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Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1, 8, and 16 of U.S. Patent No. 9,521,551, as further detailed in the table provided below.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 9,521,551
Claim 2. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising: a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and a processor programmed to:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within the persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise the first application and the second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
1. A method for identifying a mobile device, comprising:
designating a first secure memory space in a memory of a mobile device as a first sandbox for confining a first application; designating a second secure memory space in the memory of the mobile device as a second sandbox for confining a second application;
executing the first application in the first sandbox, the first application restricted from accessing the second secure memory space;
executing the second application in the second sandbox, the second application restricted from accessing the first secure memory space;
partitioning off a section of the memory in the mobile device to be designated as a persistent shared storage controlled by a shared storage manager, wherein the persistent shared storage is accessible by a plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes, wherein the plurality of applications include the first application executing in the first sandbox and the second application executing in the second sandbox;
determining, with aid of a processor, whether a universal device identifier of the mobile device exists on the mobile device, wherein the universal device identifier uniquely identifies the mobile device and is used to track fraudulent activities associated with the mobile device across the plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes in the memory of the mobile device;
generating the universal device identifier on the mobile device in response to a determination that the universal device identifier does not exist on the mobile device;
storing the universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage on the mobile device;
creating a storage location identifier associated with the universal device identifier, wherein the storage location identifier is used to access the universal device identifier stored in the persistent shared storage;
sharing the storage location identifier with the plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes;
receiving independent requests for the universal device identifier from each of the first application and the second application of the plurality of applications;
retrieving the universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage;
providing the same universal device identifier to the first application and the second application; and identifying a potential fraudulent transaction based at least partly on the universal device identifier.
Claim 9. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising: by one or more processors of the mobile device:
generating a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, deleting the persistent universal device identifier.
8. A system for identifying a mobile device, comprising:
a memory comprising: a first secure memory space designated as a first sandbox for confining a first application; a second secure memory space designated as a second sandbox for confining a second application; and
a partitioned section of the memory designated as a persistent shared storage;
a shared storage manager configured to control access to the persistent shared storage by a plurality of applications executing in their respective sandboxes, the plurality of applications comprising the first application executing in the first sandbox and the second application executing in the second sandbox; and
a processor configured to execute software instructions to cause the mobile device to:
executing the first application in the first sandbox, the first application restricted from accessing the second secure memory space;
executing the second application in the second sandbox, the second application restricted from accessing the first secure memory space;
determine whether a universal device identifier of the mobile device exists on the mobile device, wherein the universal device identifier uniquely identifies the mobile device and is used to track fraudulent activities associated with the mobile device across the plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes;
generate the universal device identifier on the mobile device in response to a determination that the universal device identifier does not exist on the mobile device;
store the universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage on the mobile device;
create storage location identifier associated with the universal device identifier, wherein the storage location identifier is used to access the universal device identifier stored in the persistent shared storage;
share the storage location identifier with the plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes;
receive independent requests for the universal device identifier from each of the first application and the second application of the plurality of applications;
retrieve the universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage;
provide the same universal device identifier to the first application and the second application; and identify a potential fraudulent transaction based at least partly on the universal device identifier.
