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 .
DETAILED ACTION
Status of the Application
The following is a Final Office Action.
In response to Examiner's communication of 12/29/2025, Applicant responded on 3/30/2026. Amended claim 1, 8, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 19. Cancelled claim 7.
Claims 1-6 and 8-20 are pending in this application and have been examined.
Response to Amendment
Applicant's amendments to claims 1, 17-19, 20 are not sufficient to overcome the 35 USC 101 rejections set forth in the previous action.
Applicant's amendments to claims 1, 17-19, 20 are sufficient to overcome the prior art rejections set forth in the previous action.
Response to Arguments – 35 USC § 101
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the rejections have been fully considered, but they are not persuasive.
Applicant submits, “…Amended claim 1 recites that the one or more processors "generate, on a display of the terminal, an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality, the terminal having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the given process" with the characteristics of the given process comprising "at least one of a set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the given process" and the specifications of the terminal comprising "portability of the terminal and a screen size." Amended independent claims 11 and 19 recite analogous features of claim 1.…claims are not directed at mental processes when they cannot be performed in the human mind. Applicant respectfully submits that the operations performed by the one or more processors cannot be performed in the human mind. A human mind is simply unable to "generate, on a display of the terminal, an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality."…Claim 1 is not directed to managing personal interactions, personal behavior, or commercial interactions, but rather claim 1 is directed to a system with one or more terminals (i.e., machine)…that have specifications that correspond to the characteristics of a given process for managing vehicle quality. Accordingly, the amended claims are not directed to an abstract idea….the claimed invention provides a specific technical solution that improves a system for managing vehicle quality by generating inspection items for a given process on a display of a terminal having certain specifications, for example, (i) when a large number of inspection items must be displayed, (ii) when the terminal must be operated while the operator is inside the vehicle, or (iii) when the operator must perform tasks while holding tools. Thus, the claimed elements are also integrated into a practical application and recite more than an abstract idea….” The Examiner respectfully disagrees.
While Applicant’s amendments further prosecution, by Applicant’s own admission, the claims and the argued elements, are directed to, …managing vehicle quality by generating inspection items for a given process…generate an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality…(i) when a large number of inspection items must be displayed, (ii) when the … must be operated while the operator is inside the vehicle, or (iii) when the operator must perform tasks while holding tools…., is a problem directed to mental process (i.e. managing humans inspecting vehicle quality processes and managing and instructing human behaviors of boarding vehicles), organizing human activities (i.e. managing humans inspecting vehicle quality processes and managing and instructing human behaviors of boarding vehicles), as established in Step 2A Prong 1. This problem does not specifically arise in the realm of computer technology, but rather, this problem existed and was addressed long before the advent of computers. Thus, the claims do not recite a technical improvement to a technical problem. Additionally, pursuant to the broadest reasonable interpretation, as an ordered combination, each of the additional elements are computing elements recited at high level of generality implementing the abstract idea, and thus, are no more than applying the abstract idea with generic computer components, i.e. computer. Further, these additional elements generally link the abstract idea to a technical environment, namely the environment of a computer, performing extra solution activities. Therefore, as a whole, the additional elements do not integrate the abstract ideas into a practical application in Step 2A Prong 2 (apply it and general link) or amount to significantly more in Step 2B (apply it and wurc).
Even novel and newly discovered judicial exceptions are still exceptions, despite their novelty. July 2015 Update, p. 3; see SAP America Inc. v. Investpic, LLC, No. 2017-2081, slip op. at 2 (Fed Cir. May 15, 2018).
Simply reciting specific limitations that narrow the abstract idea does not make an abstract idea non-abstract. 79 Fed. Reg. 74631; buySAFE Inc. v. Google, Inc., 765 F.3d 1350, 1355 (2014); see SAP America at p. 12. As discussed in SAP America, no matter how much of an advance the claims recite, when “the advance lies entirely in the realm of abstract ideas, with no plausibly alleged innovation in the non-abstract application realm,” “[a]n advance of that nature is ineligible for patenting.” Id. at p. 3.
