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`17/732,706
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`04/29/2022
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`Noritaka IGUCHI
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`2022-0818
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`DANG,PHILIP
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`ART UNIT
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`04/17/2024
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/732,706
`Examiner
`Philip P Dang
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`Applicant(s)
`IGUCH et al.
`Art Unit
`2488
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`AIA (FITF) Status
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`1) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 2/26/2024.
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`4)(2) Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Sa) Of the above claim(s) 1-11 is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`Application/Control Number: 17/732,706
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Applicant Responseto Official Action
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`2.
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`The responsefiled on 2/26/2024 has been entered and made of record.
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`Acknowledgment
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`3.
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`4.
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`Claims 1-11, canceled on 4/29/2022, are acknowledged by the examiner.
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`Claims 12-13, amended on 2/26/2024, are acknowledged by the examiner.
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`Examiner's Note
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`5.
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`The instant application has a lengthy prosecution history and the examiner encourages
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`the applicant to have a telephonic interview with the examinerprior to filing a response to the
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`instant office action. Also, prior to the interview the examiner encouragesthe applicant to
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`present multiple possible claim amendments, so as to enable the examinerto identify claim
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`amendmentsthat will advance prosecution in a meaningful manner.
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`Response to Arguments
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`6.
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`Applicant's arguments with respect to claims 12-13 have been considered but they are
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`mootin view of the new grounds of rejection necessitated by amendmentsinitiated by the
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`applicant. Examiner addresses the main arguments of the Applicant as below.
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`7.
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`Regarding the 35 U.S.C. 103 rejection, the Applicant amendedthe claims then argued,
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`“it is respectfully submitted that Kitazato necessarily fails to teach "the data units include(i) a
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`first data unit having a first presentation time to which the offset value is not applied in the
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`deriving, the first presentation time being a time before the occurrence of the leap second, and
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`(ii) a second data unit having a second presentation time to which the offset value is applied in
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`the deriving, the second presentation time being a time after the occurrence ofthe leap
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`second,” as required by the above-notedfeatures of claim 12.” [Paragraphs 2 on page 5 of the
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`Remarks].
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`Examiner respectfully disagrees. Kitazato (US Patent Application Publication
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`2018/0034571 A1), (“Kitazato”), in view of Toma et al. (EP 3641318 A1), (‘Toma’) discloses the
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`arguedlimitation as follow:
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`the data units include (i.e. for each presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0130; Fig. 13]
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`(i) a first data unit (i.e. the absolute time information includedin the signal received
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`by the reception unit is added with mode information representing as being in this
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`state, the mode information is modified to represent as being in a normalstate a
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`certain period of time prior to the shifted time) [Kitazato; para. 0113] havingafirst
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`presentation time to which the offset value is not applied in the deriving ((i.e. FIG. 14is a
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`diagram illustrating a calculation method of decoding time DT and presentation
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`time PT ona reception side) [Kitazato; para. 0140; Fig. 14] ; (i.e. generates
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`presentation time of each presentation unit group formed by a predetermined
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`numberof presentation units of transmission media on the basis of the absolute
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`time information generated by the time information generating unit; an
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`identification information generating unit which generates identification
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`information identifying the first presentation unit group referring to absolute time
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`information after occurrence of a leap second whenthe leap second occurs in the
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`absolute time information generated by the time information generating unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0016] — Note: Kitazato discloses that there are multiple
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`presentation units), the first presentation time being a time before the occurrence of
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`the leap second(i.e. This mode information allows the reception side to easily
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`recognizethat the occurrence time of a leap secondis in the shifted state. In this
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`case, the mode information may be modified to represent as being in a normal
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`state a certain periodof time prior to the shifted time. This allows the reception
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`side to recognize the shifted time in advance and to promptly prepare for
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`occurrenceof a leap second.) [Kitazato; para. 0010-0011; Figs. 21-22, 24, 26-28 —
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`Note: Kitazato discloses that during the presentation time happens before the leap
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`second occurs, the normalstate is operated. The normal state does not add an
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`offset from the data unit to the presentation time], and (ii) a second data unit ((i.e. A
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`one-bit flag information of "A" represents whetherthe field of "DU payload"
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`includesa plurality of data units. A value "1" represents inclusion and "0"
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`represents non-inclusion) [Kitazato; para. 0107] ; (i.e. An eight-bit field of
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`“num_of_au" represents the numberof presentation units (access units) forming
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`an MPU)[Kitazato; para. 0138]) having a second presentation time ((i.e. FIG. 14 is a
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`diagram illustrating a calculation method of decoding time DT and presentation
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`time PT onareception side) [Kitazato; para. 0140; Fig. 14]; (i.e. calculating
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`decoding time and presentation time of each presentation unit in accordance with
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`reception of data of the presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0149]) to which the offset
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`value is applied in the deriving ((i.e. presentation time information represented by an
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`offset time length from decoding time for each presentation unit) [Kitazato; para.
