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Last updated: April 17, 2026
Application No. 17/994,062

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION IN SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM

Non-Final OA §102
Filed
Nov 25, 2022
Examiner
KIM, CHONG G
Art Unit
2443
Tech Center
2400 — Computer Networks
Assignee
unknown
OA Round
3 (Non-Final)
83%
Grant Probability
Favorable
3-4
OA Rounds
2y 11m
To Grant
87%
With Interview

Examiner Intelligence

Grants 83% — above average
83%
Career Allow Rate
352 granted / 424 resolved
+25.0% vs TC avg
Minimal +4% lift
Without
With
+4.2%
Interview Lift
resolved cases with interview
Typical timeline
2y 11m
Avg Prosecution
44 currently pending
Career history
468
Total Applications
across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101
12.0%
-28.0% vs TC avg
§103
35.8%
-4.2% vs TC avg
§102
36.3%
-3.7% vs TC avg
§112
12.2%
-27.8% vs TC avg
Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 424 resolved cases

Office Action

§102
DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114 A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 10/29/2025 has been entered. Response to Amendment The Amendment filed on 10/29/2025 has been entered. Claims 1-6 remain pending in the application. Response to Arguments Applicant’s arguments on pages 9-12 with respect to claims 1 and 5 have been considered but are moot upon a further consideration and a new ground of rejection made under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Shavit (US PGPub 2007/0130518). Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – (a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. Claims 1-6 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Shavit (US PGPub 2007/0130518). Regarding claims 1 and 5, Shavit teaches an information transferring method (Shavit, see abstract), comprising: sending, by a first server, data to a client through a network according to a request from a user operating the client for requesting the client to exhibit the data to the user (Shavit, see paragraph 0026, a cellular phone 212 communicates 224 with server 200 of the apparatus, which supports the building, storing and retrieval the personalized web page [corresponding to data] of the user); wherein the data includes N pieces of information identifiers respectively corresponding to N pieces of information, N being an integer greater than or equal to 2 (Shavit, see paragraph 0025, a personal web page, comprising a part 10 from a web page in a first language, a part 15 from a web page in a second language, a news feed (RSS) from another page 20, a calculator 30, a weather forecast 40, and two memos: a personal one 50, and a business one 60): wherein an ith piece of information among the N pieces of information is combined information, i being an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0027, In FIG. 3, window 300 was opened when the user clicked on add module button 302. The modules [corresponding to combined information] can be, but are not limited to one or more fragments of any web page, RSS feeds, utilities, or other components): when the ith piece of information is combined information (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0027, In FIG. 3, window 300 was opened when the user clicked on add module button 302. The modules [corresponding to combined information] can be, but are not limited to one or more fragments of any web page, RSS feeds, utilities, or other components), sending, by the first server, to the client through the network according to the request from the user operating the client for requesting the client to exhibit the combined information and at least one of: (i) Multiple pieces of information contained in the combined information, and (ii) information identifiers respectively corresponding to the multiple pieces of information contained in the combined information (Shavit, see paragraphs 0025 and 0027, In FIG. 3, window 300 was opened when the user clicked on add module button 302. A personal web page, comprising a part 10 from a web page in a first language, a part 15 from a web page in a second language, a news feed (RSS) from another page 20, a calculator 30, a weather forecast 40, and two memos: a personal one 50, and a business one 60), and indication information used for indicating a relative position relationship of the multiple pieces of information during exhibition (Shavit, see paragraph 0024, Only the address of the page and the coordinates of the fragment [corresponding to indication information used for indicating a relative position relationship of the multiple pieces of information] selected by the user are stored on the server. In the case of rectangular fragments of a web page, the coordinates comprise two coordinates, denoting any two opposite corners of the rectangle, wherein each coordinate comprises two numbers, denoting the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the coordinate. When loading such a page, preferably the whole page is loaded and clipped according to the desired coordinates); receiving, by the first server, indication information associated with multiple pieces of information, and at least one of: the multiple pieces of information sent by the client according to the exhibited data, and information identifiers respectively according to the multiple pieces of information (Shavit, see paragraphs 0025, 0027 and 0030, In FIG. 3, window 300 was opened when the user clicked on add module button 302. A personal web page, comprising a part 10 from a web page in a first language, a part 15 from a web page in a second language, a news feed (RSS) from another page 20, a calculator 30, a weather forecast 40, and two memos: a personal one 50, and a business one 60. Server 200 of FIG. 2, which stores or connects to a storage of the personalized web pages stores merely a locator, such as the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the web page, and the coordinates of the area selected by the user. The coordinates of the selected fragment within the page can be, for example, the coordinates of the top left and the bottom right points of the fragment.); wherein at least one of the multiple pieces of information is the combined information, and the indication information is used for indicating a relative position relationship of the multiple pieces of information during exhibition (Shavit, see paragraphs 0025, 0027 and 0030, In FIG. 