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`Docket No. 075910-000002USC2
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of:
`MarkFrederick Frigon
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`Customer No. 70001
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`Application No.: Unassigned
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`Confirmation No.: Unassigned
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`Filed: March 23, 2018
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`For. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
`OBTAINING INFORMATION RELATING TO
`THE EXISTENCE OF AT LEAST ONE
`OBJECT IN AN IMAGE
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`Examiner: Unassigned
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`PRELIMINARY AMENDMENT
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`Dear Commissioner:
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`application that this Preliminary Amendment be entered.
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`Amendmentto the Specification begins on page 2 of this paper;
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`Amendmentto the Claims begins on page 3 ofthis paper; and
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`Remarksbegin on page6 ofthis paper.
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`Continuation of Application No. 14/053,626
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`AMENDMENT TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`APPLICATIONS”:
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`-- CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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`This application is a continuation of U.S. Patent Application No.
`14/053,626, filed October 15, 2013, now allowed, which is a continuation of U.S.
`Patent Application No. 09/991,324, filed November 15, 2001, now U.S. Patent
`No. 8,954,432, which claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent
`Application No. 60/248,994, filed November 15, 2000, the contents of which are
`each hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. --
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`Continuation of Application No. 14/053,626
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`AMENDMENT TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listing, of claims in the
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`application.
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`1-77.
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`(Cancelled).
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`78.
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`(New) A method implemented on computing system including a plurality of
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`computing devices, the method configured to locate images for associating with a user of the
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`computing system, the method including:
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`distinguishing between a first user and a second user of the computing system, the first
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`user being different from the second user;
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`storing in memory accessible to the computing system, a user record for the second user,
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`the user record for the second user including information previously received
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`from the seconduser;
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`distinguishing between a first image and a second image accessible to one or more of the
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`plurality of computing devices, the first image being different from the second
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`image;
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`determining a selection of the first image from an imageselection inputby thefirst user;
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`determining a selection of the second user from a userselection input by the first user;
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`determining a region of image data within the first image from an image coordinate input
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`by the first user, the image coordinate input indicating the location of the second
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`user within the first image;
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`determining image characteristics from the region of image data within the first image,
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`the image characteristics determined from an algorithm implemented on the
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`computing system;
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`in response to determining image characteristics of the region of image data within the
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`first image, determining if any region of image data within the second image
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`matches image characteristics determined from the region of image data within
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`the first image; and
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`Continuation of Application No. 14/053,626
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`in response to finding a region of image data within the second image matching image
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`characteristics of the region of image data from the first image, associating the
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`second image with the user record of the second user, the association indicating
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`that the second user exists in the second image.
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`79.
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`(New) The method of claim 78, wherein the algorithm implemented on the
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`computing system includes an image recognition algorithm.
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`80.
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`(New) The method of claim 78, wherein the algorithm implemented on the
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`computing system includesan artificial intelligence algorithm.
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`81.
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`(New) The method of claim 78, wherein the association between the user record
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`of the second user and the second image includes an indication of the region of image data
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`within the second image that matches the image characteristics determined from the region of
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`image data from thefirst image.
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`82.
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`(New) The method of claim 78, further comprising storing the association
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`between the user record of the second user and the second image in memoryaccessible to the
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`computing system.
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`83.
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`(New) The method of claim 78, further comprising:
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`storing in memory accessible to the computing system, an image record for the second
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`image; and
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`in response to associating the second image with the user record of the second user,
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`storing in memory accessible to the computing system an association between the
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`image record of the second image and the user record of the seconduser.
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`84.
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`(New) A method implemented on a computing system including a plurality of
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`computing devices, the method configured to locate images for associating with a user of the
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`computing system, the method including:
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`distinguishing between a first user and a second user of the computing system, the first
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`user being different from the second user;
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`Continuation of Application No. 14/053,626
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`storing in memory accessible to the computing system, a user record for the second user,
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`the user record for the second user including information previously received
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`from the second user;
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`distinguishing betweena first image and a second image accessible to one or more of the
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`plurality of computing devices, the first image being different from the second
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`image;
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`determining a selection of the first image from an imageselection inputby thefirst user;
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`determining a selection of the second user from a user selection input by the first user;
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`determining a region of image data within the first image from an image coordinate input
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`bythe first user, the image coordinate input indicating the location of the second
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`user within the first image;
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`determining image characteristics from the region of image data within the first image,
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`the image characteristics determined from an algorithm implemented on the
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`computing system;
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`in response to determining image characteristics of the region of image data within the
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`first image, determining if any region of image data within the second image
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`matches image characteristics determined from the region of image data within
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`the first image; and
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`storing the match results in memory accessible to the computing system.
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`Preliminary Amendment
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`Continuation of Application No. 14/053,626
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`After entry of this Preliminary Amendment, claims 78-84 will be pending. Claims 1-77
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`have been cancelled.
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`It is believed that no new matter has been added.
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`REMARKS
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`CONCLUSION
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`It is the Applicant’s belief that the application is in condition for allowance and action
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`towards that effect is respectfully requested. If there are any matters which mayberesolved or
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`Dated: March 23, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Peter J. Prommer, Reg. No. 54,743/
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`This application (1) claims priority to or the benefit of an application filed before March 16, 2013 and (2) also
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`Authorization or Opt-Out of Authorization to Permit Access:
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`Whenthis Application Data Sheet is properly signed and filed with the application, applicant has provided written authority to
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`A. Priority Document Exchange (PDX)- Unless box A in subsection 2 {opt-out of authorization) is checked, the undersigned
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`Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO}, the World
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`the instant patent application when a European patent application claiming priority to the instant patent application is filed. See
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`The applicant is reminded that the EPO’s Rule 141(1) EPC (European Patent Convention) requires applicants to submit a copy of
`search results from the instant application without delay in a European patent application that claimspriority to the instant
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