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`In re application of: CHEUNG et al.
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`Attorney Docket No.: IPVMCP02C1
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`Application No.: 12/798,995
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`Examiner: DOAN, KIET M.
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`Filed: April 14, 2010
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`Group: 2617
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`Title: SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES TO
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`The Text of Rejection Decision (PCT)
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`AN:2006800279649
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`This rejection decision relates to the international application PCT/US2006/022015
`which was filed on 7 June 2006 by IPVENTURE INC and entered the national phase
`on 29 January 2008, and the title of invention is “Systems and processes to manage
`multiple modes of communication”.
`
`Part One: History
`The application for patent, submitted by the applicant when entering the national
`phase,includes claims,a description and its abstract, and drawings. The claims include
`4 independent claims and 29 dependent claims.
`According to the request by the applicant on 13 May 2008, the examiner has made
`substantive examination, and issued the First Office Action on 26 March 2010. In
`the First Office Action, the examiner refers to the following citations:
`D1: US2003/0041048A1
`27 February 2003
`D2: US5930700A
`27 July 1999
`and indicates that claims 1-5, 10-19 and 21-28 are not novel in the sense of Paragraph
`2 of Article 22 of the Patent Law, and claims 3-10, 18,20-22 and 29-33 are not
`inventive in the sense of Paragraph 3 of Article 22 of the Patent Law.
`
`The applicant filed the Response to the First Office Action on 26 July 2010 with
`observations and replacement documents, in which:
`(1) the additional technical feature of the initial claim 7 is added to the initial claims
`1,11,23 to get the new claims 1,10,22,and adaptive changes are made to the new
`claims 10,22;
`(2) the reasons why the current claims 1-32 are novel and inventive are stated.
`
`After continuous examination, the examiner issued the Second Office Action on 25
`October 2010. In the Second Office Action, the examiner refers to the following
`citation:
`5 November 2003
`D3: CN1453981A
`and indicates that claims 1-32 are not inventive in the sense of Paragraph 3 of Article
`22 of the Patent Law.
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`The applicant filed the Response to the Second Office Action on 10 January 2011
`with observations, in which:
`(1) the reasons why the current claims 1-32 are novel and inventive are stated;
`(2) no change is modified to the application for patent.
`
`After continuous examination, the examiner issued the Third Office Action on 8 April
`2011. In the Third Office Action, the examiner indicates that claims 1-32 are not
`inventive in the sense of the requirement of Article 22.3 of the Patent Law referring to
`the same citations of the Second Office Action.
`
`The applicant filed the Response to the Third Office Action on 31 May 2011 with
`observations, in which:
`(1) the reasons why the current claims 1-32 are novel and inventive are stated;
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`(2) no change is modified to the application for patent.
`The said reasons including:
`(1) The citation 3 does not disclose "though the user can receive the message, the
`calling person is not aware of the contact information of the user to prevent the caller
`from directly sending messages to the user without going through the web-based
`portal, or the user is not aware of the contact information of the caller to prevent the
`user from directly sending messages to the caller without going through the
`web-based portal”. The temporary phone number in CN1238636A, the technology
`hiding the identity in GB2391750A, and the prior technology of call forwarding are
`different from blocking the contact information of the application for patent;
`(2) The citation 1 does not disclose “mechanism configured to identify the urgency of the
`message”.
`
`Upon examination, the examiner concludes that the fact of the present application is
`clear. Thus, the application with the claims 1-32 submitted on 26 July 2010, the
`description of paragraphs 1-44, figs. 1-5, and the abstract submitted on 29 January
`2008 is rejected.
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`Part Two: Rejection Reasons
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`I. Claims 10-14,17-23,26-32 are contrary to the requirement of Inventive Steps under
`Arti cle 22.3 of the Patent Law.
`I , The independent claim 10 is to protect a computer-implemented method for
`managing incoming communication for a recipient based on the website portal.
`Citation 1 (US2003/0041048A1) discloses a computer-implemented method and
`system for communication management,which is based on the web portal (with
`reference to paragraph [0015] of the description),wherein (with reference to lines
`10-11 of paragraph [0034] of the description, table l,and figure 3) in particular
`discloses the following technical features: the method includes:
`the caller calls the user;the caller using a keypad, by voice or other data input,
`may set the call priority (corresponding to “receiving an incoming communication request
`of a first communication type from a requestor”,with reference to lines 10-11 of
`paragraph [0034] of the description);
`determining the call priority by visiting the rules database defined by the
`user,which includes a caller identity,a call priority,a subscriber status, and a
`subscriber location (corresponding to “determining an access priority for the requestor
`based on information provided by the recipient”,with reference to lines 4-7 of paragraph
`[0021], lines 1-4 of paragraph [0026]of the description,and figure 3);
`determining the appropriate operation for the call request according to the rules
`and the call priority included in the rules database,the appropriate operation may be
`regular voice mail, customized voice mail,automatic page to subscriber,or other
`communication methods(corresponding to “determining an appropriate communication
`type for the incoming
`communication request based on one or more configurable rules and the access priority for
`the requestor”,with reference to table 1 of the description,and figure 3).
