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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-4, and 17-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by McLoughlin (2018/0115743).
As for claims 1, 17, and 20, McLoughlin discloses a method for determining a live streaming delay, comprising:
determining a user type corresponding to a user watching a live stream (Determines if a user is actively participating in a stream. If so, the encoding operations are adjusted to reduce latency; [0070], [0076], [0079], [0168], [0169]);
acquiring a network parameter for the user when watching the live stream (The minimal delay in collecting and processing the collected data is based on a sampling rate or monitoring frequency of the computing device, and a time delay associated with processing the collected data and transmitting the processed data over a network. The configuration server can process user input data from the computing device, and stream data generated by the host system in real-time. The configuration server dynamically adjusts the stream data provided to the computing device in real-time in response to processing user input data collected on the computing device [0045]; The bandwidth budget can be dynamically adjusted based on changes in network connectivity speeds [0088];);
determining, based on the user type and the network parameter, a delay parameter for the user when watching the live stream (A combination of techniques are employed to dynamically adjust between encoding techniques being performed between the host system and the computing device. For example, if the network experiences significant variability in connectivity, then encoding operations may be adjusted to reduce latency while the user is participating in an active streaming session; [0045], [0070], [0103]),
wherein the delay parameter is associated with a delay of the user watching the live stream ([0045], [0070], [0076], [0079], [0103], [0168], [0169]); and
sending the delay parameter to a multimedia server, and receiving live streaming data sent by the multimedia server based on the delay parameter (The configuration sever dynamically adjusts the stream data provided to the computing device in real-time in response to processing user input data collected on the computing device; [0045]).
As for claims 2 and 18, McLoughlin discloses wherein the determining, based on the user type and the network parameter, the delay parameter for the user when watching the live stream, comprises: determining, based on the network parameter, a network quality level for the user when watching the live stream; and determining, based on the network quality level and the user type, the delay parameter for the user when watching the live stream ([0088], [0045]).
As for claims 3 and 19, McLoughlin discloses wherein the determining, based on the network quality level and the user type, the delay parameter for the user when watching the live stream, comprises: in response to the network quality level being greater than or equal to the first threshold, and the user type comprising a non-stuttering type (user is active during streaming session), setting the delay parameter to a first preset value; and in response to the network parameter being less than the first threshold, or the user type comprising a stuttering type (user is inactive), determining, based on the user type, the delay parameter for the user when watching the live stream ([0063], [0070], [0078], [0079]).
As for claim 4, McLoughlin discloses wherein the determining, based on the user type, the delay parameter for the user when watching the live stream, comprises: in response to the user type further comprising an interactive type (active user), setting the delay parameter to a second preset value; and in response to the user type further comprising a non-interactive type (inactive user), setting the delay parameter to a third preset value, wherein the first preset value is less than the second preset value, and the second preset value is less than the third preset value ([0063], [0070], [0078], [0079]).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5-16 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.
Conclusion
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SUMAIYA A. CHOWDHURY
Examiner
Art Unit 2421
/SUMAIYA A CHOWDHURY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2421