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 Claims
This action is in reply to the application filed on June 3, 2024
Claims 1-4 are currently pending and have been examined.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
Claims 1-4 are drawn to a method (i.e., a process). As such, claims 1-4 are drawn to one of the statutory categories of invention (Step 1: YES).
Claims 1-4 do not describe an abstract idea.
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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)/(a)(2) as being anticipated by Shaffer (2021/0211313).
Claim 1
Shaffer discloses a method of automatically retrieving a digital collectible comprising:
scanning, by a client device, a communication chip embedded within a merchandise item (Shaffer [0008][0009]); See [0008] “the present invention provides a unique code, for example a QR code, on a physical product. The code is conveniently readable, for example by a smartphone or tablet, and connects the reader to a specific network address.” See also [0034] “the code could be provided by an embedded RFID device, magnetically readable region, smartcard or similar type contact or contactless chip, near field RF identifier, or any other suitable hardware to deliver or display a code.”
automatically rendering, by an application executing on the client device, a profile access interface (Shaffer [0115]). See at least “the creator may either scan the QR code 30, using the zingcode app 31, which takes the user directly into the administration section. Alternatively, the creator may log in via the URL using a browser 32, and log in their allocated password to the administration section 33.”
granting, by an authentication module of the application executing on the client device [Figure 9, 31, 33], access to a profile corresponding to the communication chip embedded within the merchandise item based on an authentication of a requestor (Shaffer [0075]-[0077]); See [0077] “The registered user then has access (by scanning the code) to special content only available to purchasers so connected”
selecting, by a claiming module of the application executing on the client device, a digital collectible comprising a unique identifier associated with the communication chip embedded within the merchandise item (Shaffer [0061][0076]-[0077]) See [0034] for contactless chip. See also [0077] “For example, a current season jersey for a baseball player may give access to the team media, as well as for that player.” See [0061] “A unique code is attached to the respective item, which when read, provides details of the object.”
Claim 2
Shaffer discloses:
generating, by the application, a wallet address corresponding to the client device; storing, by the application, the digital collectible at the wallet address (Shaffer [0044]); See at least “This may be provided using a convenient web interface, for example from a smartphone. At step 130, the software enables the user to search for content in a library of content. The software then provides content for insertion into the electronic document at step 132, for example by downloading content and storing it in the memory of the smartphone [wallet address corresponding to the client device] 82.”
determining, by the application, predetermined permissions corresponding to the digital collectible (Shaffer [0077]). See at least “The registered user then has access (by scanning the code) to special content only available to purchasers so connected.”
Claim 3
Shaffer discloses:
scanning, by the client device, the communication chip; granting, by the authentication module of the application, access to permitted content based on a comparison of the profile identifier to a set of authentication information (Shaffer [0077][Figure 9, 31]). See at least “The registered user then has access (by scanning the code) to special content only available to purchasers so connected.”
Claim 4
Shaffer discloses:
executing, by the application, a media item based on access to the permitted content (Shaffer [0077]). See at least “The registered user then has access (by scanning the code) to special content only available to purchasers so connected. For example, a current season jersey for a baseball player may give access to the team media, as well as for that player.”
Conclusion
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/RASHIDA R SHORTER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3626