eentent when handing; ever hem ene netwerk tn anether; hiiehiie termtnei 131, £33:
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`eeerehing ter 3 pertietiier meets: identifier er menia___itt emeng the mrvieeeevaiiehie irern
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`hreeeieeet netwerh 2&5 anti eerviee tieiivery pietterrn 2th, is ehie tn maintain reeentieh et the ante
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`er eimiier centeht). Additionally, one of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to do so
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`because this is combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield predictable results,
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`specifically, incorporating a known type of control information for broadcast services (an indication of
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`contents of services being same or different) as taught by VARE into another known method of control
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`information included in a stream for broadcast services as taught by DBSDSA—LEE to yield predictable
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`and reasonably successful results of a stream of broadcast services comprising an indication of whether
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`contents of the services are same or different (KSR MPEP 2143).
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`Per claims 5 and 10, DBSDSA teaches “A reception method comprising: receiving a stream
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`including a plurality of IP (Internet Protocol) data flows (Pg. 53, Fig.A2-1, “reception of the
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`corresponding IP data flow”; Pg.36, Para.1-2; Pg.10, Para.1 ; the desired IP data flow is output from
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`the front end section of the broadcasting receiver...The IP packet received as described above
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`containsthe MMTP packets; In broadcasting, these multiple IP data flowsare multiplexed on one
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`TLV stream. A TLV stream isa series of TLV packets identified by the TLV stream ID, and contains
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`TLV transmission control signals (TLV-Sis) such as TLV-NIT (Network Information Table) and AMT
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`(Address Map Table) as TLV packets) corresponding
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`with a plurality of services in broadcast in a
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`determined channel, each of the IP data flows respectively storing the corresponding service from among
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`the plurality ofservices; (Pg.54, Para.1; Pg.19, Table 3.1.18; Pg.9, Para.4; Pg.9, last Para., Then
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`correspondence between the IP data flow and service ID is made using AMT; Provides the list
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`various servicestransmitted on the broadcasting network; While the content unit is defined as the
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`package in MMT, this package and the service are used with one-to-one correspondence; As
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`shown in Fig. 3 .1.4, multiple MMT packagescan be multiplexed on the ssme IP data flow)
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`and
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`reproducing one of the plurality of services from the received stream” (Pg.53, Fig. A2—1 ; Pg.54, Para.1-5,
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`Then correspondence between the IP data flow and service ID is made using AMT. Next, TLV-NIT
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`is used to identify the physical channel for the corresponding service ID to execute the channel
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`selection process Asa consequence, the desired IP data flow is output from the front end section
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`of the broadcasting receiver. The IP packet received as described above containsthe MMTP
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`packets From here, the MMTP packet with value 0x0000 in the packet_id field of the MMTP packet
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`header isselected to obtain the PA message and then the MP table from inside the message...The
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`IP data flow and packet_id to transmit the asset which comprisesthe contents (MFU) are identified
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`from general_location_info described on the MP table. At the ssme time, the layout number and
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`the MPU presentation time are also identified from the MPU timestamp descriptor and MPU
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`presentation region specification descriptor. Then the MMTP packet with the packet_id identified
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`asthe asset is selected to obtain the necesssry MFU. By presenting the MFU obtained as shown
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`above at the position of the specified layout number and region number at the specified
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`presentation time, video signals, and audio signals are presented).
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`Moreover, DASDSA discloses “one-to-one” correspondence between broadcasting service and
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`MMT package in an IP data flow (Pg.9, Para.4; While the content unit isdefined asthe package in
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`MMT, this package and the service are used with one-to-one correspondence). In addition, DASDSA
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`further discloses multiple MMT packagesm contained in an IP data flow, which seems to imply that
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`a single MMT package or multiple MMT packages may be contained in an IP data flow. When a single
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`MMT package is contained in an IP data flow, there is “one-to-one” correspondence between
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`broadcasting services and IP data flows (broadcasting sen/ice-MMT package-IP data flow). However,
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`DASDSA does not explicitly disclose the scenario that a single MMT package i_scontained in an IP data
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`flow and thus does not explicitly teach the “one-to-one” correspondence between broadcasting service
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`and IP dataflow.
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`In analogous teaching of IP flows, LEE explicitu teaches one-to-one correspondence between lP
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`flows and services (1] [0065], 1] [0039], 1] [0103] and 1] [0067], e flew may refer te successive HP peekete
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`that have the eeme ehareeterietie and term e predetermined eerviee; a fire: iiew termieg a tiret
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`eerviee... a eeeeriri tiew terming a seemed service; the thirst flew farming a third mrviee; a tire:
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`service aesecieteri with a ti rei flew.” 3: second eervice aseeeiateri with a sewer}. flew).
