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 .
Miscellaneous
Claims pending: 1-8, 10-11, 13-20,
Claims amended: 2, 6, 10,
Claims cancelled: 9, 12,
New claims: n/a
Response to Amendment
Applicant’s amendment to claim 11 overcomes the Rejection under 35 U.S.C. 101 raised, therefore the Rejection is withdrawn.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments, with respect to the rejection(s) of claim(s) 1, 10-11, have been fully considered.
Regarding applicant’s remarks dated 05/18/2026, regarding currently amended claims 1, 10-11, are not taught by the currently cited reference Yao in view of Xie2.
Examiner agree, however, upon further consideration, a new ground(s) of rejection is made in view of Xie, see detailed action below.
Applicant’s arguments, with respect to the rejection(s) of dependent claim(s) 2, 13, 3-4, 5-8, 14, have been fully considered and are rejected based on the same reason(s) as claim(s) 1, 10-11 above.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 1, 10-11, is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over (CN112866731A) to (Yao) in view of (US 20210306700) to (Xie2).
Regarding claim(s) 1, 10-11, Yao teach a live broadcast data processing method, displaying a live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface; receiving a live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation acting on the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface; and in response to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining a live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation to determine a result of confrontation according to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter. (Fig 1-5, pg. 2-11, 18-19, 30, discloses a live-streaming interaction management method and system, and a device with processor and storage live-streaming interaction management system consist of a configuration background 44, wherein a ranking and grouping management module 41, a duel management module 42 and a reward management module 43 are separately connected to the configuration background 44 for acquiring from the configuration background pieces of configuration information provided by an operator for live-streaming interaction, examples one and two (Fig 1, 2), which reads on (in response to the live-streaming connection confrontation parameter setting operation, acquiring live-streaming connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live-streaming connection confrontation parameter setting operation); the ranking and grouping management module 41, the duel management module 42, the reward management module 43 and the configuration background 44 are further separately connected to a deployed data center for acquiring from the data center data required for the live-streaming interaction, or storing in the data center data generated during the live-streaming interaction, (pg. 5) which reads on (a live-streaming data processing method); the configuration background 44 is equivalent to an operation configuration platform developed for live-streaming interaction management, and can be used by the operator to configure various parameters, thus realizing highly configurable logic involved in a livestreaming duel; for the initial stage of execution of the management modules in the live-streaming interaction management system, parameters required by the management modules can all be initially configured and default values can be set therefor on the configuration background, and the configuration parameters will be regulated and controlled at different time during subsequent execution; parameter regulation and control that has an impact in each round of execution may comprise: duel configuration related parameters in duel management, such as the duration of a duel, a starting time of the duel, and a reward proportion of the duel, which reads on (determining a live-streaming connection result of confrontation on the basis of the target livestreaming connection confrontation parameter); figure 4a provides an interface display diagram of an operator configuration interface provided by the configuration background, and as shown in figure 4a, a setting interface for parameters required for winner rewarding is mainly provided, which reads on (displaying a live-streaming connection confrontation parameter setting interface); different configuration items are given in the setting interface for different ranking groups, and different parameters required for winner rewarding can be configured for different ranking groups, which reads on (receiving the live-streaming connection confrontation parameter setting operation, which acts on the live-streaming connection confrontation parameter setting interface)).
Xie2 further teach displaying, by a device associated with a first live anchor of a live broadcast, a live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface in response to initiation of a confrontation in the live broadcast; receiving, by the device associated with the first live anchor of the live broadcast, a confrontation parameter setting operation acting on live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface. (Fig. 6, P. 5, 37,43-46, 53-58, 119-122, 136-138, FIG. 6, the live streaming interface 600 includes a joint live streaming picture 601 which includes a first live streaming sub-picture 602 of the first anchor and a second live streaming sub-picture 603 of the second anchor. An interaction panel 604 pops up in the joint live streaming picture 601 by the first terminal in response to the tap operation of the first anchor on the competition format switch option, and a plurality of switchable interactive competition formats 605 and 606 are displayed on the interaction panel 604. Assuming that the current interactive competition format is a one-off game, the switchable interactive competition format 605 may be a best-of-three format. In the best-of-three format, a time length of each game is one and half minutes, the one first gaining two winnings wins. The switchable interactive competition format 606 may be a best-of-five format. In the best-of-five format).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao by displaying, by a device associated with a first live anchor of a live broadcast, a live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface in response to initiation of a confrontation in the live broadcast; receiving, by the device associated with the first live anchor of the live broadcast, a confrontation parameter setting operation acting on live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface as taught by Xie2 in order to provide viewers with multiple anchors live-streams their contents jointly, and receive feedback real time.
