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 .
Priority
This is a Continuation Application which claims priority to a Provisional Patent Application No. 62/830,812 filed on 04/08/2019.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 09/23/2024 was filed along with the mailing date of the Non-Provisional Patent Application on 09/23/2024. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
DETAILED ACTION
This Office Action is in response to a Non-Provisional Patent Application received on 09/23/2024. In the Application, claims 1-24 have been received for consideration and have been examined.
Specification
Applicant’s submitted specification has been reviewed and found to be in compliance.
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Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on nonstatutory double patenting provided the reference application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with the examined application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement. See MPEP § 717.02 for applications subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA as explained in MPEP § 2159. See MPEP § 2146 et seq. for applications not subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . A terminal disclaimer must be signed in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(b).
The filing of a terminal disclaimer by itself is not a complete reply to a nonstatutory double patenting (NSDP) rejection. A complete reply requires that the terminal disclaimer be accompanied by a reply requesting reconsideration of the prior Office action. Even where the NSDP rejection is provisional the reply must be complete. See MPEP § 804, subsection I.B.1. For a reply to a non-final Office action, see 37 CFR 1.111(a). For a reply to final Office action, see 37 CFR 1.113(c). A request for reconsideration while not provided for in 37 CFR 1.113(c) may be filed after final for consideration. See MPEP §§ 706.07(e) and 714.13.
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Claims 1-24 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-24 of U.S. Patent No. US12177249B2. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because instant independent claims do not recite following limitations from the identified patented application:
“provide, via the user interface, a first set of links, comprising at least a search link, a statistics link, and a file galleries link, wherein activation of the statistics link causes statistics comprising how many times a given user shared a page in a given mesh-linked file with another user and/or an average or median time users have viewed a given page in a given mesh-linked file to be presented;
provide a backlink control, via the user interface”.
The subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the application are claiming common subject matter. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the pending applicant claims are broader than the patented claims.
Claims 1-24 recite similar limitations as claims of US Patent # US12177249B2 as follows:
Instant Application # 18/893,136
US Patent No. US12177249B2
1. A content management computer system comprising:
a computing device;
a network interface;
a non-transitory computer readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
enable, via the network interface, a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked files, the mesh-linked files comprising files with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given file page of a given mesh-linked file, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked file are associated with respective different backlinks, wherein at least one of the two or more different pages is associated with a plurality of backlinks;
at least partly in response to a first event, enabling a plurality of backlinks to be displayed, the plurality of backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources that link to a viewed page, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed over a network and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enable a modification field to be presented via the user interface, the modification field configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to;
at least partly in response to a second event, enable one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule, to one or more destinations; and
based at least on frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
1. A content management computer system comprising:
a computing device;
a network interface;
a non-transitory computer readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
enable, via the network interface, a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked files, the mesh-linked files comprising files with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given file page of a given mesh-linked file, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked file are associated with respective different backlinks, wherein at least one of the two or more different pages is associated with a plurality of backlinks;
provide, via the user interface, a first set of links, comprising at least a search link, a statistics link, and a file galleries link, wherein activation of the statistics link causes statistics comprising how many times a given user shared a page in a given mesh-linked file with another user and/or an average or median time users have viewed a given page in a given mesh-linked file to be presented;
provide a backlink control, via the user interface;
at least partly in response to detecting activation of the backlink control, enabling a plurality of backlinks to be displayed, the backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources that link to a viewed page, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed over a network and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enable a modification field to be presented via the user interface, the modification field configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to;
at least partly in response to receipt of a save or publish instruction, enable one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule, to one or more destinations; and
based at least on frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
2. The content management computer system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:
detect a download request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
enable a copy of the first mesh-linked file to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enable the identified copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked file.
2. The content management system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:
detect a download request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
enable a copy of the first mesh-linked file to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enable the identified copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked file.
3. The content management computer system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:
detect a subscription request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify subscribers to the first mesh-linked file; and
transmit a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked file, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked file.
3. The content management system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:
detect a subscription request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify subscribers to the first mesh-linked file; and
transmit a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked file, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked file.
4. The content management computer system as defined in claim 1, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
4. The content management system as defined in claim 1, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
5. The content management system as defined in claim 1, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
5. The content management system as defined in claim 1, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
6. The content management computer system as defined in claim 1, wherein the given mesh-linked file comprises a formatted text document.
