IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`In re Patent Application of:
`Darrell Diem
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`Art Unit: 2689
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`Application No: 15/200,592
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`Examiner: Mohamed Barakat
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`Confirmation No: 1044
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`Filed: 07-01-2016
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`Atty. Docket No: 1 1 14-0003 CON
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`Customer No: 124657
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`For; A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR OCCURRENCES OF
`GROUP EVENTS BASED ON ZONE AND LOCATION
`OF MOBILE DEVICES
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`PATENT TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`RESPONSE TO NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Dear Sir:
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`INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
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`In response to the Office Action dated October 7, 2016, please amend the above-
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`identified U.S. patent application as follows:
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`Claims Amendments are reflected in the listing of claims, which begins on page 2 of
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`this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 12 of this paper.
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`GPSNA Ex. 1026
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`In re Patent Application of:
`Darrell Diem
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`Art Unit: 2689
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`Application No: 15/200,592
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`Examiner: Mohamed Barakat
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`Confirmation No: 1044
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`Filed: 07-01-2016
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`Atty. Docket No: 1 1 14-0003 CON
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`Customer No: 124657
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`For; A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR OCCURRENCES OF
`GROUP EVENTS BASED ON ZONE AND LOCATION
`OF MOBILE DEVICES
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`PATENT TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`RESPONSE TO NON-FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`Commissioner for Patents
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`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Dear Sir:
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`INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS
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`In response to the Office Action dated October 7, 2016, please amend the above-
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`identified U.S. patent application as follows:
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`Claims Amendments are reflected in the listing of claims, which begins on page 2 of
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`this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 12 of this paper.
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`GPSNA Ex. 1026
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`CLAIMS
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`(Currently Amended) A notification system for sending group notifications upon
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`occurrences of events associated with a plurality of mobile devices of user groups having
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`corresponding group identification codes that identify the user groups, each user group
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`comprising one or more users having a user identification code associated with a
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`corresponding group identification code, the user identification code identifying the user
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`mobile device locations relative to zones that are independent of mobile device locations,
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`wherein said events occur based on
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`said system comprising:
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`one or more servers configured to:
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`define check a first level administrative privilege to control user membership in a
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`E user groups, said user groups being defined by a first administrator having the first level
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`administrative privilege, said first level administrative privilege being used to authorize a
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`user in each user group to be a second administrator of a plurality of second administrators,
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`each second administrator having a corresponding second level administrative privilege
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`associated with a user group;
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` control conveyance of event
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`information te—the—user—greu-p based on one or more information access codes specified by a
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`second administrator of a user group, said one or more information access codes specifying
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`one or more users in the user group having access to the event information, wherein the
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`first level administrative privilege is used to administer a first information sharing
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`environment (ISE) and the second level administrative privilege is used to administer a
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`corresponding second ISE of a plurality of second ISEs created within the first ISE; said
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`first and second ISEs comprising a computing network where the conveyance of the event
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`information from a server to the groups is controlled or configured, wherein each second
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`ISE is configured to be administered independent of other second ISEs and the first ISE
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`using the one or more information access codes;
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`check the first level administrative privileges before aeleli-rig an—authorizi_nged a
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`user to be a second administrator of the a user group;
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`provide one or more interfaces for setting zones events and groups notifications
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`for the user groups based on a corresponding second level administrative privilege
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`associated with the second administrator;
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`check a the corresponding second level administrative privilege before providing
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`one or more interfaces for setting a zone the Qevents and the gteup a_notifications for the
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`user group;
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`receive a reguest to set the zone for the user group after the user group is defined
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`by the first administrator;
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`receive a request to set ah E event for the user group after the setting of the
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`zone;
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`receive a request to set a—group Q notification for the user group, said request
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`identifying a recipient of the group notification according to said one or more information
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`access codes;
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`determine a mobile device location
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`compare a Q zone and the mobile device location to determine whether an Q event
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`occurs;
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`if the event occurs cause a—group Q notification to be sent to the recipient of the group
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`notification.
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`(Currently Amended) The system claimed in claim 1, wherein said mobile device location
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`corresponds to an indoor location of the mobile device determined using a proximig device
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`included in the mobile device.
