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 .
Authorization for Internet Communication
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Specification
The abstract is objected to for not being descriptive as it could be. It should be amended to reflect the amendments of Jan. 26, 2026.
Claim Objections
Claims 1-12 are objected to because of the following informalities.
Regarding claims 1 and 5, “the analytics indicated by the Analytics ID upon receiving the Analytics ID” would be better written as the analytics “identified” by the Analytics ID upon receiving the Analytics ID to parallel the “an Analytics Identifier (ID) that identifies analytics regarding an application” (emphasis added).
Further regarding claims 1 and 5, “an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a port number, and Domain Name information” would be better written as “an Internet Protocol (IP) address[,]
Appropriate correction is required.
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.
Claim 12 is 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. Specifically, the meaning of the acronym “URL” is unclear. This could be overcome by spelling-out the acronym.
Other Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to the instant disclosure. For example, WO 2017125698 discloses a requests with a PFD (abs.)
Conclusion
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/LANCE LEONARD BARRY/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2457
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