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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 .
1. This is in response to the communications filed on 30 September 2024.
2. Claim 1 is pending in the application.
3. Claim 1 has been rejected.
Information Disclosure Statement
4. The examiner has considered the information disclosure statement (IDS) filed on 30 September 2024.
Specification
5. The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
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.
6. Claim 1 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claim 1 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12,137,344 B2. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
18/900,999
U.S. Patent No. 12,137,344 B2
Claim 1. A video processing apparatus comprising:
a communication interface;
a display interface; and
a controller,
wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with a first communication terminal and communicate with a second communication terminal,
wherein the display interface is configured to output data;
wherein the controller is configured to control the communication interface and the display interface,
wherein, if having permission to communicate from the first communication terminal for communicating with the video processing apparatus and the second communication terminal, the controller is configured to control the communication interface to communicate with the second communication terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to control the display interface to output the data received from the second communication terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to control the display interface to control how to display the data received from the second communication terminal while maintaining a connection between the video processing apparatus and the second communication terminal in accordance with a command to remotely control a display operation on the video processing apparatus connected with the first communication terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to control the communication interface to transmit information to the first communication terminal at predetermined time intervals for confirming whether to maintain or terminate the permission for the second communication terminal, while maintaining the connection between the video processing apparatus and the second communication terminal, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the communication interface to terminate the connection with the second communication terminal in accordance with the information to terminate permission received from the first communication terminal.
Claim 1. A video processing apparatus comprising:
a communication interface;
a display interface; and
a controller,
wherein the communication interface is configured to communicate with a first communication terminal and communicate with a second communication terminal,
wherein the display interface is configured to output data;
wherein the controller is configured to control the communication interface and the display interface,
wherein, if having permission to communicate from the first communication terminal for communicating with the video processing apparatus and the second communication terminal, the controller is configured to control the communication interface to communicate with the second communication terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to control the display interface to output the data received from the second communication terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to control the display interface to control how to display the data received from the second communication terminal while maintaining a connection between the video processing apparatus and the second communication terminal in accordance with a command to remotely control a display operation on the video processing apparatus connected with the first communication terminal,
wherein the controller is configured to control the communication interface to transmit information to the first communication terminal at predetermined time intervals for confirming whether to maintain or terminate the permission for the second communication terminal, while maintaining the connection between the video processing apparatus and the second communication terminal, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the communication interface to terminate the connection with the second communication terminal in accordance with the information to terminate permission received from the first communication terminal.
Relevant Prior Art
7. The following references have been considered relevant by the examiner:
A. Yang US 2014/0181515 A1 directed to Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) authentication, and more particularly, to communication systems for integrating WLAN technology and cellular network technology, and WLAN authentication methods thereof [0003].
B. Pummill et al US 2006/0276139 A1 directed to a method for managing UMA communications within a local area network and a network controller [abstract].
C. Zhang US 2005/0154895 A1 directed to networking and, more particularly, method for transitive Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA) in the interworking between access networks [0002].
Conclusion
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/ARAVIND K MOORTHY/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2407
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