Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
1. The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
Claim Objections
2. Claim 1 is objected to because of the following informalities: In claim 1, the words ‘at least one at least one’ in the limitation 3 of the claim after the words ‘transmit, using the transceiver, the digital object to’ need to be changed into the words ‘at least one .’ after the words ‘digital object’ needs to be replaced with ‘;’ at the end of the limitation 4 as it is not the end of the claim. Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
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3. Claims 1-12 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 in view of Colby et al. (US Pub. No: 2005/0193114 A1).
Regarding claim 1, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 teaches a first wireless node (see claim 1, preamble) comprising: a transceiver (see claim 1, limitation 1); and
a processor that is communicatively coupled to the transceiver (see claim 1, limitation 2); and
wherein the processor is configured to: receive, using the transceiver, a signal from a second wireless node in a mesh network, the signal including a digital object, which is stored for a predetermined time period, and a routing table, wherein the routing table indicates a route from a source node in the mesh network to a destination node in the mesh network and indicates each intermediate node in the route (see claim 1, limitation 3);
transmit, using the transceiver, the digital object to at least one at least one intermediate node then to a third wireless node in the mesh network based on capabilities of the intermediate node identified in the routing table, wherein the capabilities of the intermediate node include traffic loading, available bandwidth, quality of service (QOS) and a timeframe in which the intermediate node is capable of receiving and forwarding the digital object (see claim 1, limitation 4).
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 is silent in teaching the above first wireless node comprising wherein the digital object is routed based on a priority level, detecting a change in the capability of a particular intermediate node in the network and updating information in the routing table to indicate the change in the capability of the particular intermediate node.
However, Colby et al. teach a node (see Abstract and Fig.1a) comprising wherein the digital object is routed based on a priority level (see para [0078] wherein the CSD of the switch evaluating/routing a particular requested content/packet including a variable requestFlag having value HI_PRIORITY (indicating that the requested content/packet is high priority content), is mentioned and also see para [0080]), detecting a change in the capability of a particular intermediate node in the network (see para [0010] wherein when a client in an IP network makes a content request, the request being intercepted by a content-aware flow switch, is mentioned and see para [0052] wherein the information in the CSD of the switch/node being periodically updated from various sources, is mentioned, also see paragraphs [0013] & [0074]) and updating information in the routing table to indicate the change in the capability of the particular intermediate node (see para [0052] wherein the information in the CSD of the switch/node being periodically updated from various sources, is mentioned and also see para [0074]).
Therefore, it would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to modify the first wireless node of 12,047,270 B2 to have the digital object being routed based on a priority level and also to include both detecting a change in the capability of a particular intermediate node in the network and updating information in the routing table to indicate the change in the capability of the particular intermediate node, disclosed by Colby et al. in order to provide an effective mechanism of a network node for efficiently providing content-based flow switching of packets in Internet Protocol (IP) networking system.
Regarding claim 2, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the first wireless node of claim 1.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the first wireless node of claim 1 wherein the second wireless node is a wireless hub (see claim 2).
Regarding claim 3, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the first wireless node of claim 1.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the first wireless node of claim 1 wherein the signal includes a source address and a destination address (see claim 3).
Regarding claim 4, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the first wireless node of claim 3.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the first wireless node of claim 3 wherein the source address, the destination address and the routing table are included in a header (see claim 4).
Regarding claim 5, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the first wireless node of claim 1.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the first wireless node of claim 1 wherein the processor is further configured to: determine a different route for the digital object and transmit, using the transceiver, the digital object to a fourth wireless node different than the third wireless node based on the different route (see claim 5).
Regarding claim 6, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the first wireless node of claim 1.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the first wireless node of claim 1 wherein a wireless hub stores routes to each of the wireless nodes in the mesh network (see claim 6).