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`0132]; (i.e. This presentation time is, for example, absolute time corresponding to
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`a presentation unit in the head of a video MPU addedwith a delay due to an
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`encode buffer and a decode buffer as an offset. In the exampleillustrated, for
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`example assuming that each of a delay by the encode buffer and the decode
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`buffer is one second, an offset of two secondsis added.) [Kitazato; para. 0202];
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`(ie. Absolute time information illustrated in FIG. 21(a) is referred to in accordance
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`with each video MPU andthereby presentation time (mpu_presentation_time) of a
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`presentation unit (access unit) in the headis set. This presentation time is
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`described in an MPU timestamp descriptor of an MP table as described above (see
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`FIG. 11). This presentation time is, for example, absolute time corresponding to a
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`presentation unit in the head of a video MPU addedwith a delay due to an encode
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`buffer and a decode buffer as an offset) [Kitazato; para. 0162-0163; Figs. 11, 21]),
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`the second presentation time being a time after the occurrence of the leap second(i.e.
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`Furthermore, the receiver 200 adjusts presentation time of each MPUafter from
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`and after the first MPU (presentation unit group) referring to absolute time
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`information after occurrence of a leap secondon the basis of the leap second
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`control signal described above. Specifically, one second is added to each
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`presentation time when occurrenceof a leap secondis insertion of the leap
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`second) [Kitazato; para. 0188]
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`Accordingly, the Examiner respectfully maintains the rejections and applicability of the arts
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`used.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`7.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`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 of this
`title, 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 mannerin which the invention was made.
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`8.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103)is incorrect, any correction of the
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`statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art
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`relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same undereither status.
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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459
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`(1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining obviousness underpre-
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`AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) 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 pertinentart.
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`4. Considering objective evidence presentin the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobviousness.
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`This application currently namesjoint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims
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`underpre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a), the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various
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`claims was commonly ownedatthe time any inventions covered therein were made absent any
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`evidenceto the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56to point out
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`the inventor and invention dates of each claim that was not commonly ownedatthe time a later
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`invention was madein orderfor the examinerto consider the applicability of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C.
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`103(c) and potential pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 102(e), (f) or (g) prior art under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C.
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`103(a).
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`9.
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`Claims 12-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Kitazato (US Patent Application Publication 2018/0034571 A‘), (“Kitazato”), in view of
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`Toma et al. (EP 3641318 A1), (“Toma’).
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`Regarding claim 12, Kitazato meets the claim limitations, as follows:
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`A receiving method (i.e. a reception method) [Kitazato; para. 0001] comprising:
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`using a receiver device (i.e. receiver) [Kitazato; para. 0078; Figs. 1, 30-31], receiving
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`first time information ((i.e. a reception unit which receivesa signal including
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`transmission media and absolute time information) [Kitazato; para. 0012]; (i.e. the
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`absolute time information included in the signal received by the reception unit is
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`addedwith modeinformation representing as being in this state) [Kitazato; para.
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`0113]), second time information (i.e. time information of a presentation unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0132], and control information ((i.e. control information) [Kitazato;
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`para. 0113; Fig. 16, Fig. 14 - control information (MPT)]; (i.e. MMT package table
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`(MPT)) [Kitazato; para. 0115]; (i.e. the absolute time information includedin the
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`signal received by the reception unit is added with mode information representing
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`as being in this state) [Kitazato; para. 0113]), the first time information ((i.e. the
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`presentationtime of the first unit) [Kitazato; para. 0137]; (i.e. absolute time
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`information) [Kitazato; para. 0012]) indicating a start time of a time period (i.e. a
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`certain period of time) [Kitazato; para. 0011], the second time information indicating
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`(i.e. time information of a presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0132], based on the
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`start time, presentation times of respective data units in the time period((i.e.
