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`16/608,903
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`10/28/2019
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`YUTAKA MURAKAMI
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`731456.545USPC
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`9560
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic (PIPCA)
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`Seattle, WA 98104
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`PANCHOLI, RINA C
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`ART UNIT
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`2477
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`09/08/2021
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application No.
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`MURAKAMI, YUTAKA
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`Office Action Summary Art Unit|AIA (FITF) StatusExaminer
`RINA C PANCHOLI
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on amendmentfiled on 6/16/2021.
`C) A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
`2a)¥) This action is FINAL.
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`Notice of Pre-AlA 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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`DETAILED ACTION
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`RESPONSE TO AMENDMENT
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`Status of Application/Amendments/claims
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`1. Applicant’s amendmentfiled on 6/16/2021 is acknowledged. Claims 1-7 are
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`amended and claims 8-12 are newly added.
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`2. Claims 1-12 are pending and have been examined, of which claims 1 and 7 are
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`independent.
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`Claim Rejections/Objections/Interpretation Withdrawn
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`In view of the amendment filed, the following rejections/objections/Interpretation are
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`withdrawn.
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`3. The amendedclaim 1 does not invoke 35USC 112(f), and the claims are given
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`broadest reasonable interpretation using the plain meaning of the claim language in
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`light of the specification as it would be understood byone ofordinary skill in the art
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`4. Claim objection for claim 3 has been withdrawn.
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`New Grounds of Rejection Necessitated by the Amendment
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`The following rejections are new grounds of rejections necessitated by the amendment
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`filed.
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`Claim Objections
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`5. Claims 4, 7 are objected to becauseof the following informalities:
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`6. Claim 4 recites “transmission circuitry’, which is precededin claim 1 by
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`“transmission circuitry”. For proper antecedentbasis, the examiner suggests to
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`amend claim 4 limitations as “the transmission circuitry”.
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`7. Claim 7 is method claim, which recites “acquires advertisement’, which appears to
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`be typographical error for “acetures acquiring advertisement”.
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`Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousnessrejections setforth 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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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence presentin the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`> Claims 1-3, 5-9, 11-12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Semple (US 2017/0032421) in view of Moriwaki et al. (US 2017/0078019)
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`&. Regarding claim 1, Semple teaches a communication apparatus installed in a
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`transportation vehicle (iraveler alert system 100 incluchna location aware device
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`(LAD) 116 ard traveler alert server 140, fig 1; where the LAD 110 is in-dash
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`interactive navigation system, Para 49), the communication apparatus (traveler
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`alert system 100, lig 1} comprising:
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`data selection circuliry (iraveler alert server 140 including information controller
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`144, fio 1, para 54) which, in operation,
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`acquires location information and traveling direction information of the
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`transportation vehicle in motion (Para 55: estimated arrival of time/ remaining
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`traveltime (EeTA/ATT) resolver 143 determines estimated RTT of LAB 110 to reach
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`merchant location 162 based or one or more localians received from LAD and map
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`Gata server; Para 174: map cata server 144 defines a circle sector 2280 having a
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`center point at the current location of LAD 110. The central angle and projection
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`distance and thus arc length) may be dynamically influenced by the direction and
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`speed of the LAD 110),
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`receives a plurality of bid requests for advertisement from one or more
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`candidate advertisers based on the location information and the traveling
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`direction (Para 72-73: display 216, fig 4 shows a display 216 of touchscreen display
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`até with five example reverse auction alert offers CRABS) 23(b}-23(7), RABS 23 are
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`ranked on display 216 according io the resull of the generalized second price
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`auction performed by auction server 147, some of the content of RABS 23 may be
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`automated, such as the HTT to the merchant location and the off route driving time,
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`which are calculated by ETA/RTT resolver 143; the content of each RAB 23
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`indicates the remaining me cf travel to the corresponding merchant location, the
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`name of the corresponding merchant, the bid price from ihe merchant, and ather
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`amenities included in the offer},
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`selecis one of the bid requests to be accepted for al least one of time and
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`location resources (Para OO67: in sieo 535, if an auction selection is received from
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`the LAD while the auction timer is active, then the auction selection is directed io the
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`winning merchant at step 537 for further orocessing) defined by a time zone anda
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`location zone (ogra 72-73%, fig 4 displays reverse auction alert RABs 23, the contert
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`including the RTT to the merchant location and the off route driving time, the conten!