`
`The distinguishing technical feature between claim 10 and citation 1 is: Though
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`the user can receive the message, the caller is not aware of the contact information of
`the user to prevent the caller from directly sending messages to the user without going
`through the web-based portal,
`and/or
`Though the user can receive the message, the user is not aware of the contact
`information of the caller to prevent the user from directly sending messages to the
`caller without going through the web-based portal.
`
`Based on the distinguishing technical feature, we can determine that the technical
`problem to be solved by claim 10 over citation 1 is to protect the user privacy by
`hiding the actual contact method in the communication.
`
`Citation 3 (CN1453981A) discloses a method and apparatus for telephone
`communication ,wherein in particular discloses the following technical features:
`The shielding communication service system is used in the process of
`communication. When set to communicate with the outside by the virtual number,the
`original telephone number of the telephone user is shielded when the user dials a
`number of the outside,and the original telephone number isn’t displayed in the called
`party even if the called party has the call screening function,protecting the privacy of
`the caller (corresponding to “Though the receiver can receive the message, the
`receiver is not aware of the contact information of the caller to prevent the receiver
`from directly sending messages to the caller without going through the shielding
`communication service”,with reference to lines 18-21 of page 2 of the description,and
`figure l);When the telephone user enables the shielding communication service
`function,the telephone user communicates with the outside in the shielding
`communication code,and only the particular persons who know the shielding
`communication code can use the shielding communication code ,the formal number of
`the telephone user,to keep communication with the telephone user,enhancing the
`protecting of the privacy of the telephone user(corresponding to “Though the user can
`receive the message, the caller is not aware of the contact information of the user to
`prevent the caller from directly sending messages to the user without going through
`the shielding communication service, with reference to line 5 from the bottom of page
`4-line 2 of page 5 of the description).
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`The said technical feature takes the same effect in citation 3 as in the
`applicatiomto protect the privacy of the user.Citation 3 indicates that the said
`technical feature can be applied to citation 1 to solve its technical problem.Tough
`citation 3 uses the shedding communication service system to prevent the caller/the
`user contacting with the user/the caller without going through the shedding
`communication service system,it’s easy for those skilled in the art to think of applying
`the shedding communication service system to the web portal of citation 1 to prevent
`the caller/the recipient contacting with the recipient/the caller without going through
`the shedding communication service system when the communication is based on the
`web portal of citation 1. Therefore, it’s obvious for a person skilled in the art to get
`claim 10 by combining citation 3 and customary means in the art with citation
`1. Claim 10 does not have the prominent substantive feature and notable progress, and
`is not inventive under Article 22.3 of the Patent Law.
`
`2, Claims 11 depends on claim 10, and citation 1 also discloses the following
`technical feature:
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`the rules database 36 includes a caller identity,a call priority,a subscriber status,
`and a subscriber location (with reference to lines 1 -4 of paragraph [0026] of the
`description);
`according to fig. 1, the rules database 36 connects with the communication
`network 18 via the communication node 16,and the subscriber 38 sets the rules
`database via the communication network 18(with reference to lines 4-7 of paragraph
`[0021] of the description);
`the communication networks can also include a wide area network,such as,for
`example,the Internet,the World Wide Web or any other similar on-line service(with
`reference to lines 15-18 of paragraph [0015] of the description),(corresponding to “the
`one or more configurable rules and/or the information are configured by the recipient through
`interaction with a website”).
`Therefore, when the recited claim 10 is not inventive, claim 11 is also not
`inventive .
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`3 s Claim 12 depends on claim 10, and citation 1 also discloses the following technical
`feature: the rules database 36 includes a caller identity,a call priority,a subscriber
`status, and a subscriber location (with reference to lines 1-4 of paragraph [0026] of
`the description);
`the rules database 36 can be set by the subscriber 38 (with reference to lines 4-7 of
`paragraph [0021] of the description),( corresponding to”the one or more configurable rules
`and/or the infonnation are stored in a database”);
`Therefore, when the recited claim 10 are not inventive, claim 12 are also not
`inventive .
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`4> Claim 13 depends on claim 10, and citation 1 also discloses the following technical
`feature: when the caller communicates via a IP address or a telephone number,the
`communication methods the subscriber can chosed can be regular voicemail and
`pager information (corresponding to”the appropriate communication type is of a type
`different from the first communication type ”,with reference to lines 2 of table 1 of the
`description);
`Therefore, when the recited claim 10 is not inventive, claim 13 is also not
`inventive .
