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 .
Status of claims: claims 1-13 and 15-16 are examined below. Claims 14 and 17 are cancelled.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed April 9th, 2026 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
Applicant remark – (pages 8-13) Applicant argued regarding lack of teaching regarding tomography (1st argument), position and distance information and request (2nd argument) and plurality of distance information (3rd argument). Please see Remarks for further detail.
Examiner response – Examiner respectfully disagree. WANG et al teaches tomography consideration for processing of position and distance information regarding base station and target object over different kind of ground with different angles between base stations, satellite and cell terminal in figure 1 and paragraph 0038, as well as over different terrestrial communication in paragraph 0051-0052, which both are see as tomography processing. LEV (US 2021/0400436) addresses the new claim amendment, such that the combine teaching of WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436) address the instant invention. Please see the Office Action below for further detail.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
Applicant’s arguments, see Remarks and Claims amendment, filed 4/9/2026, with respect to claims 16 and 17 have been fully considered and are persuasive. The 35 USC 101 rejection has been withdrawn due to claim amendment.
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.
Claims 1-2 and 15-16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436).
Claim 1:
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) teach the following subject matter:
A method of processing a positioning information, comprising:
acquiring, in response to a positioning request, a distance information of each of a plurality of base stations for a terminal device (0060 teaches request location information between terminal device and pre-selected cells (base stations), where 0058 detail distance D between locations of base stations and terminal device);
determining, based on a plurality of distance information, a first position information of the terminal device in a first reference system determined based on the plurality of base stations (0058 teaches terminal device calculated distance D between first, second…locations of base stations; figure 3 and 0050 and 0062 detail distance and velocity of the terminal device and plurality of base station; 0043 detail terminal device with current location using global positioning system (GPS/reference system/coordinate)); and
determining a positioning information of the terminal device for a target object based on the first position information and a position information of the target object (figure 3 and 0052 and 0062, and 0058 teaches position information and distance of terminal device/target object (cell phone)), wherein the position information of the target object is determined from a tomography result (figure 1 and 0038 detail satellite and earth station signal beams from and to ground at different angles (tomography) with cells and terminal device in the service area); 0043 detail location information base on GPS (tomography result)).
WANG et al teach all the subject matter above but not the following:
wherein the terminal device and the target object are located inside a detection space, and the detection space is an internal space of an enclosed container.
LEV (US 2021/0400436) teaches the following subject matter:
wherein the terminal device and the target object are located inside a detection space, and the detection space is an internal space of an enclosed container (0070 detail restriction room and restricted area (enclosed container such as a room/space), where wireless and mobile devices (terminal and target) need to be validated, authenticate and verify for location of user in monitor space (detection space), where the layout of the room is a tomography of the space).
WANG et al and LEV are both in the same field regarding processing of position of terminal devices position and distance to base station such that the combine outcome is predictable.
Therefore it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill before the effective filing date to modify WANG et al by LEV regarding enclosed space/area where such verification may determine that the estimated path is suspicious which may be indicative that the associated user may be potentially malicious and is thus denied access to the restricted area as disclosed by LEV in paragraph 0070.
Claim 2:
WANG et al teach:
The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of base stations comprises a plurality of base station groups meeting a predetermined condition, and the predetermined condition indicates that a plurality of base stations in the base station group are not coplanar (0036 and figure 1 and 0038 teaches terminal device and base stations (on land and satellite) over surface of earth (not coplanar));
wherein the determining, based on a plurality of distance information, a first position information of the terminal device in a first reference system determined based on the plurality of base stations comprises (figure 3 and 0052, 0058, 0062; 0058 teaches first, second…base station with first, second location information to terminal device with position/coordinate; figure 3 and 0052 detail plurality of base stations and movement of terminal device):
determining, for each base station group, a second position information of the terminal device in the first reference system based on a plurality of distance information related to the base station group (0058 teaches first, second…position information due to movement and direction of terminal device with calculating distance D from base stations; figure 3 detail movement direction of cell phone (terminal device) with first and second location through base stations); and
determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups (figure 3, 0052, 0058, 0062).
Claim 15:
WANG et al teach:
An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors; and a memory configured to store one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions are configured to, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement the method of claim 1 (0018-0019 teaches use of processor and memory).
Claim 16:
WANG et al teach:
A computer readable storage medium having executable instructions therein, wherein the executable instructions are configured to, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to implement the method of claim 1 (0018-0019 teaches use of processor and memory).
Claim 4 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436) as applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of O'Reilly (US 2010/0178928).
Claim 4:
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV teaches all the subject matter above.
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV do not teach the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups comprises: acquiring a set of historical position information of the terminal device in the first reference system; determining, based on the set of historical position information, a predicted position information of the terminal device at a request initiation moment of the positioning request; and
determining the first position information based on the predicted position information and the plurality of second position information.
O'Reilly (US 2010/0178928) teaches the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups comprises: acquiring a set of historical position information of the terminal device in the first reference system; determining, based on the set of historical position information, a predicted position information of the terminal device at a request initiation moment of the positioning request; and
determining the first position information based on the predicted position information and the plurality of second position information (figures 2, 3and 4 and 0030 detail mobile device 200', however it is understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that any mobile device, e.g., 200, 200', 200'', etc., may be used. The reservation service determines possible future locations for the user 200' based on, for example, the user's current location, the direction the user is traveling in, the user's speed, user information known to the service provider (e.g., a map of base stations, user location history, etc.), existing network conditions, etc. For example, GPS 280 and AMS 270 may be used to locate user 200' and determine a movement vector for user 200' in order to predict the user's future locations, e.g., next cell or cells (base stations)).
