Detailed Action
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Claims 1-20 are pending in the application.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on February 5, 2024 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97, and accordingly, the IDS has been considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Regarding claim 1, there is insufficient antecedent basis for “the cloud component” and “the hybrid software component.” It is not clear whether “the cloud component” is referring to the “cloud portion” or is referring to another component. It is not clear whether “the hybrid software component” is referring to the “hybrid software deployment system” or to another component.
Regarding claim 8, there is insufficient antecedent basis for “the cloud component” and “the hybrid software component.” It is not clear whether “the cloud component” is referring to the “cloud portion” or is referring to another component. It is not clear whether “the hybrid software component” is referring to the “hybrid software deployment system” or to another component.
Regarding claim 15, there is insufficient antecedent basis for “the cloud component” and “the hybrid software component.” It is not clear whether “the cloud component” is referring to the “cloud portion” or is referring to another component. It is not clear whether “the hybrid software component” is referring to the “hybrid software deployment system” or to another component.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Totale et al. US Patent Publication No. 2022/0353261 discloses a system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising: creating a first resource in a cloud portion of a hybrid software deployment system comprising the cloud portion and an on-premise portion; and creating a current version of a cloud software key for access to the first resource (para. [0046] hybrid authentication mechanism in the context of a cloud platform… and an on-premises system. para. [0064] generates an authentication code and redirects the browser to the cloud-based application (step 13). browser forwards the authentication code to the cloud-based application (step 14), which obtains an access token from the authentication service using the authentication code).
Srivastava et al. US Patent Publication No. 2017/0177840 discloses a system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising: creating a first resource in a cloud portion of a hybrid software deployment system comprising the cloud portion and an on-premise portion; and creating a software key for access to the first resource and on-premise component (para. [0025] private and public cloud computing environments 102 and 104 of the hybrid cloud system 100… to support a number of processing entities 108A and 108B. term “processing entity” refers to any software entity… para. [0026] end-user license terms may specify that the ISV application can only be run in a private cloud computing environment or a public cloud computing environment. para. [0027] hybrid cloud system 100 supports movement of the VMs 108 between the private and public cloud computing environments 102 and 104).
Dimitrov et al. US Patent Publication No. 2025/0037139 discloses a system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and a computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising: creating a first resource in a cloud portion of a hybrid software deployment system comprising the cloud portion and an on-premise portion; and creating a software key for access to the first resource and on-premise component (para. [0024] hybrid license module 108 may receive client product license data associated with a product that manages resources in a data center. para. [0027] hybrid license module 108 may generate a license key for the product by encoding the client product license data. In an example, the license key may be used to activate the product (i.e., on-premises version 116 and cloud version 122) to manage the resources deployed in on-premises platform 112 and in cloud platform 120. Para. [0028] hybrid license module 108 may monitor license usage data associated with the on-premises version 116 and the cloud version 122).
Mandadi et al. US Patent Publication No. 2020/0329041 discloses performing key rotation comprising: periodically performing, at a time period of a fixed duration, operations comprising: deleting the oldest version of a key; and creating a new version of the key (para. [0147] key generation event may be a key rotation event, a key timeout event, a key invalidation event, a keychain update event, or some other key generation event. an example of a key generation event is a key rotation event, where on a periodic basis (e.g., hourly) the oldest key (based on a creation time associated with the key) is removed or invalidated and a new key (with a new creation time) is generated. key generation event is a key rotation event, where on a periodic basis).
The prior art of record do not teach in whole or make obvious: creating a current version of a cloud software key for access to the first resource; creating a current version of an on-premise software key for an on-premise component on the on-premise portion to access the cloud component; distributing the current version of the cloud software key and the current version of the on-premise software key to a first tenant of the hybrid software component; and periodically performing, at a time period of a fixed duration, operations comprising: deleting the oldest version of the on-premise software key when there are more than one on-premise key; creating a new version of the cloud software key and a new version of the on-premise software key; updating the first resource in the cloud portion; and deleting the oldest version of the cloud software key.
Conclusion
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/JOSHUA JOO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2445