Claim 16. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer- executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile device to at least:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
16. A non-transitory storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the computer-executable instructions readable by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, wherein the computer-executable instructions are executable on the computing system in order to cause the computing system to perform operations, comprising:
designating, by the computer system, a first secure memory space in a memory of a mobile device as a first sandbox for confining a first application;
designating, by the computer system, a second secure memory space in the memory of the mobile device as a second sandbox for confining a second application;
executing, by the computer system, the first application in the first sandbox, the first application restricted from accessing the second secure memory space;
executing, by the computer system, the second application in the second sandbox, the second application restricted from accessing the first secure memory space;
partitioning, by the computer system, off a section of the memory in the mobile device to be designated as a persistent shared storage controlled by a shared storage manager, wherein the persistent shared storage is accessible by a plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes, wherein the plurality of applications include the first application executing in the first sandbox and the second application executing in the second sandbox;
determining, by the computer system, whether a universal device identifier of the mobile device exists on the mobile device, wherein the universal device identifier uniquely identifies the mobile device and is used to track fraudulent activities associated with the mobile device across the plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes in the memory of the mobile device;
generating, by the computer system, the universal device identifier on the mobile device in response to a determination that the universal device identifier does not exist on the mobile device;
storing, by the computer system, the universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage on the mobile device;
creating, by the computer system, a storage location identifier associated with the universal device identifier, wherein the storage location identifier is used to access the universal device identifier stored in the persistent shared storage;
sharing, by the computer system, the storage location identifier with the plurality of applications executing in their respective, confined sandboxes;
receiving, by the computer system, independent requests for the universal device identifier from the first application and the second application of the plurality of applications;
retrieving, by the computer system, the universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage;
providing, by the computer system, the same universal device identifier to the first application and the second application; and
identifying a potential fraudulent transaction based at least partly on the universal device identifier.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the Patent claims include all the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, " a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claim preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 10,021,099, as further detailed in the table provided below.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 10,021,099
Claim 2. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising: a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and a processor programmed to:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within the persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise the first application and the second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
1. A system for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the system comprising:
a memory which comprises: a first sandbox associated with a first application; a second sandbox associated with a second application; and
a persistent shared storage configured to store a universal device identifier which identifies a mobile device across the first application and the second application; and
a processor programmed to: execute the first application in the first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises the universal device identifier;
receive a second request from the second application to access the information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
retrieve the universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage; and
return the universal device identifier and the information associated with the mobile device to the first application and the second application for fraud detection, in response to the first request and the second request respectively.
Claim 9. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising: by one or more processors of the mobile device:
generating a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, deleting the persistent universal device identifier.
8. A method for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the method comprising:
executing a first application in a first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing a second sandbox associated with a second application;
executing the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receiving a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises a universal device identifier which identifies the mobile device across the first application and the second application;
receiving a second request from the second application to access the information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
retrieving the universal device identifier from a persistent shared storage accessible by the first application and the second application; and
returning the universal device identifier and the information associated with the mobile device to the first application and the second application for fraud detection, in response to the first request and the second request respectively.
Claim 16. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer- executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile device to at least:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
15. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon a computer program, the computer program including executable instructions that instruct a computer system to at least:
execute a first application in a first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing a second sandbox associated with a second application;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises a universal device identifier which identifies the mobile device across the first application and the second application;
receive a second request from the second application to access the information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
retrieve the universal device identifier from a persistent shared storage accessible by the first application and the second application; and
return the universal device identifier and the information associated with the mobile device to the first application and the second application for fraud detection, in response to the first request and the second request respectively.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the Patent claims include all the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, " a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claim preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 10,341,334, as further detailed in the table provided below.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 10,341,344
Claim 2. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising: a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and a processor programmed to:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within the persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise the first application and the second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
1. A system for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the system comprising:
a memory which comprises:
a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application; and
a persistent shared storage configured to store a universal device identifier which identifies a mobile device across the first application and the second application; and
a processor programmed to:
execute the first application in the first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises the universal device identifier;
receive a second request from the second application to access the information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
identify data associated with the first application indicative of a fraud;
link the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud with the universal device identifier;
store the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud in the persistent shared storage associated with the universal device identifier; and
in response to the second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, access the persistent shared storage associated with the universal device identifier and return a data packet comprising the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud to the second application.
Claim 9. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising: by one or more processors of the mobile device:
generating a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, deleting the persistent universal device identifier.
8. A method for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the method comprising:
executing a first application in a first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing a second sandbox;
executing a second application in a second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receiving a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises a universal device identifier;
receiving a second request from the second application to access the information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
identifying data associated with the first application indicative of a fraud;
linking the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud with the universal device identifier;
storing the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud in a persistent shared storage associated with the universal device identifier; and
in response to the second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, accessing the persistent shared storage associated with the universal device identifier and returning a data packet comprising the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud to the second application.
