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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADElVLARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of:
`Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr. et al.
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`Application No.: 14/633,804
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`Confirmation No.: 8573
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`Filed: February 27, 2015
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`Art Unit: 2646
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`For: METHOD TO PROVIDE AD HOC AND
`PASSWORD PROTECTED DIGITAL AND
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`Examiner: O. Obayanju
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`AMENDMENT IN RESPONSE TO NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
`UNDER 37 C.F.R.
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`INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
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`In response to the Office Action dated August 13, 2015, please amend the above—
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`identified US. patent application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 of this paper.
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which begins on
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`page 3 of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 10 of this paper.
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE SPECIFICATION
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`Please amend the first paragraph of the specification under the heading CROSS
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`REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS as indicated below. No new matter is added.
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`[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending US. Patent Application Serial No.
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`14/529,978 filed on October 31, 2014, which is a continuation-in-part of US. Patent Application
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`Serial No. 14/027,410 filed on September 16, 2013, now US. Patent No. 8,880,042, issued
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`November 4, 2014, which is a continuation of US. Patent Application Serial No. 13/751,453
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`filed January 28, 2013, now US. Patent No. 8,538,393 issued September 17, 2013, which is a
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`continuation-in-part of US. Patent Application Serial No. 12/761,533 filed on April 16, 2010,
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`now US. Patent No. 8,364,129 issued January 29, 2013, which is a continuation-in-part of US.
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`Patent Application Serial No. 11/615,472 filed on December 22, 2006, now US. Patent No.
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`8,126,441 issued on February 28, 2012, which is a continuation-in-part of US. Patent
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`Application Serial No. 11/308,648 filed April 17, 2006, now US. Patent No. 7,630,724 issued
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`on December 8, 2009, which is a continuation-in-part of US. Patent Application Serial No.
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`10/711,490, filed on September 21, 2004, now US. Patent No. 7,031,728 issued on April 18,
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`2006. All of the preeeed-ing preceding applications are incorporated herein by reference in their
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`This listing of claims replaces all prior versions and listings of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims
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`1.
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`(Currently amended) A computer-implemented method comprising:
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`with a first device; receiving a message from a second device; wherein the message
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`relates to joining a group;
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`based on receiving the message from the second device; participating in the group;
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`wherein participating in the group includes reeawng—at—vaneus—Hmes—frem—eneenmeredewees
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`mere-emer—de’véeesgsending first location information to a server and receiving second location
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`information from the server; the first location information comprising a location of the first
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`device; the second location information comprising a plurality of locations of a respective
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`plurality of second devices included in the group;
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`representmg—flifieeafieimn—Hespeefive—mapgpresenting; via an interactive display of the first
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`device; an interactive map comprising a plurality of user-selectable symbols corresponding to the
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`plurality of second devices; wherein the symbols are positioned on the map at respective positions
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`corresponding to the locations of the second devices; and
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`seeend—delvéeeridentifling user interaction with the interactive map selecting one or more of the
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`user—selectable symbols corresponding to one or more of the second devices and user interaction
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`an action and based thereon sendin data to the one or more second
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`devices via the server.
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`2.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1; wherein a—pafiieul—ar—eommunieation—isthi
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`data includes a—phene—eallTa short message service message, a—veiee—messagera text message, an
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`eleetronic—mail—Wan image, or a video.
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`5.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1, further comprising obtaining, by the first
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`device, respective wherehwafiieulareentaekmfermafien—is—wphene—nmnbeeeean—Intemet
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`Protocol addressaddresses for the second devices.
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`6—7.
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`(Canceled)
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`8.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1, wherein a—paHieularthe first device is a
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`personal digital assistant (PDA) or a personal computer 1PC1smaH—phen%,a—persenal—data
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`9.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1, further comprising:
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`reserving—sending, from the first device, a request for a second map, from—a—third—delvéee
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`wherein the request eempriseseneeflnere—parameters—and—wherehwarameterspecifies a map
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`location-er—a—zeom—inel-ieatien; and
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`sending—receiving, from the server, the second map—te—thethird—deviee.
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`10.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1, wherein the first device does not have
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`access to the—phene—numbers—er—respective Internet Protocol addresses of the second devices.
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`11.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1, wherein the map is an—aeria—l—phetegraphTa
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`satellite imageTor—a—ehart.
