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`14/558,648
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`12/02/2014
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`Jim Funk
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`2152
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`1.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AlA first to invent provisions.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR
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`1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued
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`examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the
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`finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's
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`submission filed on July 3, 2018 has been entered.
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`Response to Amendment
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`3.
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`The amendment filed July 3,2018 has been entered. Claims 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12-16 and 18-23
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`remain pending in the application. Claim 17 has been cancelled. Claim 23 is new.
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`Applicant’s amendments to the Claims have overcome the 103(a) rejection of the claims 1-2, 4, 9-
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`10, 12, 14, and 18-19 previously set forth in the Final Office Action mailed April 16th, 2018.
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`In view of applicant’s amendment to the claims, the previously raised 103(a) rejection of claims 1-
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`2,4, 9-10, 12, 14, and 18-19 have been withdrawn.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments filed July 3, 2018, with respect to the rejection of claims 1-2, 4, 9-10, 12,
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`14, and 18-19 under 35 U.S.C. 103(a), have been fully considered but are moot because the arguments
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`do not apply to any of the references being used in the current rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to A|A 35 U.S.C. 102 and
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`103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis for
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`the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale
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`supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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`7.
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`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, 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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`8.
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`Claims 1-2, 4, 9-10, 12, 14, 18-21 and 23 are rejected under pre-AlA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Cross et al. (US. Patent Application Publication 2009/0119254) in view of Crosa et al
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`(US. Patent Application Publication 2012/0072432) and Cisler et al. (US. Patent Application Publication
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`2008/0033922) and further in view of Danninger (US. Patent Application Publication 2007/0112817).
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`Regarding claim 1, Cross et al. discloses a method for displaying search results comprising:
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`requesting an interface including one or more previously saved searches (an interface support a
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`user entry of search query terms and the user selection of a request to receive a history of the
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`search query terms, Cross et al. [0047]), each of the previously saved searches corresponding to a set
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`of one or more search terms (sending the previously entered search terms by the user, Cross et al.
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`[0038]; due to the search terms being sent, it is inherent that they were obtained by accessing a
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`search history to retrieve those terms);
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`receiving an updated plurality of search results (search result reporter 114 may also trigger
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`search history controller 116 to dynamically update the search result for the previous search
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`query, Cross et al. [0048]) for each of the plurality of previously saved searches (search result links
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`are generated using previously entered search terms as well as additional search terms from the
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`user, Cross et al. [0038]) from a remote server (Fig. 2 — server systems, Cross et al. [0055]) and
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`wherein a signal to the remote server to re-run the previously saved searches is triggered based on the
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`request (same citation above in Cross et al. [0048] where the search result reporter 114 triggers
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`search history controller 116 to dynamically update the search result for the previous search
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`query; this is the “trigger” signal used to update the previous search query and although it does
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`not explicitly say that the previously saved searches are “re-run”, the term “update” means that
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`the previous search query would have to be performed again to give updated results).
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`However, Cross et al. fails to disclose that the previously saved searches are performed at
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`different times and that the previously saved searches are displayed across a plurality of time periods.
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`Crosa et al. teaches that the method of displaying search results comprises:
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`wherein each of the search results corresponds to execution of a corresponding one of the
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`previously saved searches performed at a different time (selecting an automatic update option to
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`show more recent updates every two minutes, Crosa et al. [0040]); and
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`displaying the plurality of search results for each of the plurality of previously saved searches on
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`data across a plurality of individual time periods (Fig. 6 — time selection panel 645, Crosa et al. [0049];
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`the “view-by” tools in Crosa et al. [0050] can be used based on the settings of Fig. 6 to display the
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`network update items over a period of time such as last minute, hour, day, week, etc.).
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross et al. with the feature
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`taught by Crosa et al. as constantly performing searches at different times will provide the user with the
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`most accurate and up-to-date search results and displaying search results over a certain time period will
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`allow the user to filter out search results based on a certain time frame that they choose.