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`represented by an offset time length from the presentation time of the first unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0137]; (i.e. The time length information arranged in the MPU
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`extended timestamp descriptor is formed by decoding time information ofa
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`presentation unit, transmitted first, represented by an offset time length from the
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`presentationtimeof the first presentation unit, information representing time
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`length for each presentation unit, and presentation time information represented
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`by an offset time length from decoding time for each presentation unit) [Kitazato;
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`para. 0132]; (i.e. The same numberof 16-bit fields of "dts_pts_offset" as the
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`numberof the presentation units are included. This field represents time from
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`decoding time to presentation time of a presentation unit in time units represented
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`in a timescale. Thatis, this field represents presentation time information
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`represented by an offset time length from decoding time of a presentation unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0138]; (i.e. generates presentation time of each presentation unit
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`group formed by a predetermined numberof presentation units of transmission
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`media on the basis of the absolute time information generated by the time
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`information generating unit; an identification information generating unit which
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`generates identification information identifying the first presentation unit group
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`referring to absolute time information after occurrence of a leap second when the
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`leap second occurs in the absolute time information generated by the time
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`information generating unit) [Kitazato; para. 0016] — Note: Kitazato discloses that
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`there are multiple presentation units, and each of them has an offset), the control
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`information indicating a time at which a leap second will occur((i.e. a leap secondis
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`generatedat the shifted time on the basis of the mode information) [Kitazato;
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`para. 0014] (i.e. The time information generating unit generates time information
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`by shifting, to shifted time, occurrence time of a leap second that can be
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`represented by the absolute time information acquired from the external source)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0005]) and an offset value (i.e. The time length information arranged
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`in the MPU extended timestamp descriptor is formed by decoding time
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`information of a presentation unit, transmitted first, represented by an offset time
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`length from the presentation time ofthe first presentation unit, information
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`representing time length for each presentation unit, and presentation time
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`information represented by an offset time length from decoding time for each
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`presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0132]; and
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`using a processor((i.e. a processing unit which processes) [Kitazato; para. 0012];
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`(i.e. Real-time distribution server) [Kitazato; para. 0359; Fig. 18]; (i.e. NTP server)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0151]), deriving the presentation times of the data units ((i.e. FIG. 14 is
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`a diagram illustrating a calculation method of decoding time DT and presentation
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`time PT ona reception side) [Kitazato; para. 0140; Fig. 14] ; (i.e. generates
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`presentation time of each presentation unit group formed by a predetermined
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`numberof presentation units of transmission media on the basis of the absolute
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`time information generated by the time information generating unit; an
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`identification information generating unit which generates identification
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`information identifying the first presentation unit group referring to absolute time
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`information after occurrence of a leap second when the leap second occursin the
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`absolute time information generated by the time information generating unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0016] — Note: Kitazato discloses that there are multiple
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`presentation units, and each of them has an offset) based on thefirst time
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`information ((i.e. calculating decoding time and presentation time of each
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`presentation unit in accordance with reception of data of the presentation unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0149]; (i.e. Absolute time informationillustrated in FIG. 21(a) is
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`referred to in accordance with each video MPU andthereby presentation time
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`(mpu_presentation_time) of a presentation unit (access unit) in the headis set.
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`This presentation time is described in an MPU timestamp descriptor of an MP
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`table as described above (see FIG. 11). This presentation time is, for example,
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`absolute time corresponding to a presentation unit in the head of a video MPU
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`addedwith a delay due to an encode buffer and a decode buffer as an offset)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0162-0163; Figs. 11, 21]; (i.e. represented by an offset time length
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`from the presentation timeof the first unit) [Kitazato; para. 0137]), the second time
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`information (i.e. presentation time information represented by an offset time length
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`from decoding time for each presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0132], and the
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`control information (i.e. The time length information arranged in the MPU extended
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`timestamp descriptor is formed by decoding time information of a presentation
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`unit, transmittedfirst, represented by an offset time length from the presentation
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`time of the first presentation unit, information representing time length for each
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`presentation unit, and presentation time information represented by an offset time
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`length from decoding time for each presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0132],
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`wherein
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`the data units include (i.e. for each presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0130; Fig. 13]
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`(i) a first data unit (i.e. the absolute time information includedin the signal received