Use of a computer or other machinery in its ordinary capacity for economic or other tasks (e.g., to receive, store, or transmit data) or simply adding a general purpose computer or computer components after the fact to an abstract idea (e.g., a fundamental economic practice or mathematical equation) does not integrate a judicial exception into a practical application or provide significantly more. See Affinity Labs v. DirecTV, 838 F.3d 1253, 1262, 120 USPQ2d 1201, 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (cellular telephone); TLI Communications LLC v. AV Auto, LLC, 823 F.3d 607, 613, 118 USPQ2d 1744, 1748 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (computer server and telephone unit). Similarly, “claiming the improved speed or efficiency inherent with applying the abstract idea on a computer” does not integrate a judicial exception into a practical application or provide an inventive concept. Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Bank (USA), 792 F.3d 1363, 1367, 115 USPQ2d 1636, 1639 (Fed. Cir. 2015).
Response to Arguments – Prior Art
Applicant’s arguments with respect to the rejections have been fully considered.
Further, Applicant’s amendments are sufficient to overcome the closest prior art which are US Patent Publication to US20050251303A1 to Tsubota, (hereinafter referred to as “Tsubota”) in view of US Patent Publication to US20220391853A1 to Seymour et al., (hereinafter referred to as “Seymour”).
The teachings of the references do not teach the specific ordered sequence of limitations of independent claims 1, 11, 19,
Claim 1:
generate, on a display of the terminal, an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality, the terminal having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the given process, wherein the characteristics of the given process comprise at least one of a set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the given process, and wherein the specifications of the terminal comprise a portability of the terminal and a screen size;
receive data corresponding to the inspection item; and
transmit a process name of the given process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle
Claim 11:
receive a process name of a first process for managing vehicle quality, data of an inspection item according to the first process for managing vehicle quality, and an identification number of a vehicle from a first terminal, the first process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, wherein the first terminal comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprises a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size;
store the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle; and
transmit the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle to a second terminal for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, wherein the second terminal comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the second process, wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprises a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size, wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal are different from the specifications of the first terminal
Claim 19:
displaying on a first terminal an inspection item according to a first process for managing vehicle quality, the first terminal having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the first process, wherein the characteristics of the first process comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprise a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size;
receiving data on the first terminal corresponding to the inspection item;
transmitting, from the first terminal to a server a process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle;
storing, in the server, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle from the first terminal;
transmitting from the server to a second terminal, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second terminal having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the second process, wherein the characteristics of the second process comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprise a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size; and
updating, in the second terminal, the data of the inspection item according to the second process for managing vehicle quality, wherein the second terminal has different specifications than the first terminal and wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process.
No Non-Patent literature teach the specific ordered sequence of limitations of independent claims 1, 11, 19.
The prior art rejection is hereby withdrawn.
Claim Rejections – 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 1-6 and 8-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter.
Claim 1 recite, “A … for managing vehicle quality, comprising … to:
generate, on a display of the …, an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality, the … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the given process, wherein the characteristics of the given process comprise at least one of a set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the given process, and wherein the specifications of the terminal comprise a portability of the terminal and a screen size;
receive data corresponding to the inspection item; and
transmit a process name of the given process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle.
Claim 11 recite, “A … for managing vehicle quality, comprising: … to:
receive a process name of a first process for managing vehicle quality, data of an inspection item according to the first process for managing vehicle quality, and an identification number of a vehicle from a first …, the first process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, wherein the first terminal comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprises a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size;
store the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle; and
transmit the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle to a second … for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, wherein the second … comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the second process, wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprises a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size, wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal are different from the specifications of the first terminal”
Claim 19 recite, “A method for managing vehicle quality, comprising:
displaying on a first … an inspection item according to a first process for managing vehicle quality, the first … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the first process, wherein the characteristics of the first process comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprise a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size;
receiving data on the first … corresponding to the inspection item;
transmitting from the first … to a … a process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle;
storing, in the …, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle from the first terminal;
transmitting from the … to a second …, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the second process, wherein the characteristics of the second process comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprise a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size; and
updating, in the second …, the data of the inspection item according to the second process for managing vehicle quality, wherein the second … has different specifications than the first … and wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process.”