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`(Original) The notification system claimed in claim 2, wherein said servers are further
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`configured to determine an outdoor location of the mobile device based on a GPS device
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`included in the mobile device.
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`(Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim 1, wherein sard group
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`the one or more servers are configured to control
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`conveyance of mobile device location information other than event information based on
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`the one or more information access codes specified by the second administrator of the user
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`group, said one or more information access codes specifying one or more users in the user
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`group having access to the mobile device location information and the event information,
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`wherein a mobile device location information corresponds to a coordinate of a mobile
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`device within a coordinate system corresponding to a map as determined by a location
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`information source associated with the mobile device" and wherein an event information
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`comprises at least one condition that relates a mobile device location information to a zone
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`where the occurrence of the event causes a notification to be sent when a mobile device
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`crosses a boundag associated with the zone, wherein the first administrator defines the
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`corresponding user group independent of a location of a zone.
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`(Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim 1 4, wherein said
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`said first level administrative
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`privilege is associated with an event information service provider and said second level
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`administrative privilege is provided by the event information service provider to customers
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`of the event information service provider, said mobile device identification codes being
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`associated with vehicles in a plurality of vehicle groups based on the second level
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`administrative privilege, wherein each vehicle group comprises vehicles used by drivers
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`associated with corresponding mobile object identification codes under the second level
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`administrative privilege, said mobile object identification codes being different from the
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`mobile device identification codes, each mobile object identification code being associated
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`with a mobile object comprising an NFC device, wherein a second event associated with
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`the mobile object that is different from the event is determined based on proximity of the
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`driver to the vehicle as determined using the NFC device.
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`(Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim 5 1, wherein said—seheduled
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` the one or more servers are further confi gured to
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`determine occurrence of a second event that is different from the event said second event
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`being based on a condition associated with one or more mobile objects other the one or
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`more mobile devices, wherein a mobile object identification code that is different from the
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`mobile device identification codes is associated with a mobile obj ect, and wherein the
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`occurrence of the event and the second event is determined based on a mobile device
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`identification code and the mobile object identification code.
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`(Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim Q -l, wherein the—ene—er
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`the one or more
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`servers are further configured to:
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`receive location information from the mobile device associated with the mobile device
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`identification code‘ .
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`receive location information from the mobile object associated with the mobile object
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`identification code,"
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`determine occurrence of the event based on the location information from the mobile
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`device associated with the mobile device identification code; and
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`determine occurrence of the second event based on the location information from the
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`mobile object associated with the mobile object identification code.
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`(Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim l -1, wherein the—ene—er
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`an information
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`access code specified by a second administrator of a user group comprises a group
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`identification code.
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`(Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim § -lr, wherein saiel—greu-19
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`occurred the information access code comprises an access list that includes a sub-group
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`identification code associated with a sub-group created within the user group.
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`10. (Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim 9 -l, wherein said-ene—er
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` the one or more servers control access to the one
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`or more user interfaces for adding a mobile device to a sub-group based on the sub-group
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`identification code, said second level of administrative privilege comprising a privilege to
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`create the sub-group, specify the sub-group identification code, and specify the users in the
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`sub-group.
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`11. (Currently Amended) The notification system claimed in claim 1, wherein said—ene—er—mere
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`an information access code specified by a second
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`administrator of the user group is authenticated at a central access control station to verify
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`identity of a user before conveying the event information.
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`12. (Currently Amended) The system claimed in claim 11, wherein
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`information access code is conveyed to the user whose identity is to be verified.
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`(Currently Amended) The system claimed in claim Q -1-}, wherein
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`the one or more servers are configured to further control
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`conveyance of sensor information other than the location information and the event
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`information based on the one or more information access codes.
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`14.
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`(Currently Amended) The system claimed in claim 1 -1%, wherein
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`the mobile device location information is
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`determined using an NFC device.
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`(Currently Amended) The system claimed in claim H -1-}, wherein
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`associated with a driver of a vehicle.