3, window 300 was opened when the user clicked on add module button 302. A personal web page, comprising a part 10 from a web page in a first language, a part 15 from a web page in a second language, a news feed (RSS) from another page 20, a calculator 30, a weather forecast 40, and two memos: a personal one 50, and a business one 60. Server 200 of FIG. 2, which stores or connects to a storage of the personalized web pages stores merely a locator, such as the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the web page, and the coordinates of the area selected by the user. The coordinates of the selected fragment within the page can be, for example, the coordinates of the top left and the bottom right points of the fragment.), the relative position relationship being determined by the client according to at least one of user's selection (Shavit, see paragraph 0035, the user loads the web page, activates a component that first enables the selection of rectangle, the resize or moving of the rectangle, and then provides a “submit” option. When the user selects the “submit” option. At step 922, the user can manipulate the modules on the page, resize, move, miniaturize, enlarge, add to the icon tray or retrieve from the icon tray any component of the page), and sequence of the multiple pieces of information, and the information identifiers are used for respectively uniquely identifying the multiple pieces of information in a system formed by the client and the first server (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, the user loads the web page, activates a component that first enables the selection of rectangle, the resize or moving of the rectangle, and then provides a “submit” option. When the user selects the “submit” option, the address of the web page and the coordinates of the rectangle chosen by the user are submitted to the server of the disclosed invention and stored there. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers); storing, by the first server, first identifier information and the information identifier of each of the multiple pieces of information, or storing the first identifier information, wherein the first identifier information is used for uniquely identifying a combination of: the multiple pieces of information and the indication information, in the system formed by the first server and the client (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, the user loads the web page, activates a component that first enables the selection of rectangle, the resize or moving of the rectangle, and then provides a “submit” option. When the user selects the “submit” option, the address of the web page and the coordinates of the rectangle chosen by the user are submitted to the server of the disclosed invention and stored there. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers); acquiring, by the first server, an authorization information of the client; wherein the authorization information is used for authorizing the first server to perform data sending to a second server by using a user account of the client (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, At step 900 the page is constructed, and at step 930 it is used. Construction step 900 includes login to the system at step 904, in which the user identifies to the system and is preferably requested to supply a password. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers); and sending, by the first server, the multiple pieces of information, and the indication information to the second server by using the user account according to the authorization information (Shavit, see paragraph 0026, The user, using a personal computer 204, a laptop computer 208, a handheld device 210, or a cellular phone 212 communicates 224 with server 200 of the apparatus, which supports the building, storing and retrieval the personalized web page of the user. The user also communicates 228 with the various web sites from which he or she wishes to present information). Regarding claims 2 and 6, Shavit teaches wherein when an ith piece of information in the multiple pieces of information received by the first server from the client according to the exhibited data is combined information containing multiple pieces of information, the indication information comprises first indication information (Shavit, see paragraph 0025, a personal web page, comprising a part 10 from a web page in a first language, a part 15 from a web page in a second language, a news feed (RSS) from another page 20, a calculator 30, a weather forecast 40, and two memos: a personal one 50, and a business one 60); wherein the first indication information is used for indicating a relative location relationship of the multiple pieces of information contained in the ith piece of information during exhibition, the relative position relationship being determined by the client according to at least one of user's selection, and sequence of the the multiple pieces of information contained in the ith piece of information, wherein i is an ingester greater than or equal to 1; and the first server further stores second identifier information, the second identifier information being used for uniquely identifying a combination of: the multiple pieces of information contained in the ith piece of information and the first indication information, in the system formed by the first server and the client (Shavit, see paragraph 0024, Only the address of the page and the coordinates of the fragment [corresponding to indication information used for indicating a relative position relationship of the multiple pieces of information] selected by the user are stored on the server. In the case of rectangular fragments of a web page, the coordinates comprise two coordinates, denoting any two opposite corners of the rectangle, wherein each coordinate comprises two numbers, denoting the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the coordinate. When loading such a page, preferably the whole page is loaded and clipped according to the desired coordinates). Regarding claim 3, Shavit teaches further comprising: receiving, by the second server, a data request sent by a second client, wherein the data request is used for requesting the second server to send information associated with a user account of the second client to the second client (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, At step 900 the page is constructed, and at step 930 it is used. Construction step 900 includes login to the system at step 904, in which the user identifies to the system and is preferably requested to supply a password. