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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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 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) 1-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a1) as being anticipated by Luo et al. (.US 20220279311) (hereinafter Luo)
Per claim 1, Leo discloses a method comprising: receiving, from a cell tower corresponding to a cell of a cellular network, a set of data comprising global positioning satellite (GPS) signal data (paragraph 0060, Fig 3, i.e. For example, an IoT device may include the ublox ZED-F9P module configured for concurrent reception of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou and capable of multi-band RTK) , wherein the cell tower corresponds to a fixed GPS receiver of a real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning system(paragraph 0027 and 0028,i.e. a GPS signal from a satellite transmits Pseudo Random Code (PRC), and a GPS receiver is configured to receive the PRC from multiple satellites and RTK systems utilize carrier-based ranging to determine position information. For example, a range may be calculated by determining the number of carrier cycles between the RTK receiver and satellite and then multiplied by the wavelength of the carrier signal) ; generating, based on the set of data, RTK correction data; and causing the RTK correction data to be delivered to at least one user device of the cell using at least one delivery method, wherein the at least one user device corresponds to at least one mobile GPS receiver of the RTK positioning system(paragraph 0068, i.e. The subscription data may be further based on the location of the mobile device 602. The server 402 is configured to obtain the current location (e.g., rough location) of the mobile device 602 and determine one or more IoT devices in the network 600 to provide precise positioning information (e.g., RTK, DGPS correction data) to the mobile device 602 based on the subscription options and the serving IoT device 606 may be configured to determine RTK or DGPS correction data, and provide the correction data (i.e., precise positioning information) to the server 402. In an example, the server 402 may receive raw satellite signal information from the serving IoT device 606 and compute the precise positioning data) , and wherein the at least one delivery method comprises at least one of: a broadcast delivery method; a multicast delivery method; or a unicast delivery method (paragraph 0034, i.e. Implementations described herein (be they for 5G technology and/or for one or more other communication technologies and/or protocols) may be used to transmit (or broadcast) directional synchronization signals, receive and measure directional signals at UEs [e.g., the UE 105]).
Per claim 2, Leo discloses the method of claim 1, wherein the GPS signal data is associated with at least one carrier wave signal received from at least one GPS satellite (paragraph 0028, i.e. For example, a range may be calculated by determining the number of carrier cycles between the RTK receiver and satellite and then multiplied by the wavelength of the carrier signal).
Per claim 3, Leo discloses the method of claim 1, wherein the set of data further comprises cell tower data identifying a location of the cell tower(paragraph 0038 and 40, i.e. The ng-eNB 114 may provide LTE wireless access and/or evolved LTE (eLTE) wireless access to the UE 105. One or more of the gNBs 110a, 110b and/or the ng-eNB 114 may be configured to function as positioning-only beacons which may transmit signals to assist with determining the position of the UE 105 but may not receive signals from the UE 105 or from other UEs and the AMF 115 may support mobility of the UE 105, including cell change and handover and may participate in supporting a signaling connection to the UE 105 and possibly data and voice bearers for the UE 105. The LMF 120 may support positioning of the UE 105 when the UE 105 accesses the NG-RAN 135 and may support position procedures/methods such as Enhanced Cell ID (E-CID).
Per claim 4, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 3.
Per claim 5, Leo discloses the method of claim 3, wherein generating the RTK correction data comprises: identifying the location of the cell tower from the cell tower data; and using the GPS signal data and the location of the cell tower to generate the RTK correction data (paragraph 0026 and 0029, An IoT device with a precisely known position can be configured as a reference station to provide single-station RTK/DGNSS corrections for precise positioning applications. and DGNSS and RTK may use a base station with a known position (e.g., based on a precise positioning service). The base station of the DGNSS system may be configured to compare its known position with the position calculated by the GNSS signal. The differences between known and calculated positions are then transmitted to other receivers in a network, which use the correction to calculate their respective positions)
Per claim 6, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 1 and 3, see paragraph 0055, i.e. the general purpose application processor 211 in support of one or more applications such as, for example, applications directed to positioning or navigation operations).
Per claim 7, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 6.
Per claim 8, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 1,see paragraph 0051, for processor and memory.
Per claim 9, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 2.
Per claim 10, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 3
Per claim 11, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 4.
Per claim 12, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 5.
Per claim 13, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 6.
Per claim 14, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 7.
Per claim 15, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 1,see paragraph 0051, for processor and memory.
Per claim 16, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 2.
Per claim 17, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 3.
Per claim 18, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 4.
Per claim 19, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 6.
Per claim 20, refer to the same rationale as explained in claim 7.
Conclusion
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/JOSEPH E DEAN, JR/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2647
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