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`15/818,642
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`11/20/2017
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`YUTAKA MURAKAMI
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e (PIPCA)
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`PEREZ” ANGELICA
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`ART UNIT
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`2649
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`06/28/2019
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`ELECTRONIC
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`0/7709 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`15/818,642
`Examiner
`ANGELICA M PEREZ
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`Applicant(s)
`MURAKAMI, YUTAKA
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`AIA (FITF) Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 3/15/2019.
`[:1 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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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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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 under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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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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`2.
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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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`3.
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`Claims 1, 3-10 and 12-18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US
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`2002/0102987 (Souisse et al., hereinafter Souisse) in view US 2012/0246538 A1 (Zhenyu Wu, hereinafter
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`Wu).
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`Regarding claim 1, Souisse discloses a terminal apparatus (figure 7, paragraphs 2 and 43, e.g.,
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`“mobile device”) comprising: a transmitter (figure 7 and paragraphs 43 and 55, “mobile station , mobile
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`device”, “cell phone” inherently comprise transmitter) which, in operation, transmits link information
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`related to M individual networks (paragraph 44, 45, 49 and 55, “the receiving unit a monitor a cellular
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`region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different standards... The
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`reported information” and “The cell phone sends a request to the aggregator's proxy server requesting the
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`download of a file and at same time informs the proxy that [it]s is within coverage of both SPRINT and
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`AT&T networks”), via one of the M individual networks (figure 7 and paragraph 44, where it is implied
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`sending the message using one ofthe networks from a “resource usage” point of view”; therefore, the
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`Souisse reference satisfies the current recitation of “one of M”) and transmits, a transmission request for
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`content (figure 7, paragraphs 44 and 55, “The cell phone sends a request to the aggregator’s proxy
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`server...”, where “video image” is a type of content), via the one of the M individual networks, M being an
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`integer from 2 or more, each of the M individual networks including corresponding one of M
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`communication stations (figure 7, paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, at least “GSM” and “CDMA” networks
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`and paragraph 44 and figure 7, please see link communications between “mobile station” and the “GSM”
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`and “CDMA” base stations) with which the terminal apparatus has established links where the M
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`communication stations employ different communication schemes from each other (paragraph 44 and
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`figure 7, where “GSM base station” and “CDMA base station” use different schemes for communication);
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`a receiver (figure 7 and paragraph 49, “mobile station”, “mobile device”, “cell phone” inherently comprise)
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`which, in operation, receives data related to the content, via L individual networks selected based on the
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`link information (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the receiver end, the message is simply reconstructed by
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`reordering all of the received packets. In addition, the selection of which networks to use may be
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`accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the receiving unit a monitor a cellular region to detect
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`RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different standards... The reported information
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`may be used by the proxy server to split a message and transmit the message fragments in accordance
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`with that list” and “Other criterion may be considered during the fragmentation process. For instance, the
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`message may be fragmented into pieces according to a Quality of Service ("QoS") criterion, such as
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`latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.”), L being an integer from 2 to M inclusive, and performs
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`reception processing on the received data for each of L communication schemes (paragraphs 44-45, 49
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`and 55, “the receiver end, the message is simply reconstructed by reordering all ofthe received packets.
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`In addition, the selection of which networks to use may be accomplished in a number of ways. For
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`instance, the receiving unit a monitor a cellular region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels
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`each supporting different standards... The reported information may be used by the proxy server to split a
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`message and transmit the message fragments in accordance with that list” and “Other criterion may be
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`considered during the fragmentation process. For instance, the message may be fragmented into pieces
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`according to a Quality of Service ("QoS") criterion, such as latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.”
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`where L will be the final number of networks selected based on the networks reported by the mobile
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`device and other factors, such as 008, latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.), wherein the
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`receiver receives the information bits and the parity bits separately via different individual networks
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`among the L individual networks; and a received data analyzer which, in operation, combines data after
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`the reception processing to obtain the content (paragraphs 9 and 49, “at the receiver end, the message
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`is simply reconstructed by reordering all ofthe received packets” and “said RF modem comprising: an RF
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`front end operative, for each said separate electromagnetic signal, to receive the signal, to detect the
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`radio frequency over which the signal was transmitted and to downconvert the signal to generate a
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`corresponding baseband signal; a baseband processing unit coupled to said RF front end and operative
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`to detect and decode each said baseband signal generated by said RF front end to generate each said
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`corresponding transmitted message fragment...” corresponding to “data analyzer”).