Claim 16. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer- executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile device to at least:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
15. Non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon a computer program, the computer program including executable instructions that instruct a computer system to at least:
execute a first application in a first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing a second sandbox;
execute a second application in a second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises a universal device identifier;
receive a second request from the second application to access the information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
identify data associated with the first application indicative of a fraud;
link the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud with the universal device identifier;
store the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud in a persistent shared storage associated with the universal device identifier; and
in response to the second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, access the persistent shared storage associated with the universal device identifier and return a data packet comprising the data associated with the first application indicative of the fraud to the second application.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the Patent claims include all the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, " a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claim preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 10,862,889, as further detailed in the table provided below.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 10,862,889
Claim 2. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising: a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and a processor programmed to:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within the persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise the first application and the second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
1. A system for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the system comprising:
a memory which comprises:
a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application; and
a persistent shared storage configured to store a universal device identifier; and
a processor programmed to:
execute the first application in the first sandbox, the first application restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application and a second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request and the second request each comprises the universal device identifier;
identify data associated with usage patterns of the mobile device across the first application and the second application;
link the data associated with the usage patterns with the universal device identifier;
store the data associated with the usage patterns in the persistent shared storage;
in response to the first request and the second request, access the persistent shared storage and return a data packet comprising the data associated with the usage patterns of the mobile device to the first application and the second application.
Claim 9. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising: by one or more processors of the mobile device:
generating a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, deleting the persistent universal device identifier.
8. A computer-implemented method for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising:
executing the first application in the first sandbox, the first application restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
executing the second application in the second sandbox, the second application restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receiving a first request from the first application and a second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, the first request and the second request each comprising the universal device identifier;
identifying data associated with usage patterns of the mobile device across the first application and the second application;
linking the data associated with the usage patterns with the universal device identifier;
storing the data associated with the usage patterns in the persistent shared storage;
in response to the first request and the second request, accessing the persistent shared storage and returning a data packet comprising the data associated with the usage patterns of the mobile device to the first application and the second application.
Claim 16. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer- executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile device to at least:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
15. A system for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the system comprising:
a memory which comprises:
a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application; and
a persistent shared storage; and
a processor programmed to:
execute the first application in the first sandbox, the first application restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application and a second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier;
retrieve the universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage; and
return the universal device identifier and the information associated with the mobile device to the first application and the second application, in response to the first request and the second request.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the Patent claims include all the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, " a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claim preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,683,306, as further detailed in the table provided below.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 11,683,306
Claim 2. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising: a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and a processor programmed to:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within the persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise the first application and the second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
1. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising:
a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and
a processor programmed to:
automatically in response to receipt of a first request for a persistent universal device identifier for the mobile device system from the first application:
within the mobile device system, generate the persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system;
store the persistent universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage associated with a storage location;
within the mobile device system, generate a storage location identifier indicative of the storage location of the persistent universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage, the persistent shared storage configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, the plurality of applications comprising the first application and the second application; and
transmit the storage location identifier to the first application; and
automatically in response to receipt of a second request for the persistent universal device identifier from the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier, where in the express deletion instruction is initiated by a user associated with the mobile device system.
Claim 9. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising: by one or more processors of the mobile device:
generating a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, deleting the persistent universal device identifier.
8. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the method comprising:
by one or more processors of a mobile computing device:
automatically in response to receipt of a first request for a persistent universal device identifier for the mobile computing device from the first application:
generating, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, the persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile computing device;
storing the persistent universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage associated with a storage location;
generating, by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device, a storage location identifier indicative of the storage location of the persistent universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage, the persistent shared storage configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, the plurality of applications comprising the first application and the second application; and
transmitting the storage location identifier to the first application; and
automatically in response to receipt of a second request for the persistent universal device identifier from the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier, where in the express deletion instruction is initiated by a user associated with the mobile computing system.