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers); and sending, by the second server, the multiple pieces of information, third identifier information and the indication information to the second client when it is judged that a combination of the multiple pieces of information and the indication information is the information associated with the user account of the second client; wherein the third identifier information is used for uniquely identifying the combination of: the multiple pieces of information and the indication information, in a system formed by the second server and the second client (Shavit, see paragraph 0026, The user, using a personal computer 204, a laptop computer 208, a handheld device 210, or a cellular phone 212 communicates 224 with server 200 of the apparatus, which supports the building, storing and retrieval the personalized web page of the user. The user also communicates 228 with the various web sites from which he or she wishes to present information). Regarding claim 4, Shavit teaches further comprising: receiving, by the second server, the third identifier information, third information identifier and second indication information sent by the second client; wherein the third information identifier is used for uniquely identifying third information in a system formed by the second client and the second server, and the second indication information is used for indicating a position relationship of the multiple pieces of information and the third information during exhibition (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, At step 900 the page is constructed, and at step 930 it is used. Construction step 900 includes login to the system at step 904, in which the user identifies to the system and is preferably requested to supply a password. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers); storing, by the second server, fourth identifier information, wherein the fourth identifier information is used for uniquely identifying a combination of: the multiple pieces of information, the third information and the second indication information, in the system formed by the second server and the second client (Shavit, see paragraph 0026, The user, using a personal computer 204, a laptop computer 208, a handheld device 210, or a cellular phone 212 communicates 224 with server 200 of the apparatus, which supports the building, storing and retrieval the personalized web page of the user. The user also communicates 228 with the various web sites from which he or she wishes to present information); receiving, by the second server, a data request sent by a third client, wherein the data request is used for requesting the server to send information associated with a user account of the third client to the third client (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, the user loads the web page, activates a component that first enables the selection of rectangle, the resize or moving of the rectangle, and then provides a “submit” option. When the user selects the “submit” option, the address of the web page and the coordinates of the rectangle chosen by the user are submitted to the server of the disclosed invention and stored there. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers); and sending, by the second server, the multiple pieces of information, the third information, the second indication information and fifth identifier information to the third client when it is judged that the combination of the multiple pieces of information, the third information and the second indication information is information associated with a user account of the third client, wherein the fifth identifier information is used for uniquely identifying the combination: of multiple pieces of information, the third information and the second indication information, in a system formed by the second server and the third client (Shavit, see paragraphs 0024 and 0035, the user loads the web page, activates a component that first enables the selection of rectangle, the resize or moving of the rectangle, and then provides a “submit” option. When the user selects the “submit” option, the address of the web page and the coordinates of the rectangle chosen by the user are submitted to the server of the disclosed invention and stored there. The description of a specific user's web page is stored on a server and is associated with the user's name, so that the user can access his page from multiple computers). Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to CHONG G KIM whose telephone number is (571)270-0619. The examiner can normally be reached Mon-Fri @ 9am - 5pm. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Nicholas R. Taylor can be reached at 571-272-3889. The fax phone number for the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300. Information regarding the status of published or unpublished applications may be obtained from Patent Center. Unpublished application information in Patent Center is available to registered users. To file and manage patent submissions in Patent Center, visit: https://patentcenter.uspto.gov. Visit https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center for more information about Patent Center and https://www.uspto.gov/patents/docx for information about filing in DOCX format. For additional questions, contact the Electronic Business Center (EBC) at 866-217-9197 (toll-free). If you would like assistance from a USPTO Customer Service Representative, call 800-786-9199 (IN USA OR CANADA) or 571-272-1000. /CHONG G KIM/Examiner, Art Unit 2443 /CHRISTOPHER B ROBINSON/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2443
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Prosecution Timeline

Nov 25, 2022
Application Filed
Jul 06, 2024
Non-Final Rejection — §102
Jan 09, 2025
Response Filed
Apr 28, 2025
Final Rejection — §102
Jul 31, 2025
Response after Non-Final Action
Oct 29, 2025
Request for Continued Examination
Nov 02, 2025
Response after Non-Final Action
Dec 27, 2025
Non-Final Rejection — §102 (current)

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3-4
Expected OA Rounds
83%
Grant Probability
87%
With Interview (+4.2%)
2y 11m
Median Time to Grant
High
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