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`However, Crosa et al. only teaches that the results are cumulative of each other (results within a
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`week will contain a subset of the results within a day) and therefore, the combination of Cross et al. and
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`Crosa et al., hereinafter Cross-Crosa, does not teach that the first set of the displayed search results
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`corresponding to a first time period of a first one of the previously saved searches differs from a second
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`set of the displayed search results corresponding to a second time period of the first one of the previously
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`saved searches.
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`Cisler et al. teaches that a first set of the displayed search results corresponding to a first time
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`period of a first one of the previously saved searches (the search component 118 can present results
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`of a search of the current state of the system 100 within a desktop user interface, Cisler et al.
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`[0062]) differs from a second set of the displayed search results corresponding to a second time period
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`(results of a search of one or more historical states with a time machine user interface, Cisler et
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`al. [0062]) of the first one of the previously saved searches (the search results presented can include
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`one or more items that were not present in the search result provided for the current contents,
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`Cisler et al. [0062]; elements not present in a search result and present in another shows that the
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`sets differ) and additionally teaches the functions of:
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`receiving a current search result for a current date for a first one of the previously saved
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`searches (the search component 118 can present results of a search of the current state of the
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`system 100 within a desktop user interface, Cisler et al. [0062]); and
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`updating the display of the plurality of search results, wherein the updated display includes the
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`current search result for the current date for the first one of the saved searches, displayed concurrently
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`with the first set and the second set of search results that were previously displayed (the timeline 702
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`includes snapshots representing the results of performing the current search on an earlier
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`version of system contents that have been backed up, Cisler et al. [0082]; additionally, refer to Fig.
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`7 which displays snapshots of the previous search results which may be selected for display,
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`tCislers the display of the sets is concurrent).
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross-Crosa with the feature
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`taught by Cisler et al. as multiple search sets including the indication of the date or period of time of the
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`search helps to identify results that may not have been present in one set, but present in another set, and
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`the concurrent displays offers a simple historical view of the search results to the user that allows them to
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`compare search result sets.
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`However, the combination of Cross-Crosa and Cisler et al., hereinafter Cross-Crosa-Cisler, fails
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`to teach that the search results received are on at least a portion of the data that has been updated.
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`Danninger teaches that only the new search results that were not readily available in a previous
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`search is retrieved and displayed to a user when performing a search using the same term (if the user
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`has performed the same search before, the CPU accesses the search record for that search in
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`order to determine the new results, and displays only the new results which were not retrieved in
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`the previous search, Danninger [0010]; timestamps for stored searches, Danninger [0017] &
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`[0020]), thus teaching that the search results received are on at least a portion of the data that has been
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`updated.
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross-Crosa-Cisler with the
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`feature taught by Danninger as the displaying of only the new/updated search results when performing a
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`search using a previously saved/used term helps remove the unwanted results that a user had already
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`seen or viewed the first time around, thus making the display of search results more compact.
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`Regarding claim 2, the combination of Cross-Crosa-Cisler and Danninger., hereinafter Cross-
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`Crosa-Cisler-Danninger, discloses all the features with respect to claim 1 as outlined above. Further,
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`Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses that the portion of the search results displayed (display a
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`portion of search result links, Cross et al. [0039]) for each search is one or more new or most relevant
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`contents since a previous search date (display can contain the new search result links, Cross et al.
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`[0038]).
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`Regarding claim 4, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses all the features with respect to claim
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`1 as outlined above. Further, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses that the method comprises:
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`displaying a plurality of dates to indicate when each of the plurality of previous searches was
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`performed, wherein each date is displayed adjacent to its respective portion of the search results (search
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`result reporter may provide a list of selectable report types based on search query terms, dates
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`and times of previous searches, Cross et al. [0047]).