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`the NFC device is
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`(Currently Amended) The system claimed in claim g -1-}, wherein said leeatien—is—traeked
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`via—the proximity device comprises a Bluetooth devicem%
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`(New) A notification method for sending notifications upon occurrences of events
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`associated with a plurality of mobile devices operating in user groups having corresponding
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`group identification codes that identify the user groups, each user group comprising one or
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`more users of mobile devices, each user having a user identification code associated with a
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`corresponding group identification code, the user identification code identifying the user,
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`wherein said events occur based on mobile device locations relative to zones that are
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`independent of mobile device locations, said method being implemented by one or more
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`servers configured to:
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`check a first level administrative privilege to control user membership in the user
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`groups, said user groups being defined by a first administrator having the first level
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`administrative privilege, said first level administrative privilege being used to authorize a
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`user in each user group to be a second administrator of a plurality of second administrators,
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`each second administrator having a corresponding second level administrative privilege
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`associated with a user group,
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`control conveyance of 1) mobile device location information and 2) event
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`information other than the mobile device location information based on one or more
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`information access codes specified by a second administrator of a user group, said one or
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`more information access codes specifying one or more users in the user group having
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`access to the mobile device location information and the event information, wherein a
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`mobile device location information corresponds to a coordinate of a mobile device within a
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`coordinate system corresponding to a map as determined by a location information source
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`associated with the mobile device, and wherein an event information comprises at least one
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`condition that relates a mobile device location information to a zone where the occurrence
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`of the event causes a notification to be sent when a mobile device crosses a boundary
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`associated with the zone; wherein the first administrator defines the corresponding user
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`group independent of a location of a zone;
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`check the first level administrative privilege before authorizing a user to be a
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`second administrator of a user group;
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`provide one or more interfaces for setting zones; events and notifications for the
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`user groups based on a corresponding second level administrative privilege associated with
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`the second administrator;
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`check the corresponding second level administrative privilege before providing
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`one or more interfaces for setting a zone; an event and a notifications for the user group;
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`receive a request to set the zone for the user group after the user group is defined
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`by the first administrator;
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`receive a request to set the event for the user group after the setting of the zone;
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`receive a request to set the notification for the user group; said request identifying
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`a recipient of the notification according to said one or more information access codes;
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`determine a mobile device location;
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`compare the zone and the mobile device location to determine whether the event occurs;
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`if the event occurs cause the notification to be sent to the recipient of the notification; and
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`convey mobile device location information based on the one or more information access
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`codes.
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`18.
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`(New) The method of claim 17, wherein the first level administrative privilege is used to
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`administer a first information sharing environment (ISE) and the second level of
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`administrative privilege is used to administer a corresponding second ISE of a plurality of
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`second ISEs created within the first ISE, said first and second ISEs comprising a computing
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`network where the conveyance of the event information from a server to the groups is
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`controlled or configured, wherein each second ISE is configured to be administered
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`independent of other second ISEs and the first ISE using the one or more information
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`access codes.
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`20.
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`(New) The method of claim 17, wherein the information access code comprises an access
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`list that includes one or more user identification codes and a sub-group identification code
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`associated with a sub-group created within the user group.
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`(New) The method of claim 17, wherein an information access code specified by the
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`second administrator of the user group is authenticated at a central access control station to
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`verify identity of a user before conveying the event information.
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`REMARKS
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`The Applicant
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`thanks the Examiner for the careful consideration of the present
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`application. System claims 1-16 have been amended as shown above. New method claims 17-20
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`are newly added. Claims 1-20 remain pending.
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`The undersigned records that an IDS filed on December 20th, 2016 discloses IPR
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`Decisions issued in related patents.
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`Claim Objection
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`The Action has objected to claim 11.
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`Claim 11 has been amended along with other
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`claims, the support for which is set forth below.
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`Specification Support for Claim Amendments
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`The pending claims of the application have been amended to more clearly distinguish
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`them over the prior art of record. As amended, claims now require a plurality of groups of users
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`of mobile devices based on corresponding identification codes that identify each user or group or
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`mobile device associated with a group. Each user in a user group has a user identification code
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`associated with a group identification code. The claims are further amended to require one or
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`more information access codes that specify for each user group one or more users or sub-groups
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`in the user group having access to information associated with the user group.