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`of each RAS 25 Indicates the remaining time of travel to the corresponding merchant
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`location, the name of the corresponding merchant, the bid price fram the merchant,
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`and other amenities included in the offer; here, the bids showing estimated arrival
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`time at the location of merchant indicates the selected defined by time and localion
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`acdulres advertisement data corresponding to the selected bid request,
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`wherein the advertisement data includes approaching-iocation data related to
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`a location ahead of a current location of the transportation venicie in the
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`traveling direction and is selected from 4 plurality of pieces of data related to
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`the location (Para 89-90: auction server 147 stores infarmation af bids received
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`from MBAS 160 in table 646 accerding fo columns A through G anc excludes
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`merchant f ATT of LAD 110 to the corresponding merchant location and the
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`merchants RTT keyword (.e., column C} does not match or exceed the determined
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`RT of column B; fig ? and 11 show the offers or advertisement of merchants
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`selected for bids based on remaining travel time of LAD): and
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`transmission circuliry (cisplay as shown in fig 2-4 and 9) which, in operation,
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`transmits, indicative of the acquired advertisement data during a
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`corresponding one of the time and location resources (Para 19: performing a
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`reverse auction by sending the ordered carresponding alerts ta the LAD for display
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`to the traveler and starting a timer for the reverse auction defining a period when the
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`traveler may respond to the ordered corresponding alerts; fig 4 and 11 show the
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`display with the acquired advertisement daia}.
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`Semple teaches the system for merchant-traveler messaging, where based on
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`location and route of the device in vehicle, traveler's preferences, remaining travel
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`time etc., the bidding for merchants is sent to user’s display and the auction
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`selection is made within given time. Semple further describes the information being
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`displayed for the bidding and the merchant details. The reference does not teach the
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`signal being transmitted as modulated light signal.
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`However, Moriwaki teaches transmission circuitry (unique information transmitter
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`123 in light apparatus L1, fig 1, 4) which, in operation, transmis, a modulated
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`light signal, indicative of the acquired advertisement data during a
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`corresponding one of the ime and location resqurces (Unique information
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`transmitter 123 transmits unique information generated by unique information
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`generator 122 to terminal 20 by visible light communication, para 82; where the
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`Unique information generator 122 generates unique information which is unique to
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`bus 10 traveling along a route and specific to the position of bus 10, para 78).
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`Therefore, tt would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective Ting date of the claimed invention to reverse auction (Did) the merchants
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`basect on location and time as taught by Semple with transmission of location
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`information as modulated light signal as taught by Moriwaki for the benefit of
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`appropriately presenting alighting information to a passenger as taught by Moriwaki
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`in para &.
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`9. Regarding claim 7, Semple teaches a communication method (method to send
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`merchant alerts to a traveler, abstract) for a communication apparatus installed
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`in a transportation vehicle (iraveler aleri systern 160 including localion aware
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`device (LAD) 110 and traveler aleri server 140, fig 1; where the LAD 110 is in-dash
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`interactive navigation sysiem, Para 49), the communication method comprising:
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`acquiring location information and traveling direction information of the
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`transportation vehicle in motion (Para &5: estimated arrival of time/ remaining
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`travel time (ETA/RTT) resolver 143 determines estimated RTT ci LAB 110 ta reach
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`merchant location 162 based on ore or more locations received from LAD and map
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`data server: Para 174: map dala server 144 defines a circle sector 2280 having a
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`center point at the current location of LAD 1710. The central angle and projection
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`distance (and thus arc length) may be dynamically influenced by the direction and
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`speed ofthe LAD 116);
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`receiving a plurality of bid requests for advertisement from one or more
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`candidate advertisers based on the location information and the traveling
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`direction (Para 72-73: display 216, fig 4 shows a display 2716 of touchscreen display
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`até with five example reverse auction alert offers CRABS) 23(b}-23(7), RABS 23 are
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`ranked on display 216 according io the resull of the generalized second price
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`auction performed by auction server 147, some of the content of RABS 23 may be
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`automated, such as the HTT to the merchant location and the off route driving time,
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`which are calculated by ETA/RTT resolver 143; the content of each RAB 23