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`Regarding claim 9, Cross et al. discloses a non-transitory processor-readable medium (medium,
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`Cross et al. [0071]) having one or more instructions operational on a client device (client systems,
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`Cross et al. [0051]), which when executed by a processor (processor, Cross et al. [0068]) causes the
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`processor to:
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`requesting an interface including one or more previously saved searches (an interface support a
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`user entry of search query terms and the user selection of a request to receive a history of the
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`search query terms, Cross et al. [0047]), each of the previously saved searches corresponding to a set
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`of one or more search terms (sending the previously entered search terms by the user, Cross et al.
`
`[0038]; due to the search terms being sent, it is inherent that they were obtained by accessing a
`
`search history to retrieve those terms);
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`receiving an updated plurality of search results (search result reporter 114 may also trigger
`
`search history controller 116 to dynamically update the search result for the previous search
`
`query, Cross et al. [0048]) for each of the plurality of previously saved searches (search result links
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`are generated using previously entered search terms as well as additional search terms from the
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`user, Cross et al. [0038]) from a remote server (Fig. 2 — server systems, Cross et al. [0055]) and
`
`wherein a signal to the remote server to re-run the previously saved searches is triggered based on the
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`request (same citation above in Cross et al. [0048] where the search result reporter 114 triggers
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`search history controller 116 to dynamically update the search result for the previous search
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`query; this is the “trigger” signal used to update the previous search query and although it does
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`not explicitly say that the previously saved searches are “re-run”, the term “update” means that
`
`the previous search query would have to be performed again to give updated results).
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`However, Cross et al. fails to disclose that the previously saved searches are performed at
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`different times and that the previously saved searches are displayed across a plurality of time periods.
`
`Crosa et al. teaches that the method of displaying search results comprises:
`
`wherein each of the search results corresponds to execution of a corresponding one of the
`
`previously saved searches performed at a different time (selecting an automatic update option to
`
`show more recent updates every two minutes, Crosa et al. [0040]); and
`
`displaying the plurality of search results for each of the plurality of previously saved searches on
`
`data across a plurality of individual time periods (Fig. 6 — time selection panel 645, Crosa et al. [0049];
`
`the “view-by” tools in Crosa et al. [0050] can be used based on the settings of Fig. 6 to display the
`
`network update items over a period of time such as last minute, hour, day, week, etc.).
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross et al. with the feature
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`taught by Crosa et al. as constantly performing searches at different times will provide the user with the
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`most accurate and up-to-date search results and displaying search results over a certain time period will
`
`allow the user to filter out search results based on a certain time frame that they choose.
`
`However, Crosa et al. only teaches that the results are cumulative of each other (results within a
`
`week will contain a subset of the results within a day) and therefore, Cross-Crosa does not teach that the
`
`first set of the displayed search results corresponding to a first time period of a first one of the previously
`
`saved searches differs from a second set of the displayed search results corresponding to a second time
`
`period of the first one of the previously saved searches.
`
`Cisler et al. teaches that a first set of the displayed search results corresponding to a first time
`
`period of a first one of the previously saved searches (the search component 118 can present results
`
`of a search of the current state of the system 100 within a desktop user interface, Cisler et al.
`
`[0062]) differs from a second set of the displayed search results corresponding to a second time period
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`(results of a search of one or more historical states with a time machine user interface, Cisler et
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`al. [0062]) of the first one of the previously saved searches (the search results presented can include
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`one or more items that were not present in the search result provided for the current contents,
`
`Cisler et al. [0062]; elements not present in a search result and present in another shows that the
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`sets differ) and additionally teaches the functions of:
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`receiving a current search result for a current date for a first one of the previously saved
`
`searches (the search component 118 can present results of a search of the current state of the
`
`system 100 within a desktop user interface, Cisler et al. [0062]); and
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`updating the display of the plurality of search results, wherein the updated display includes the
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`current search result for the current date for the first one of the saved searches, displayed concurrently
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`with the first set and the second set of search results that were previously displayed (the timeline 702
`
`includes snapshots representing the results of performing the current search on an earlier
`
`version of system contents that have been backed up, Cisler et al. [0082]; additionally, refer to Fig.