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`12.
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`(Currently amended) The method of claim 1, further comprising sending, by the first
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`device, updated location information comprising an updated location of the first device, the
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`updated location information being sent based on passage of a predetermined time interval since
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`sending previous location information comprising a previous location of the first device,
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`displacement of the first device by a predetermined distance relative to a previous location of the
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`(Currently amended) A system comprising:
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`ene—er—mere—eemputers—a first device programmed to perform operations comprising:
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`receiving a message from a second device; wherein the message relates to joining
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`a group;
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`based on receiving the message from the second device; participating in the
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`group; wherein participating in the group includes reeeiving—at—varieus—times—frem—eneer
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`leeatien—te—ene—er—mere—ether—de’véeefiending first location information to a server and
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`receiving second location information from the server; the first location information
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`comprising a location of the first device; the second location information comprising a
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`plurality of locations of a respective plurality of second devices included in the group;
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`representing—flifleeatierkerwespeetive—mapgpresenting; via an interactive display of the
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`first device; an interactive map comprising a plurality of user—selectable symbols
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`corresponding to the plurality of second devices; wherein the symbols are positioned on
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`the map at respective positions corresponding to the locations of the second devices; and
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`theeentaet—infermatien—ef—theseeend—defieeidentifying user interaction with the
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`interactive ma selectin one or more of the user—selectable s mbols corres ondin to
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`one or more of the second devices and user interaction with the dis 1a
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`action and; based thereon; sending data to the one or more second devices via the server.
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`14.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein a—paHieular—eonmaunieafion—is—a
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`phene—ea—l-hthe data includes a short message service message, Heieemessagera text message,
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`an—eleetroniemai—l—Wan image, or a video.
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`1 5— 16. (Canceled)
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`17.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise
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`obtaining respective wherem—pafiiadareafiaekmfoflnafion—is—a—phone—nmnbenonan—Internet
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`Protocol addressaddresses for the second devices.
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`1 8— 19. (Canceled)
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`20.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein a—pafiieularthe first device is a
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`personal digital assistant (FDA) or a personal computer (PC 1smaH—phene7a—persenal—data
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`21.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:
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`reeefiéngsending a request for a second map, fiem—a—third—devéeewherein the request
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`eemprises—eneeflnereparameters—and—wherein—a—parametepspecifies a map location—or—a—zoom
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`indieation; and
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`receiving, from the server, sending—the second map—te—the—tlfirird—delvéee.
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`22.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein the first device does not have
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`access to thephenenumbers—errespective Internet Protocol addresses of the second devices.
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`23.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein the map is an—aerial—photographra
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`satellite imageror—a—ehart.
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`24.
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`(Currently amended) The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise
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`sending updated location information comprising an updated location of the first device, the
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`updated location information being sent based on passage of a predetermined time interval since
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`sending previous location information comprising a previous location of the first device,
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`displacement of the first device by a predetermined distance relative to a previous location of the
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`first device, or both.
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`25—30. (Canceled)
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`31.
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`(New) The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying second user interaction
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`with the interactive map selecting at least one of the user—selectable symbols corresponding to at
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`least one of the second devices and user interaction with the display specifying an action and,
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`based thereon, initiating a phone call or phone conference with the at least one second device.
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`32.
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`(New) The method of claim 1, wherein the message from the second device is a Short
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`Message Service (SMS) message or a text message.
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`33.
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`(New) The method of claim 1, wherein participating in the group further includes
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`sending first status information to the server and receiving second status information from the
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`server, the first status information comprising a battery level of the first device and/or a signal
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`strength of a wireless signal of the first device, the second location information comprising a
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`plurality of battery levels of the respective plurality of second devices included in the group
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`and/or a plurality of signal strengths of wireless signals of the respective plurality of second
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`devices included in the group.
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`34.
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`(New) The method of Claim 1, wherein the first device is a smart phone.
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`35.
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`(New) The method of claim 1, further comprising:
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`with the first device, transmitting a group identifier associated with a second group, the
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`second group including a second plurality of second devices; and
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`based on transmitting the group identifier associated with the second group, participating
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`in the second group, wherein participating in the second group includes receiving third location
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`information from the server, the third location information comprising a plurality of locations of
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`the respective second plurality of second devices included in the second group.
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`36.
