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`Audio Device Integration System
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`Application No.
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`App|icant(s)
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`10/316,961
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`Examine,
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`Jason R. Kurr
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`MARLOWE, IRA
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication. even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1)lXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 06 September 2007.
`2a)E This action is FINAL.
`2b)[j This action is non-final.
`3)I:| Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`4)|ZI C|aim(s) 1-13 15-38 40-57 59-65 and 67-104 is/are pending in the application.
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`5)I:I Claim(s).
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`is/are allowed.
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`6)® C|aim(s) 1-13 15-38 40-57 59-65 and 67-104 is/are rejected.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Claim Objections
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`Claim 100'is objected to because of the following informalities:
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`Claim 100 discloses “the second electrical connector”, there is a lack of
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`antecedent basis for this limitation within the claim.
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`Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`The following is a quotation of the second paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`Claims 1-3, 6, 11, 13, 16-20, 23-25, 27-28, 30, 42, 55-57, 59, 62—65, 67, 71-74,
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`76, 80-82, 102-104 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, second paragraph, as being
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`indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which
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`applicant regards as the invention.
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`With respect to claims 1, 6, 11, 13, 16-20, 23-25, 27-28, 30,42, 55, 59, 62-63,
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`67, 71-72, 76, 80-82, 102-104 the Applicant has amended the term “the car stereo” to
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`read “a car stereo" throughout the claim language. By doing this, it is unclear to the
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`Examiner as to which car stereo the claim is referring. Are there multiple car stereos?
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`For example, claim 1 discloses "a first connector electrically connectable to a car
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`stereo",...,"an interface connected between the first and second electrical connectors for
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`channeling audio signals to a car stereo". From this disclosure it is impossible ‘to
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`determine where the audio signals are being channeled, thus rendering the claim as
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`With respect to claims 2-3, 56-57, 64-65, and 73-74 the claims disclose “the
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`apparatus of claim1, further comprising an OEM car stereo/ after—market car stereo".
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`The term "further comprising" implies that these types of car stereos are in addition to
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`the car stereo of claim 1. There is no support for a multiple car stereo system in the
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`Applicant's disclosure.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claims 1-6, 10-13, 15-30, 34-35, 37-38, 40-41, 47-52, 54-57, 59, 62, 81-82, 88-
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`93, 98-99 and 102-104 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable
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`over Owens et al (US 2002/0084910 A1) in view of Beckert et al (US 6,175,789 B1).
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`With respect claim 1, Owens discloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first connector (fig.1 #32) electrically connectable to a car stereo (fig.1
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`#10); a second connector (fig.8 “L1,R1,V1”) electrically connectable to an after—market
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`audio device (fig.1 #44,46,48) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] ln.9—11); a third
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`connector (fig.1 #12) electrically connectable to one or more auxiliary input sources
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`(fig.1 #13) external to a car stereo and an after-market audio device (pg.2 [0025] ln.3-6);
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`an interface (fig.1 #30,40) connected between the first and second electrical connectors
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`for channeling audio signals to a car stereo from an after-market audio device (pg.2
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`[0032]), wherein the interface remotely controls at least one of a plurality of auxiliary
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`sources using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car stereo through
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`the first connector (pg.2 [0028]), transmitting a control command to at least one of a
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`plurality of auxiliary input sources through at least one of the plurality of auxiliary
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`electrical connectors for execution by at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources
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`(pg.1 [0006]); receiving data from one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources through at
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`least one of the plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors, and transmitting the data to a
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`‘ car stereo through the first electrical connector for display by a car stereo (pg.3 [0035]);
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`and selecting one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources from a car stereo (pg.2 [0026]).
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`Owens does not disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commands into
`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmed to execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 |n.22-31) an
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control command into a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted command to an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by anafter—market
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`audio device (col.1 ln.63-67, co|.2 |n.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (col.3 ln.41-67, co|.4 |n.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (col.4 lnL17-22); and a third
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`code portion for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector (col.5 |n.28—37,56-62).
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`At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 2, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, however does
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`not disclose expressly further comprising an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
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`car stereo connected to the first electrical connector. The after-market car stereo (fig.1
`#10) of Owens contains the master microprocessor that performs the systems selection
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`functions of auxiliary units (pg.2 [0034]) wherein this microprocessor is not available in
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`an OEM car stereo. Beckert discloses a system wherein the interface processing
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`occurs in a unit (fig.2 #64,62) separate from the car stereo (fig.2 #60). At the time of the
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`invention it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art that the
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`master microprocessor that controls the interfacing functions of Owens could have been
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`located within an external unit to the car stereo as taught by Beckert, such as the AN
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`interface module (fig.1 #30). The motivation for doing so would have been to allow a
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`user to integrate auxiliary and after-market devices with the factory (OEM) car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 3, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising an after-market car stereo (pg.2 [0025] |n.1-3).