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`Souisse does not specifically disclose where the data including information bits for body data of
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`the content and parity bits added for error correction of the body data of the content, where the receiver
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`receives the information bits and the parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L
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`individual networks.
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`In related art concerning application of fountain forward error correction codes in multi-link multi-
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`path mobile networks, Wu discloses where the data including information bits for body data of the content
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`and parity bits added for error correction of the body data of the content (paragraphs 3, 5 and 10, “...a
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`type of forward error correction codes, namely fountain codes, to mobile networks that employ the multi-
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`link/multi-path system paradigm...” The selected delivery schemes maximize system throughput and
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`improving end user's quality of services (008).), where the receiver receives the information bits and the
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`parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L individual networks (paragraphs 3, 5,
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`10 and 11, “receiving data packets of fountain encoded symbols via a mobile network that uses a multi-
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`link delivery system, decoding the received data packets of fountain encoded symbols to content data,
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`attempting to recover any corrupted content data and determining if the content data was recovered.”).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the
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`invention to use Wu’s teachings where the data including information bits for body data of the content and
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`parity bits added for error correction of the body data of the content, where the receiver receives the
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`information bits and the parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L individual
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`networks with Souisse’s invention because one of ordinary skill in the art would have recognized that
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`error correction and parity bits are well-known techniques used to enable reliable delivery and reception
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`of data. The selected delivery schemes maximize system throughput and improving end user's quality of
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`services (008).
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`Regarding claim 10, Souisse discloses a communication method (paragraph 2) comprising:
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`transmitting link information related to M individual networks (paragraph 44, 45, 49 and 55, “the receiving
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`unit a monitor a cellular region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different
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`standards... The reported information” and “The cell phone sends a request to the aggregator‘s proxy
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`server requesting the download of a file and at same time informs the proxy that [it]s is within coverage of
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`both SPRINT and AT&T networks”), via one of the individual networks and transmitting, a transmission
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`request for content (figure 7 and paragraph 44, where it is implied sending the message using one of the
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`networks from a “resource usage” point of view”; therefore, the Souisse reference satisfies the current
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`recitation of “one of M”) via one of the individual networks , M being an integer that is 2 or more (figures 4
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`and 7 and paragraph 44, where “GSM” and “CDMA” comprise at least two networks of N networks, where
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`the initial request is done through one of the networks) each of the M individual networks including
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`corresponding one of M communication stations (paragraph 44 and figure 7, please see link
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`communications between “mobile station” and the “GSM” and “CDMA” base stations) with which the
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`terminal apparatus has established links, where the M communication stations employ different
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`communication schemes from each other (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the receiver end, the message
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`is simply reconstructed by reordering all of the received packets. In addition, the selection of which
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`networks to use may be accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the receiving unit a monitor a
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`cellular region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different standards...
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`“),receiving data related to the content via L individual networks selected based on the link information, L
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`being an integer from 2 to M inclusive (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, where L will be the final number of
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`networks selected based on the networks reported by the mobile device and other factors, such as 008,
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`latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.), and performing reception processing on the received data
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`for each of L communication schemes (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the receiver end, the message is
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`simply reconstructed by reordering all of the received packets. In addition, the selection of which networks
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`to use may be accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the receiving unit a monitor a cellular
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`region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different standards... The
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`reported information may be used by the proxy server to split a message and transmit the message
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`fragments in accordance with that list” and “Other criterion may be considered during the fragmentation
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`process. For instance, the message may be fragmented into pieces according to a Quality of Service
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`("QoS") criterion, such as latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.” where L will be the final number
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`of networks selected based on the networks reported by the mobile device and other factors, such as
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`008, latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.); and combining data after the reception processing
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`to obtain the content (paragraphs 9 and 49, “at the receiver end, the message is simply reconstructed by
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`reordering all of the received packets”, corresponding to combining).