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`(New) The method of claim 1, wherein the data includes a voice recording.
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`37.
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`(New) The system of Claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise identifying
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`second user interaction with the interactive map selecting at least one of the user-selectable
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`symbols corresponding to at least one of the second devices and user interaction with the display
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`specifying an action and, based thereon, initiating a phone call or phone conference with the at
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`least one second device.
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`38.
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`(New) The system of claim 13, wherein the message from the second device is a Short
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`Message Service (SMS) message or a text message.
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`39.
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`(New) The system of Claim 13, wherein participating in the group further includes
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`sending first status information to the server and receiving second status information from the
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`server, the first status information comprising a battery level of the first device and/or a signal
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`strength of a wireless signal of the first device, the second location information comprising a
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`plurality of battery levels of the respective plurality of second devices included in the group
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`and/or a plurality of signal strengths of wireless signals of the respective plurality of second
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`devices included in the group.
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`40.
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`(New) The system of claim 13, wherein the first device is a smart phone.
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`41.
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`(New) The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further include:
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`with the first device, transmitting a group identifier associated with a second group, the
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`second group including a second plurality of second devices; and
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`based on transmitting the group identifier associated with the second group, participating
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`in the second group, wherein participating in the second group includes receiving third location
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`information from the server, the third location information comprising a plurality of locations of
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`the respective second plurality of second devices included in the second group.
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`42.
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`(New) The system of claim 13, wherein the data includes a voice recording.
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`RENLARKS
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`Claims 1-5, 7-17, and 19-30 were pending. In the present Amendment, claims 1-2, 5, 8-
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`14, 17, and 20-24 are amended, claims 3—4, 7, 15-16, 19, and 25—30 are canceled without
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`prejudice or disclaimer, and new claims 31-42 are added.
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`No new matter is added. Support for the claims amendments and new claims can be
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`found, for example, in the claims as originally filed, and in US. Patent No. 7,630,724 (e.g., in
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`the Abstract; in col. 3:32—35, 3:42—51, 3:58—63, 6:1—23, 6:44—59, 9:31—47, 10:56—11:15, 12:12—62,
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`14:60—67, 15:7—16, and 17:45-51; and in FIG. 4). It is noted that the ‘724 patent was incorporated
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`by reference into the present application at the time of the present application’s filing.
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`A licabili of Post-AIA Provisions of the Patent Laws to the Present A lication
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`The present application claims the benefit of US. Application No. 14/529,978, which
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`contains or contained a claim having an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013.
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`Accordingly, it is understood that the present application will be examined under the post-AIA,
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`first-to-file provisions of the patent laws. See MPEP 2159.02 (March 2014).
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`In the Application Data Sheet (ADS) filed on February 27, 2015, prior counsel asserted
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`that the present application (1) claims priority to or the benefit of an application filed before
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`March 16, 2013 and (2) also contains, or contained at any time, a claim to a claimed invention
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`that has an effective filing date on or after March 16, 2013. This assertion is withdrawn. Since
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`the present application claims the benefit of an earlier transition application in which a 37 CFR
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`1.55 or 37 CFR 1.78 statement has been filed,
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`the Applicant is not required to (and does not)
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`express any opinion as to whether the present application contains (or ever contained) such a
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`claim. See MPEP 2159.04 (March 2014).
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`Rescission of Nonpublication Reguest
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`A Rescission of Previous Nonpublication Request is filed herewith. In addition, it is
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`noted that the Nonpublication Request filed on February 27, 2015, may have been improper,
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`because an international application (PCT/US2005/033384) claiming priority to US.
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`Application No. 10/711,490 (“the ‘490 application”) was filed prior to the filing of the present
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`application, and the ‘490 application is included in the priority claim of the present application.
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`Amendments to the Specification
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`The specification is amended herein to correct an error in the priority claim. In particular,
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`the priority claim has been corrected to indicate that the US. Application No. 14/529,978 is a
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`continuation-in-part (rather than a continuation) of US. Application No. 14/027,410. The same
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`correction is included in the Corrected Application Data Sheet (ADS) filed herewith. MPEP
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`§ 211.03 states that no petition or surcharge is required for correcting a timely submitted benefit
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`claim to correct the indicated relationship between applications from “continuation” to
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`“continuation-in-part.” Accordingly, entry of the correction and issuance of an updated Filing
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`Receipt are respectfully requested.