Analyzing under Step 2A, Prong 1:
The limitations regarding, …generate, on a display of the …, an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality, the … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the given process, wherein the characteristics of the given process comprise at least one of a set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the given process, and wherein the specifications of the terminal comprise a portability of the terminal and a screen size; receive data corresponding to the inspection item; and transmit a process name of the given process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle…receive a process name of a first process for managing vehicle quality, data of an inspection item according to the first process for managing vehicle quality, and an identification number of a vehicle from a first …, the first process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, wherein the first terminal comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprises a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size; store the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle; and transmit the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle to a second … for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, wherein the second … comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the second process, wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprises a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size, wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal are different from the specifications of the first terminal…displaying on a first … an inspection item according to a first process for managing vehicle quality, the first … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the first process, wherein the characteristics of the first process comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprise a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size; receiving data on the first … corresponding to the inspection item; transmitting from the first … to a … a process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle; storing, in the …, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle from the first terminal; transmitting from the … to a second …, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the second process, wherein the characteristics of the second process comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprise a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size; and updating, in the second …, the data of the inspection item according to the second process for managing vehicle quality, wherein the second … has different specifications than the first … and wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process…, under the broadest reasonable interpretation, can include a human using their mind and using pen and paper to perform the identified limitations above; therefore, the claims are directed to a mental process.
Further, …generate, on a display of the …, an inspection item according to a given process for managing vehicle quality, the … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the given process, wherein the characteristics of the given process comprise at least one of a set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the given process, and wherein the specifications of the terminal comprise a portability of the terminal and a screen size; receive data corresponding to the inspection item; and transmit a process name of the given process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle…receive a process name of a first process for managing vehicle quality, data of an inspection item according to the first process for managing vehicle quality, and an identification number of a vehicle from a first …, the first process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, wherein the first terminal comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprises a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size; store the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle; and transmit the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle to a second … for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second process having characteristics that comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, wherein the second … comprises specifications that correspond to the characteristics of the second process, wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprises a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size, wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal are different from the specifications of the first terminal…displaying on a first … an inspection item according to a first process for managing vehicle quality, the first … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the first process, wherein the characteristics of the first process comprise at least one of a first set of inspection items and whether boarding a vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the first process, and wherein the specifications of the first terminal comprise a portability of the first terminal and a first terminal screen size; receiving data on the first … corresponding to the inspection item; transmitting from the first … to a … a process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle; storing, in the …, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle from the first terminal; transmitting from the … to a second …, the process name of the first process for managing vehicle quality, the data of the inspection item, and the identification number of the vehicle for performing a second process for managing vehicle quality different than the first process for managing vehicle quality, the second … having specifications that correspond to characteristics of the second process, wherein the characteristics of the second process comprise at least one of a second set of inspection items and whether boarding the vehicle for inspection or modification is specified for the second process, and wherein the specifications of the second terminal comprise a portability of the second terminal and a second terminal screen size; and updating, in the second …, the data of the inspection item according to the second process for managing vehicle quality, wherein the second … has different specifications than the first … and wherein the characteristics of the second process are different from the characteristics of the first process…, are managing humans inspecting vehicle quality processes and managing and instructing human behaviors of boarding vehicles, which are commercial interactions and managing interactions between people, therefore the claims, are directed to certain methods of organizing human activities.
Accordingly, the claims are directed to a mental process, certain methods of organizing human activities, and thus, the claims are directed to an abstract idea under the first prong of Step 2A.
Analyzing under Step 2A, Prong 2:
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application under the second prong of Step 2A.
In particular, the claims recite the additional elements beyond the recited abstract idea identified under Step 2A, Prong 1, such as:
Claim 1, 11, 19: terminal, screen, terminal system, one or more terminals, wherein each terminal comprises: one or more processors; and a non-transitory storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, enable the one or more processors, server, one or more processors; and a non-transitory storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, enable the one or more processors, terminal,
Claim 6: inspection equipment
Claim 7, 8: screen
Claim 9, 15: LTE
Claim 16: database
Claim 18: output device
, and pursuant to the broadest reasonable interpretation, as an ordered combination, each of the additional elements are computing elements recited at high level of generality implementing the abstract idea, and thus, are no more than applying the abstract idea with generic computer components.
