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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
As required by M.P.E.P. 609(c), the Applicant's submissions of the Information Disclosure Statement is acknowledged by the examiner and the cited references have been considered in the examination of the claims now pending. As required by M.P.E.P. 609 C(2), a copy of the PTOL-1449 initialed and dated by the examiner is attached to the instant office action.
Applicant’s Information Disclosure Statement has been received, entered into the record, and considered. See attached form PTO-1449.
Claims 1-30 are presented for examination.
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)(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, 13, 25 and 28 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Horn et al., (US Patent Publication No. 2010/0197307 A1 and Horn hereinafter)
The applied reference has a common assignee with the instant application. Based upon the earlier effectively filed date of the reference, it constitutes prior art under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2). This rejection under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) might be overcome by: (1) a showing under 37 CFR 1.130(a) that the subject matter disclosed in the reference was obtained directly or indirectly from the inventor or a joint inventor of this application and is thus not prior art in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(A); (2) a showing under 37 CFR 1.130(b) of a prior public disclosure under 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(B) if the same invention is not being claimed; or (3) a statement pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) establishing that, not later than the effective filing date of the claimed invention, the subject matter disclosed in the reference and the claimed invention were either owned by the same person or subject to an obligation of assignment to the same person or subject to a joint research agreement.
Regarding Claims 1, 13, 25, and 28, Horn teaches a method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
starting an internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) procedure (i.e., communicate with a packet data network gateway (PGW) 228 via an S5 or an S8 protocol as indicated by line 230. The PGW 228 may communicate with packet data network entities such as the Internet 232 and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) 234 via SGI protocols as indicated by lines 236 and 238, respectively. Also, a policy and charge rules function (PCRF) 240 may communicate with the PGW 228 via Gx protocol as indicated by line 242 and the IMS 234 via Rx protocol as indicated by line 244 ) Para [0054] failure reset timer (i.e., mobility manager may be updated to remove the corresponding CSG ID and, if applicable, the CSG indication may be reset (e.g., CSG state set to active) Para [0083]; transmitting, while the IMS Procedure Failure Reset Timer is running, one or more IMS session initiation protocol (SIP) messages (i.e., a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device having wireless connection capability ) Para [0172] to a network entity (i.e., the network entity may optionally send a message to initiate updating of a CSG list at an access terminal corresponding to the subscriber. For example, the network entity may send a message) Para [0066]; detecting that the IMS Procedure Failure Reset Timer (i.e., A timer resetting module 2210 may correspond at least in some aspects to, for example, a registration controller as discussed herein. A cell reselecting module 2302 may correspond at least in some aspects to, for example, a reselection controller as discussed herein. A cell type determining module 2304 may correspond at least in some aspects to, for example, a registration controller as discussed herein. A registration frequency selecting module 2306 may correspond at least in some aspects to, for example, a registration controller) Para [0177] has expired without receiving an IMS response message from the network entity responding to the one or more IMS SIP messages (i.e., access terminal may comprise a cellular telephone, a cordless telephone, a session initiation protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device having wireless connection capability, or some other suitable processing device connected) Para [0172]; and Figure 8, whole figure, infra:
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determining, in response to detecting that the IMS Procedure Failure Reset Timer has expired without receiving an IMS response message (i.e., he UE may be informed of the expiry time in various ways. For example, the expiry time may be included in an allowed CSG management object in OMA-DM as well as the OTA update. The expiry time may also be included in the MME NAS signaling response to an attach procedure, a detach procedure, and location registration procedures (LAU/RAU/TAU). Including the expiry time in the NAS signaling response may be useful in the case of manual CSG selection.) Para [0117], that a synchronization timer associated with a connection between the UE and the network entity is running; (i.e., network's timer expires later than the access terminal's timer. For example, the access terminal's clock may not be set correctly or may not be synchronized with the network's clock. Accordingly, since the access terminal may not have the correct time information, it may determine not to immediately remove the CSG ID from its CSG list upon expiration of its timer) Para [0121] and performing, based on the determination that the synchronization timer is running (i.e., network's timer expires later than the access terminal's timer. The access terminal's clock may not be set correctly or may not be synchronized with the network's clock. Accordingly, since the access terminal may not have the correct time information, it may determine not to immediately remove the CSG ID from its CSG list upon expiration of its timer) Para [0121], a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure with the network entity (i.e., the timer for T2 may commence at the last non-access stratum (NAS) message sent by the access terminal to an access point of the CSG. If the access terminal has not accessed (e.g., sent a NAS message to) an access point of that CSG before time T2 expires, the access terminal will be required to register at such an access point if the access terminal reselects to the access point) Para [0100].
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-12, 14-24, 26-27 and 29-30 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
Horn et al., (US Patent Application No. 2010/0197307), the closes prior made of record, relates to interaction between paging optimization and synchronizing CSG information are mitigated by setting a network indication indicating, for example, that a subscriber is no longer a member of a CSG, but the network has not yet received confirmation that an access terminal associated with the subscriber has been informed of this. A timer-based scheme may be employed for removing a CSG ID from the subscriber information for a subscriber once it is determined that the subscriber is no longer a member of the CSG. In addition, a temporary member of a CSG may determine whether it is still a member of a CSG upon expiration of a CSG timer. Also, the frequency with which an access terminal registers may be changed based on various criteria. Furthermore, an allowed CSG list may be selectively included in a page message depending on the destination of the page message.
However, Horn fails to show “locally releasing the connection between the UE and the network entity; performing at least one of a service request procedure or at least one of a service request procedure or a tracking area update (TAU) procedure; and reestablishing a UE context based on the at least one of the service request procedure or the TAU procedure; sending a reset flag from an IMS layer of the UE to a NAS layer of the UE based on detecting that the IMS Procedure Failure Reset Timer has expired without receiving an IMS response message from network entity; performing the NAS procedure, the IMS response message from the network entity responding to the one or more IMS SIP messages; a timing advance (TA), an uplink grant, or a downlink grant; and restarting the synchronization IMS Procedure Failure Reset Timer based on receiving at least one of the TA, the uplink grant, or the downlink grant; a timing advance (TA), an uplink grant, or a downlink grant; and restarting the synchronization IMS Procedure Failure Reset Timer based on receiving at least one of the TA, the uplink grant, or the downlink grant; acknowledgement messages from a radio access network (RAN) associated the network entity acknowledging reception of the one or more IMS SIP messages; and IMS SIP registration messages” … As claimed (supports in Para [0057]; [0073]; ]0086]; [0088]; [0091]; [0094]; [0096; for example).
Pertinent Prior Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Horn et al., (US Patent Application No. 2010/0197307), “ACCESS CONTROL FOR ACCESS TERMINALS” (August 5, 2010) discloses interaction between paging optimization and synchronizing CSG information are mitigated by setting a network indication indicating, for example, that a subscriber is no longer a member of a CSG, but the network has not yet received confirmation that an access terminal associated with the subscriber has been informed of this. A timer-based scheme may be employed for removing a CSG ID from the subscriber information for a subscriber once it is determined that the subscriber is no longer a member of the CSG. In addition, a temporary member of a CSG may determine whether it is still a member of a CSG upon expiration of a CSG timer. Also, the frequency with which an access terminal registers may be changed based on various criteria. Furthermore, an allowed CSG list may be selectively included in a page message depending on the destination of the page message.
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