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`In addition, for the Examiner’s benefit, it is noted that a Petition to Accept an
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`Unintentionally Delayed Priority Claim Under 35 U.S.C. § 120 was filed in US. Patent No.
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`8,364,129 (“the ‘ 129 patent”) on September 21, 2015. The present application claims priority to
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`the ‘ 129 patent, and claims priority through the ‘ 129 patent to other issued patents identified in
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`the Petition. A copy of the Petition is filed herewith, for the Examiner’s reference.
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`Claim Ob'ections
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`The Office Action objected to informalities in claims 7 and 19, which have been
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`canceled. Accordingly, these objections are moot.
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`Claim Re'ections Under 35 U.S.C.
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`102 and 103
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`In the Office Action, independent claims 1 and 13 were rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102
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`as purportedly being anticipated by US. Pub. No. 2004/0148090 (“Melen”). Each of the
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`dependent claims was rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as purportedly being anticipated by Melen,
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`or under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as purportedly being obvious over Melen in view of US. Patent No.
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`7,593,740 (“Crowley”) or US. Pub. No. 2006/0047825 (“Steenstra”). These rejections are
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`respectfully traversed as applied to the claims, as amended.
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`I.
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`Independent Claim 1 and the Claims Depending Therefrom
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`As amended, independent claim 1 is directed to a method comprising:
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`with a first device, receiving a message from a second device, wherein the
`message relates to joining a group;
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`based on receiving the message from the second device, participating in the
`group, wherein participating in the group includes sending first location information
`to a server and receiving second location information from the server, the first location
`information comprising a location of the first device, the second location information
`comprising a plurality of locations of a respective plurality of second devices included in
`the group;
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`presenting, via an interactive display of the first device, an interactive map
`comprising a plurality of user—selectable symbols corresponding to the plurality of second
`devices, wherein the symbols are positioned on the map at respective positions
`corresponding to the locations of the second devices; and
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`identifying user interaction with the interactive map selecting one or more of the
`user-selectable symbols corresponding to one or more of the second devices and user
`interaction with the display specifying an action and, based thereon, sending data to the
`one or more second devices via the server. (Emphasis added.)
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`Melen does not teach at least “with a first device, receiving a message from a second
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`device, wherein the message relates to joining a group” and “based on receiving the message
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`from the second device, participating in the group, wherein participating in the group includes
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`sending first location information to a server and receiving second location information from the
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`server,” as recited in claim 1. Melen describes “vehicle navigation systems” that are said to be
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`“capable of communicating with one another,” establishing a group, and “displaying the location
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`of other vehicle navigation systems in the group” (Abstract). None of Melen’s techniques for
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`establishing a group suggests the above-emphasized portion of claim 1.
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`Regarding the establishment of groups, Melen describes a process 504a:
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`[0071] FIG. 6A is a flowchart illustrating the step 504a of establishing a
`group of members according to a first embodiment of the present
`invention. The step 504a of FIG. 6A establishes the group of members by
`cooperation of the vehicle navigation system 300a and the vehicle network
`server 102 and is used with the group interaction system 100a described in
`FIG. 1A.
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`[0072] Referring to FIG. 6A, as the process begins 502, the vehicle
`navigation system 300a receives 604 selection of the members to be
`included in the group. Such selection of members may be input by using
`the touch sensitive screen 301 or the input device 302. The vehicle
`navigation system 3 00a transmits 606 such selection ofgroup members
`to the vehicle network server 102. The vehicle network server 102
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`establishes 608 communications with the selected group members and
`requests 610 each selected memberfor permission to add the member to
`the group. Then, the vehicle network server 102 transmits 612 the results
`of the requests 610 back to the vehicle navigation system 300a. Thereafter,
`the vehicle network server 300a adds 614 the members giving permission
`to the enabled group. This group information may be shared with other
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`members of the group. To this end, the vehicle navigation system 300a
`transmits 616 the established group information to the vehicle navigation
`system 102, and the vehicle navigation system 102 inturn transmits 618
`such established group information to the members of the group, and the
`process continues with step 506. (Emphasis added.)