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`Thus, given the teaching of LEE, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filling date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of one-to-one
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`correspondence between lP flows and sen/ices of LEE into lP flows and sen/ices in broadcast of
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`DBSDSA, such that IP flows would correspond one-to-one with sen/ices in broadcast. One of ordinary
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`skill in the art would have been motivated to do so because LEE recognizes an IP flow forming a
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`predetermined sen/ice (1] [0065], e item: may reterte eeeeeeeive EP paeketethat have the same
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`cite raeterieiie enei term e preeeiermineri eerviee). Additionally, one of ordinary skill in the art would
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`have been motivated to do so because this is combining prior art elements according to known methods
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`to yield predictable results, specifically, incorporating a known method of IP flow-sen/ice correspondence
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`(one-to-one) as taught by LEE into another known method of IP flow-sen/ice correspondence in
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`broadcast as taught in DBSDSA to yield predictable and reasonably successful results (KSR MPEP
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`Furthermore, although DBSDSA teaches including control information forthe services in the
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`transmitted stream (Pg.10, Para.1; Pg.54, Para.1), DBSDSA does not teach thatthe control information
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`comprises an indication of content of the services being the same or not. Therefore DBSDSA modified by
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`LEE (hereinafter DBSDSA-LEE) does not teach “determining whether or not content of each of the
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`plurality of services is the same based on information indicating whether or not the content of each of the
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`plurality of services is the same stored in the stream”.
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`In analogous teaching of broadcasting services, VARE teaches using a content identifier to
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`indicate/determine whether a plurality of broadcast services comprise a same content or not (Fig.1, Fig.2,
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`services 11 and 21 hasthe same “content 1”; services 12 and 22 hasthe same “content 2”,
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`ABSTRACT, 11 [0024-0026] and 11 [0031], is media identifier, whieh ineindeee eentent eggregeter
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`ide ntitiei' end a centent identitiernfiienenntere 0i hreedceet nente ht are a hie te tre neitinn between
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`eerviee ntevidere nitering the en rne eernninetinn ei nentent end eentent eggregeier; nentent
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`ntevider it}? deiivere eentenii ten, Summer Giyntnicei...¢ente nt previder 2&2 deiivere
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`eente nt2 tee, a newe deenntentery}...Centent eggregeter “his: prevideethe titre eententeee
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`eervieeete service deiivery nietterrn that, iiere, the eervieee have been iaheied service‘i‘i and
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`eervieeiz, “i'he een‘ihihed digite in the iehei they be eeheidered e media identifier, er mediejtt The
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`firm digit “’1 ” eervee at; an identifier ef the eentent eggregeter, end the eeeenti digit ‘5 t 9* er “2”
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`eerveeeeen identifier at the eentent...”i‘he een‘thihetien e? identitieretnr the centent eggregeter
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`and the eentent creates a nniqueiy identified eervieemiv’iehiie te rtnihei itii, by eeerehing ier a
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`ne nienier media identifier er meniejti etneng the eenrieee eveiiehie iren‘i breedeeet
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`netwerii 285 end eentiee deiivery nietterrn Edit, ieehie te maintain reeeptien at the seine er eiiniier
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`eente nt; The eemhinetien et eententme geregeter___id end eentent___id byte eeetiene 3532, 363 create
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`a media identities“ Emmteeeiving the eente er eintiier eententi..),
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`Thus, given the teaching of VARE, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filling date of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of using a content
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`identifier as an indication to determine whether a plurality of broadcast services comprising a same
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`content or not of VARE into control information included in a stream for a plurality of broadcast services of
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`DBS DSA-LE E, such that control information included in a stream for a plurality of broadcast services
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`would comprise a content identifier as an indication to determine whether the services contain a same
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`content or not. One of ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to do so because VARE
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`recognizes that itwould have been advantageous to provide a content identifier to identify a same content
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`among different services to improve user experience (1i [0003-0004] and 1i [0026], The user et the
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`mehiie termihei they wish te eehtime viewihg er iietehihg te the same cement witheut hevihg te
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`reveeteet the same eigiiet cement hem the new hetwerke menu. When the same er eirhtiar digitai
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`eehte rat (eg, the Summer Qiympiee} te hreaeeee’; vie (titterehi eerviee eteirermeehe {sitter/eh”;
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`hetwerke, hewever, there ie hreeehtty he way te eeteei e heedever hetwerk that eeetzree reee ptieh
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`et the eeihe eehteht. Therefore, there iee need in the ert fer eyetemee rid methedewhieh eitew as