Regarding claim 7, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 teaches a method (see claim 7, preamble) comprising:
receiving, by a first wireless node, a signal from a second wireless node in a mesh network, the signal including a digital object, which is stored for a predetermined time period, and a routing table, wherein the routing table indicates a route from a source node in the mesh network to a destination node in the mesh network, and indicates each intermediate node in the route (see claim 7, limitation 1);
transmitting, by the first wireless node, the digital object to at least one intermediate node then to a third wireless node in the mesh network based on capabilities of the intermediate node identified in the routing table, wherein the capabilities of the intermediate node include traffic loading, available bandwidth, quality of service (QOS) and a timeframe in which the intermediate node is capable of receiving and forwarding the digital object (see claim 7, limitation 2).
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 is silent in teaching the above method comprising wherein the digital object is routed based on a priority level, detecting, by the first wireless node, a change in the capability of a particular intermediate node in the network and updating information in the routing table to indicate the change in the capability of the particular intermediate node.
However, Colby et al. teach a method (see Abstract and Fig.1a) wherein the digital object is routed based on a priority level (see para [0078] wherein the CSD of the switch evaluating/routing a particular requested content/packet including a variable requestFlag having value HI_PRIORITY (indicating that the requested content/packet is high priority content), is mentioned and also see para [0080]), detecting, by the first wireless node, a change in the capability of a particular intermediate node in the network (see para [0010] wherein when a client in an IP network makes a content request, the request being intercepted by a content-aware flow switch, is mentioned and see para [0052] wherein the information in the CSD of the switch/node being periodically updated from various sources, is mentioned, also see paragraphs [0013] & [0074]) and updating information in the routing table to indicate the change in the capability of the particular intermediate node (see para [0052] wherein the information in the CSD of the switch/node being periodically updated from various sources, is mentioned and also see para [0074]).
Therefore, it would have been obvious for one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to modify the above method of 12,047,270 B2 to have the digital object being routed based on a priority level and also to include both detecting a change in the capability of a particular intermediate node in the network and updating information in the routing table to indicate the change in the capability of the particular intermediate node, disclosed by Colby et al. in order to provide an effective mechanism of a network node for efficiently providing content-based flow switching of packets in Internet Protocol (IP) networking system.
Regarding claim 8, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the method of claim 7.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the method of claim 7 wherein the second wireless node is a wireless hub (see claim 8).
Regarding claim 9, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the method of claim 7.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the method of claim 7 wherein the signal includes a source address and a destination address (see claim 9).
Regarding claim 10, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the method of claim 9.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the method of claim 9 wherein the source address, the destination address and the routing table are included in a header (see claim 10).
Regarding claim 11, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the method of claim 7.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the method of claim 7 further comprising determining, by the first wireless node, a different route for the digital object and transmitting, by the first wireless node, the digital object to a fourth wireless node different than the third wireless node based on the different route (see claim 11).
Regarding claim 12, U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 and Colby et al. together teach the method of claim 7.
U.S. Patent No: 12,047,270 B2 further teaches the method of claim 7 wherein a wireless hub stores routes to each of the wireless nodes in the mesh network (see claim 12).
Conclusion
4. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Castagnoli (US Pub. No: 2006/0215583) disclose a mechanism relating to o synchronizing transmissions among parent and child routing nodes in a hierarchical wireless mesh network.
Conner et al. (US Pub. No: 2006/0146712 A1) disclose a mechanism relating to nodes of a multichannel mesh network that generate channel-metric matrices for routing packets to destinations based on a bottleneck channel identified for the source-destination pair.
Tingle et al. (US Pub. No: 2004/0213228 A1) disclose a mechanism relating to data routing and networks with a source identifier for MAC address learning over a multipoint-to-point label switched path in the system.
Banerjee et al. (US Pub. No: 2005/0204042 A1) disclose a mechanism to identify a service path or a service node operable to provide the requested service in a multicast service network.
Kujala et a. (US Pub. No: 2004/0264451 A1) disclose a method and apparatus for addressing and routing in a wireless mesh network.
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9/30/2025