Claim 16. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer- executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile device to at least:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
15. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile computing device system to at least:
automatically in response to receipt of a first request for a persistent universal device identifier for the mobile computing device system from the first application:
generate, by the mobile computing device system, the persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile computing device system;
store the persistent universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage associated with a storage location;
generate, by the mobile computing device system, a storage location identifier indicative of the storage location of the persistent universal device identifier in the persistent shared storage, the persistent shared storage configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, the plurality of applications comprising the first application and the second application; and
transmit the storage location identifier to the first application; and
automatically in response to receipt of a second request for the persistent universal device identifier from the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier, where in the express deletion instruction is initiated by a user associated with the mobile computing device system.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the Patent claims include all the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, " a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claim preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Claims 2-21 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12,058,131, as further detailed in the table provided below.
Instant Application
U.S. Patent No. 12,058,131
Claim 2. A mobile device system comprising:
a memory comprising: a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox; and
a persistent shared storage; and a processor programmed to:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within the persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device system,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise the first application and the second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
1. A system for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the system comprising:
a memory which comprises:
a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application; and
a persistent shared storage configured to store a universal device identifier which identifies the mobile device across the first application and the second application; and
a processor programmed to:
execute the first application in the first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises the universal device identifier;
receive a second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier; and
in response to receiving the first request and the second request, access the persistent shared storage and return a data packet comprising history of fraud involvement of the mobile device to the first application and the second application for fraud detection.
Claim 9. A computer-implemented method for identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising: by one or more processors of the mobile device:
generating a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier,
wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmitting the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, deleting the persistent universal device identifier.
8. A computer-implemented method for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the computer-implemented method comprising:
executing a first application in a first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing a second sandbox;
executing a second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receiving a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises a universal device identifier;
receiving a second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier; and
returning a data packet comprising history of fraud involvement of the mobile device to the first application and the second application for fraud detection.
Claim 16. A non-transitory computer storage having stored thereon computer- executable instructions that, when executed, instruct a mobile device to at least:
generate a storage location identifier indicative of a storage location within a persistent shared storage for storing a persistent universal device identifier that uniquely identifies the mobile device,
wherein the persistent shared storage is configured to allow a plurality of applications to retrieve the persistent universal device identifier from the persistent shared storage using the storage location identifier, wherein the plurality of applications comprise a first application and a second application;
automatically in response to receipt of a request for the persistent universal device identifier from either the first application or the second application, transmit the storage location identifier to either the first application or the second application; and
automatically, in response to an express deletion instruction, delete the persistent universal device identifier.
15. A system for persistently identifying a mobile device across applications, the system comprising:
a memory which comprises:
a first sandbox associated with a first application;
a second sandbox associated with a second application; and
a persistent shared storage; and
a processor programmed to:
execute the first application in the first sandbox, wherein the first application is restricted from accessing the second sandbox;
execute the second application in the second sandbox, wherein the second application is restricted from accessing the first sandbox;
receive a first request from the first application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the first request comprises a universal device identifier;
receive a second request from the second application to access information associated with the mobile device, wherein the second request comprises the universal device identifier; and
access the persistent shared storage and return a data packet comprising history of fraud involvement of the mobile device to the first application and the second application for fraud detection.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the Patent claims include all the limitations of the instant application claims, respectively. The patent claims also include additional limitations. Hence, the instant application claims are generic to the species of invention covered by the respective patent claims. As such, the instant application claims are anticipated by the patent claims and are therefore not patentably distinct therefrom (See Eli Lilly and Co. v. Barr Laboratories Inc., 58 USPQ2D 1869, " a later genus claim limitation is anticipated by, and therefore not patentably distinct from, an earlier species claim", In re Goodman, 29 USPQ2d 2010, "Thus, the generic invention is 'anticipated' by the species of the patented invention" and the instant “application claims are generic to species of invention covered by the patent claim, and since without terminal disclaimer, extant species claim preclude issuance of generic application claims”).
Conclusion
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