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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 § 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 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)(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 unpatentable by Farchmin et al. (U.S. Patent Application Number: 2004/0148039).
Consider claim 1; Farchmin discloses a location management system comprising:
a wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 74, lines 1-6); and
a facility device (e.g. access point) installed in a building (par. 74, lines 1-6),
the wireless terminal including
an information storage to store user identification information of a user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 1-11),
a communication interface to perform wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 82, lines 1-7), and
circuitry to detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
transmit (par. 109, lines 1-11), to the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 109, lines 1-11), person location information that includes the user identification information and the location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 109, lines 1-11),
the facility device (e.g. access point) including
a communication interface to perform wireless communication with the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 114, line 1 – par. 115, line 9), and
an information storage to store the person location information (e.g. in a machine zone) received from the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 100, lines 1-7; par. 197, lines 1-5).
Consider claim 2; Farchmin discloses the wireless terminal is a plurality of the wireless terminals of a corresponding plurality of users (par. 102, lines 1-2), each of the plurality of wireless terminals further includes a display (par. 187, lines 1-14), and the circuitry acquires (par. 187, lines 1-14), from the facility device (par. 187, lines 1-14), the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 187, lines 1-14), determines (par. 187, lines 1-14), for each of the plurality of users (par. 102, lines 1-2), whether the user is present in the building (par. 187, lines 1-14), based on the acquired person location information for the user (par. 187, lines 1-14), and displays on the display a location of the user present in the building (par. 187, lines 1-14), in a manner in which the user present in the building is identifiable (par. 187, lines 1-14).
Consider claim 3; Farchmin discloses the circuitry receives (par. 109, lines 6-11), from the user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 6-11), designation of a desired user (par. 109, lines 6-11) among the users present in the building (par. 102, lines 1-2) and designation of target location information [e.g. specific facility location (par. 109, lines 6-14)], and transmits (par. 109, lines 6-11), to the facility device (par. 109, lines 6-11), user notification information that includes the user identification information of the designated user and the designated target location information [e.g. specific facility location (par. 109, lines 6-14)], and the information storage of the facility device further stores the user notification information received from the plurality of wireless terminals (par. 100, lines 1-7; par. 102, lines 1-2).
Consider claim 4; Farchmin discloses acquires from the facility device (par. 187, lines 1-14), the user notification information addressed to the user of the wireless terminal [e.g. audible notifications (par. 187, lines 1-10)], and the information display means displays the acquired user notification information on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 1-14).
Consider claim 5; Farchmin discloses detects (par. 130, lines 1-9), based on a history of the person location information of each of the plurality of users (par. 130, lines 1-9), contact between the plurality of users in the building (par. 130, lines 1-9), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the detection (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 6; Farchmin discloses the circuitry acquires (par. 10, lines 1-13), based on a history of the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 10, lines 1-13), a person count for a designated area in the building at a designated time or in a designated time slot (par. 10, lines 1-13), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the acquisition (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 7; Farchmin discloses a location management system comprising:
a wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 74, lines 1-6); and
a facility device (e.g. access point) installed in a building (par. 74, lines 1-6),
the wireless terminal including
an information storage to store user identification information of a user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 1-11),
a first communication interface to perform wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 82, lines 1-7),
a second communication interface to perform wireless communication with the management device (e.g. controller) (par. 74, lines 1-6), and
circuitry to
detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
transmit (par. 130, lines 1-5), to the management device (e.g. controller), person location information that includes the user identification information (par. 114, lines 1-10) and the location information of the wireless terminal (par. 130, lines 1-5),
the facility device (e.g. access point) including a communication interface to perform wireless communication with the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 114, line 1 – par. 115, line 9),
the management device (e.g. controller) including
a communication interface to perform wireless communication with the wireless terminal (par. 114, lines 1-10; par. 176, lines 1-4), and
an information storage to store the person location information (e.g. in a machine zone) received from the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 100, lines 1-7).
Consider claim 8; Farchmin discloses a wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 74, lines 1-6) comprising:
an information storage to store user identification information of a user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 1-11),
a communication interface to perform wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 82, lines 1-7), and
circuitry to detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
transmit (par. 109, lines 1-11), to the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 109, lines 1-11), person location information that includes the user identification information and the location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 109, lines 1-11).
Consider claim 9; Farchmin discloses a wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 74, lines 1-6) comprising:
an information storage to store user identification information of a user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 1-11),
a first communication interface to perform wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 82, lines 1-7),
a second communication interface to perform wireless communication with the management device (e.g. controller) (par. 74, lines 1-6), and
circuitry to
detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
transmit (par. 130, lines 1-5), to the management device (e.g. controller), person location information that includes the user identification information (par. 114, lines 1-10) and the location information of the wireless terminal (par. 130, lines 1-5).
Consider claim 10; Farchmin discloses a location management method comprising:
detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
transmit (par. 109, lines 1-11), to the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 109, lines 1-11), person location information that includes the user identification information and the location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 109, lines 1-11),
storing, by the facility device (e.g. access point), in an information storage included in the facility device, the person location information (e.g. in a machine zone) received from the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 100, lines 1-7; par. 197, lines 1-5).
