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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 .
Allowable Subject Matter
1. The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter: Claims 2-21 would be allowable if it overcome the double patenting rejections.
Double Patenting
2. The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement.
Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
3. Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 2-21 of U.S. Patent application No. (18/090,960). Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they both claims similar methods and comprise almost identical steps (See claim below for comparison).
Application No. 18628311
2. A method comprising: transmitting at a client one of a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, the plurality of video streams comprising a first subset of video streams and a second subset of video streams; transmitting at the client a data structure separate and distinct from the plurality of video streams, wherein the data structure comprises a description of a plurality of locations in which to display each of the plurality of data streams on a dynamic immersive background to create an immersive scene; wherein the data structure is operable to cause the first subset of video streams to be displayed on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations; and in response to receiving a user input to change the view of the immersive scene, to cause the second subset of video streams to be displayed on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations.
US patent application No. 18/090,960
2. A method comprising: receiving at a client a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, the plurality of video streams comprising a first subset of video streams and a second subset of video streams; receiving at the client a data structure separate and distinct from the plurality of video streams, wherein the data structure comprises a description of a plurality of locations in which to display each of the plurality of data streams on a dynamic immersive background to create an immersive scene; displaying at the client the first subset of video streams on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations; receiving at the client a user input to change the view of the immersive scene; and displaying at the client, in response to the user input, the second subset of video streams on the dynamic immersive background.
Application No. 18628311
10. A system comprising: a processor; and at least one memory device including instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to: transmit at a client one of a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, the plurality of video streams comprising a first subset of video streams and a second subset of video streams; transmit at the client a data structure separate and distinct from the plurality of video streams, wherein the data structure comprises a description of a plurality of locations in which to display each of the plurality of data streams on a dynamic immersive background to create an immersive scene; wherein the data structure is operable to cause the first subset of video streams to be displayed on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations; and in response to receiving a user input to change the view of the immersive scene, to cause the second subset of video streams to be displayed on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations.
US patent application No. 18/090,960
10. A system comprising: a processor; and at least one memory device including instructions that are executable by the processor to cause the processor to: receive at a client a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, the plurality of video streams comprising a first subset of video streams and a second subset of video streams; receive at the client a data structure separate and distinct from the plurality of video streams, wherein the data structure comprises a description of a plurality of locations in which to display each of the plurality of data streams on a dynamic immersive background to create an immersive scene; display at the client the first subset of video streams on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations; receive at the client a user input to change the view of the immersive scene; and display at the client, in response to the user input, the second subset of video streams on the dynamic immersive background.
Application No. 18628311
18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code that is executable by a processor for causing the processor to: transmit at a client one of a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, the plurality of video streams comprising a first subset of video streams and a second subset of video streams; transmit at the client a data structure separate and distinct from the plurality of video streams, wherein the data structure comprises a description of a plurality of locations in which to display each of the plurality of data streams on a dynamic immersive background to create an immersive scene; wherein the data structure is operable to cause the first subset of video streams to be displayed on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations; and in response to receiving a user input to change the view of the immersive scene, to cause the second subset of video streams to be displayed on the dynamic immersive background based at least in
part on the description of the plurality of locations.
US patent application No. 18/090,960
18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code that is executable
by a processor for causing the processor to: receive at a client a plurality of video streams associated with a video conference, the plurality of video streams comprising a first subset of video streams and a second subset of video streams; receive at the client a data structure separate and distinct from the plurality of video streams, wherein the data structure comprises a description of a plurality of locations in which to display each of the plurality of data streams on a dynamic immersive background to create an immersive scene; display at the client the first subset of video streams on the dynamic immersive background based at least in part on the description of the plurality of locations; receive at the client a user input to change the view of the immersive scene; and display at the client, in response to the user input, the second subset of video streams on the dynamic immersive background.
Application No. 18628311
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the use input comprises a zoom command.
US patent application No. 18/090,960
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the use input comprises a zoom command.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the US patent application 18/090,960 and is covered by the co-pending patent application since the current application and the co-pending patent application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
The claimed invention in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent application. No new invention or new improvement is being claimed in the instant application. Applicant is now attempting to claim broadly that which had been previously described in more detail in the claims of the patent (In re Van Ornum, 214 USPQ 761 CCPA 1982).
Furthermore, there is no apparent reason why Applicant was prevented from presenting claims corresponding to those of the instant application during prosecution of the application which matured into a patent.
Conclusion
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/YOSEF K LAEKEMARIAM/ Examiner, Art Unit 2691 11/25/2025