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`According to the amended claims,
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`a first administrator based on a first
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`level
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`administrative privilege specifies a second administrator which has a second level administrative
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`privilege for a user group used to specify the one or more information access codes. The first
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`level administrative privilege is used to authorize a user in each user group to be a second
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`administrator of a plurality of second administrators. The second administrator is authorized to
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`control conveyance of location and/or event information regarding the user group based on the
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`one or more information access codes specified under the second level administrative privilege.
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`The first level administrative privilege can be used to administer a first information sharing
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`environment
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`(ISE) and the second level administrative privilege is used to administer a
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`corresponding second ISE of a plurality of second ISEs created within the first ISE. The first
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`and second ISEs comprise a computing network where the conveyance of the event information
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`or mobile device location information from a server to the groups is controlled or configured.
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`Using the one or more information access codes, each second ISE is configured to be
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`administered independent of other second ISEs and the first ISE.
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`According to other amended claims, e. g., claims 4 and 17, such information includes two
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`types of information: 1) mobile device location information and 2) event information other than
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`mobile device location information. Claims define mobile device location information as
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`corresponding to a coordinate of a mobile device as determined by a location information source
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`associated with the mobile device. The claims further define event information differently from
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`location information as being a condition that relates a mobile device location information to a
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`zone that defines an event where the occurrence of the event causes an alert to be sent when a
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`mobile device crosses a boundary associated with the zone. Access to mobile device location
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`information and to event information associated with a user group is controlled based on the one
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`or more information access codes specified by a corresponding second administrator of a user
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`group.
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`is respectfully submitted that
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`the above amendments are fully supported by the
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`specification. According to the specification, “one or more administrators may be given
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`privileges to configure the information-sharing environment. Such configuration could include
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`specifying authorized users of the environment and their access privileges,
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`etc. Such
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`configuration can also define groups of users as part of an established organizational structure
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`associated with the information-sharing environment.” (Specification [OO43]) Thus,
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`the
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`specification
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`supports groups being defined by
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`administrators having corresponding
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`administrative privileges. “Because smaller information-sharing environments can exist within
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`larger information-sharing information environments, various levels of administrator privileges
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`can exist.”
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`(Specification [OO43]) Thus,
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`the
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`specification supports various
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`levels of
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`administrative privilege, including first level and second level of administrative privileges. The
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`specification states that “an administrator can define one or more groups to which a given user
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`can be associated. Groups may be defined in accordance with an organizational structure or
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`hierarchy. For example, an administrator for an information-sharing environment corresponding
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`to a company may define groups for the various organizations within the company, such as legal,
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`accounting, shipping, etc., and for groups of users not based on organization, such as executive,
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`management, administrative, exempt employees, nonexempt employees, etc. After a group has
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`been defined, the administrator can associate individual users with one or more of the defined
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`groups.
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`Similarly, a parent administering an information-sharing environment might define
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`groups such as parents, teenagers, children, drivers, and so forth.....As such, a user may be
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`associated with one or more
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`groups defined by an administrator of an information-sharing
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`environment.” (Specification [OO67]). Thus,
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`the specification supports second administrators
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`having a second level administrative privilege to specify who is authorized to receive location
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`and/or event information by specifying corresponding information access codes.
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`The specification states “the present invention can be implemented in a variety of
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`information-sharing environments. The sharing of information may be managed among a small
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`number of users such as a family or group of friends, or among a very large number of users such
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`as among employees of very large business, or among a worldwide user base such as a might be
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`provided via an Internet service. Furthermore, information-sharing environments may involve
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`information-sharing environments within information-sharing environments. That
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`is, one or
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`more smaller information-sharing environments may overlap or coexist independent of each
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`other within one or more larger information sharing environments.” (Specification [OO42]) Thus,
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`the specification supports creating a plurality of second information-sharing environments (ISEs)
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`within a first ISE.
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`In addition to overlapping information-sharing environments (ISEs), the
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`present specification supports second ISEs that are independent of each other and the first ISE.
