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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
Claim(s) 1-3, 7-9 and 13-15 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by Jung et al. (US20160097651) (hereinafter Jung).
Per claim 1, Jung discloses a computer-implemented method for a shared mapping session, the method comprising; initiating the shared mapping session which includes a plurality of electronic devices including a first electronic device having a first user and a second electronic device having a second user (paragraph 0123, i.e. In detail, when the image display apparatus 200 for the vehicle and the electronic device 100 are connected to each other, the user may execute a road guiding application (or a dialing, a phonebook, an e-mail, a video reproduction application, etc.) installed on the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 may then transmit an execution image of the road guiding application to the image display apparatus 200 such that the execution image of the road guiding application can be displayed on the image display apparatus 200); receiving, from the second electronic device via the shared mapping session, second point-of-interest (POI) information associated with the second user (paragraph 0175, i.e. he case where there is no POI matched by the location data may include, for example, a case where second map information output on the electronic device 100 includes updated road information but the updated road information has not been reflected yet to first map information output on the image display apparatus 200, examiner interprets the second map as a second point of interest), the second POI information including a visual element to identify a second POI as an item of interest to the second user; and displaying, on a display of the first electronic device, a user interface for the shared mapping session, the user interface displaying map information indicating the visual element and a location associated with the first user (paragraph 0259, fig 10b i.e. when a touch input is applied to a ‘route setting’ key 1030 output on a screen of the accessed external device 100, the image display apparatus 200 may output the line-matched road as the travel route. Also, when a ‘route re-search’ key 1040 is output on the display unit 201 of the image display apparatus 200 and a touch input is applied to the key 1040, the controller 212 may change the travel route to the line-matched road) , at least the visual element being simultaneously viewable in the shared mapping session to the first user via the first electronic device and the second user via the second electronic device (paragraph 0259, 10b, examiner interprets simultaneously viewable for user of external device [100] and user in the vehicle [200].
Per clam 2 , refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 1, see paragraph 0248, Also, the line drawing along the touch input is carried out in real time and implemented almost simultaneously on the external device 100 and the image display apparatus 200 except for a transmission time, and paragraph 0013 and 0014, request for sharing data and outputting map screen in real time).
Per claim 3, Jung discloses the computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving second navigation information indicating travel information from a departure location of the second user to a location of the second POI; and based on the second navigation information (paragraph 0240, i.e. Also, FIG. 10B is a conceptual view illustrating an operating method of an image display apparatus for changing and searching for a travel route according to a touch applied to map data, which is different from map data of a connected external device), displaying in the user interface of the shared mapping session at least one of a travel time or a travel route from the departure location of the second user to the location of the second POI (paragraph 0244 and 0246, i.e. When location data which is selected in response to a touch input applied to the second map screen is received from the accessed external device 100, the controller 212 of the image display apparatus 200 may determine a geographical location corresponding to the received location data and On the other hand, when the matched POI with the received location data is not present, the controller 212 may determine a location estimated based on the GPS information included in the location data, for example, the closest road or a POI location as the geographical location) , simultaneously with at least one of a travel time or a travel route from a departure location of the first user to the location of the second POI (paragraph 0255 and 0256, i.e. When the line output on the image display apparatus 200 according to the touch input is connected from a current location of the vehicle to a point corresponding to the specific location, the controller 212 may search for road guide information, in which a road that matches the line connected from the current location of the vehicle to the point corresponding to the specific location is indicated (or guided) as a travel route and referring to FIG. 10B, when information related to a line 1020a, which is drawn along a touch input applied to the screen of the accessed external device (e.g., mobile terminal) 100, is transmitted to the image display apparatus (e.g., navigator) 200, the image display apparatus 200 searches for a road that matches the line 1020a and outputs a line 1020b in a ‘corresponding’ shape on the display unit 201).
Per claim 7, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 1(see paragraph 0095, for processors and memory).
Per claim 8, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 2 (see paragraph 0095, for processors and memory).
Per claim 9, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 3 (see paragraph 0095, for processors and memory).
Per claim 13, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 1.
Per claim 14, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 2.
Per claim 15, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 3.
Conclusion
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/JOSEPH E DEAN, JR/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2647
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