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`Inthe process 504a, a server 102 communicates with a first navigation system 300 to add the
`first navigation system 300 to a group at the request of a second navigation system 300, but the
`first and second navigation systems do not communicate with each other until the server adds the
`first navigation system 300 to the group. The above-quoted passage of Melen therefore does not
`teach "with a first device, receiving a message from a second device, wherein the message
`relates to joining a group" and "based on receiving the message from the second device,
`participating inthe group, wherein participating inthe group includes sending first location
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`information to a server and receiving second location information from the server," as recited in
`claim 1.
`Regarding the establishment of groups, Melen also describes a process 504b:
`[0073] FIG. 6B is a flowchart illustrating step 504b of establishing a group
`of members according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
`The step 504b of FIG. 6B establishes the group of members in the vehicle
`network server 102 using information downloaded from an external source
`and downloads the group information to the vehicle navigation systems
`300a.
`[0074] Referring to FIG. 6B, as the process begins 502, the vehicle
`network server 102 receives 632 a list of members from an external
`source. For example, the vehicle network server 102 may downloaded the
`list of members of the group from an Internet web server via its data
`communication module 212. As another example, a live operator may
`manually input the list of members of the group by using the input keys
`204. The vehicle network server 102 establishes 634 the group of
`members for interaction by using the received list of members. Then, the
`vehicle network server 102 downloads 636 the established group
`information to the vehicle navigation systems 300a, 300b, 300c in the
`group, and the process continues with step 506.
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`Inthe process 504b, a list of group members is downloaded to a server 102 or keyed into the
`server, and the group is established by downloading the group information from the server 102 to
`the navigation systems 300 in the group. The above-quoted passage of Melen therefore does not
`teach "with a first device, receiving a message from a second device, wherein the message
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`relates to joining a group" and "based on receiving the message from the second device,
`participating inthe group, wherein participating inthe group includes sending first location
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`information to a server and receiving second location information from the server,” as recited in
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`claim 1.
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`For at least the foregoing reasons, Melen does not teach at least the above-emphasized
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`limitations of claim 1. Claim 1 therefore patentably distinguishes over Melen. Withdrawal of the
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`rejection of claim 1 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is respectfully requested. Claims 2, 5, and 8—12 depend
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`from claim 1 and are allowable for at least the same reasons. Withdrawal of the rejections of claims
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`2, 5, and 8—12 is respectfully requested. New claims 31—36 depend from claim 1 and are allowable
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`for at least the same reasons.
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`11.
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`Independent Claim 13 and the Claims Depending Therefrom
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`As amended, independent claim 13 is directed to a system comprising a first device
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`programmed to perform operations comprising:
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`receiving a message from a second device, wherein the message relates to
`joining a group;
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`based on receiving the message from the second device, participating in the
`group, wherein participating in the group includes sending first location information
`to a server and receiving second location information from the server, the first location
`information comprising a location of the first device, the second location information
`comprising a plurality of locations of a respective plurality of second devices included in
`the group;
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`presenting, via an interactive display of the first device, an interactive map
`comprising a plurality of user—selectable symbols corresponding to the plurality of second
`devices, wherein the symbols are positioned on the map at respective positions
`corresponding to the locations of the second devices; and
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`identifying user interaction with the interactive map selecting one or more of the
`user-selectable symbols corresponding to one or more of the second devices and user
`interaction with the display specifying an action and, based thereon, sending data to the
`one or more second devices via the server. (Emphasis added.)
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`For reasons that should be apparent from the discussion above, Melen does not teach at
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`least the above—emphasized limitations of claim 13. Claim 13 therefore patentably distinguishes
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`over Melen. Withdrawal of the rejection of claim 13 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 is respectfully
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`requested. Claims l4, l7, and 20-24 depend from claim 13 and are allowable for at least the same
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`reasons. Withdrawal of the rejections of claims l4, l7, and 20—24 is respectfully requested. New
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`claims 37-42 depend from claim 13 and are allowable for at least the same reasons.
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`CONCLUSION
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`The pending application is believed to be in condition for allowance. If, in the
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`Examiner’s opinion, further communication would expedite the favorable prosecution of the
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`present application, the undersigned would welcome the opportunity to discuss any outstanding
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`issues and to work with the Examiner toward placing the application in condition for allowance.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Daniel J. Bums/
`Daniel J. Burns
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`Registration N0.: 50,222
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`Dated: November 13 2015
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`Customer Number: 5 1414
`Goodwin Procter LLP
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`Telephone: (650) 752—3 100
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