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`15/788,722
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`10/19/2017
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`TAKAKO HORI
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`731456.450C1
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`7123
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e (PIPCA)
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`LEE” ANDREW CHUNG CHEUNG
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`ART UNIT
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`Application/Control Number: 15/788,722
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Response to Amendment
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`Claims 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12 have been amended.
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`Claims 1 — 12 are pending.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`3.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections 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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`4.
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`Claims 1- 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hori
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`et al. (US 20140099966 A1) in view of Hurtta et al. (US 7688745 B1).
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`Regarding Claim 1, Hori et al. disclose a communication node (Abstract, Fig.
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`3, Fig. 5, Fig. 10, Fig. 13, Fig. 18) comprising: a determiner which, in operation,
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`determines a codec and a codec mode to be used by a first network, when the first
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`terminal performs a handover from the first network to a second network that is different
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`from the first network (“,...UE 100 and UE 102 are initially connected to the PS
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`network (e-UTRAN), respectively. In a system in which the eSRVCC handover is
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`realized,...”, “,....As a voice codec used in the CS network, an adaptive multi-rate
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`(AMR) codec that is a narrowband (NB) codec, an AMR-WB codec that is a
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`wideband (WB) codec, or the like is widely used. AMR and AMR-WB is usable in a
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`packet exchanging technique, and thus, may also be considered to be used in the
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`PS network,....”, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, paras. [0014] — [0023]; “,...codec detection section
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`604 detects the codecs that are used by UE 100 and UE 102, respectively. Further,
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`codec detection section 604 outputs information (detection result) that indicates
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`the detected codecs to change determination section 608,...”, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, paras.
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`[0069] — [0074]), the determiner determining the codec and codec mode based on a
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`common part among (Fig. 7, Fig. 8, paras. [0076] — [0083]; Fig. 9, Fig. 10):
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`information indicating codecs and codec modes used for communication in the first
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`network from which the handover is performed (“,...When UE 100 and UE 102 use
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`different codecs respectively, transcoding section 612 performs transcoding for
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`communication data to UE 102 from UE 100 and communication data to UE 100
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`from UE,....”, Fig. 7, paras. [0077] — [0083]; “,...Codec negotiation section 704
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`negotiates the codec to be used in communication between terminals (here, UE
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`100 and UE 102). ,...”, Fig. 8, paras. [0086] — [0089]; “,...the calling party UE
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`designates only a sampling frequency with respect to the codec A, and generates
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`the SDP offer without bandwidth designation,...”, Fig. 9, paras. [0090] — [0091]),
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`and
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`information indicating codecs and codec modes supported by the first network to
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`which the handover is performed (“,...When UE 100 and UE 102 use different codecs
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`respectively, transcoding section 612 performs transcoding for communication
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`data to UE 102 from UE 100 and communication data to UE 100 from UE,....”, Fig.
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`7, paras. [0077] — [0083] ; “,...Codec negotiation section 704 negotiates the codec
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`to be used in communication between terminals (here, UE 100 and UE 102). ,...”,
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`Fig. 8, paras. [0086] — [0089]; “,...the calling party UE designates only a sampling
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`frequency with respect to the codec A, and generates the SDP offer without
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`bandwidth designation,...”, Fig. 9, paras. [0090] — [0091]), and information indicating
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`codecs and codec modes supported by the second network to which the handover is
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`performed (“,...When UE 100 and UE 102 use different codecs respectively,
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`transcoding section 612 performs transcoding for communication data to UE 102
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`from UE 100 and communication data to UE 100 from UE,....”, Fig. 7, paras. [0077]
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`— [0083] ; “,...Codec negotiation section 704 negotiates the codec to be used in
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`communication between terminals (here, UE 100 and UE 102). ,...”, Fig. 8, paras.
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`[0086] — [0089] ; “,...in a case where a receiving party UE itself supports codec A,
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`the receiving party UE receives a condition in which only the sampling frequency
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`of codec A is designated (selects codec A shown in FIG. 9), and generates the
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`SDP answer without bandwidth designation,...”, Fig. 9, paras. [0090] — [0091]); and
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`Hori et al. disclose implicitly a generator which, in operation, generates
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`signaling that requests the first and second terminals to communicate using the codec
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`and codec mode determined by the determiner (“,...if codec mode change section
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`712 determines the encoding bit rate, codec mode change section 712 notifies
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`bandwidth determination section 708 of the determined encoding bit rate. Then,
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`bandwidth determination section 708 determines the bandwidth according to the
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`determined encoding bit rate,...”, paras. [0093] — [0096]; “,...UE 100 uses the
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`bandwidth (NB) of the changed codec, and UE 102 uses the bandwidth (NB) in
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`which the band of codec A is limited. Thus, both of UE 100 and UE 102 use the
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`same NB as the codec bandwidth,...”, Fig. 10, paras. [0105] — [0108]).