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`According to the specification, “codes would typically include an identifier (e.g., a user
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`account name or user number) and can be associated with one or more groups, and one or more
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`information access privilege classifications. For example, a given user may be included in a
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`group indicating members of a family, a company, a club, or an association. Similarly,
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`employees of a company may belong to one or more defined groups within the company (e. g.,
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`Management, Engineering, Accounting, etc.).” (Specification [OO46]) “For example, an Internet
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`service based on the present invention can be provided and administered such that anyone having
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`access to the Internet can purchase the service and be an authorized user. A purchaser of the
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`service can set up a company-wide information-sharing environment within the larger world-
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`wide inforination-sharing environment
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`that
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`includes company employees, affiliates, Board
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`members, guests, etc. A division within a company may set up its own information-sharing
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`environment, and so on. A family can set up its own information-sharing environment and an
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`individual may set up his or her own information-sharing environment. As such, each
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`information sharing environment can be administered so as
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`to manage conveyance of
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`information among computing devices based on user identification codes.”
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`(Specification
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`[OO46]) Thus, the specification describes controlling conveyance of information based on access
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`codes specified by a second level administrator, e.g., a family, who can associate group
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`identification codes with user identifiers. The specification further describes a group, e.g., a
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`company, being divided into sub-groups (e.g., divisions) having corresponding identifiers.
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`According to the specification, “an access code specifies the individual users and/or
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`groups of users having access to the information to which the access code is associated. Such an
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`access code would typically include specific user identification codes and/or group codes.”
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`(Specification, [OO47]). The specification further states “The user identification code may also be
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`associated with one or more groups having corresponding group identification codes. The user
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`identification code and group identification code(s) are compared to those included in the access
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`code whereby a match would indicate the user is authorized to receive the information. As such,
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`the information is conveyed to those computing devices that are associated with the users having
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`access to the information as specified by the access code.” Id. Thus, the specification clearly
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`describes access codes comprising group identification codes, sub-group identification and user
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`identification codes used to define who gets access to information in a group in order to protect
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`group privacy.
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`The specification states “access codes can be associated with information to manage the
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`conveyance of the information to computing devices. Specifically, an object location information
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`access code can be associated with object location information. A user-defined zone information
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`access code can be associated with user-defined zone information and/or an object location event
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`information access
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`code
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`can be
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`associated with object
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`location event
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`information.”
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`(Specification [OO47]). Thus, the specification fully supports associating mobile device location
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`information and event information with one or more information access codes to manage the
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`conveyance of information. For example, “an object location information access code can
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`specify individual users or groups allowed access to the object
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`location information.”
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`(Specification [OO72])
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`The specification supports events being based on crossing a zone boundary, e.g., “If the
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`GPS receiver indicates a user’s location passes over a zone boundary, an exit or entry alert is
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`issued (Specification [OO92]) or “Object location events are defined such that each hiker receives
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`an email on their smart phone whenever another hiker enters or exits a zone.” (Specification
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`[OO88]). Moreover, the specification supports creating second events that are other than the
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`events, for example, “a user could define two zones. .
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`. .” (Specification [OO73])
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`The specification discloses using “location information to track vehicles, packages,
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`people, etc. and to enable a variety of location aware applications.” (Specification [OOO2]) FIG.
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`1 of the specification reproduced below “also illustrates various examples of objects (e.g.,
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`devices, things, people, vehicles, animals, etc.) that can be associated with location information
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`sources enabling object
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`location information to be conveyed to computing devices.”
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`(Specification page [OO44]) The specification thus supports various implementations of location
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`aware applications involving drivers and vehicles for delivery of packages.
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`“In the system and method of the present invention, an object can comprise any device,
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`thing, person or entity that can be located or tracked.” (Specification [OO4l]) “Such objects may
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`be outdoors or indoors and may be included within another object”
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`associated with a second location information
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`suited for indoor operations” (Specification
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`[OO69]). According to the specification “one or more coordinate systems established by an
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`administrator or by a user of an information-sharing environment can be used to provide object
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`location information” Id., with “means for translating between coordinate system” that are
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`“based upon the location information source(s) used” Id.
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`The specification states “when a user associates multiple location information sources
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`with an object, the user can determine whether or how the object location information is used
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`(eg., combined)” (Specification [OO70]). The specificantion discloses a second information
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`source comprisng a proximity device. As an example, of proximity device specification
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`discloses Bluetooth.
