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 § 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 - 12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Horn, U.S. Patent Publication No. 2022/0330352.
Horn teaches:
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
a first wireless communication circuit (a communication circuit is being broadly interpreted as any connection between two devices, a relay UE connects to a radio access network (RAN), see Fig. 8);
a second wireless communication circuit (a remote UE connects to the relay UE, see Fig. 8); and
a controller, wherein the controller notifies an external device, using the second wireless communication circuit, that the external device becomes connectable to a network generated by the first wireless communication circuit (connections are established, which would inherently include notifications between all devices, to allow the remote UE to communicate with the RAN through the relay UE, see Fig. 8).
2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the controller provides the notification when the network is generated in response to a request from the external device (see Fig. 8, a set up occurs for both the remote UE and relay UE, also, credentials may be exchanged, [0005]), and does not provide the notification when the network is not generated in response to the request from the external device (not providing a signal when nothing occurs is generally a standard practice, i.e. fire alarms do not make a noise when there is no fire detected and batteries are fully operational).
3. The wireless communication device according to claim 2, wherein the request is received through the second wireless communication circuit (see Fig. 8, a set up occurs for both the remote UE and relay UE, also, credentials may be exchanged, [0005]).
4. The wireless communication device according to claim 2, wherein when the network is not generated in response to the request from the external device is when the network is generated in response to an operation on the wireless communication device (a relay circuit is established, the communication could occur in either direction which could cause the RAT to initiate the flow rather than the remote UE).
5. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the second wireless communication circuit uses a wireless communication scheme that has a shorter communication range than a wireless communication scheme used by the first wireless communication circuit, to communicate with the external device (relay connection can occur through BLE, [0105], which is considered a short range connection).
6. A wireless communication device comprising:
a first wireless communication circuit (a communication circuit is being broadly interpreted as any connection between two devices, a relay UE connects to a radio access network (RAN), see Fig. 8, Horn);
a second wireless communication circuit (a remote UE connects to the relay UE, see Fig. 8); and
a controller, wherein when the controller receives a notification indicating that a network that is connectable by the first wireless communication circuit, from an external device through the second wireless communication circuit (connections are established, which would inherently include notifications between all devices, to allow the remote UE to communicate with the RAN through the relay UE, see Fig. 8),
if the notification is a notification provided in response to a request transmitted to the external device, the controller transmits a request to join the network to the external device, using the first wireless communication circuit (under a broadest reasonable interpretation, any actions following the term “if” do not necessarily occur and are not given patentable weight, Examiner suggests utilizing the term “responsive to” in place of “if”), and
if the notification is not a notification provided in response to the request, the controller does not transmit a request to join the network to the external device, using the first wireless communication circuit (under a broadest reasonable interpretation, any actions following the term “if” do not necessarily occur and are not given patentable weight).
7. The wireless communication device according to claim 6, wherein the controller determines that the notification is a notification provided in response to the request when the notification is addressed to the wireless communication device (a relay circuit is established, the communication could occur in either direction which could cause the RAT to initiate the flow rather than the remote UE).
8. The wireless communication device according to claim 6, wherein the controller determines that the notification is not a notification provided in response to the request when the notification is a broadcast message (broadcasting may be responsible for session management (stop/start), [0060]).
9. The wireless communication device according to claim 6, wherein the second wireless communication circuit uses a wireless communication scheme that has a shorter communication range than a wireless communication scheme used by the first wireless communication circuit, to communicate with the external device (relay connection can occur through BLE, [0105], which is considered a short range connection).
10. A control method for a wireless communication device that includes first wireless communication circuit and second wireless communication circuit, comprising:
notifying an external device, using the second wireless communication circuit, that the external device becomes connectable to a network generated by the first wireless communication circuit (connections are established, which would inherently include notifications between all devices, to allow the remote UE to communicate with the RAN through the relay UE, see Fig. 8).
11. A control method for a wireless communication device that includes first wireless communication circuit and second wireless communication circuit, comprising:
receiving, by the second wireless communication circuit, from an external device, a notification indicating that a network that is connectable by the first wireless communication circuit has been generated (connections are established, which would inherently include notifications between all devices, to allow the remote UE to communicate with the RAN through the relay UE, see Fig. 8);
if the notification is a notification provided in response to a request transmitted to the external device, transmitting a request to join the network to the external device, using the first wireless communication circuit (under a broadest reasonable interpretation, any actions following the term “if” do not necessarily occur and are not given patentable weight, Examiner suggests utilizing the term “responsive to” in place of “if”); and
if the notification is not a notification provided in response to the request, not transmitting the request to join the network to the external device (under a broadest reasonable interpretation, any actions following the term “if” do not necessarily occur and are not given patentable weight, Examiner suggests utilizing the term “responsive to” in place of “if”).
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed by a computer included in a wireless communication device that includes first wireless communication circuit and second wireless communication circuit, causes the computer to notify external device, using the second wireless communication circuit, that the external device becomes connectable to a network generated by the first wireless communication circuit (connections are established, which would inherently include notifications between all devices, to allow the remote UE to communicate with the RAN through the relay UE, see Fig. 8).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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PETER G. SOLINSKY
Examiner
Art Unit 2463
/Peter G Solinsky/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2463