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`Souisse does not specifically disclose where the data including information bits for body data of
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`the content and parity bits added for error correction of the body data of the content, where the receiver
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`receives the information bits and the parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L
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`individual networks.
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`In related art concerning application of fountain forward error correction codes in multi-link multi-
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`path mobile networks, Wu discloses where the data including information bits for body data of the content
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`and parity bits added for error correction of the body data ofthe content (paragraphs 3, 5 and 10, “...a
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`type of forward error correction codes, namely fountain codes, to mobile networks that employ the multi-
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`link/multi-path system paradigm...” The selected delivery schemes maximize system throughput and
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`improving end user's quality of services (008).), where the receiver receives the information bits and the
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`parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L individual networks (paragraphs 3, 5,
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`10 and 11, “receiving data packets of fountain encoded symbols via a mobile network that uses a multi-
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`link delivery system, decoding the received data packets of fountain encoded symbols to content data,
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`attempting to recover any corrupted content data and determining if the content data was recovered”).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the
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`invention to use Wu’s teachings where the data including information bits for body data ofthe content and
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`parity bits added for error correction of the body data of the content, where the receiver receives the
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`information bits and the parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L individual
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`networks with Souisse’s invention because one of ordinary skill in the art would have recognized that
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`error correction and parity bits are well-known techniques used to enable reliable delivery and reception
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`of data. The selected delivery schemes maximize system throughput and improving end user's quality of
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`services (008).
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`Regarding claims 3 and 12, Souisse and Wu disclose all the limitations of claims 1 and 10,
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`respectively. Souisse further teaches where the receiver receives the information bits are received via a
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`plurality of individual networks among the L individual networks (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the
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`receiver end, the message is simply reconstructed by reordering all of the received packets. In addition,
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`the selection of which networks to use may be accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the
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`receiving unit a monitor a cellular region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting
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`different standards... The reported information may be used by the proxy server to split a message and
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`transmit the message fragments in accordance with that list” and “Other criterion may be considered
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`during the fragmentation process. For instance, the message may be fragmented into pieces according to
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`a Quality of Service ("QoS") criterion, such as latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.”, where does
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`not have to be equal to M or N based on the various criteria selections. Also, bit information is included in
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`the packets, so that they can be routed accordingly).
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`Regarding claims 4 and 13, Souisse discloses all the limitations of claims 1 and 10, respectively.
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`Souisse further teaches where selection of the L individual networks is made by a host network located
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`upstream of the M individual networks (paragraph 43, e.g., “proxy server” is a type of “network host”).
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`Regarding claims 5 and 14, Souisse discloses all the limitations of claims 4 and 13, respectively.
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`Souisse further disclose where the data related to the content is distributed to the L individual networks by
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`the host network (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the receiver end, the message is simply reconstructed
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`by reordering all of the received packets. In addition, the selection of which networks to use may be
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`accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the receiving unit a monitor a cellular region to detect
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`RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different standards... The reported information
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`may be used by the proxy server to split a message and transmit the message fragments in accordance
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`with that list” and “Other criterion may be considered during the fragmentation process. For instance, the
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`message may be fragmented into pieces according to a Quality of Service ("QoS") criterion, such as
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`latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.”), and the receiver receives via the L individual networks
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`the data related to the content transmitted in accordance with respective communication schemes that
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`differ per individual network (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the receiver end, the message is simply
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`reconstructed by reordering all of the received packets. In addition, the selection of which networks to use
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`may be accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the receiving unit a monitor a cellular region to
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`detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different standards... The reported
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`information may be used by the proxy server to split a message and transmit the message fragments in
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`accordance with that list” and “Other criterion may be considered during the fragmentation process. For
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`instance, the message may be fragmented into pieces according to a Quality of Service ("QoS") criterion,
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`such as latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.” where L will be the final number of networks
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`selected based on the networks reported by the mobile device and other factors, such as 008, latency,
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`cost, required power, battery life, etc.).