6. The content management system as defined in claim 1, wherein the given mesh-linked file comprises a formatted text document.
7. The content management computer system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a compliance search engine configured to enable a user to filter searches to one or more user-specified compliance documents.
7. The content management system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a compliance search engine configured to enable a user to filter searches to one or more user-specified compliance documents.
8. The content management computer system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a data store comprising a glossary reference and an acronym reference, the operations further comprising maintaining links between contents of the glossary reference and the acronym reference to text contents of the given mesh-linked file.
8. The content management system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a data store comprising a glossary reference and an acronym reference, the operations further comprising maintaining links between contents of the glossary reference and the acronym reference to text contents of the given mesh-linked file.
9. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
enabling a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked documents, the mesh-linked documents comprising documents with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given document page of a given mesh-linked document, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked document are associated with respective different backlinks, wherein at least one of the two or more different pages is associated with a plurality of backlinks;
at least partly in response to a first event, enabling a plurality of backlinks to be displayed, the plurality of backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources that link to a viewed page, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enabling a modification interface to be presented via the user interface, the modification interface configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to;
at least partly in response to a second event, enabling one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule, to one or more destinations; and
using a frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
9. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
enabling a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked documents, the mesh-linked documents comprising documents with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given document page of a given mesh-linked document, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked document are associated with respective different backlinks, wherein at least one of the two or more different pages is associated with a plurality of backlinks;
provide, via the user interface, a first set of links, comprising at least a statistics link, wherein activation of the statistics link causes statistics comprising how many times a given user shared a page in a given mesh-linked document with another user and/or an average or median time users have viewed a given page in a given mesh-linked document to be presented;
providing a backlink control, via the user interface;
at least partly in response to detecting activation of the backlink control, enabling a plurality of backlinks to be displayed, the backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources that link to a viewed page, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enabling a modification interface to be presented via the user interface, the modification interface configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to;
at least partly in response to receipt of a save instruction, enabling one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule, to one or more destinations; and
using a frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
10. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising:
detecting a download request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
enabling a copy of the first mesh-linked document to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detecting a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identifying copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enabling the identified copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked document.
10. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising:
detecting a download request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
enabling a copy of the first mesh-linked document to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detecting a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identifying copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enabling the identified copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked document.
11. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising:
detecting a subscription request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
detecting a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identifying subscribers to the first mesh-linked document; and
transmitting a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked document, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked document.
11. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising:
detecting a subscription request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
detecting a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identifying subscribers to the first mesh-linked document; and
transmitting a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked document, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked document.
12. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
12. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
13. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
13. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the plurality backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
14. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, wherein the mesh-linked document comprises a formatted text document.
14. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, wherein the mesh-linked document comprises a formatted text document.
15. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising providing a search user interface enabling a user to provide a search query and to specify a standards filter to limit search results to a specified standard.
15. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising providing a search user interface enabling a user to provide a search query and to specify a standards filter to limit search results to a specified standard.
16. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising maintaining links between a glossary reference and an acronym reference to text contents of the mesh-linked document.
16. The computer-implemented method as defined in claim 9, the method further comprising maintaining links between a glossary reference and an acronym reference to text contents of the mesh-linked document.
17. A non-transitory computer readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
enable a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked documents, the mesh-linked documents comprising one or more documents with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given page of a given mesh-linked document, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked document are associated with respective different backlinks;
at least partly in response to first event, enable a plurality of backlinks to be displayed that link to a viewed page, the plurality of backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enable a modification interface to be presented via the user interface, the modification interface configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to; and
at least partly in response to a second event, enable one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule;
using a frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
17. A non-transitory computer readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
enable a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked documents, the mesh-linked documents comprising one or more documents with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given page of a given mesh-linked document, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked document are associated with respective different backlinks;
provide, via the user interface, a first set of links, comprising at least a compliance link and a statistics link, wherein activation of the statistics link causes statistics comprising how many times a given user shared a page in a given mesh-linked document with another user and/or an average or median time users have viewed a given page in a given mesh-linked document to be presented;
provide a backlink control, via the user interface;
at least partly in response to detecting activation of the backlink control, enable a plurality of backlinks to be displayed that link to a viewed page, the backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enable a modification interface to be presented via the user interface, the modification interface configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to; and
at least partly in response to receipt of a save instruction, enable one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule;
using a frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
18. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising:
detect a download request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
enable a copy of the first mesh-linked document to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identify copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enable the identified copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked document.
18. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising:
detect a download request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
enable a copy of the first mesh-linked document to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identify copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enable the identified copies of the first mesh-linked document that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked document.
19. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising:
detect a subscription request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identify subscribers to the first mesh-linked document; and
transmit a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked document, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked document.
19. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising:
detect a subscription request of a first mesh-linked document from a first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked document;
identify subscribers to the first mesh-linked document; and
transmit a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked document, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked document.
20. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
20. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
21. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
21. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
22. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, wherein the mesh-linked document comprises a formatted text document.
22. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, wherein the mesh-linked document comprises a formatted text document.
23. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: provide a search user interface enabling a user to provide a search query and to specify a standards filter to limit search results to a specified standard.
23. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: provide a search user interface enabling a user to provide a search query and to specify a standards filter to limit search results to a specified standard.
24. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: maintain links between a glossary reference and an acronym reference to text contents of the mesh-linked document.
24. The non-transitory computer readable media as defined in claim 17, the operations further comprising: maintain links between a glossary reference and an acronym reference to text contents of the mesh-linked document.
Claims 1-24 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting over claims 1-24 of U.S. Patent No. US12177249B2 since the claims, if allowed, would improperly extend the “right to exclude” already granted in the patent.
Furthermore, there is no apparent reason why applicant was prevented from presenting
claims corresponding to those of the instant application during prosecution of the application
which matured into a patent. See In re Schneller, 397 F.2d 350, 158 USPQ 210 (CCPA 1968). See
also, MPEP § 804.
Double Patenting
The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on nonstatutory double patenting provided the reference application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with the examined application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement. See MPEP § 717.02 for applications subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA as explained in MPEP § 2159. See MPEP § 2146 et seq. for applications not subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA . A terminal disclaimer must be signed in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(b).
The filing of a terminal disclaimer by itself is not a complete reply to a nonstatutory double patenting (NSDP) rejection. A complete reply requires that the terminal disclaimer be accompanied by a reply requesting reconsideration of the prior Office action. Even where the NSDP rejection is provisional the reply must be complete. See MPEP § 804, subsection I.B.1. For a reply to a non-final Office action, see 37 CFR 1.111(a). For a reply to final Office action, see 37 CFR 1.113(c). A request for reconsideration while not provided for in 37 CFR 1.113(c) may be filed after final for consideration. See MPEP §§ 706.07(e) and 714.13.
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Claims 1-24 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-24 of U.S. Patent No. US11870805B2.
Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the pending applicant claims are broader than the patented claims.
Claims 1-24 recite similar limitations as of claims in US Patent No. US11870805B2 as follows:
Current Application # 18/893,136
US. Patent No. US11870805B2
1. A content management computer system comprising:
a computing device;
a network interface;
a non-transitory computer readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
enable, via the network interface, a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to mesh-linked files, the mesh-linked files comprising files with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given file page of a given mesh-linked file, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked file are associated with respective different backlinks, wherein at least one of the two or more different pages is associated with a plurality of backlinks;
at least partly in response to a first event, enabling a plurality of backlinks to be displayed, the plurality of backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources that link to a viewed page, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed over a network and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of a modification control, enable a modification field to be presented via the user interface, the modification field configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to;
at least partly in response to a second event, enable one or more items of modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule, to one or more destinations; and
based at least on frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
1. A content management computer system comprising:
a computing device;
a network interface;
a non-transitory computer readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
receive, via the network interface, an authentication token;
use the authentication token to determine associated access permissions for mesh-linked files, the mesh-linked files comprising files with forward links and backward links, the backward links comprising incoming links from other electronic resources, comprising at least one remote electronic resource, that link to a given file page of a given mesh-linked file, where two or more different pages in a given mesh-linked file are associated with respective different backlinks wherein at least one of the two or more different pages is associated with a plurality of backlinks;
identify, using the determined associated access permissions, permitted mesh-linked files;
use the authentication token to determine modification permissions associated with the permitted mesh-linked files, comprising at least one document with multiple backlinks;