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`Hori et al. do not disclose explicitly a generator which, in operation, generates
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`signaling that requests the first and second terminals to communicate using the codec
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`and codec mode determined by the determiner.
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`Hurtta et al. in the same and/or in the similar field of endeavor teach a generator
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`which, in operation, generates signaling that requests the first and second terminals to
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`communicate using the codec and codec mode determined by the determiner.
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`(“,...performs a mode selection procedure for selecting the same mode for
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`bidirectional communication between the network elements. The modes
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`preferably are different codec types, channel-coding schemes,...”, Abstract,
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`“,...After having received both the messages, the control means knows both
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`codec sets supported by the call originating equipment as well as by the call
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`terminating equipment,....”, Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Col. 5, lines 46 — 67, Col.
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`6, lines 1 — 51). At time the invention was made it would have been obvious to a person
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`of ordinary skill in the art to modify the teachings of Hori et al. to include the features of
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`a generator which, in operation, generates signaling that requests the first and second
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`terminals to communicate using the codec and codec mode determined by the
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`determiner as taught by Hurtta et al. One of ordinary skill in the art would be motivated
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`to do so for providing communication system for performing a mode selection by
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`selecting or negotiating the mode to be used, a method to be performed in such a
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`communication system, and to a network element capable of mode selection (as
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`suggested by Hurtta et al., see Col. 1, lines 8 — 12).
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`Regarding Claim 2, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein, when the common part does not exist, the codec used for the
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`communication in the first network has a compatible mode with another codec, and the
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`codecs supported by the one terminal and the codecs supported by the second network
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`include the other codec, the determiner sets the other codec or the compatible mode
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`with the other codec for the codec and codec mode to be used by the two terminals
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`(Hori et al. : “,...where a calling party UE supports the codec in which bandwidth
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`designation is not always necessary (hereinafter, referred to as codec A), the
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`calling party UE designates only a sampling frequency with respect to the codec
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`A, and generates the SDP offer without bandwidth designation,...”, Fig. 9, paras.
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`[0090] — [0095]; Hurtta et al. : “,...When the user equipment 3 should not
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`support the selected codec indicated in the Invite message received from CSCF 2,
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`it preferably sends a message to CSCF 2 informing the latter on lack of support of
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`the selected codec. Thereupon, the CSCF 2 repeats the codec selection
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`procedure 4 but now selects another codec different from the first selected
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`codec,...”, Col. 7, lines 25 — 58).
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`Regarding Claim 3, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein, when a policy of a service operator exists, the determiner sets the
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`codec and codec mode to be used by the two terminals, in accordance with the policy,
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`and when the policy does not exist, the determiner sets the common part for the codec
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`and codec mode to be used by the two terminals ( Hori et al. : “,....if codecs used by
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`UEs in communication are different from each other, transcoding is performed in
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`MGW (MSC/MGW 300). On the other hand, according to NPL 3, in the eSRVCC
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`method, ATGW instead of MGW may perform transcoding,....”, paras. [0114] —
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`[0117]; Hurtta et al
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`: “,... The selection procedure performed in the control
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`means such as CSCF may be based for example on the operator preferences. As
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`an example, when the operator prefers to use AMR, the selection procedure
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`selects AMR from a set including FR, HR and AMR,...”, Col. 5, lines 11 — 37).
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`Regarding Claim 4, Hori et al. disclose a terminal (Abstract, Fig. 3, Fig. 5, Fig.