Claim(s) 2, 13, is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
(CN112866731A) to (Yao) in view of (US 20210306700) to (Xie2) in view of (CN109587509A) to (Li).
Regarding claim(s) 2, Yao in view of Xie2 further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter, the result of confrontation.
Li further teach a parameter of at least one dimension, and the parameter of at least one dimension comprises: an association relationship between result of confrontation and at least one of a confrontation mode and a confrontation process index. (Fig 1-5, pg. 10-11, L. 21-40, pg. 15-16, L. 20-30, elected by multiple anchors when initiating a connection. After the anchor initiates the connection, in order to increase the entertainment and interactivity of the live broadcast, the anchors can compete with each other by setting parameters. For example, during the PK process, the anchor can attract the audience to give gifts by showcasing their talents. The value of the gifts given by the audience will correspond to the corresponding charm value, which will be accumulated and set as the PK threshold, such as 1000. When the first anchor's charm value reaches 1000 among the participating anchors in the online PK, the PK ends; It is also possible to set a PK time, and when the PK time expires, the winner or loser will be determined based on the anchor's charm value, reads on (an association relationship between result of confrontation and at least one of a confrontation mode and a confrontation process index)).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 by a parameter of at least one dimension, and the parameter of at least one dimension comprises: an association relationship between result of confrontation and at least one of a confrontation mode and a confrontation process index as taught by Li in order to provide live content that is enriched through the existing content resources.
Regarding claim(s) 13, Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Li further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter, the result of confrontation, the association relationship between the confrontation mode and the result of confrontation, the confrontation process index and the result of confrontation.
Li further teach determining result of confrontation based on a sum of confrontation values of each round of the live broadcast connection confrontation; the association relationship between confrontation process index and result of confrontation is a conversion relationship between the confrontation process index and a confrontation value. (Fig 1-5, pg. 10-11, L. 21-40, pg. 15-16, L. 20-30,, specifically pg. 15-16, L. 20-3, alternative embodiments, the gift progress can be the sum of the gift values or the gift value is converted into a corresponding parameter (e.g., charm value) for display., the cumulative sum of the gifts at the time of the time node is counted as the second gift progress value. S1312, comparing the first gift progress value with the second gift progress 2 value to generate a comparison result).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Li by determining result of confrontation based on a sum of confrontation values of each round of the live broadcast connection confrontation; the association relationship between confrontation process index and result of confrontation is a conversion relationship between the confrontation process index and a confrontation value as taught by Li in order to provide live content that is enriched through the existing content resources.
Claim(s) 3-4, is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
(CN112866731A) to (Yao) in view of (US 20210306700) to (Xie2) in view of (CN109587509A) to (Li) in view of (CN11432266A) to (Xie).
Regarding claim(s) 3-4, Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Li further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter, the result of confrontation, the confrontation process index, the at least one interaction type.
Xie further teach Displaying a joint live broadcast screen in the live broadcast interface, where the joint live broadcast screen includes multiple live sub-screens corresponding to multiple terminals; In the multiple live broadcast sub-screens, the live video streams of the multiple terminals in multiple interactive rounds are respectively displayed, and an interactive round refers to a round of interaction of multiple terminals; At the end of the last interactive round of the multiple interactive rounds, display the interactive result information of the multiple terminals in the multiple interactive rounds in the joint live broadcast screen, and the interactive result information is used to indicate the multiple terminals respectively accumulate the interactive results obtained in the multiple interactive rounds. an interaction amount corresponding to at least one interaction type obtained in a live broadcast connection confrontation process, at least one interaction type comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a like, a comment, and a gift of a virtual resource. (Fig 5, 10, pg.2, L. 11-25, pg. 28-30, L. 4-4, pg. 32-33, L. 17-23, that after the audience engages in interactive behaviors such as giving virtual gifts, liking, and sending bullet comments to any anchor, the server will calculate the latest score for each anchor which reads on (at least one type of interaction, including at least one of the following: liking, commenting, and giving virtual resources)).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Li by an interaction amount corresponding to at least one interaction type obtained in a live broadcast connection confrontation process, at least one interaction type comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of a like, a comment, and a gift of a virtual resource as taught by Xie in order to provide a single interaction method between the anchor and the audience and a low conversion rate.