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`With respect to claim 4, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising a CD player (fig.1 #10), CD changer (fig.2 #15), MP3 player, Digital Audio
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`Broadcast (DAB) receiver, or satellite receiver.
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`With respect to claim 5, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface further comprises a plug-and-play mode for automatically detecting a device
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`type of an after-market audio device connected to the second electrical connector and
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`integrating an after-market audio device based upon the device type (pg.2 [0034]).
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`With respect to claim 6, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface generates a device presence signal for maintaining the car stereo in a state
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`responsive to processed data and audio signals (pg.2 [0034]). It is clear that as the
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`master microprocessor polls system the peripheral modules respond with a presence
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`signal containing information pertaining to their status.
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`With respect to claim 10, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`interface processes video information generated by an after-market audio device (pg.2
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`[0032]).
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`With respect to claim 11, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, however
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`does not disclose expressly wherein formatted data is displayed as a menu on the
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`display of the car stereo. Owens discloses wherein an auxiliary input could be an MP3
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`player (pg.2 [0025] ln.3—5). Official Notice is taken that it is well known in the art that car
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`stereo head units have the function of displaying menus of files stored in an attached
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`MP3 player. At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to a person of
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`ordinary skill in the art to allow the head unit (fig.1 #10) of Owens to display a menu of
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`the audio files stored in attached auxiliary source such as an MP3 player. The
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`motivation for providing the stored audio files in the form of a menu on the head unit
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`would have been to provide a simple display to a user of the available audio options for
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`sound reproduction.
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`With respect to claim 12, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 11, wherein the
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`display comprises a graphic panel (fig.10 #21, pg.3 [0035]).
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`With respect to claim 13, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein the
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`commands are input by a user using one or more control buttons or presets on a car
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`stereo (fig.1O #27,28, p9.3 [0033-0039]).
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`With respect to claim 15, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein
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`audio signals from the one or more auxiliary input sources are selectively channeled to
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`the car stereo by the interface (pg.2 [O032]).
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`With respect to claim 16, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select between the one or more auxiliary input sources by depressing keys on
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`a car stereo (pg.3 [0O39], “mode button”, “A/V source”).
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`With respect to claim 17, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a‘
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering a disc number at a car
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`stereo (pg.3 co|.2 ln.1-4).
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`With respect to claim 18, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering a track number at a car
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`stereo (pg.3 [0039] |n.7-11).
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`With respect to claim 19, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select one of the auxiliary input sources by entering both disc and track
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`numbers at a car stereo (pg.3 [0O39]).
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`With respect to claim 20, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, wherein a
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`user can select between the audio device and the one or more auxiliary input sources
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`by entering a sequence at a car stereo (pg.3 [0037-0039]).
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`With respect to claim 21, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 20, wherein the
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`sequence comprises a track up selection followed by a track down selection (pg.3
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`[0039] ln.3-5).
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`With respect to claim 22, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 1, further
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`comprising a second interface (fig.1 #30) connected to the first interface (fig.1 #40) for
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`providing a plurality of auxiliary input sources.
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`With respect to claim 23, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 22, wherein
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`both the first interface and the second interface are controllable using a car stereo (pg.1
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`[0006]).
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`With respect to claim 24, Owens discloses an audio device integration system
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`comprising: a first electrical connector (fig.1 #32) connectable to a car stereo (fig.1 #10);
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`a plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors (fig.8 “L1-L3,R1-R3,V1-V3”) connectable to a
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`plurality of auxiliary input sources (fig.1 #44,46,48); an interface (fig.1 #30,40)
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`connected between the first electrical connector and the plurality of auxiliary electrical
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`connectors for channeling audio from at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources
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`to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032]), wherein the interface remotely controls at least one of a
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`plurality of auxiliary sources using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a
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`car stereo through the first connector (pg.2 [0028]), transmitting a control command to
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`at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources through at least one of the plurality of
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`auxiliary electrical connectors for execution by at least one of a plurality of auxiliary
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`input sources (pg.1 [0006]); receiving data from one of a plurality of auxiliary input
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`sources through at least one of the plurality of auxiliary electrical connectors, and
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`transmitting the data to a car stereo through the first electrical connector for display by a
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`car stereo (pg.3 [O035]); and selecting one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources from a
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`car stereo (pg.2 [0026]).
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`Owens does not disclose expressly ‘wherein the interface comprises a
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`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commands into
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`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the '
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmed to execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (col.4 |n.22-31) an
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control command into a formatted command compatible
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`with an after-market audio device, and transmitting a formatted command to an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by an after-market
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`audio device (co|.1 |n.63-67, col.2 ln.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after-market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible"
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`with a car stereo (col.3 |n.41-67, co|.4 |n.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
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`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (co|.4 ln.17-22); and a third
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`code portion. for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector (co|.5 |n.28-37,56-62).