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`Regarding claims 6 and 15, Souisse discloses all the limitations of claims 4 and 13, respectively.
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`Souisse does not specifically disclose where an error correction coding scheme to be applied to
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`the body data of the content is determined by the host network.
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`Wu further discloses where an error correction coding scheme to be applied to the body data of
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`the content is determined by the host network (paragraphs 5-6, 21, 25-26, “server” or “content server”).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the
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`invention to use Wu’s teachings where an error correction coding scheme to be applied to the body data
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`of the content is determined by the host network with Souisse’s invention in order to enable reliable
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`delivery and reception of digital data by using a well-known technique for error correction.
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`Regarding claims 7 and 16, Souisse discloses all the limitations of claims 4 and 13, respectively.
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`Souisse further discloses where prior to transmitting the link information, the transmitter transmits access
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`information related to the N communication stations, N being an integer equal to or larger than M
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`(paragraph 44 and figure 7, please see link communications between “mobile station” and the “GSM” and
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`“CDMA” base stations, where a network usually has several base stations; therefore, the number of base
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`station N is greater than the number of networks M), that the terminal apparatus can connect to, and the
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`access information is registered to the host network (paragraph 44 and figure 7, please see link
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`communications between “mobile station” and the “GSM” and “CDMA” base stations, where by providing
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`the uplink information from the detected networks, the fragmented content is delivered using “some” of
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`the reported networks that the “receiving end” “can connect”, as already demonstrated by the collecting of
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`information).
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`Regarding claims 8 and 17, Souisse discloses all the limitations of claims 4 and 13, respectively.
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`Souisse further teaches where the L individual networks selected based on the link information are
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`dynamically configured by the host network (paragraphs 44-45, 49 and 55, “the receiver end, the
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`message is simply reconstructed by reordering all of the received packets. In addition, the selection of
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`which networks to use may be accomplished in a number of ways. For instance, the receiving unit a
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`monitor a cellular region to detect RF activity relative to multiple channels each supporting different
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`standards... The reported information may be used by the proxy server to split a message and transmit
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`the message fragments in accordance with that list” and “Other criterion may be considered during the
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`fragmentation process. For instance, the message may be fragmented into pieces according to a Quality
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`of Service ("Q08") criterion, such as latency, cost, required power, battery life, etc.”, where does not have
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`to be equal to M or N based on the various criteria selections).
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`Regarding claims 9 and 18, Souisse discloses all the limitations of claims 1 and 10, respectively.
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`Souisse further teaches where the plurality of individual networks include two or more individual networks
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`that employ a same communication scheme (paragraph 11, “the message fragments may be sent over
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`either homogeneous...networks...”).
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`Response to Arguments
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`4.
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`Applicant's arguments filed 3/15/2019 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
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`In the Remarks, Applicant argues in substance:
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`(A) “Specifically, neither of the cited references, Souisse nor Wu, teaches or suggests “receiv[ing]
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`the information bits and the parity bits separately via different individual networks among the L individual
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`networks. .
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`. ”
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`The examiner would like to point out where parity bits/parity symbols are included in the packets,
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`where when the packets are distributed and pass through the different base stations of the different
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`networks, they have the information, so that when the packets arrive to their destination, the packets can
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`be corrected and rearranged. An additional reference has been provided for discussion purposes
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`regarding error correction and parity bite/symbols techniques.
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`The examiner has given a broad and reasonable interpretation to the claims in view of the
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`specifications and believes that the references read on the claims as presently written; therefore, the
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`rejection is maintained.
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`Conclusion
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`5.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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`Reference 4,630,271 (Yamada) relates to error correction method and parity symbols.
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`6.
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth
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`in 37 CFR1.136(a).
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from
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`the mailing date of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date
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`of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH
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`shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action
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`is mailed, and any extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`the advisory action.
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should
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`Application/Control Number: 15/818,642
`Art Unit: 2649
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`/ANGELICA M PEREZ/
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2649
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`06/21/2019
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`/EDWARD F URBAN/
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`Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2649
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