Further, these additional elements generally link the abstract idea to a technical environment, namely the environment of a computer.
Additionally, with respect to, “…receive …”, “…transmit…”, “…transmitting…storing…”, “…display…”, “…output…”, these elements do not add a meaningful limitations to integrate the abstract idea into a practical application because they are extra-solution activity, pre and post solution activity - i.e. data gathering – “…receive …”, “…transmitting…storing…”, data output – “…transmit…”, “…display …”, “…output…”
Analyzing under Step 2B:
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception under Step 2B.
As noted above, the aforementioned additional elements beyond the recited abstract idea are not sufficient to amount to significantly more than the recited abstract idea because, as an order combination, the additional elements are no more than mere instructions to implement the idea using generic computer components (i.e. apply it).
Additionally, as an order combination, the additional elements append the recited abstract idea to well-understood, routine, and conventional activities in the field as individually evinced by the applicant’s own disclosure, as required by the Berkheimer Memo, in at least:
[0027]FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system for managing vehicle quality according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a terminal and a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3A to 3C are diagram illustrating terminals of various sizes according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0028]As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3C, a system 100 for managing vehicle quality may include a terminal 110, a server 120, and a database 130 connected to the server 120, and the terminal 110 and the server 120 may be connected to a private LTE network 10, any combination of or all of which may be in plural or may include plural components thereof. In the present disclosure, the terminal 110 and the server 120 are illustrated as connected through the private LTE network 10, but this is not necessarily limited to the private LTE network 10 described above, for example where security may be improved.
[0029]The terminal 110 and the server 120 for managing vehicle quality described above may include a processor (e.g., a computer, a microprocessor, a CPU, an ASIC, a logic circuit, or the like) and a memory storing software instructions which provide the above-described functions when executed by the processor. Here, the processor and memory may be implemented as separate semiconductor circuits. Alternatively, the processor and the memory may be implemented as a single integrated semiconductor circuit. A processor can be one or more processors, together or separated.
[0030]Hereinafter, the terminal 110 and the server 120 will be described in detail.
[0031]The terminal 110 may be a device for displaying an inspection item according to a process for managing vehicle quality, receiving data relating to the displayed inspection item, and transmitting a process name of the process for managing vehicle quality, the data relating to the inspection item, and an identification number of the vehicle to the server 120.
[0032]The above-mentioned process for managing vehicle quality can be a process for various inspections for a vehicle in a completed assembly stage, and may include an inspection process and a correction process. The inspection process may include at least one of a performance inspection process, a specification inspection process, an appearance inspection process, and an assembly inspection process, and the correction may be provided for each process of the inspection process.
[0039]Such a terminal 110 may include an input/output unit 111, a control unit 112, a storage unit 113, and a communication unit 114, any combination of or all of which may be in plural or may include plural components thereof. The above-described terminal 110 may include a smart phone, a cell phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a touchscreen PC, a tablet personal computer, a laptop, and the like, for example.
[0040]Specifically, the input/output unit 111 may display an inspection item according to the process for managing vehicle quality, and receive data relating to the displayed inspection item.
[0088]According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it can be possible to prevent defective vehicles from being shipped by outputting a warning for vehicles in which at least one of data on an inspection item is defective when signing off.
[0089]FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a computing device 700 capable of fully or partially implementing a terminal and a server for quality control of vehicles according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
[0090]As illustrated in FIG. 7, the computing device 700 includes at least one processor 701, a computer-readable storage medium 702, and a communication bus 703, any combination of or all of which may be in plural or may include plural components thereof.
[0091]The processor 701 may cause the computing device 700 to operate according to the above-described example embodiments. For example, the processor 701 may execute one or more programs store in the computer-readable storage medium 702. The one or more programs may include one or more computer executable instructions, where, when executed by the processor 701, the computer-readable executable instructions may be configured to cause the computing device 700 to perform operations according to an example embodiment.