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`7 which displays snapshots of the previous search results which may be selected for display,
`
`tCislers the display of the sets is concurrent).
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross-Crosa with the feature
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`taught by Cisler et al. as multiple search sets including the indication of the date or period of time of the
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`search helps to identify results that may not have been present in one set, but present in another set, and
`
`the concurrent displays offers a simple historical view of the search results to the user that allows them to
`
`compare search result sets.
`
`However, Cross-Crosa-Cisler fails to teach that the search results received are on at least a
`
`portion of the data that has been updated.
`
`Danninger teaches that only the new search results that were not readily available in a previous
`
`search is retrieved and displayed to a user when performing a search using the same term (if the user
`
`has performed the same search before, the CPU accesses the search record for that search in
`
`order to determine the new results, and displays only the new results which were not retrieved in
`
`the previous search, Danninger [0010]; timestamps for stored searches, Danninger [0017] &
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`[0020]), thus teaching that the search results received are on at least a portion of the data that has been
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`updated.
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross-Crosa-Cisler with the
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`feature taught by Danninger as the displaying of only the new/updated search results when performing a
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`search using a previously saved/used term helps remove the unwanted results that a user had already
`
`seen or viewed the first time around, thus making the display of search results more compact.
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`Regarding claim 10, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses all the features with respect to claim
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`9 as outlined above. Further, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses that the portion of the search
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`results displayed (display a portion of search result links, Cross et al. [0039]) for each search is one
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`or more new or most relevant contents since a previous search date (display can contain the new
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`search result links, Cross et al. [0038]).
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`Regarding claim 12, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses all the features with respect to claim
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`9 as outlined above. Further, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses that the instructions of the non-
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`transitory processor-readable medium, when executed by a processor, causes it to:
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`display one or more dates to indicate when each of the one or more previous searches was
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`performed, wherein each date is displayed adjacent to its respective portion of the search results (search
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`result reporter may provide a list of selectable report types based on search query terms, dates
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`and times of previous searches, Cross et al. [0047]).
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`Regarding claim 14, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses all the features with respect to claim
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`9 as outlined above. Further, Cross et al. discloses that the instructions of the non-transitory processor-
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`readable medium, when executed by a processor, causes it to:
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`display a search term used by each of the one or more previous searches (previously entered
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`search terms by the user, Cross et al. [0038]).
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`Regarding claim 18, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses all the features with respect to claim
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`1 as outlined above. Further, Cross-Crosa-Cisler-Danninger discloses that the displaying comprises:
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`determining that a first one of the plurality of search results displayed for a first one of the
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`previously saved searches comprises a first set of search results (Fig. 5 — a display window 504
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`includes a first portion of the search result links and in response to the search term “sports”, may
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`return multiple links associated with baseball, Cross et al. [0088]); and
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`determining that a second one of the plurality of search results displayed for the first one of the
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`previously saved searches comprises a second set of search results different from the first set of search
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`results (Fig. 5 — as discussed earlier in Cross et al. [0088], baseball may be the “first” of the search
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`results; user may select the next option 510 to display the next portion of search result links that
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`are associated with soccer, Cross et al. [0091]).
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`Regarding claim 19, Cross et al. discloses a system for displaying search results, comprising:
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`a display (display interface, Cross et al. [0040]);
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`a memory (Fig. 3 — memory such as a random access memory (RAM) 314 or read only
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`memory (ROM) 316, Cross et al. [0069]);
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`one or more hardware processors (Fig. 3 — processor 312, may include multiple processors,
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`Cross et al. [0068]), coupled to the display and memory and configured to:
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`requesting an interface including one or more previously saved searches (an interface support a
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`user entry of search query terms and the user selection of a request to receive a history of the
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`search query terms, Cross et al. [0047]), each of the previously saved searches corresponding to a set
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`of one or more search terms (sending the previously entered search terms by the user, Cross et al.
