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 § 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 112, second paragraph as being indefinite for failing to particularly point and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant regards as the invention
In claim 1, the tern(s) "a plurality of gears”, “favor setting” are not clear what these are in reference to. Also, the description of the present claim limitation fails to provide a clear and complete description on the invention. Therefore, the corresponding technical means in the present invention is unclear, and consequently, have no well-defined meaning for the skilled person and do not comprise any inherent features which can be derived from the wording of these terms as such. However, the claims will be given a broad reasonable interpretation for the purposes of examination as best understood.
Claims 2-20 are rejected for similar reasons as stated for claim 1.
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.
Claim(s) 1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102 as being anticipated by MURUGAN US 20240187982
1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:
judging a plurality of service types for a plurality of cells (MURUGAN: [0064-0068, 0081] determine list of features or cell types (e.g., CSG, NSA, HST, etc.));
judging a plurality of gears for each of the service types (MURUGAN: [0010, 0064-0068, 0070, 0081] adaptively (i.e., identify) prioritize different features or cell types for different regions, different OEMs, different operators);
obtaining a customization favor setting (MURUGAN: [0064-0068, 0081] provide a list of features or cell types (e.g., CSG, NSA, HST, etc.) that the UE 115-a is to use for ordering cells (e.g., in decreasing order of priority));
obtaining a plurality of weighted priority values for the plurality of cells according to the plurality of service types and the customization favor setting (MURUGAN: [0065-0068, 0081] for each cell that meets the measurement threshold RSRP value, the cell features from the FPL may be used to determine a relative priority order for each cel);
obtaining a plurality of weighted signal quality values for the plurality of cells according to the plurality of service types, the plurality of gears for each of the plurality of service types and the customization favor setting (MURUGAN: [0010, 0065-0068, 0070, 0081] monitor (i.e., determine) for one or more SIBs transmitted that indicate a cell type, cell features, or combinations);
in an idle mode, triggering mobility via cell reselection which uses the weighted priority values or the weighted signal quality values (MURUGAN: [0074] Based on the FPL 330 and one or more idle mode measurements, such as measurements of reference signals 320, the UE 115-b may determine to trigger cell reselection and perform subsequent communications with the second base station 105-d); and
in a connected mode, triggering mobility via measurement reports which are generated based on the weighted signal quality values (MURUGAN: [0081] prioritize including preferred cells in the measurement report 625 so that connected mode mobility/handover or network triggered redirection happens to a preferred cell).
2. The method for wireless communication according to claim 1, wherein an order of the plurality of service types is determined according to the customization favor setting, and a plurality of weighted values for the plurality of service types are determined according to the order (MURUGAN: [0121] priority order for each cell).
3. The method for wireless communication according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of weighted priority values for the plurality of cells are obtained based on the weighted values (MURUGAN: [0073] priority in accordance with FPL values as in Table 1-3).
4. The method for wireless communication according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of weighted values are different (MURUGAN: [0073] priority in accordance with FPL values as in Table 1-3 reselection algorithm).
5. The method for wireless communication according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of cell offset collections for the plurality of service types are determined (MURUGAN: [0067, 0073] frequency offset can be used to prioritize preferred cells).
6. The method for wireless communication according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of cell offsets in each of the cell offset collections are determined based on the plurality of gears for each of the service types (MURUGAN: [0067, 0073] frequency offset can be used to prioritize preferred cells).
7. The method for wireless communication according to claim 6, wherein an order of the plurality of service types is determined according to the customization favor setting, and a plurality of weighted values for the plurality of service types are determined according to the order (MURUGAN: Table 1-3 reselection algorithm).
8. The method for wireless communication according to claim 7, wherein the weighted values are decremental based on the order (MURUGAN: 0065-0067, 0081] Table 1-3 - ordering cells (e.g., in decreasing order of priority)).
9. The method for wireless communication according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of weighted signal quality values for the plurality of cells are obtained based on the plurality of cell offsets and the weighted values (MURUGAN: [0067, 0073] frequency offset can be used to prioritize preferred cells).
10. The method for wireless communication according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of weighted values are different (MURUGAN: table 1-4 reselection algorithm).
Regarding claims 11-20, the independent claim and each dependent claim are related to the same limitation set for hereinabove in claims 1-10, where the difference used is a “wireless modem device” with a controller(s) (MURUGAN: Referring to FIG. 9, unit 900) and the wordings of the claims were interchanged within the claim itself or some of the claims were presented as a combination of two or more previously presented limitations. This change does not affect the limitation of the above treated claims. Adding these phrases to the claims arid interchanging the wording did not introduce new limitations to these claims. Therefore, these claims were rejected for similar reasons as stated above.
Conclusion
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/SULAIMAN NOORISTANY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2415