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`indicates the remaining me cf travel to the corresponding merchant location, the
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`name of the corresponding merchant, the bid price from ithe merchant, and other
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`amenities included in the offer};
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`selecting one of the bid requests to be accepted for at least one of time and
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`location resources (Para 0067: in sites 535, if an auction selection is received from
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`the LAD while the auction timer is active, then the auction selection is directed io the
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`winning merchant at step 537 for further orocessing} defined by a time zone anda
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`location zone {para 72-73, fig 4 displays reverse auction alert RABs 23, the content
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`including the RTT to the merchant location and the off route driving time, ihe content
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`of each RAB 23 indicates the remaining time of travel fo the corresponding merchant
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`location, the name of the corresponding merchant, the bid price from the merchant,
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`and other amenities included in the offer; hiere, the biis shawing eslimated arrival
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`time al the location of merchant indicates the selected defined by time and location
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`zone};
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`acquires advertisement data corresponding to the selected bid request,
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`wherein the advertisement data includes approaching-location data related to
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`a location ahead of a current location of the transportation vehicle in the
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`traveling direction and is selected from a plurality of pieces of data related to
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`the location (Para 89-90: auction server 147 stores information of bids received
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`from MBRS 160 in table 640 according ta columns A through G and excludes
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`merchant PATT of LAD 110 ta the corresponding merchant location and the
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`merchant's RYT keyword (.e6., column ©) does not match or exceed the determined
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`RTT of column B; fg 7 and 11 showthe offers or advertisement of merchants
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`selected for bids based on remaining travel ime of LAD}; and
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`transmitting indicative of the acquired advertisement data during a
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`corresponding oneof the time and location resources (Para 19: performing a
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`reverse auction by sending the ordered carresponding alerts to the LAD for display
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`to the traveler and starting a limer for the reverse auction defining 4 period when the
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`traveler may respand to the ordered corresponding alerts: fig 4 and 11 show the
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`display with the acquired advertisernent data).
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`Semple teaches the system for merchant-traveler messaging, where based on
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`location and route of the device in vehicle, traveler's preferences, remaining travel
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`time etc., the bidding for merchants is sent to user’s display and the auction
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`selection is made within given time. Semple further describes the information being
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`displayed for the bidding and the merchant details. The reference does not teach the
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`signal being transmitted as modulated light signal.
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`However, Moriwaki teaches transmitting a modulated light signal indicative of
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`the acquired advertisement data during a corresponding one of the time and
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`location rescurces (unique information transmitter 123 in light apparatus L1, fig 1,
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`4; Unique information transmitter 123 transmits unique information generated by
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`unique information generator 122 to terminal 20 byvisible light communication, para
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`82; where the Unique information generator 122 generates unique information which
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`is unique to bus 10 traveling along a route and specific to the position of bus 10,
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`para 78). Therefore, i would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art
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`before the effective filing date af the claimed invention to reverse auction (oid) the
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`merchanis Dased on iocalion and time as taught by Semple with transmission of
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`location information as modulated light signal as taught by Moriwaki for the benefit of
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`appropriately oresenting alighting information to a passenger as taught by Moriwaki
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`10. Regarding claim 2 and 8, Semple further teaches the data selection circuitry (the
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`ETA/RTT Resolver 143 in traveler alert server, fig 1) further acquires time
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`information including information indicating a current time (Para 137: as the
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`vehicle travels along route 1340 and locations and time stamps are received; the col
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`1364 in fig 13 indicates the location clock, which is the current time at the location),
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`and, based on the location information and the time information (based on
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`location and time in fig 13, the estimated arrival time and remaining travel time
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`ETA/RTT are calculated as described in para 137), selects the one of the bid
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`requests to be acceptedfor at least one of the time and location resources ina
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`future time zone following the current time (as shownin fig 4 and 6 and
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`described in para 91, the bids are accepted or not based on RTTfor the merchant
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`location; estimated time of arrival is considered future time zone following the current
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`time).
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`11.
