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
Claims 1-20 are presented for examination.
35 U.S.C. 102 Rejection
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)(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 1-5, 8-12, and 15-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Ramachandran [US 2024/0121572].
As to claim 1, Ramachandran teaches a method comprising:
identifying a geographical area [mass casually incident MCI] affected by a situation [incident], see [0012], [0016], lines 1-2, [0021], [0034], lines 10-12, [0058], lines 1-4;
identifying a plurality of devices associated with a plurality of users in the identified geographical area, see [0011], [0069];
establishing a situational network node [core wireless network which is the first responder network 200] for the situation, see [0013], [0022], [0059], lines 10-12, [0041], [0165], lines 1-2;
transmitting an invitation to a device of the plurality of devices to join the situational network node, see [0014], [0017], lines 4-10, [0023], [0081], lines 1-3, [0083], lines 10-13, [0100], lines 1-5; and
based on the device joining the situational network node, see [0018], lines 1-5, [0083], lines 1-10:
placing the device into a situation mode [see [0018], lines 1-5, [0083], lines 1-10], wherein being placed into the situation mode causes the device to automatically transmit data to the situational network node, wherein the data was inaccessible to other devices via a network prior to the device being placed into the situation mode, see [0153], lines 13-14, [0157], lines 1-8 & lines 15-19.
As to claim 2, automatically transmitting the data that was inaccessible to the other devices comprises transmitting a video feed from the device captured by a camera of the device, see [0153], lines 13-14.
As to claim 3, wherein automatically transmitting the data that was inaccessible to the other devices comprises transmitting a sensor feed from the device captured by a sensor of the device, see [0212], lines 8-13.
As to claim 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the invitation to the device of the plurality of devices to join the situational network node comprises:
determining that the device of the plurality of devices is proximate to the situation, see [0085]
wherein the invitation to the device of the plurality of devices to join the situational network node is transmitted based on the device being proximate to the situation, see [0086], lines 1-8.
As to claim 5, wherein the determining that the device of the plurality of devices is proximate to the situation comprises accessing GPS data of the plurality of devices, see [0086], lines 23-29, [0096], lines 11-16, [0153], lines 27-29.
As to claims 8-12 & 15-19, the claims are similar in scope and they are rejected under the same rationale.
Therefore, it can be seen from paragraphs 4-9 that Ramachandran anticipates claims 1-5, 8-12, and 15-19.
Allowable subject matter
Claims 6-7, 13-14, and 20 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
10.1 The prior art of record doesn’t teach:
* transmitting the invitation to the device of the plurality of devices to join the situational network node comprises providing a notification to the device of the plurality of devices, wherein the notification comprises a user interface option to opt out of the situational network node [claims 6, 13, 20];
* transmitting the invitation to the device of the plurality of devices to join the situational network node comprises providing an option to the device to remain anonymous within the situational network node [claims 7 & 14].
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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MOUSTAFA M. MEKY
Primary Patent Examiner
Art Unit 2457
/MOUSTAFA M MEKY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2457
09/26/2025