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`by the reception unit is added with mode information representing as being in this
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`state, the mode information is modified to represent as being in a normalstate a
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`certain period of time prior to the shifted time) [Kitazato; para. 0113] havingafirst
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`presentation time to which the offset value is not applied in the deriving ((i.e. FIG. 14 is a
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`diagram illustrating a calculation method of decoding time DT and presentation
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`time PT ona reception side) [Kitazato; para. 0140; Fig. 14] ; (i.e. generates
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`presentation time of each presentation unit group formed by a predetermined
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`numberof presentation units of transmission media on the basis of the absolute
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`time information generated by the time information generating unit; an
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`identification information generating unit which generates identification
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`information identifying the first presentation unit group referring to absolute time
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`information after occurrence of a leap second when the leap second occurs in the
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`absolute time information generated by the time information generating unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0016] — Note: Kitazato discloses that there are multiple
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`presentation units), the first presentation time being a time before the occurrence of
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`the leap second(i.e. This mode information allows the reception side to easily
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`recognizethat the occurrence time of a leap secondis in the shifted state. In this
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`case, the mode information may be modified to represent as being in a normal
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`state a certain periodof time prior to the shifted time. This allows the reception
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`side to recognize the shifted time in advance and to promptly prepare for
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`occurrenceof a leap second.) [Kitazato; para. 0010-0011; Figs. 21-22, 24, 26-28 —
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`Note: Kitazato discloses that during the presentation time happens before the leap
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`second occurs, the normalstate is operated. The normal state does not add an
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`offset from the data unit to the presentation time], and (ii) a second data unit ((i.e. A
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`one-bit flag information of "A" represents whetherthe field of "DU payload"
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`includes a plurality of data units. A value "1" represents inclusion and "0"
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`represents non-inclusion) [Kitazato; para. 0107] ; (i.e. An eight-bit field of
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`“num_of_au" represents the numberof presentation units (access units) forming
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`an MPU)[Kitazato; para. 0138]) having a second presentation time ((i.e. FIG. 14 is a
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`diagram illustrating a calculation method of decoding time DT and presentation
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`time PT onareception side) [Kitazato; para. 0140; Fig. 14]; (i.e. calculating
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`decoding time and presentation time of each presentation unit in accordance with
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`reception of data of the presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0149]) to which the offset
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`value is applied in the deriving ((i.e. presentation time information represented by an
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`offset time length from decoding time for each presentation unit) [Kitazato; para.
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`0132]; (i.e. This presentation time is, for example, absolute time corresponding to
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`a presentation unit in the head of a video MPU addedwith a delay due to an
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`encode buffer and a decode buffer as an offset. In the exampleillustrated, for
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`example assuming that each of a delay by the encode buffer and the decode
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`buffer is one second, an offset of two secondsis added.) [Kitazato; para. 0202];
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`(ie. Absolute time information illustrated in FIG. 21(a) is referred to in accordance
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`with each video MPU andthereby presentation time (mpu_presentation_time) of a
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`presentation unit (access unit) in the headis set. This presentation time is
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`described in an MPU timestamp descriptor of an MP table as described above (see
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`FIG. 11). This presentation time is, for example, absolute time corresponding to a
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`presentation unit in the head of a video MPU addedwith a delay due to an encode
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`buffer and a decode buffer as an offset) [Kitazato; para. 0162-0163; Figs. 11, 21]),
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`the second presentation time being a time after the occurrence of the leap second(i.e.
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`Furthermore, the receiver 200 adjusts presentation time of each MPUafter from
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`and after the first MPU (presentation unit group) referring to absolute time
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`information after occurrence of a leap secondon the basis of the leap second
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`control signal described above. Specifically, one second is added to each
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`presentation time when occurrenceof a leap secondis insertion of the leap
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`second) [Kitazato; para. 0188].
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`Kitazato does not explicitly disclose the following claim limitations (Emphasis added).
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`A receiving method comprising:
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`using a receiver device, receiving first time information, second time information, and
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`control information, the first time information indicating a start time of a time period, the
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`secondtime information indicating, based on the start time, presentation times of
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`respective data units in the time period, the control information indicating a time at which
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`a leap secondwill occur and an offset value; and
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`using a processor, deriving the presentation times of the data units based onthefirst
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`time information, the second time information, and the control information, wherein the
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`data units include(i) a first data unit having a first presentation time to which the offset
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`value is not applied in the deriving, the first presentation time being a time before the
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`occurrenceof the leap second, and(ii) a second data unit having a second presentation
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`time to which the offset value is applied in the deriving, the second presentation time
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`being a time after the occurrenceof the leap second.