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`10, Fig. 13, Fig. 18) comprising: a connection-target detect which, in operation, detects
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`a connection-target network when the terminal performs a handover from a first network
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`to the connection-target network (“,...UE 100 and UE 102 are initially connected to
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`the PS network (e-UTRAN), respectively. In a system in which the eSRVCC
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`handover is realized,...”, “,....As a voice codec used in the CS network, an
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`adaptive multi-rate (AMR) codec that is a narrowband (NB) codec, an AMR-WB
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`codec that is a wideband (WB) codec, or the like is widely used. AMR and AMR-
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`WB is usable in a packet exchanging technique, and thus, may also be
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`considered to be used in the PS network,....”, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, paras. [0014] — [0023];
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`“,...codec detection section 604 detects the codecs that are used by UE 100 and
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`UE 102, respectively. Further, codec detection section 604 outputs information
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`(detection result) that indicates the detected codecs to change determination
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`section 608,...”, Fig. 5, Fig. 6, paras. [0069] — [0074]); a COdec detector which, in
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`operation, detects a codec used in the connection-target network (“,...When UE 100
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`and UE 102 use different codecs respectively, transcoding section 612 performs
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`transcoding for communication data to UE 102 from UE 100 and communication
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`data to UE 100 from UE,....”, Fig. 7, paras. [0077] — [0083]; “,...Codec negotiation
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`section 704 negotiates the codec to be used in communication between terminals
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`(here, UE 100 and UE 102). ,...”, Fig. 8, paras. [0086] — [0089]; “,...the calling party
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`UE designates only a sampling frequency with respect to the codec A, and
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`generates the SDP offer without bandwidth designation,...”, Fig. 9, paras. [0090] —
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`[0091]); a determiner which, in operation, determines whether an encoding system for
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`a codec to be used by the first and second terminals needs to be limited, based on the
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`detected connection-target network and the detected codec (“,...When UE 100 and UE
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`102 use different codecs respectively, transcoding section 612 performs
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`transcoding for communication data to UE 102 from UE 100 and communication
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`data to UE 100 from UE,....”, Fig. 7, paras. [0077] — [0083]; “,...Codec negotiation
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`section 704 negotiates the codec to be used in communication between terminals
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`(here, UE 100 and UE 102). ,...”, Fig. 8, paras. [0086] — [0089]; “,...in a case where
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`a receiving party UE itself supports codec A, the receiving party UE receives a
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`condition in which only the sampling frequency of codec A is designated (selects
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`codec A shown in FIG. 9), and generates the SDP answer without bandwidth
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`designation,...”, Fig. 9, paras. [0090] — [0091]); and Hori et al. disclose implicitly a
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`command transmitter which, in operation, transmits, to an encoder, an internal
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`command for limiting the encoding system after the handover is completed, when the
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`determiner determines that the encoding system needs to be limited (“,...if codec
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`mode change section 712 determines the encoding bit rate, codec mode change
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`section 712 notifies bandwidth determination section 708 of the determined
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`encoding bit rate. Then, bandwidth determination section 708 determines the
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`bandwidth according to the determined encoding bit rate,...”, paras. [0093] —
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`[0096]; “,...UE 100 uses the bandwidth (NB) of the changed codec, and UE 102
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`uses the bandwidth (NB) in which the band of codec A is limited. Thus, both of
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`UE 100 and UE 102 use the same NB as the codec bandwidth,...”, Fig. 10, paras.
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`[0105] — [0108]).
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`Hori et al. do not disclose explicitly a command transmitter which, in operation,
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`transmits, to an encoder, an internal command for limiting the encoding system after the
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`handover is completed, when the determiner determines that the encoding system
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`needs to be limited.
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`Hurtta et al. in the same and/or in the similar field of endeavor teach a command
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`transmitter which, in operation, transmits, to an encoder, an internal command for
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`limiting the encoding system after the handover is completed, when the determiner
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`determines that the encoding system needs to be limited (“,...performs a mode
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`selection procedure for selecting the same mode for bidirectional communication
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`between the network elements. The modes preferably are different codec types,
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`channel-coding schemes,...”, Abstract, “,...After having received both the
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`messages, the control means knows both codec sets supported by the call
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`originating equipment as well as by the call terminating equipment,....”, Fig. 1,
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`Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Col. 5, lines 46 — 67, Col. 6, lines 1 — 51). At time the invention
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`was made it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art to modify
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`the teachings of Hori et al. to include the features of a command transmitter which, in
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`operation, transmits, to an encoder, an internal command for limiting the encoding
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`system after the handover is completed, when the determiner determines that the
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`encoding system needs to be limited as taught by Hurtta et al. One of ordinary skill in
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`the art would be motivated to do so for providing communication system for performing
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`a mode selection by selecting or negotiating the mode to be used, a method to be
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`performed in such a communication system, and to a network element capable of mode
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`selection (as suggested by Hurtta et al., see Col. 1, lines 8 — 12).
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`Regarding Claim 5, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein the first network is a packet exchange network, and the connection-
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`target network is a circuit switching network, and when the detected codec is a codec
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`utilizing an encoding system that is not robust against bit errors, the determiner
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`determines that the encoding system needs to be limited (Hori et al. : when UE 100
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`starts a call, UE 100 is connected to the PS network. However, UE 100 may be
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`connected to the CS network when UE 100 starts the call,....”, “,...UE 100 starts
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`the call with UE 102 connected to the PS network,...”, paras. [0114] — [0119];
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`Hurtta et al. : “,...When the user equipment 3 should not support the selected
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`codec indicated in the Invite message received from CSCF 2, it preferably sends a
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`message to CSCF 2 informing the latter on lack of support of the selected codec.