[0092]The computer-readable storage medium 702 can be configured to store computer-executable instructions or program code, program data, and/or other suitable forms of information. A program 702a stored on the computer-readable storage medium 702 can include a set of instructions executable by the processor 701. In an embodiment, the computer-readable storage medium 702 may include a memory (a volatile memory such as a random access memory, a non-volatile memory, or a suitable combination thereof), one or more magnetic disk storage devices, optical disk storage devices, flash memory devices, other forms of storage media that can be accessed by the computing device 700 and store desired information, or suitable combinations thereof.
[0093]The communication bus 703 can interconnect various other components of the computing device 700, including the processor 701 and the computer-readable storage medium 702.
[0094]The computing device 700 may also include one or more input/output interfaces 705 and one or more network communication interfaces 706 providing an interface for one or more input/output devices 704. The input/output interface 705 and the network communication interface 706 can be connected to the communication bus 703. The network may be either a cellular network, such as a global system for mobile communications (GSM), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE), a general packet radio service (GPRS), a code division multiple access (CDMA), a time division CDMA(TD-CDMA), a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), a long term evolution (LTE), or another cellular network, for example.
[0095]The input/output device 704 may be connected to other components of the computing device 700 through the input/output interface 705. The example input/output device 704 may include an input device such as a pointing device (a mouse, a trackpad, or the like), a keyboard, a touch input device (a touchpad, a touchscreen, or the like), a voice or sound input device, various types of sensor devices, and/or a photographing device, and an output device such as a display device, a printer, a speaker, and/or a network card. The example input/output device 704 may be included inside the computing device 700 as a component constituting the computing device 700, or may be connected to the computing device 700 as a separate device, distinct from the computing device 700.
[0096]Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a program for performing the methods described in this specification on a computer, and a computer readable recording medium including the program. The computer-readable recording medium may include program instructions, local data files, local data structures, or the like, alone or in a combination thereof. The medium may be specially designed and configured for the present disclosure, or may be commonly available in the field of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable medium may include a hardware device specially configured to store a magnetic medium such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and program instructions such as ROM, RAM, and a flash memory and perform the same. Examples of the program may include not only machine language codes generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter.
[0097]As set forth above, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, by using a terminal, inspection items according to a process for managing vehicle quality may be displayed, data of the displayed inspection items can be received and transmitted externally, and by using a terminal with different specifications depending on the characteristics of the process for managing vehicle quality of a vehicle, the problem of low recognition rate may be solved as compared to the existing method of using an electronic pen and paper made of a special material, and at the same time, the system is easy to be maintained.
[0098]According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, communication stability and security may be improved by using a private LTE network.
[0101]The present disclosure is not limited to the above-described example embodiments and the accompanying drawings and can be defined by the appended claims. Therefore, those of ordinary skill in the art may make various replacements, modifications, or changes without departing from scopes of the present disclosure defined by the appended claims, and these replacements, modifications, or changes can be determined by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Furthermore, as an ordered combination, these elements amount to generic computer components receiving or transmitting data over a network, performing repetitive calculations, electronic record keeping, and storing and retrieving information in memory, which, as held by the courts, are well-understood, routine, and conventional. See MPEP 2106.05(d).
Moreover, the remaining elements of dependent claims do not transform the recited abstract idea into a patent eligible invention because these remaining elements merely recite further abstract limitations that provide nothing more than simply a narrowing of the abstract idea recited in the independent claims.
Looking at these limitations as an ordered combination adds nothing additional that is sufficient to amount to significantly more than the recited abstract idea because they simply provide instructions to use a generic arrangement of generic computer components to “apply” the recited abstract idea, perform insignificant extra-solution activity, and generally link the abstract idea to a technical environment. Thus, the elements of the claims, considered both individually and as an ordered combination, are not sufficient to ensure that the claim as a whole amounts to significantly more than the abstract idea itself. Since there are no limitations in these claims that transform the exception into a patent eligible application such that these claims amount to significantly more than the exception itself, claims 1-6 and 8-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject matter.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/PO HAN LEE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3623
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