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`[0038]; due to the search terms being sent, it is inherent that they were obtained by accessing a
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`search history to retrieve those terms);
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`receiving an updated plurality of search results (search result reporter 114 may also trigger
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`search history controller 116 to dynamically update the search result for the previous search
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`query, Cross et al. [0048]) for each of the plurality of previously saved searches (search result links
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`are generated using previously entered search terms as well as additional search terms from the
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`user, Cross et al. [0038]) from a remote server (Fig. 2 — server systems, Cross et al. [0055]) and
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`wherein a signal to the remote server to re-run the previously saved searches is triggered based on the
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`request (same citation above in Cross et al. [0048] where the search result reporter 114 triggers
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`search history controller 116 to dynamically update the search result for the previous search
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`query; this is the “trigger” signal used to update the previous search query and although it does
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`not explicitly say that the previously saved searches are “re-run”, the term “update” means that
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`the previous search query would have to be performed again to give updated results).
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`However, Cross et al. fails to disclose that the previously saved searches are performed at
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`different times and that the previously saved searches are displayed across a plurality of time periods.
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`Crosa et al. teaches that the method of displaying search results comprises:
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`wherein each of the search results corresponds to execution of a corresponding one of the
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`previously saved searches performed at a different time (selecting an automatic update option to
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`show more recent updates every two minutes, Crosa et al. [0040]); and
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`displaying the plurality of search results for each of the plurality of previously saved searches on
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`data across a plurality of individual time periods (Fig. 6 — time selection panel 645, Crosa et al. [0049];
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`the “view-by” tools in Crosa et al. [0050] can be used based on the settings of Fig. 6 to display the
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`network update items over a period of time such as last minute, hour, day, week, etc.).
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross et al. with the feature
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`taught by Crosa et al. as constantly performing searches at different times will provide the user with the
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`most accurate and up-to-date search results and displaying search results over a certain time period will
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`allow the user to filter out search results based on a certain time frame that they choose.
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`However, Crosa et al. only teaches that the results are cumulative of each other (results within a
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`week will contain a subset of the results within a day) and therefore, Cross-Crosa does not teach that the
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`first set of the displayed search results corresponding to a first time period of a first one of the previously
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`saved searches differs from a second set of the displayed search results corresponding to a second time
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`period of the first one of the previously saved searches.
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`Cisler et al. teaches that a first set of the displayed search results corresponding to a first time
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`period of a first one of the previously saved searches (the search component 118 can present results
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`of a search of the current state of the system 100 within a desktop user interface, Cisler et al.
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`[0062]) differs from a second set of the displayed search results corresponding to a second time period
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`(results of a search of one or more historical states with a time machine user interface, Cisler et
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`al. [0062]) of the first one of the previously saved searches (the search results presented can include
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`one or more items that were not present in the search result provided for the current contents,
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`Cisler et al. [0062]; elements not present in a search result and present in another shows that the
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`sets differ) and additionally teaches the functions of:
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`receiving a current search result for a current date for a first one of the previously saved
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`searches (the search component 118 can present results of a search of the current state of the
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`system 100 within a desktop user interface, Cisler et al. [0062]); and
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`updating the display of the plurality of search results, wherein the updated display includes the
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`current search result for the current date for the first one of the saved searches, displayed concurrently
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`with the first set and the second set of search results that were previously displayed (the timeline 702
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`includes snapshots representing the results of performing the current search on an earlier
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`version of system contents that have been backed up, Cisler et al. [0082]; additionally, refer to Fig.
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`7 which displays snapshots of the previous search results which may be selected for display,
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`tCislers the display of the sets is concurrent).
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`Therefore, it would have been prima facie obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention to combine the device taught by Cross-Crosa with the feature
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`taught by Cisler et al. as multiple