DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Claims Status
Claims 1-11 are pending and rejected.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 9/26/2025 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement has been considered by the examiner.
Claim Objections
The claims are objected to because of the following informalities:
In claim 8, line 4, “and/or" should read – or --
In claim 11, line 9, “readable uniq10. A method for accomplishing" should read differently.
Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1-11 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-11 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12,051,098 (Application No. 17/531,223). This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
Specifically, the instant claims are identical to the patented claims of 12,051,098, as follows:
Instant claims
12,051,098 Patent (Claim 1)
1. A distributed computing system for accomplishing a transaction through a proxy system, the system comprising:
1. A distributed computing system for accomplishing a transaction through a proxy system, the system comprising:
a product database, stored on a computing device and including multiple product records, each product record corresponding to one of plural items and including a unique product identifier that is machine-readable, a human-readable product name, and item attribute data indicating characteristics of a corresponding item;
a product database, stored on a computing device and including multiple product records, each product record corresponding to one of plural items and including a unique product identifier that is machine-readable, a human-readable product name, and item attribute data indicating characteristics of a corresponding item;
a supplier database, stored on a computing device and including multiple supplier records, each supplier record corresponding to one of plural item suppliers and including a machine-readable unique item supplier identifier, a human-readable item supplier name and item supplier attributes indicating characteristics of a corresponding item supplier;
a supplier database, stored on a computing device and including multiple supplier records, each supplier record corresponding to one of plural item suppliers and including a machine-readable unique item supplier identifier, a human-readable item supplier name and item supplier attributes indicating characteristics of a corresponding item supplier;
a supplier-product mapping database, stored on a computing device and including multiple mapping records, each mapping record corresponding to one of the unique item identifiers and including an item supplier product profile specifying at least one version of one of the items and at least one of the suppliers who is able to supply the at least one version of the item;
a supplier-product mapping database, stored on a computing device and including multiple mapping records, each mapping record corresponding to one of the unique item identifiers and including an item supplier product profile specifying at least one version of one of the items and at least one of the suppliers who is able to supply the at least one version of the item;
a customer profile database, stored on a computing device and including plural customer profile records, each customer profile record corresponding to a customer and including a unique customer identifier, a delivery address corresponding to the unique customer, payment information corresponding to the unique customer and contact information corresponding to the unique customer;
a customer profile database, stored on a computing device and including plural customer profile records, each customer profile record corresponding to a customer and including a unique customer identifier, a delivery address corresponding to the unique customer, payment information corresponding to the unique customer and contact information corresponding to the unique customer;
a supplier query module configured to query the supplier-product mapping database to thereby determine at least one supplier of the item;
a supplier query module configured to query the supplier-product mapping database to thereby determine at least one supplier of the item;
a product query module configured to query the product database to thereby determine attributes of the item of interest;
a product query module configured to query the product database to thereby determine attributes of the item of interest;
a client module including a client-side component configured to execute on a client device associated with at least one of the customers, the client module including:
a client module including a client-side component configured to execute on a client device associated with at least one of the customers, the client module including:
a browsing observation service module configured to recognize an item of interest to a corresponding customer based on content being displayed on the client device and correlate a unique item identifier with the item of interest; and
a browsing observation service module configured to recognize an item of interest to a corresponding customer based on content being displayed on the client device and correlate a unique item identifier with the item of interest; and
a browsing augmentation service module configured to present an additional user interface on the client device, which augments a user interface of the content, when the client device is viewing the content, the additional user interface including at least one attribute of the item of interest returned from the product database and at least one supplier of the item of interest returned from the supplier-product mapping database, the user interface including a purchase selection element; and
a browsing augmentation service module configured to present an additional user interface on the client device, which augments a user interface of the content, when the client device is viewing the content, the additional user interface including at least one attribute of the item of interest returned from the product database and at least one supplier of the item of interest returned from the supplier-product mapping database, the user interface including a purchase selection element; and
a proxy purchase service module configured to execute a purchase function for the item of interest from the at least one item supplier in response to a user selection of the purchase element and in accordance with a record corresponding the customer in the customer profile database.
a proxy purchase service module configured to execute a purchase function for the item of interest from the at least one item supplier in response to a user selection of the purchase element and in accordance with a record corresponding the customer in the customer profile database.
Dependent claims 2-11 are identical to ‘098 as follows:
Instant claims
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Conclusion
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/ANAND LOHARIKAR/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3689