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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(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, 7, 9, 15, and 17 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a) (1) as being anticipated by Nawrocki (“Nawrocki”, US 20190028520).
Regarding Claim 1, Nawrocki teaches a computer-implemented method for visual data creation in a web conference comprising:
acquiring, by one or more processing units, type-related information of the web conference (Fig. 5, elements {502-526}, par 50-52; The type-related information are the recorded fiduciary documents.);
identifying, by one or more processing units, a conference type of the web conference based on the acquired type-related information of the web conference and type templates stored in a type repository (Fig. 5, elements {502-526}, par 50-52; The type-related information are the recorded fiduciary documents. The type templates are the summary templates 520. The type repository is the summary templates database 522. The type is identified when being used to selected a template and is therefore based on the type-related information (fiduciary documents) and the type templates (summary templates 520).);
determining, by one or more processing units, a visualization format from a plurality of visualization formats stored in a format repository based on the identified conference type (Fig. 5, elements {502-526}, par 50-52; The type-related information are the recorded fiduciary documents. The type templates are the summary templates 520. The type repository is the summary templates database 522. The type is identified when being used to selected a template and is therefore based on the type-related information (fiduciary documents) and the type templates (summary templates 520). The visualization format is the summary template. The format repository is the summary templates database 522.);
extracting, by one or more processing units, key information required by the determined visualization format from raw data of the web conference (Fig. 5, elements {502-526}, par 50-52; Fig. 6, elements {512, 514, 602-608}, par 53; The visualization format is the summary template. The format repository is the summary templates database 522. The key information is the number of informational fields 602, 604, 606, and 608. The raw data is the audio data that is converted to text as shown by element 503.);
and creating, by one or more processing units, visual data within the determined visualization format by populating the extracted key information into the determined visualization format (Fig. 5, elements {502-526}, par 50-52; Fig. 6, elements {512, 514, 602-608}, par 53; The visualization format is the summary template. The format repository is the summary templates database 522. The key information is the number of informational fields 602, 604, 606, and 608. The visual data is the data populated in the meeting summary as shown in Fig. 6.).
Regarding Claim 7, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki further teaches wherein the visualization format is selected from a group consisting of:
a table (Fig. 5, elements {502-526}, par 50-52; Fig. 6, elements {512, 514, 602-608}, par 53; The visualization format is the summary template. The format repository is the summary templates database 522. The database is a table.),
a flowchart,
a histogram,
and a mind map.
Regarding Claim 9, Claim 9 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 1.
Regarding Claim 15, Claim 15 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 7.
Regarding Claim 17, Claim 17 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 1.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
The test for obviousness is not whether the features of a secondary reference may be bodily incorporated into the structure of the primary reference; nor is it that the claimed invention must be expressly suggested in any one or all of the references. Rather, the test is what the combined teachings of the references would have suggested to those of ordinary skill in the art. See In re Keller, 642 F.2d 413, 208 USPQ 871 (CCPA 1981).
Claims 2-3, 5-6, 10-11, 13-14, and 18-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nawrocki in view of Radner et al (“Radner”, US 9235862).
Regarding Claim 2, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki does not explicitly teach further comprising: transmitting, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the determined visualization format to a computing device of a participant of the web conference for rendering the visual data.
Radner teaches further comprising: transmitting, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the determined visualization format to a computing device of a participant of the web conference for rendering the visual data (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The visualization format is the minutes template. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary.).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the meeting minutes of Radner because it allows users additional customization functionality as well as uploading attachments to meeting minutes.
Regarding Claim 3, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki does not explicitly teach wherein the determined visualization format comprises a first visualization format and a second visualization format, and the method further comprises: transmitting, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the first visualization format to a first computing device of a first participant of the web conference for rendering the visual data within the first visualization format; and transmitting, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the second visualization format to a second computing device of a second participant of the web conference for rendering the visual data within the second visualization format.
Radner teaches wherein the determined visualization format comprises a first visualization format and a second visualization format, and the method further comprises: transmitting, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the first visualization format to a first computing device of a first participant of the web conference for rendering the visual data within the first visualization format (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The first visualization format is the minutes template. The second visualization format is the minutes template is the minutes template for another conference. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary.);
and transmitting, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the second visualization format to a second computing device of a second participant of the web conference for rendering the visual data within the second visualization format (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The first visualization format is the minutes template. The second visualization format is the minutes template is the minutes template for another conference. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary.).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the meeting minutes of Radner because it allows users additional customization functionality as well as uploading attachments to meeting minutes.
Regarding Claim 5, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki does not explicitly teach further comprising: receiving, by one or more processing units, feedback information on the visual data within the determined visualization format; and updating, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the determined visualization format based on the feedback information.
Radner teaches further comprising: receiving, by one or more processing units, feedback information on the visual data within the determined visualization format (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The visualization format is the minutes template. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary. The feedback information is the editing to the meeting minutes as shown in Fig. 17.);
and updating, by one or more processing units, the visual data within the determined visualization format based on the feedback information (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The visualization format is the minutes template. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary. The feedback information is the editing to the meeting minutes as shown in Fig. 17.).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the meeting minutes of Radner because it allows users additional customization functionality as well as uploading attachments to meeting minutes.
