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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 .
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 3, 8, 13 and 18 are 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.
Regarding the phrase "in a case that" renders the claim indefinite because it is unclear whether the limitations following the phrase are part of the claimed invention. See MPEP § 2173.05(d). Note: in order to advance prosecution the examiner will interpret the limitations as part of the claimed invention when applying prior art.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent Application Publication 2017/0288887 to Wang et al.
As concerns claims 1 (method), 6 (device) and 11 (CRM, (device (Fig. 7)), sending chat information, wherein the invention comprises:
receiving a first input (0013) by a user (0013-sender, participants, group) for a target session message (0012-chat message) in the chat information;
displaying M first identifiers (Fig. 2G; 0009; 0013-sender) and displaying P user identifiers (Fig. 2G; 0009) according to the first input, wherein M and P are both positive integers;
receiving a second input (Fig. 2A, 201) by the user, wherein the second input is used to associate a first target identifier in the M first identifiers with a second target identifier in the P user identifiers (Fig. 2A, 204; 0009); and
sending, in response to the second input, a session message (Fig. 2A, 209-forward messages) that corresponds to the first target identifier and that is in the chat information to a user (Fig. 2A, 209-selected receive end) corresponding to the second target identifier.
As further concerns claim 6, the electronic device, comprising a processor (Fig. 7, 680) and a memory (Fig. 7, 620).
As concerns claim 16, a chip, wherein the chip comprises a processor (Fig. 7, 680) and a communication interface (Fig. 7, 610, 670), the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, to implement the steps of the method for sending chat information according to claim 1 (see claim 1 above).
As concerns claims 2, 7, 12 and 17, the invention according to claim 1, 6, 11 and 16, wherein a first identifier is an identifier determined based on the target session message (0009); and the first identifier comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a sender of the target session message; an identifier of a user involved in the target session message (0009-identifiers of participants); or an identifier of a topic involved in the target session message.
As concerns claim 3, 8, 13 and 18 the invention according to claim 2, 7, 12 and 17 wherein a quantity of first target identifiers is 1, and the sending a session message that corresponds to the first target identifier and that is in the chat information to a user corresponding to the second target identifier comprises:
in a case that the first target identifier is the identifier of the sender of the target session message, sending a first session message to the user corresponding to the second target identifier, wherein the first session message comprises a session message that is sent by the sender and that is in the chat information; or
in a case that the first target identifier is the identifier of the user involved in the target session message, sending a second session message to the user corresponding to the second target identifier, wherein the second session message comprises a session message that is of a target user and that is in the chat information, and the target user is the user involved in the target session message (0009; 0013-participants of group chat; 0014-forwarding selected messages); or
in a case that the first target identifier is the identifier of the topic involved in the target session message, sending a third session message to the user corresponding to the second target identifier, wherein the third session message comprises a session message that relates to the topic and that is in the chat information.
As concerns claims 4, 9, 14 and 19, the invention according to claim 1, 6, 11 and 16 wherein the first target identifier comprises a first specified identifier and a second specified identifier; and the sending a session message that corresponds to the first target identifier and that is in the chat information to a user corresponding to the second target identifier comprises: sending a specified session message in the chat information to the user corresponding to the second target identifier, wherein the specified session message comprises any one of the following:
a session message that relates to both the first specified identifier and the second specified identifier and that is in the chat information; a session message that relates to the first specified identifier and that is in the chat information and a session message that relates to the second specified identifier and that is in the chat information (0009; 0013-identifier of participants; 0067-0068); and a session message that relates to the second specified identifier and that is in a session message sent by a user corresponding to the first specified identifier.
As concerns claims 5, 10, 15 and 20, the invention according to claims 1, 6, 11 and 16, wherein a user identifier comprises at least one of the following: an identifier of a user (0009-identifiers of participants) involved in the target session message; an identifier corresponding a contact contacted by the user within specified duration from a current time; or identifiers corresponding to contacts contacted by the user in a unit period at frequencies ranking top N, wherein N is a positive integer.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892. US Patent Application Publication 2023/0092507 disclose selecting and forwarding chat messages.
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/JOHN B WALSH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2451