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`However,in the same field of endeavor Toma further discloses the claim limitations and the
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`deficient claim limitations, as follows:
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`the first time information indicating a start time (i.e. In the MPD of the DASHorthe
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`SDP of the RTP, the content playbackstart clock time or the content decoding
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`start clock time can be indicated, and these clock times are specified based on the
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`reference clock, such as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is defined in
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`each multiplexing or transmission system. The PTS (Presentation Time Stamp) or
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`DTS (Decoding Time Stamp) of an individual video frame or audio sample are also
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`set based on the reference clock.) [Toma: para. 0093] efatime_pered_the second
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`time information indicating, based on the start time (i.e. In the MPD of the DASHor the
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`SDP of the RTP, the content playbackstart clock time or the content decoding
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`start clock time can be indicated, and these clock times are specified based on the
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`reference clock, such as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), which is defined in
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`each multiplexing or transmission system. The PTS (Presentation Time Stamp) or
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`DTS (Decoding Time Stamp) of an individual video frame or audio sample are also
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`set based on the reference clock. On the other hand, in the broadcasting, because
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`a PCR (Program Clock Reference) serves as the reference clock, information
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`indicating a correlation between the reference clocks of the broadcasting-side
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`data and communication-side data is required when the broadcasting-side data
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`and the communication-side data are to be synchronously played back) [Toma:
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`para. 0093],
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`It would have been obvious to one with an ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefiling date
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`of the claimed invention to modify the teachings of Kitazato with Toma to include the content
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`playbackstart clock time or the content decoding start clock time in the MPD of the DASH or the
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`SDP of the RTP.
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`Therefore, the combination of Kitazato with Toma will enable the system to synchronize the play
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`back between the broadcasting-side data and the communication-side data [Toma: para. 0093].
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`Regarding claim 13, Kitazato meets the claim limitations, as follows:
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`A receiving apparatus (i.e. a reception apparatus) [Kitazato; para. 0001] comprising:
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`a receiver device (i.e. receiver) [Kitazato; para. 0078; Figs. 1, 30-31] that, in operation,
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`receivesfirst time information ((i.e. a reception unit which receives a signal including
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`transmission media and absolute time information) [Kitazato; para. 0012]; (i.e. the
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`absolute time information included in the signal received by the reception unit is
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`addedwith modeinformation representing as being in this state) [Kitazato; para.
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`0113]), second time information (i.e. time information of a presentation unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0132], and control information ((i.e. control information) [Kitazato;
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`para. 0113; Fig. 16, Fig. 14 - control information (MPT)]; (i.e. MMT package table
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`(MPT)) [Kitazato; para. 0115]; (i.e. the absolute time information includedin the
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`signal received by the reception unit is added with mode information representing
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`as being in this state) [Kitazato; para. 0113]), the first time information ((i.e. the
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`presentationtime of the first unit) [Kitazato; para. 0137]; (i.e. absolute time
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`information) [Kitazato; para. 0012]) indicating a start time of a time period (i.e. a
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`certain period of time) [Kitazato; para. 0011], the second time information indicating
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`(i.e. time information of a presentation unit) [Kitazato; para. 0132], based on the
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`start time, presentation times of respective data units in the time period((i.e.
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`represented by an offset time length from the presentation time of the first unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0137]; (i.e. The time length information arranged in the MPU
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`extended timestamp descriptor is formed by decoding time information ofa
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`presentation unit, transmitted first, represented by an offset time length from the
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`presentationtimeof the first presentation unit, information representing time
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`length for each presentation unit, and presentation time information represented
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`by an offset time length from decoding time for each presentation unit) [Kitazato;
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`para. 0132]; (i.e. The same numberof 16-bit fields of "dts_pts_offset" as the
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`numberof the presentation units are included. This field represents time from
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`decoding time to presentation time of a presentation unit in time units represented
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`in a timescale. Thatis, this field represents presentation time information
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`represented by an offset time length from decoding time of a presentation unit)
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`[Kitazato; para. 0138]; (i.e. generates presentation time of each presentation unit
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`group formed by a predetermined numberof presentation units of transmission
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`media on the basis of the absolute time information generated by the time
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`information generating unit; an identification information generating unit which
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`generates identification information identifying the first presentation unit group
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`referring to absolute time information after occurrence of a leap second when the
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`leap second occurs in the absolute time information generated by the time
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`information generating unit) [Kitazato; para. 0016] —- Note: Kitazato discloses that
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`there are multiple presentation units, and each of them has an offset), the control
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`information indicating a time at which a leap second will occur((i.e. a leap secondis
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`generatedat the shifted time on the basis of the mode information) [Kitazato;
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`para. 0014] (i.e. The time information generating unit generates time information
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`by shifting, to shifted time, occurrence time of a leap second that can be
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`represented by the absolute time information acquired fro