enable, via the network interface, a user interface to be displayed, the user interface comprising entries corresponding to at least a portion of the permitted mesh-linked files, the entries corresponding to at least a portion of the permitted mesh-linked files organized in waterfall fashion;
based at least in part on a determination that a modification permission associated with the authentication token provides permission to modify the permitted mesh-linked files, enable a modification control to be enabled and presented via the user interface;
provide, via the user interface, a first set of links, comprising at least a search link, a statistics link, and a file galleries link, wherein activation of the statistics link causes statistics comprising how many times a given user shared a page in a given mesh-linked file with another user and/or an average or median time users have viewed a given page in a given mesh-linked file;
provide, via the user interface, a second set of links, comprising at least a compliance link, a tools link, and a local resources link;
provide, via the user interface, a second set of links to indexes, comprising at least a management controls index, an operational control index, and a technical controls index;
provide a backlink control, via the user interface;
at least partly in response to detecting activation of the backlink control, enabling a plurality of backlinks to be displayed, the backlinks corresponding to incoming links from network resources that link to a viewed page, wherein activation of a backlink cause a corresponding network resource to be accessed over a network and rendered;
at least partly in response to activation of the modification control, enable a modification field to be presented via the user interface, the modification field configured to receive user modifications with respect to one or more items of content of the user interface;
provide a user interface that enables a propagation rule to be specified and received by the user interface, wherein the user interface enables a specification as to whom modifications are to be propagated to;
at least partly in response to receipt of a save or publish instruction, enable the modified content to be propagated in accordance with at least a first propagation rule, to one or more destinations; and
based on frequency of access, positioning a first set of links at a first location via the user interface.
2. The content management system as defined in claim 2, the operations further comprising:
detect a download request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
enable a copy of the first mesh-linked file to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enable the identified copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked file.
2. The content management system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:
detect a download request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
enable a copy of the first mesh-linked file to be downloaded to the first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices, including at least the first remote device; and
enable the identified copies of the first mesh-linked file that reside on remote devices to be replaced by the modified first mesh-linked file.
3. The content management system as defined in claim 2, the operations further comprising:
detect a subscription request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify subscribers to the first mesh-linked file; and
transmit a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked file, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked file.
3. The content management system as defined in claim 1, the operations further comprising:
detect a subscription request of a first mesh-linked file from a first remote device;
detect a modification of the first mesh-linked file;
identify subscribers to the first mesh-linked file; and
transmit a notification to the identified subscribers regarding the modification of the first mesh-linked file, the notification comprising a link to the modified first mesh-linked file.
4. The content management system as defined in claim 2, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
4. The content management system as defined in claim 1, where the first propagation rule is specified by a user that modified the content.
5. The content management system as defined in claim 2, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
5. The content management system as defined in claim 1, where enabling the plurality of backlinks to be displayed further comprises enabling the backlinks to be displayed in ascending or descending order.
6. The content management system as defined in claim 2, wherein the given mesh-linked file comprises a formatted text document.
6. The content management system as defined in claim 1, wherein the permitted mesh-linked file comprises a formatted text document.
7. The content management system as defined in claim 2, further comprising a compliance search engine configured to enable a user to filter searches to one or more user-specified compliance documents.
7. The content management system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a compliance search engine configured to enable a user to filter searches to one or more user-specified compliance documents.
8. The content management system as defined in claim 2, further comprising a data store comprising a glossary reference and an acronym reference, the operations further comprising maintaining links between contents of the glossary reference and the acronym reference to text contents of the given mesh-linked file.
8. The content management system as defined in claim 1, further comprising a data store comprising a glossary reference and an acronym reference, the operations further comprising maintaining links between contents of the glossary reference and the acronym reference to text contents of the permitted mesh-linked file.
The table above shows that claims 1-8 of an instant application recite similar limitations as a system, method and a non-transitory computer readable medium claim, and therefore are rejected under the same rationale. It would have been obvious to one of the ordinary person skills in the art to build a system or a computer program product, provided with corresponding method.
Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims in the instant application are anticipated by the claims in US Patent no. 11870805B2.
Other Independent claims 9, and 17 and their respective dependent claims recite similar subject matter and therefore rejected under the ground of nonstatutory double patenting.
Furthermore, there is no apparent reason why applicant was prevented from presenting claims corresponding to those of the instant application during prosecution of the application which matured into a patent. See In re Schneller, 397 F.2d 350, 158 USPQ 210 (CCPA 1968). See also MPEP § 804.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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