Consider claim 11; Farchmin discloses a location management method comprising:
detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
transmit (par. 130, lines 1-5), to the management device (e.g. controller), person location information that includes the user identification information (par. 114, lines 1-10) and the location information of the wireless terminal (par. 130, lines 1-5),
storing (par. 100, lines 1-7), by the management device (e.g. controller), in an information storage included in the management device (par. 100, lines 1-7), the person location information (e.g. in a machine zone) received from the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 100, lines 1-7).
Consider claim 12; Farchmin discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing a wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 74, lines 1-6), including an information storage to store user identification information of a user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 1-11) and a communication interface to perform wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 82, lines 1-7) to function as:
a location information detector to detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
a person location information transmitter to transmit (par. 109, lines 1-11), to the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 109, lines 1-11), person location information that includes the user identification information and the location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 109, lines 1-11).
Consider claim 13; Farchmin discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing a wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 74, lines 1-6), including an information storage to store user identification information of a user (par. 109, lines 1-11), a first communication interface to perform wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 82, lines 1-7), a second communication interface to perform wireless communication with the management device (e.g. controller) (par. 74, lines 1-6), to function as:
a location information detector to detect (par. 109, lines 1-11), based on the wireless communication with the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 115, lines 1-9; par. 127, lines1-4; par. 130, lines 1-5), and
a person location information transmitter to transmit (par. 109, lines 1-11), to the facility device (e.g. access point) (par. 109, lines 1-11), person location information that includes the user identification information and the location information of the wireless terminal (e.g. WID) (par. 109, lines 1-11).
Consider claim 14; Farchmin discloses detects (par. 130, lines 1-9), based on a history of the person location information of each of the plurality of users (par. 130, lines 1-9), contact between the plurality of users in the building (par. 130, lines 1-9), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the detection (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 15; Farchmin discloses detects (par. 130, lines 1-9), based on a history of the person location information of each of the plurality of users (par. 130, lines 1-9), contact between the plurality of users in the building (par. 130, lines 1-9), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the detection (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 16; Farchmin discloses the circuitry acquires (par. 10, lines 1-13), based on a history of the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 10, lines 1-13), a person count for a designated area in the building at a designated time or in a designated time slot (par. 10, lines 1-13), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the acquisition (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 17; Farchmin discloses the circuitry acquires (par. 10, lines 1-13), based on a history of the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 10, lines 1-13), a person count for a designated area in the building at a designated time or in a designated time slot (par. 10, lines 1-13), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the acquisition (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 18; Farchmin discloses the wireless terminal is a plurality of the wireless terminals of a corresponding plurality of users (par. 102, lines 1-2), each of the plurality of wireless terminals further includes a display (par. 187, lines 1-14), the circuitry acquires (par. 187, lines 1-14), from the management device (par. 100, lines 1-7), the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 187, lines 1-14), determines (par. 187, lines 1-14), for each of the plurality of users (par. 102, lines 1-2), whether the user is present in the building (par. 187, lines 1-14), based on the acquired person location information for the user (par. 187, lines 1-14), and displays on the display a location of the user present in the building (par. 187, lines 1-14), in a manner in which the user present in the building is identifiable (par. 187, lines 1-14), receives (par. 109, lines 6-11), from the user of the wireless terminal (par. 109, lines 6-11), designation of a desired user (par. 109, lines 6-11) among the users present in the building (par. 102, lines 1-2) and designation of target location information [e.g. specific facility location (par. 109, lines 6-14)], and transmits (par. 109, lines 6-11), to the facility device (par. 109, lines 6-11), user notification information that includes the user identification information of the designated user and the designated target location information [e.g. specific facility location (par. 109, lines 6-14)], and the information storage of the facility device further stores the user notification information received from the plurality of wireless terminals (par. 100, lines 1-7; par. 102, lines 1-2).
Consider claim 19; Farchmin discloses the wireless terminal is a plurality of the wireless terminals of a corresponding plurality of users (par. 102, lines 1-2), each of the plurality of wireless terminals further includes a display (par. 187, lines 1-14), the circuitry acquires (par. 187, lines 1-14), from the management device (par. 100, lines 1-7), the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 187, lines 1-14), detects (par. 130, lines 1-9), based on a history of the person location information of each of the plurality of users (par. 130, lines 1-9), contact between the plurality of users in the building (par. 130, lines 1-9), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the detection (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Consider claim 20; Farchmin discloses the wireless terminal is a plurality of the wireless terminals of a corresponding plurality of users (par. 102, lines 1-2), each of the plurality of wireless terminals further includes a display (par. 187, lines 1-14), the circuitry acquires (par. 187, lines 1-14), from the management device (par. 100, lines 1-7), the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 187, lines 1-14), acquires (par. 10, lines 1-13), based on a history of the person location information for each of the plurality of users (par. 10, lines 1-13), a person count for a designated area in the building at a designated time or in a designated time slot (par. 10, lines 1-13), and displays (par. 187, lines 10-14), on the display in a predetermined manner (par. 187, lines 10-14), information based on a result of the acquisition (par. 187, lines 10-14).
Conclusion
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