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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
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`WEISS, KENNETH P.
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`Application/Control Number: 13/237,184
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`Paper No. 20130308 — Page 2
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`Art Unit: 3662
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`This office action is given an identifier, Paper No. 20130308, for reference purposes
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`Status of Claims
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`Claims 2—3 are cancelled by claim amendments filed 7 March 2013. Therefore, claims 1
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`and 4—28 are allowed in this office action.
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`The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance:
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`Reason for Allowance
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`Regarding the claimed terms, the Examiner notes that a “general term must be understood
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`in the context in which the inventor presents it.” In re Glaag 283 F.3d 1335, 1340, 62 USPQ2d
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`1151, 1154 (Fed. Cir. 2002). Therefore the Examiner must interpret the claimed terms as found
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`within the Original Specification. Clearly almost all the general terms in the claims may have
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`lexicography must prevail ....” Id. Using these definitions for the claims, the claimed invention
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`was not reasonably found in the prior art.
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`The primary prior art reference, US 20020178364 Al (“Weiss”), discloses a secure
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`registry system and method for the use thereof are provided which permits secure access to a
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`database containing selected data on a plurality of entities, at least portions of which database has
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`restricted access. Mechanisms are provided for controlling access to restricted access portions of
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`the database are provided, such access being determined by at least one of the identity of the
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`requesting entity and the entity's status. A multicharacter public code may be provided which the
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`system can map to provide permit delivery of items, complete telephone calls and perform other
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`functions for entities. The system may also be utilized to locate an individual based on limited
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`biological data. Organizations utilizing the system may have custom software facilitating their
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`access and use of the system.
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`The second reference, US 6819219 (“Bolle”), teaches an invention to wirelessly
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`authenticate a user using a combination of biometrics (e. g., fingerprint) and a locally stored
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`biometric template.
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`In regards to claim 1, the prior art taken either individually or in combination with other
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`prior art of record fails to disclose, suggest, teach, or render obvious the invention as a whole an
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`electronic ID device comprising: a biometric sensor configured to receive a biometric input
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`provided by the user; a user interface configured to receive a user input including secret
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`information known to the user and identifying information concerning an account selected by the
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`user from the plurality of accounts; a communication interface configured to communicate with a
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`secure registry; a processor coupled to the biometric sensor to receive information concerning
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`the biometric input, the user interface and the communication interface, the processor being
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`programmed to activate the electronic ID device based on successful authentication by the
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`electronic ID device of at least one of the biometric input and the secret information, the
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`processor also being programmed such that once the electronic ID device is activated the
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`processor is configured to generate a non— predictable value and to generate encrypted
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`authentication information from the non—predictable value, information associated with at least a
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`portion of the biometric input, and the secret information, and to communicate the encrypted
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`authentication information via the communication interface to the secure registry; and wherein
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`the communication interface is configured to wirelessly transmit the encrypted authentication
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`information to a point—of—sale (POS) device, and wherein the secure registry is configured to
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`receive at least a portion of the encrypted authentication information from the POS device.
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`In regards to claim 15, the prior art taken either individually or in combination with other
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`prior art of record fails to disclose, suggest, teach, or render obvious the invention as a whole a
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`method comprising: authenticating an identity of a user to an electronic ID device based on at
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`least one of biometric data received by the electronic ID device from the user and secret
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`information known to the user and provided to the electronic ID device; activating the electronic
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`ID device based on successful authentication; generating, responsive to activating, a non—
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`predictable value with the electronic ID device; receiving, in a user interface, identifying
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`information from the user concerning a selected one of a plurality of user accounts; generating
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`encrypted authentication information from the non—predictable value, information associated
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`with at least a portion of the biometric data, and the secret information; and communicating, by a
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`communication interface, the encrypted authentication information from the electronic ID device
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`to a secure registry via a point—of—sale (POS) device to authenticate the electronic ID device with
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`the secure registry.
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`In regards to claim 20, the prior art taken either individually or in combination with other
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`prior art of record fails to disclose, suggest, teach, or render obvious the invention as a whole a
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`method comprising: generating, with an electronic ID device, a non—predictable value;
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`generating, with the electronic ID device, encrypted authentication information from the non—
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`predictable value generated by the electronic ID device, information associated with at least a
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`portion of a biometric of the user received by the electronic ID device, and secret information
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`provided to the electronic ID device by the user; communicating the encrypted authentication
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`information from the electronic ID device to a secure registry via a point—of—sale (POS) device to
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`authenticate or not authenticate the electronic ID device with the secure registry; authorizing the
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`POS device to initiate a financial transaction involving a transfer of funds to or from the account
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`selected by the user when the encrypted authentication information is successfully authenticated;
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`and denying the POS device from initiation of the financial transaction involving a transfer of
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`funds to or from the account selected by the user when the encrypted authentication information
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`is not successfully authenticated.
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