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`(Specification [0096] FIG. 11). The specification futher disclsoes “near
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`field electromagnetic ranging location systems” otherwise knowns as NFC devices (Specification
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`[0045]).
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`Claim Rejections -35 USC § 103
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`Claims 1-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Torvinen et
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`al. in US 2005/0113123 A1 (Torvinen) and Barnett (Pub. No.: 2002/0095499 A1).
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`Torvinen states that “Often, multiple service subscribers are in need of a single service,
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`where individual sessions between each subscriber and the content server are required. As such,
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`large amounts of resources such as memog and transmission bandwidth are needlessly
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`consumed from the server, since each subscriber requiring service additively drains the server's
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`resources.” (Torvinen [OOO3]) Torvinen identifies delays and consumption of large amounts of
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`resources and transmission bandwidth as the drawbacks. Torvinen shares group chat sessions,
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`and downloading to facilitate the location based group session.
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`Torvinen allows an organization to define a group session based upon location of a
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`number participating terminals and a criterion, e.g., a region of interest such as a library. The
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`group session occurs based the determination of proximity of terminals to the region of interest.
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`When the event occurs, an invitation is sent to a terminal meeting the criteria to join a group
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`session (See, Torvinen, Abstract), i.e., a demonstration. In Torvinen, those terminals that do not
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`wish to participate in the demonstration would decline the invitation.” (Torvinen [OO59])
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`Because Torvinen requires inviting terminals to groups that are in the region of interest and
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`requires the terminal to accept the invitations to join the group session, the grouping in Torvinen
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`takes place after the region of interest is set, but not before user groups are specified.
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`As amended, claims require receiving a request to set the zone for the user group after the
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`user group is defined by the first administrator and receiving a request to set an event for the user
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`group after the zone is set. These limitations are in contrast to Torvinen where group sessions are
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`created after the region of interest is specified. Torvinen determines whether a terminal
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`is
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`qualified to join the group based on its location and the criteria. Once qualified, Torvinen sends
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`an invitation to the qualified terminal to join the group. The qualified terminal in Torvinen joins
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`the group by accepting the invitation. Under Torvinen, grouping of users occur E a place of
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`interest is created, but not before the first administrator specified the user groups, as now
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`expressly required by the amended claims.
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`As stated above, the amended claim 1 now also requires controlling access to location
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`information and event information based one or more information access codes specified by a
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`second administrator having a second level administrative privilege authorized by a first
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`administrator. The first administrator defines a plurality of groups after which access privileges
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`to event information associated with the plurality of groups is controlled based on the access
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`codes. Claims 4 and 17 specifically require conveying location information other than event
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`information based on the information access code specified for the group under the second level
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`of administrative privilege.
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`Barnett teaches a first level administrator that defines groups and then defines various
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`(second level) administrators for administering the groups, where the various second level
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`administrators can define sub-groups within their respective group.
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`(Barnett,
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`[OO29]) It
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`respectfully submitted that Barnett does not teach conveying information based on access codes,
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`let alone access codes specified by second level administrators. The word “code” is only
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`mentioned in the entire Barnett disclosure twice: “magnetically coded media” (Barnett [OO23])
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`and “code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified
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`logical function(s)” (Barnett [OO38]). There is no teaching in Barnett for controlling location
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`information and/or event information based on specified access codes under the second level of
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`administrative privilege as required by the amend claims.
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`CONCLUSION
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`In view of the above, it is respectfully submitted that all pending claims are now in
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`allowable form. Early issuance of a Notice of Allowance is respectfully submitted.
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`If the
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`Examiner is of the opinion that the prosecution of this application would be advanced by a
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`personal interview, the Examiner is invited to telephone undersigned counsel to arrange for such
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`an interview.
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`Dated: December 31 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Robert S. Babayi/
`Robert S. Babayi
`Registration No.: 33,471
`VECTOR IP LAW GROUP
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`(202) 446-1481 (Direct)
`(703) 587-3803 (Mobile)
`(202) 446-1485 (Fax)
`Attorney/Agent For Applicant
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