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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
In the present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, claims 1-18 have been considered and examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 11/26/2024 is in compliance with the provision of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by Examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(B) CONCLUSION – The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-18 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 pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
Claim 1 lacks antecedent basis for “the amount of time,” “the sequence number,” “said interval,” “the start time,” “the number of times,” “the current time,” “the current interval,” and “said user movement threshold,” in the limitations of “an alarm system to awaken a user, said system including:
a processing system including a clock;
a memory storing:
a begin-analysis time;
a begin-analysis time offset;
an interval number; and
a user movement threshold trigger;
a sensor system receiving accelerometer data from an accelerometer affixed to a user; and
an alarm system,
wherein, once said processing system determines that said begin-analysis time has been reached using said clock, said processing system divides the amount of time indicated by said begin-analysis time offset by said interval number and stores in said memory an entry for each interval of said interval number including:
the sequential number of said interval;
the start time of said interval; and
the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said interval,
wherein said processing system compares the current time received from said clock to said start time of said interval to determine the current interval,
wherein said processing system receives said accelerometer data and when said accelerometer data indicates movement greater than said user movement threshold, said processing system increments and stores in memory the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said interval,
wherein, when the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said current interval equals three, said processing system determines a previous interval by decrementing the sequential number of said current interval,
wherein when the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said previous interval also equals or exceeds three, said processing system initiates said alarm system to awaken said user.”
Claim 1 is further rejected because it is not clear what limitations said processing system increments in the limitations of “said processing system increments and stores in memory the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said interval.”
Claims 2-9 are rejected because of being depended on a rejected claim 1.
Claim 10 lacks antecedent basis for “the amount of time,” “the sequence number,” “said interval,” “the start time,” “the number of times,” “the current time,” “the current interval,” and “said user movement threshold,” in the limitations of “a method for activating an alarm system to awaken a user, said method including:
storing in a memory:
a begin-analysis time;
a begin-analysis time offset;
an interval number; and
a user movement threshold trigger;
receiving accelerometer data from an accelerometer affixed to a user at a processing system including a clock and in communication with said memory;
wherein, once said processing system determines that said begin-analysis time has been reached using said clock, said processing system divides the amount of time indicated by said begin-analysis time offset by said interval number and stores in said memory an entry for each interval of said interval number including:
the sequential number of said interval;
the start time of said interval; and
the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said interval,
wherein said processing system compares the current time received from said clock to said start time of said interval to determine the current interval,
wherein said processing system receives said accelerometer data and when said accelerometer data indicates movement greater than said user movement threshold, said processing system increments and stores in memory the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said interval,
wherein, when the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said current interval equals three, said processing system determines a previous interval by decrementing the sequential number of said current interval,
activating an alarm system to awaken said user, using said processing system, when the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said previous interval also equals or exceeds three.
Claim 10 is further rejected because it is not clear what limitations said processing system increments in the limitations of “said processing system increments and stores in memory the number of times a user movement threshold trigger has been detected for said interval.”
Claims 12-18 are rejected because of being depended on a rejected claim 10.
Citation of Pertinent Art
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant’s disclosure:
Chuang et al., US 2023/0337971 A1, discloses detecting method for behavior disorder event during rapid eye movement sleep and detecting system thereof.
Ikoma, US 11,523,770 B2, discloses systems and methods for itch monitoring and measurement.
Harris et al., US 2020/0253547 A1, discloses monitoring system for assessing control of a disease state.
Conclusion
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/QUANG PHAM/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2685