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`EXAMINER
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`DOAN, KIET M
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`DATE MAILED: 06/29/2018
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Application No.
`15/469,440
`Examiner
`KIET DOAN
`
`Applicant(s)
`CHEUNG ET AL.
`Art Unit
`AIA (First Inventor to File)
`Status
`2641
`No
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`— The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application. If not included
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 1-9, 12-17 and 19-23 are allowance according to Applicant Remarks filed
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`on 03/09/2018 and the previous record of rejection of US Patent 8,744,407.
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`PATENT
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re application of: CHEUNG et al.
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`Attorney Docket No.: IPVMCP02C4
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`Application No.: 15/469,440
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`Examiner: DOAN, KIET M.
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`Filed: March 24,2017
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`Group: 2641
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`Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS TO
`MANAGE DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF
`COMMUNICATION USING ONE USER
`IDENTIFIER BASED ON INTERNET
`PROTOCOL
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`CERTIFICATE OF ELECTRONIC FILING
`I hereby certify that this correspondence is being transmitted electronically to: Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 on July
`3, 2018.
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`Signed: /Colina Tong/Printed Name:Colina Tong
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`312 AMENDMENT
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`Mail Stop
`Commissioner for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
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`Dear Sir:
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`Applicants respectfully request reconsideration of the application in view of
`the following Amendments and Remarks.
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`Amendments to the Specification is reflected on page 2 of this paper.
`Remarks/Arguments are reflected on page 4 of this paper.
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`PATENT
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`Amendments to the Specification:
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`On page 3, in the Summary of the Invention, before paragraph 5 of the
`specification, please ADD paragraph 4.1 as follows:
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`[0004.1] Different embodiments of a computer-implemented system and
`method to manage the communication of a user are disclosed. In one
`embodiment, an apparatus, using at least a network-based portal based on
`Internet protocol, could provide a number of communication options to a first
`user, with all the options using an identifier associated with a second user for the
`second user to receive messages, the options including text messaging, voice
`communication, multimedia messaging, and group messaging; could receive an
`indication from the first user indicating the selection of a communication option
`for a message for the second user; could permit the second user to block the first
`user from accessing the second user; and could determine availability of the
`second user to receive the message. In the embodiment, the apparatus could
`require contact information associated with the second user to allow the second
`user to receive messages via the network-based portal, with the contact
`information associated with the second user not provided to the first user even
`when the message is received by the second user, and with the contact
`information associated with the second user being distinct from the identifier
`associated with the second user.
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`On page 3, please AMEND paragraph 5 of the specification as follows:
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`Different—embodiments of a computer-implemented—ey-stem-and
`[0005]
`method-te-manage-the communication of a user are-di-seleseck A person tries to
`electronically convey a message to the user. In one embodiment, the status of
`the user is identified; the identity of the person is identified; the urgency of the
`message is identified; the access priority of the person is determined based on
`the person’s identity; and a process is set to manage the message using one or
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`more rules, and in view of the status of the user, the access priority of the person
`and the urgency of the message.
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`PATENT
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`REMARKS
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`Applicants acknowledge with gratitude the allowing of the above-identified
`application. Though all application is currently allowed, Applicants submit this
`Amendment under 37 CFR 1.312 to make minor modifications to the
`Specification. Entry of this Amendment is respectfully requested.
`If there are any issues remaining which the Examiner believes could be
`resolved through either a Supplemental Response or an Examiner’s Amendment,
`the Examiner is respectfully requested to contact the undersigned representative
`at the telephone number listed below.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter P. Tong/
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`Peter P. Tong
`Reg. No. 35,757
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`(650) 903-9200, x102
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