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`Thereupon, the CSCF 2 repeats the codec selection procedure 4 but now selects
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`another codec different from the first selected codec,...”, Col. 7, lines 25 — 58,
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`Regarding Claim 6, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses the terminal further comprising: a generator which, in operation, generates,
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`when the determiner determines that the encoding system needs to be limited, signaling
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`that reports, to a communication partner terminal, that the handover to the connection-
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`target network has been performed, a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the
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`signaling to the communication partner terminal (Hori et al. :
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`“,....where a calling
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`party UE supports the codec in which bandwidth designation is not always
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`necessary (hereinafter, referred to as codec A), the calling party UE designates
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`only a sampling frequency with respect to the codec A, and generates the SDP
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`offer without bandwidth designation,....”, Fig. 9, paras. [0090] — [0095];
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`“,....signaling for requesting limiting the bandwidth of the input signal to be
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`encoded of codec A to NB,...”, Fig. 10, paras. [0105] — [0109]).
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`Regarding Claim 7, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein, the determiner determines that the encoding system needs to be
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`limited, a communication node that exists on a data path of the two terminals generates,
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`the signaling that repots the handover to the connection-target network has been
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`performed and transmits the generated signaling to the communication partner terminal
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`of the terminal (Hori et al.
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`: “,....where a calling party UE supports the codec in
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`which bandwidth designation is not always necessary (hereinafter, referred to as
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`codec A), the calling party UE designates only a sampling frequency with respect
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`to the codec A, and generates the SDP offer without bandwidth designation,....”,
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`Fig. 9, paras. [0090] — [0095]; “,....signaling for requesting limiting the bandwidth
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`of the input signal to be encoded of codec A to NB,...”, Fig. 10, paras. [0105] —
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`[0109]).
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`Regarding Claim 8, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein upon receiving the signaling, the communication partner terminal
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`transmits an internal command for limiting the encoding system to an encoder in the
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`communication partner terminal (Hori et al. : “,...Bandwidth determination section
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`708 determines the bandwidth of the input signal encoded in the host terminal
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`with respect to the codec selected by codec selection section 706,...”, “,...The
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`signaling includes signaling for requesting the limitation of the bandwidth
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`(signaling for limiting the bandwidth) from MSC/MGW 300,...”, Fig. 9, paras. [0093]
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`— [0096]).
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`Regarding Claim 9, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein the signaling is included in a real-time transport protocol (RTP)
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`payload header ( Hori et al : real-time protocol (RTP), paras. [0023], [0025], 0213] —
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`[0215]).
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`Regarding Claim 10, the combined system of Hori et al. and Hurtta et al.
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`discloses wherein the signaling is included in a real-time transport protocol control
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`protocol (RTCP) ( Hori et al : real time control protocol (RTCP)-application-defined
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`(APP, paras. [0096], [0106]).
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`Regarding Claim 11, Hori et al. disclose a communication control method
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`(Abstract, “,...A bandwidth change determination method,..”, paras. [0001],
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`[0041], [0042]) comprising:
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`determining a codec and a codec mode to be used by a first terminal and a
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`second terminal that perform communication in a first network, when the first terminal
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`performs a handover from the first network to a second network that, is different from
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`the first network, the determining being based on a common part among:
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`information indicating codecs and codec modes used for communication in the
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`first network from which the handover is performed,
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`information indicating codecs and codec modes supported by the first terminal,
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`and
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`information indicating codecs and codec modes supported by the second
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`network to which the handover is performed;
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`generating signaling that, requests the first and second terminals to
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`communicate using the codec and codec mode determined by the determining.
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`The claim subject matters in main body of the Claim 11 are the same and/or
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`are similar to the limitations as disclosed in Claim 1, same rationale addressed in
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`Claim 1 for rejection adapts for the rejection of Claim 11.
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`Regarding Claim 12, Hori et al. disclose a communication control method
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`(Abstract, “,...A bandwidth change determination method,..”, paras. [0001],
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`[0041], [0042]) comprising:
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`detecting a connection-target network when a terminal performs a handover from
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`a first network to the connection-target network;
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`detecting a codec used in the connection-target network;
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`determining whether an encoding system for the codec to be used by the
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`terminal needs to be limited, based on the detected connection-target network and the
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`detected codec; and
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`transmitting, to an encoder, an internal command for limiting the encoding
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`system after the handover is completed, when a result of the determining is that the
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`encoding system needs to be limited.
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`The claim subject matters in main body of the Claim 12 are the same and/or
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`are similar to the limitations as disclosed in Claim 4, same rationale addressed in
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`Claim 1 and/or in Claim 4 for rejection adapts for the rejection of Claim 12.
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`Response to Arguments
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`5.
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`Applicant’s arguments filed on 10/09/2019 with respect to Claims 1 — 12 have
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`been considered but are moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the
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`references being used in the current rejection.
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`Conclusion
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`6.
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in
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`this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP
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`§ 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37
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`CFR1.136(a).
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