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`5, Claim 14 depends on claim 10, and citation 1 also discloses the following technical
`feature:
`determine subscriber status(with reference to block 340 of fig.3);
`the rules database 36 can be set by the subscriber (with reference to lines 4-7 of
`paragraph [0021] of the description);
`determine the appropriate operation for the call request according to the rules,the
`call priority and subscriber status included in the rules database,the appropriate
`operation may be regular voice mail, customized voicemail,automatic page to
`subscriber,or other communication methods(corresponding to “determining a status of
`the recipient,and wherein said determining operations to determine the appropriate
`communication type for the incoming communication request based on one or more
`configurable rules , the access priority for the requestor,and the status of the recipient”, with
`reference to table 1 of the description,and figure 3).
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`Therefore, when the recited claim 10 is not inventive, claim 14 is also not
`inventive .
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`6> Claim 17 depends on claim 10, the additional technical feature is “the appropriate
`communication type is chosen from a plurality of communication types
`including”,and citation 1 also discloses the following technical feature:
`the communication devices used by the caller 10 and the subscriber 38 can include
`wire-line telephones,mobile telephones,PDA,web telephones,facsimile devices,or any
`other suitable communication devices(with reference to lines 5-15 of paragraph [0014]
`of the description);
`the appropriate communication methods used for the call request by the subscriber
`includes pager information sent from mobile phones,email,and etc(with reference to
`lines 1-6 of paragraph [0037] of the description).
`In addition,calls made by mobile phones,calls made by office phones,calls made
`by family phones, SMS sent from mobile phones, SMS sent from PDAs,pager
`information from PDAs,chatting on line,voicemail with or without instant
`prompt,office fax,family fax,and other communication types are also customary
`means in th art.
`Therefore, when the recited claim 10 is not inventive, claim 17 is also not inventive .
`
`7> Claim 18 depends on claim 10,and citation 1 also discloses the following technical
`feature:
`determine subscriber status(with reference to block 340 of fig. 3);
`the rules database 36 can be set by the subscriber (with reference to lines 4-7 of
`paragraph [0021] of the description);
`determine the appropriate operation for the call request according to the rules in
`the rules database,and the foilwing one or more factors:call time,caller status and
`caller location ;the appropriate operation may be regular voicemail, customized
`voicemail,automatic page to subscriber (with reference to table 1 of the
`description,and figure 3,corresponding to “determining a status of the recipient,and
`wherein said determining operations to determine the appropriate communication type for the
`incoming communication request based on the one or more configurable rules and based on
`one or more of the following factors :the time of the incoming communication request,a piece
`of information regarding the current activity of the recipient and the current location of the
`recipient”).
`Therefore, when the recited claim 10 is not inventive, claim 18 is also not
`inventive .
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`8> Claim 19 depends on claim 10,and citation 2(US5930700A) discloses a method and
`system for communication management,wherein in particular discloses the following
`technical features:
`the caller priority may be updated based on the response to the call request from
`the caller(with reference to lines 65-67 of column 12 of the description,and figure
`12B);
`from the comment on claim 10 we know determining the appropriate
`communication type for the call request according to the caller priority,so for the next
`call request the same communication type as the previous can be determined based on
`the updated caller priority (corresponding to “said determining of the appropriate
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`communication type learns to more intelligently identity the appropriate communication
`type”),which has the same effect in claim 19 sa citation 2:enabling the system to have
`the simple intelligent memory and learning function to facilitate the user operation.
`In another word, Citation 2 indicates that the said technical feature can be applied
`to citation 1 to solve its technical problem.Therefore, it’s obvious for a person skilled
`in the art to get claim 19 by combining citation 2,citation 3 and customary means in
`the art with citation 1. Claim 19 does not have the prominent substantive feature and
`notable progress, and is not inventive under Article 22.3 of the Patent Law.
`
`9 > Claim 20 depends on claim 10,and citation 1 also discloses the following technical
`feature:
`a caller with an unknown identity will be presented with a regular voicemail
`regardless of a priority of the call,the time of call,the subscriber lacation and so
`on(corresponding to”said determining the appropriate communication type comprises
`filtering the incoming communication request”, with reference to lines 1-4 of
`paragraph [0030],and table 1 of the description );
`the rules database 36 can be set by the subscriber (with reference to lines 4-7 of
`paragraph [0021] of the description);
`determine the appropriate operation for the call request according to the rules and
`call priority in the rules database,and the appropriate operation may be voicemail,
`page to subscriber,and etc (corresponding to “the incoming communication request can
`be redirected to another less intrusive communication type based on the one or more
`configurable rules the access priority for the requestor” ,with reference to table 1 of the
`description,and figure 3);
`In addition,it’s a customary means in the art that the system also can deny the
`communication request from the unsafe or the blacklisted caller to improve the safety
`of the method of the communication management.
`Therefore,