WANG et al and LEV and O'Reilly are in the field of tracking terminal device over base station using positions in and out of base stations such that the combine outcome is predictable.
Therefore it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill before the effective filing date to modify WANG et al and LEV by O'Reilly such prediction allows the reservation of capacity for the terminal device in advance of use as disclosed by O'Reilly in 0030.
Claim 9 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436) as applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of Porzio Giusto (US 2013/0310074).
Claim 9:
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV teaches all the subject matter above.
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV do not teach the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups comprises: determining information weights respectively related to the plurality of second position information based on signal attenuation amounts of the plurality of base station groups; and determining the first position information based on the plurality of second position information and the information weights respectively related to the plurality of second position information.
Porzio Giusto (US 2013/0310074) teaches the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups comprises: determining information weights respectively related to the plurality of second position information based on signal attenuation amounts of the plurality of base station groups; and determining the first position information based on the plurality of second position information and the information weights respectively related to the plurality of second position information (0143-0146 teaches consideration of information weight and level of signal attenuation with distance between mobile terminal and base stations (plurality of base stations group and second position information)).
WANG et al and LEV and Porzio Giusto are in the field of tracking terminal device over base station using positions in and out of base stations such that the combine outcome is predictable.
Therefore it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill before the effective filing date to modify WANG et al and LEV by Porzio Giusto such information weight improve the detemination of position calculated by different weight with the estimated distance as disclosed by Porzio Giusto in 00143.
Claim 10 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436) as applied to claim 2 above, and further in view of Lee (US 2002/0167444).
Claims 10:
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV teaches all the subject matter above.
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV do not teach the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups comprises: calculating an average value of coordinates indicated by the plurality of second position information, so as to obtain the first position information.
Lee (US 2002/0167444) teaches the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining the first position information based on a plurality of second position information respectively related to the plurality of base station groups comprises: calculating an average value of coordinates indicated by the plurality of second position information, so as to obtain the first position information (0026 teaches deciding base on average coordinate of the estimated positions of the base stations).
WANG et al and LEV and Lee are in the field of tracking terminal device over base station using positions in and out of base stations such that the combine outcome is predictable.
Therefore it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill before the effective filing date to modify WANG et al and LEV by Lee regarding average value of coordinate such position estimating function of the mobile terminal can be improved in proportion to the number of base stations that receive the signal of the mobile terminal as disclosed by Lee in paragraph 0068.
Claim 12 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436) as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Dupray (Us 2004/0198386).
Claim 12:
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV teaches all the subject matter above.
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV do not teach the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 1, further comprising: sending the positioning information to the terminal device, so as to display the positioning information on the terminal device.
Dupray (Us 2004/0198386) teaches the following subject matter:
The method according to claim 1, further comprising: sending the positioning information to the terminal device, so as to display the positioning information on the terminal device (0245 teaches display provides a means for communicating the position of the target MS 140 on a map display to an operator).
WANG et al and LEV and Dupray are in the field of tracking terminal device over base station using positions in and out of base stations such that the combine outcome is predictable.
Therefore it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill before the effective filing date to modify WANG et al and LEV by Dupray such providing GPS information to the MS to assist the MS in determining its location as disclosed by Dupray in paragraph 0245.
Claim 13 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) in view of LEV (US 2021/0400436) as applied to claim 1 above, and further in view of Cyganski et al (US 2010/0277339).
Claim 13:
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV teaches all the subject matter of scanning plurality of base stations with in the target search area with movement of terminal device in figure 3 and 0050 (WANG et al).
WANG et al (US 2022/0110049) and LEV do not teach the following subject matter:
The method comprising: scanning a detection space formed by the plurality of base stations by using an electronic computer tomography scanner, so as to obtain the tomography result (0045 teaches the use of DFT Array Reconciliation Tomography ("DART”) for time-scan; figure 3 and 0038-0039 detail tomography result of the scan).
WANG et al and LEV and Cyganski et al are both in the field of tracking terminal device over base station using positions in and out of base stations (Cyganski et al teaches 0004 regarding estimating distance/position of base stations and mobile devices) such that the combine outcome is predictable.
Therefore it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill before the effective filing date to modify WANG et al and LEV by Cyganski et al regarding use of tomograph scanner reduces the computational burden of the linear filtering disclosed by Cyganski et al in 0045.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 3 is 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 closest analogues art made of record, Marchenko et al (US 2012/0122484) teaches 0021 determining a mobile object's position both two-dimensionally and three-dimensionally. Although the predetermined environment in which localizing takes place can be variously embodied it ought preferably to be convex. For example, the predetermined environment can in the case of two-dimensional localizing be rectangular and in the case of three-dimensional localizing be cuboidal. The individual base stations are in a variant furthermore located on the edge of the predetermined environment, but do not teach the claim limitations, integrating elements, concept or language alone or in combination.
Claim 5, and further dependent claims 6 and 7, 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.
Claim 8 is 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.
Claim 11 is 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
HAMAUE et al (US 2010/0085904) teaches POWER CONTROL SYSTEM IN RADIO COMMUNICATION – 0008 teaches mobile station used in a radio communication system, comprising a prediction unit configured to predict an outside-communication-area-time taken for the mobile station to pass through a zone in which an intensity of a received radio wave from a base station detected in the mobile station is smaller than a specified value, the prediction being done on the basis of cell information indicating a location of the base stations and a communication area, and on the basis of movement history information indicating movement history of the mobile station; and an operation mode setting unit configured to set the mobile station to a low power consumption mode during an outside-communication-area-time obtained by the prediction unit.
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