Claim(s) 5-8, 14, is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
(CN112866731A) to (Yao) in view of (US 20210306700) to (Xie2) in view of (CN11432266A) to (Xie).
Regarding claim(s) 5, Yao in view of Xie2 further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting, the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation.
Xie further teach in response to live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation to determine the result of confrontation according to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter comprises: in response to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, and sending the target live broadcast connection confrontation to server, result of confrontation according to the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter during a live broadcast connection confrontation interaction. (Fig 5, 10, pg.2, L. 11-25, pg. 28-30, L. 4-4, pg. 32-33, L. 17-23, specifically pg. 29-30,. L. 7- 4Step 4, the first terminal responds to the first anchor's click operation on any interactive competition format and sends an interactive request to the second terminal of the second anchor, which is used to request joint live streaming using the interactive competition format; In the above process, the first terminal and the second terminal establish their own long connection sessions with the server. The first terminal can send an interaction request to the server through the long connection session, which carries the user identifier and interaction format of the second anchor. The server locates the interaction request to the second terminal through the user identifier of the second anchor and forwards it to the second terminal through the long connection session; Step 5: The second anchor clicks on the consent option for the interaction request on the second terminal: Step 6: The server resets the interaction score information of the first anchor and the second anchor under the current interactive competition system, and re accumulates the interaction score information of each anchor under the new interactive competition system, which reads on (responding to the live broadcast connection parameter setting operation, obtaining the target live broadcast connection parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection parameter setting operation, and sending the target live broadcast connection parameter to the server, SO that the server can determine the live broadcast connection result based on the target live broadcast connection parameter during the live broadcast connection interaction)).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 by in response to live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation to determine the result of confrontation according to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter comprises: in response to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, and sending the target live broadcast connection confrontation to server, result of confrontation according to the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter during a live broadcast connection confrontation interaction as taught by Xie in order to provide a single interaction method between the anchor and the audience and a low conversion rate.
Regarding claim(s) 6, in view of Xie further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting, the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation.
Xie further teach receiving the result of the confrontation sent by the server; and displaying the result of the confrontation on a live broadcast interface. (Fig 5, 10, pg.2, L. 11-25, pg. 28-30, L. 4-4, pg. 32-33, L. 17-23, specifically pg. 26-27, L. 19-9, in step 408, the third terminal displays the interaction result information of multiple terminals on the joint live broadcast screen at the end of the last interaction round among multiple interaction rounds. The interaction result information is used to represent the cumulative interaction results of multiple terminals in multiple interaction rounds which reads on (displaying the live connection result of confrontations on the live streaming interface); In the
above process, the third terminal can receive interaction result information from multiple
users in multiple interaction rounds during the long connection session established between
the third terminal and the server. Among them, the interaction result information can include victory result information, failure result information, and game result information which reads on (receiving the live connection result of confrontation sent by the server)).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Xie by receiving the result of the confrontation sent by the server; and displaying the result of the confrontation on a live broadcast interface as taught by Xie in order to provide a single interaction method between the anchor and the audience and a low conversion rate.
Regarding claim(s) 7, Yao in view of Xie2 further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting, displaying the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface.