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`At the time of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after-market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 25, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein the
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`third code portion for selecting -one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources processes a
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`disc or track selection entered by a user control buttons of a car stereo to select one of
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`a plurality of auxiliary input sources (pg.3 [0O39]).
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`With respect to claim 26, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, further
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`comprising a CD player, CD changer (fig.1 #15), MP3 player, satellite receiver, or a
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`Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) receiver connected to one of the plurality of auxiliary
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`electrical connectors.
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`With respect to claim 27, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein a
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`device type of at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources is automatically
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`detected by the interface and at least one of a plurality of auxiliary input sources is
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`automatically integrated with a car stereo based upon the device type (pg.2 [O034]).
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`With respect to claim 28, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 24, wherein the
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`interface is switchable into an auxiliary input mode by issuing a control sequence at a
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`car stereo (pg.3 [0039] |n.1-3).
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`With respect to claim 29, Owens discloses the apparatus of claim 28, wherein the
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`control sequence comprises a track up command followed by a track down command
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`(pg.3 [0039] ln.3-5).
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`With respect to claim 30, Owens discloses a method for integrating an after-
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`market device with a car stereo comprising: providing an interface (fig.1 #30,40) having
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`a first electrical connector (fig.1 #32) connectable to a car stereo (fig.1 #10), a second
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`electrical connector (fig.1 “V1,L1,R1”) connectable to an after-market device (fig.1
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`#44,46,48) external to a car stereo (pg.2 [0032] |n.9-11), a third electrical connector
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`the first electrical connector to a car stereo (fig.1 #18,32), the second electrical
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`connector to an after-market device external to a car stereo (fig.8, fig.1), and the third
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`electrical connector to an auxiliary input source external to a car stereo and after-market
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`device (fig.1,fig.8); remotely controlling the after-market device using the car stereo by:
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`receiving control commands from the car stereo at the interface through the first
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`electrical connector; and processing the control commands and dispatching processed
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`control commands to the after-market device through the second electrical connection
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`(pg.1 [00O6]); receiving data through the second electrical connector and audio from the
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`after-market device at the interface; processing the data and dispatching the audio and
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`processed data to the car stereo through the first electrical connector (pg.2 [O032]);
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`displaying the data on the car stereo and playing the audio through the car stereo (pg.3
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`[0035]), and playing audio from the after-market device through the car stereo (pg.2
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`Owens does ‘not disclose expressly wherein the interface comprises a
`microcontroller programmed to execute code portions to process control commands into
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`compatible formats between the car stereo and after-market devices.
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`Beckert discloses a vehicle computer interface system in cooperation with a
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`vehicles audio system that allows for the operation of incompatible devices wherein
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`the interface includes a microcontroller (fig.2 #64) in electrical communication with the
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`car stereo (fig.2 #60) and after-market devices (fig.2 #74,78,80), the microcontroller
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`programmed to execute: a first code portion for remotely controlling (co|.4 ln.22-31) an
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`after-market audio device using a car stereo by receiving a control command from a car
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`stereo through the first connector in a format incompatible with an after-market audio
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`device, processing a received control command into a formatted command compatible
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`with an after—market audio device, and transmitting a formatted command to an after-
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`market audio device through the second connector for execution by an after—market
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`audio device (co|.1 |n.63—67, co|.2 ln.1-30); a second code portion for receiving data
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`from an after—market audio device through the second connector in a format
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`incompatible with a car stereo, processing received data into formatted data compatible
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`with a car stereo (col.3 ln.41-67, col.4 |n.1-7), and transmitting formatted data to a car
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`stereo through the first connector for display by a car stereo (co|.4 ln.17—22); and a third
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`code portion for switching to one or more auxiliary input sources connected to the third
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`electrical connector (co|.5 |n.28-37,56-62).
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`At thetime of the invention it would have been obvious to include the
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`compatibility processing of Beckert in the interface of Owens. The motivation for doing
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`so would have been to allow the use of after—market devices that do not rely on the
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`same format as the car stereo.
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`With respect to claim 34, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the
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`step of receiving ‘data from the device comprises retrieving video information from the
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`device (pg.2 [O032]).
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`With respect to claim 35, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the V
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`step of displaying the formatted data comprises displaying the data in an LCD panel
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`(fig.10 #21, pg. 3 [oo35]).
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`With respect to claim 37, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wherein the
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`step of displaying formatted data comprises displaying video at the car stereo (pg.2
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`[oo32p.
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`' With respect to claim 38, Owens discloses the method of claim 30, wh