Regarding Claim 6, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki does not explicitly teach further comprising: receiving, by one or more processing units, feedback information on the visual data within the determined visualization format; and updating, by one or more processing units, the determined visualization format in the format repository based on the feedback information.
Radner teaches further comprising: receiving, by one or more processing units, feedback information on the visual data within the determined visualization format (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The visualization format is the minutes template. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary. The feedback information is the editing to the meeting minutes as shown in Fig. 17.);
and updating, by one or more processing units, the determined visualization format in the format repository based on the feedback information (Fig. 15, elements 1240-1270, Fig. 16, elements 1300-1310, Fig. 17, elements 1400-1420, Fig. 18, elements 1500-1520, Col. 12 lines 57-67, Col. 13 lines 1-33; The visualization format is the minutes template. The visual data is the content of the minutes template/meeting minutes summary. The feedback information is the editing to the meeting minutes as shown in Fig. 17. The format repository is where the meeting minutes are stored.).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the meeting minutes of Radner because it allows users additional customization functionality as well as uploading attachments to meeting minutes.
Regarding Claim 10, Claim 10 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 2.
Regarding Claim 11, Claim 11 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 3.
Regarding Claim 13, Claim 13 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 5.
Regarding Claim 14, Claim 14 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 6.
Regarding Claim 18, Claim 18 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 2.
Regarding Claim 19, Claim 19 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 3.
Regarding Claim 20, Claim 20 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 5.
Claims 4 and 12 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nawrocki in view of Song et al (“Song”, US 20150186006).
Regarding Claim 4, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki does not explicitly teach wherein the acquiring type-related information of the web conference comprises: acquiring, by one or more processing units, the type-related information of the web conference from arrangement information of the web conference.
Song teaches wherein the acquiring type-related information of the web conference comprises: acquiring, by one or more processing units, the type-related information of the web conference from arrangement information of the web conference (par 135; The type-related information is the type of a gesture. The arrangement information is the recorded arrangement manner.).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the gesture recognition of Song because it allows users to input information using different motions such as sliding so that actions are performed faster and easier than clicking with a mouse or using a keyboard.
Regarding Claim 12, Nawrocki teaches the system of claim 1.
Song does not explicitly teach wherein the acquiring type-related information of the web conference comprises: acquiring the type-related information of the web conference from hint information input by one or more participants of the web conference.
Song teaches wherein the acquiring type-related information of the web conference comprises: acquiring the type-related information of the web conference from hint information input by one or more participants of the web conference (par 135; The type-related information is the type of a gesture. The hint information is the recorded arrangement manner.).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the gesture recognition of Song because it allows users to input information using different motions such as sliding so that actions are performed faster and easier than clicking with a mouse or using a keyboard.
Claims 8 and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Nawrocki in view of Wang et al (“Wang”, US 20240126805).
Regarding Claim 8, Nawrocki teaches the computer-implemented method of claim 1.
Nawrocki does not explicitly teach wherein the computer-implemented method for visual data creation in the web conference is implemented via microservice.
Wang teaches wherein the computer-implemented method for visual data creation in the web conference is implemented via microservice (Fig. 2, elements {210, 245}, par 37, par 40-42, par 45).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify the invention of Nawrocki with the microservices of Wang because microservices allow for improved modularity and scalability of services.
Regarding Claim 16, Claim 16 is rejected with the same reasoning as Claim 8.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
DeLuca et al (US 20140082485), Abstract - In a method for customization of contextual information during a web conference presentation, a computer system executes a presentation program during a conference presentation. The computer system receives a request to access presentation templates based on parameters of a presenter, wherein the presentation templates including parameters identifying one or more of template texture, template font, template name of the presenter or template photo of the presenter of the conference presentation. In addition, the computer system determines an identity of the presenter during the conference presentation and matching the identity of the presenter against the parameter of the presenter. Moreover, the computer system extracts the presentation templates in the repository based on the match. The computer system further applies the extracted presentation template to presentation contents of the presentation program. In one aspect, the extracted presentation template alters visual characteristics of the presentation content based on the applied presentation template.
Albouyeh et al (US 20140173701), Abstract - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for managing participants of a web conference that follows a first web conference. A computer determines that a second web conference will use a web conference channel continuously following the completion of a first web conference using the web conference channel. The computer determines that a participant of the first web conference that is connected to the web conference channel at the start of the second web conference is not authorized to attend the second web conference and the computer disconnects from the web conference channel the participant that is not authorized to attend the second web conference.
Liu et al (US 20140200888), Abstract - A system includes an interface operable to detect a plurality of active audio streams in a plurality of multimedia streams, each multimedia stream associated with a particular user. The system further includes a processor operable to generate a text translation of each active audio stream and generate a script comprising the text translation of each active audio stream and an indication of the particular user associated with each active audio stream, the text translations being ordered according to times associated with the respective corresponding active audio stream.
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