Xie further teach in response to a connection confrontation initiation operation triggered on a live broadcast interface, determining a first live anchor and a second live anchor corresponding to the connection confrontation initiation operation, wherein display windows corresponding to the first live anchor and the second live anchor are displayed on the live broadcast interface; displaying a connection confrontation mode selection interface; receiving a creation operation of a custom connection confrontation mode acting on the connection confrontation mode selection interface, and displaying the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface corresponding to the custom connection confrontation mode. (Fig 5, 10, pg.2, L. 11-25, pg. 28-30, L. 4-4, pg. 32-33, L. 17-23, specifically pg. 13-14, L.37-15, pg. 17-18, L. 10-18, pg. 27, L. 15-30, pg. 33, L. 13-34, pg. 37, L. 10-37, the first anchor of the first anchor client sends a battle request to the backend server through the battle logic module. Optionally, the battle request can be sent to the second anchor of the second anchor client through random matching, or invited to friends by the first anchor of the first anchor client, or searched for by the first anchor of the second anchor client; Determine the target matching rule through the matching module based on the matching type corresponding to the matching request; According to the target battle matching rules, match the second anchor point of the second anchor client participating in the battle, which reads on (in response to a connection confrontation initiation operation triggered on a live broadcast interface, determining a first live anchor and a second live anchor corresponding to the connection confrontation initiation operation, wherein display windows corresponding to the first live anchor and the second live anchor are displayed on the live broadcast interface, further pg. 21, L. 18-29, pg. 26, L. 12-17, the user can customize the display area of the ending animation, or the user can turn off the start or ending animation in the setting options of the live broadcast application. Display options so that the third terminal will not display the ending animation at the end of each interactive round, which reads on (displaying a connection confrontation mode selection interface; receiving a creation operation of a custom connection confrontation mode acting on the connection confrontation mode selection interface, and displaying the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting interface corresponding to the custom connection confrontation mode)).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 by in response to live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation to determine the result of confrontation according to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter comprises: in response to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, obtaining the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation, and sending the target live broadcast connection confrontation to server, result of confrontation according to the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter during a live broadcast connection confrontation interaction as taught by Xie in order to provide a single interaction method between the anchor and the audience and a low conversion rate.
Regarding claim(s) 8, in view of Xie further teach the method, the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter corresponding to the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting, the live broadcast connection confrontation parameter setting operation.
Xie further teach displaying live broadcast connection confrontation summary information on the live broadcast interface; and in response to a trigger operation for the live broadcast connection confrontation summary information, displaying live broadcast connection confrontation detail information. (Fig 5, 10, pg.2, L. 11-25, pg. 28-30, L. 4-4, pg. 32-33, L. 17-23, specifically fig 5, pg. 28, L. 4-39, As shown in FIG. 5, the live broadcast interface 500 includes a joint live broadcast screen 501 and a comment area 502, and the joint live broadcast screen 501 includes the first live broadcast of the first host The sub-screen 503 and the second live broadcast sub-screen 504 of the second host, the joint live broadcast screen 501 also includes a competition system switching option 505. The first host can switch from the current interactive competition system to another interactive competition system by clicking the competition system switching option 505. Take the current interactive competition system as "one game determines the outcome" as an example, and similarly click operation on the game system switching option, and pops up an interactive panel 604 on the joint live broadcast screen 601, and displays the interactive panel 604 for switching options. There are two interactive competition systems 605 and 606. Assuming that the current interactive competition system is “one game determines the winner”, then the interactive game system 605 that can be switched can be the “three-game two-win system”, (which teach the concept of displaying summary information, and trigger operation on summary info leads to displaying detail information)).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Xie by receiving the live broadcast connection result of confrontation sent by the server; and displaying the live broadcast connection result of confrontation on a live broadcast interface as taught by Xie in order to provide a single interaction method between the anchor and the audience and a low conversion rate.
Regarding claim(s) 14, in view of Xie further teach the method, after a user triggers the connection confrontation initiation operation on the live broadcast interface and sets the target live broadcast connection confrontation parameter.
Xie further teach triggering a first connection confrontation confirmation operation, wherein the first connection confrontation confirmation operation is used to confirm a start of confrontation broadcast connection confrontation. (Fig 5, 10, pg.2, L. 11-25, pg. 28-30, L. 4-4, pg. 32-33, L. 17-23, specifically fig 4, pg.21, L. 18-23, the user can customize the display area of the start animation, or the user can turn off the start animation in the setting options of the live broadcast application).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Yao in view of Xie2 in view of Xie by triggering a first connection confrontation confirmation operation, wherein the first connection confrontation confirmation operation is used to confirm a start of confrontation broadcast connection confrontation as taught by Xie in order to provide a single interaction method between the anchor and the audience and a low conversion rate.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim(s) 15-20, 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.
Conclusion
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
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/RONG LE/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2421
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