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 .
2. Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
3. Claims 1-15 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.
4. Regarding claim 1, on line 3 and claim 15, line 6, “broadcasting a first signal containing first information” is unclear since it has no connection to the rest of the claim. What is sending the broadcast signal and to whom? The meets and bounds of the claim needs to be definite. Also on line 1, “in a display device” is misdescriptive and should be “with a display device.”
5. Regarding claim 3, “the beacon frame” and “the automatic wireless connection” lacks antecedent basis.
6. Regarding claim 12, “the wireless automatic connection” lacks antecedent basis.
7. Regarding claim 15. The last line is unclear. It reads that the specific device is to be blocked, rather than the “other external devices” which are to be blocked by the second signal.
Allowable Subject Matter
8. Claims 1-15 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
Regarding independent claims 1 and 15. The prior art of record, does not teach or make obvious a display device (and method) which acts as an access point for controlling wireless connection with a plurality of external devices where the display device broadcasts a second signal to block the external devices automatic connection attempts while maintaining connection to the first device.
9. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Zheng US 2013/0247079 A1 teaches the smart TV 40 may also include a permission retrieval module (not shown). When the status information transmission module 401 receives control request information replied form the remote device 41 according to the real-time status information, the permission retrieval module transmits an operation permission to the remote device in response to the control request information. The remote device 41 then transmits the control command to the smart TV 40 according to the operation permission, and accordingly performs the operation control on the smart TV 40.
Choi et al US 2018/0324200 A1 teaches an access blocking method of an electronic device within a wireless intrusion prevention system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include sequentially monitoring wireless frames in a plurality of channels through a first communication module; generating a first blocking message based on at least one wireless frame received as the results of the monitoring and generating a second blocking message based on a first wireless frame belonging to the at least one wireless frame and to which a given wireless network technology has been applied; and transmitting at least one of the first and the second blocking messages through a second communication module.
Cho et al US 2013/0086700 A1 teaches a method for configuring electronic devices is provided. The method includes collecting, at a device management apparatus, user information regarding a user within a predetermined area; and controlling access to an electronic device based on the user information. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a device management apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a blocking unit for blocking access to an electronic device; a communication unit for collecting user information; and a control unit for controlling the blocking unit based on the user information.
Claussen US 8127326 B2 teaches a primary device that detects the proximity of additional remote devices, which are intended to be within the same local network. The primary device communicates with the remote devices using wireless communication. In the event that the remote devices are outside of a predetermined range, the remote devices are disabled.
Conclusion
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