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`Regarding claim 3 and 9, Semple further teaches the data selection circuitry
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`(Traveler alert server 140, fig 1) determines, depending on an installation
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`location of the communication apparatus within the transportation vehicle ,
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`the advertisement data to be transmitted by the transmission circuitry (fig 8-9:
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`Para 106: Traveler alert server 140 receives the location of LAD 110 in step 802; the
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`location of LAD 110 depends on whether its locational aware system FIG. 1 130 has
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`been activated and the necessary permission to track the LAD 110 has been directly
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`or indirectly granted by the traveler using LAD 110; Lad 110 may be implemented as
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`one or more of 1) a portable device, 2) an in-dash system, and 3) a feature of
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`prevailing self-driving car technology, where a programmedkeyor switch
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`automatically or manually grants the necessary permissions and other information
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`as needed; Para 109: the bids from merchant whoselocation fall along the default
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`RTT are eligible to participate in auction).
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`12.
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`Regarding claim 5 and 11, Semple fails to teach, but Moriwaki teaches wherein
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`each ofthe plurality of pieces of data related to the location ahead of the
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`current location is data for causing an advertisementrelated to the location to
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`be displayed on a display of a terminal that receives the modulatedlight signal
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`(receive bus stop at whichuser is to alight from bus and transmit special offer
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`information to terminal, step s404, fig 16; special offer information includes
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`advertisement information for a shop whose nearestbus stop is a bus stop at which
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`user is to alight from the bus, para 149, fig 17). Therefore, it would have been
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`Sovious io ane of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing daie of the claimed
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`invertion to reverse auction (bid) the merchants based on location and time as
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`taught by Sernple with transmission of location information as modulated Haht signal
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`as taught by Moriwaki for ihe benefit of appropriately presenting alighting information
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`to a passenger as taught by Moriwakiin para 8.
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`13.
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`Regarding claim 6 and 12, Semple fails to teach, but Moriwaki teaches wherein the
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`transmission circuitry (unique information transmitter 123 in light apparatus L1, fig
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`1, 4) includes an illumination circuit configured to transmit the modulated light
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`signal using a visible light (or the modulated light signalis a visible light)
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`(Unique information transmitter 123 transmits unique information generated by
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`unique information generator 122 to terminal 20 byvisible light communication, para
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`82). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before
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`the effective filing date of the claimed invention to reverse auction (bid) the
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`merchants Based on location and lime as taught by Semple with transmission of
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`location information as modulated light signal as taught by Moriwaki for the benefit of
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`appropriately presenting alighting information to a passenger as taught by Moriwaki
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`in para 8.
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`> Claims 4 and 10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Semple (US 201 7/0032421) in view of Moriwaki et al. (US 2017/0078019)in further
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`view of Chiu (US 2014/0357261)
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`14. Regarding claim 4 and 10, Semple in view of Moriwaki teachesthe limitations of
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`parent claims.
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`Semple in view of Moriwakifail to teach, but Chiu teaches the data selection
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`circuitry incorporates, into the approaching-location data to be transmitted by
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`transmission circuitry, ID information for identifying a radio base station
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`associated with the communication apparatus (signal transmission unit of
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`broadcastterminal transmits information related to public transportation vehicle
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`and/or calling points en-route including at least a calling point identifier, para 37;
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`where the information message are transmitted as audio signal with unique
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`electronic identifier for identifying authorized source, para 39; here, the broadcast
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`terminal is considered as radio basestation in broadest reasonable interpretation
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`and the identity of broadcast terminal is also associated with the signal transmission
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`module in fig 1-2). Therefore, i would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
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`the art before the effective filing date af the claimed invention to reverse auction {bid}
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`the merchanis based on location and time as taught by Semple and Moriwaki with
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`identification of device into approaching location data as taught by Chiu for the
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`benefit of providing personalized broadcast service on public transportation
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`as taught by Chiu in para 9.
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`Responseto Arguments
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`15.Applicant’s arguments with respect to amended claim 1 have been considered but
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`are moot because the arguments do not apply to any of the references being used in
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`the current rejection.
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`Conclusion
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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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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to RINA C PANCHOLI whosetelephone number is
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`Application/Control Number: 16/608,903
`Art Unit: 2477
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`/RINA C PANCHOLI/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2477
`9/2/2021
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