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 .
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 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.
Status of Claims
Claims 1-20 are pending.
Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on 6/16/2026 has been entered.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the inventor(s), at the time the application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention. Claims 1, 19 and 20, recite “the content is common to the plurality of subjects and is not specific to any of the plurality of subjects”. Applicant’s specification in paragraphs ¶0022-0026, 0029, 0040, 0070, 0086, 0088, do not describe “the content is not specific to any of the plurality of subjects”. Instead, the specification disclose that the content is controlled based on the brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects and that the content is common to the plurality of subjects.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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 of this title, 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.
Claims 1-3 and 10-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US Pub. No. 20150071600 A1 to Azam in view of US Pub. No. 20170127011 A1 to Okajima and in further view of US Pub. No. 20160210407 A1 to Hwang.
As to claims 1, 19 and 20, Azam discloses an information processing apparatus, comprising: at least one processor, wherein:
the at least one processor acquires a brain wave information of each of a plurality of subjects to whom content is provided (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, EEG sensor receives neural activity, e.g. brainwaves, for each of the users/subjects that are viewing the video together at the display 104); and
the at least one processor controls the content based on the brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, system 102 controls the video based on the EEG signals of the brainwaves of the user/subjects 106); and
the content is common to the plurality of subjects and is not specific to any of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, the video is displayed to the plurality of users who view the video together and the video is not customized/personalized for a particular individual user/viewer).
Azam does not expressly disclose the at least one processor acquires a chronological change in brain wave information of each of a plurality of subjects to whom content is provided; and
the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects.
Okajima discloses the at least one processor controls the content based on subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc).
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Azam by the at least one processor controls the content based on subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects as disclosed by Okajima. The suggestion/motivation would have been in order to increase the quality of the video based on the gaze region and/or distance of each of the viewers thereby enhancing the user’s experience.
Azam and Okajima do not expressly disclose the at least one processor acquires a chronological change in brain wave information of each of a plurality of subjects to whom content is provided; and
the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects.
Hwang discloses the at least one processor acquires a chronological change in brain wave information of each of a plurality of subjects to whom content is provided (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave); and
the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Azam and Okajima by the at least one processor acquires a chronological change in brain wave information of each of a plurality of subjects to whom content is provided; and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects as disclosed by Hwang. The suggestion/motivation would have been in order to determine the users state using a timeline to increase the accuracy of changes in the user’s brainwave signals over a period of time thereby enhancing the user’s experience.
As to claim 2, Azam discloses the at least one processor estimates a state of each of the plurality of subjects based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, 0105, 0109, 0130, calculating the emotional state based on the brainwaves of each of the users/subjects and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave), the at least one processor controls the content based on the state of each of the plurality of subjects and the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, system 102 controls the video based on the EEG signals of the brainwaves of the user/subjects 106 and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
As to claim 3, Azam and Okajima discloses wherein: the at least one processor acquires biological information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, age/gender, blood pressure, heart rate); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and the biological information of each of the plurality of subjects, and the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, system 102 controls the video based on the EEG signals of the brainwaves of the user/subjects 106 and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, and biological information such as heart rate or blood pressure, etc and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
As to claim 10, Hwang discloses the at least one processor acquires the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects when time-series details of the content is provided (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0109-0110, timeline of changes in the users brainwaves signals while consuming the content); and the at least one processor estimates the chronological change in the state in each of the plurality of subjects based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0109-0110, timeline of changes in the users brainwaves signals while consuming the content used the determining the users changes in different brainwave states).
As to claim 11, Hwang discloses the at least one processor acquires the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects when time-series details of the content is provided (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0109-0110, timeline of changes in the users brainwaves signals while consuming the content); and the at least one processor estimates the chronological change in the state in each of the plurality of subjects based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0109-0110, timeline of changes in the users brainwaves signals while consuming the content used the determining the users changes in different brainwave states).
As to claim 12, Azam and Okajima discloses wherein: the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects includes attribute information representing an attribute of that subject (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the state of each of the plurality of subjects and the attribute information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc).
As to claim 13, Azam and Okajima discloses wherein: the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects includes attribute information representing an attribute of that subject (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the state of each of the plurality of subjects and the attribute information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc).
As to claim 14, Azam, Okajima and Hwang discloses wherein: the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects includes position information representing a position of that subject in a real space or a virtual space (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, 0115-0121, gaze region, distance from the display device); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and the position information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, 0115-0121,circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
As to claim 15, Azam, Okajima and Hwang discloses wherein: the subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects includes position information representing a position of that subject in a real space or a virtual space (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, 0115-0121, gaze region, distance from the display device); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and the position information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, 0115-0121, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
As to claim 16, Okajima and Hwang discloses wherein: a plurality of regions are set in the real space or the virtual space (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, 0115-0121, gaze region,); and the at least one processor estimates a state of a group of the plurality of subjects in each of the plurality of regions based on the chronological change in brain wave information of the plurality of subjects in each of the plurality of regions (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, 0115-0121, determining attentiveness of the plurality of users in the different viewing location/positions based on the biological information such as brainwave and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
As to claim 17, Azam, Okajima and Hwang discloses wherein: the subject identification information includes terminal identification information that identifies a terminal of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0090, 0137, each sensor 108 preferably comprises a Bluetooth transmitter as it has a low-power consumption profile and transmits a unique identifier so that when multiple EEG sensors 108 are transmitting their data to the Myndplay System 102, each sensor 108 can be distinguished and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and the terminal identification information of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, 0137, system 102 controls the video based on the EEG signals of the brainwaves of the user/subjects 106 and the unique identifier and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
As to claim 18, Azam, Okajima and Hwang discloses wherein: the subject identification information includes terminal identification information that identifies a terminal of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0090, 0137, each sensor 108 preferably comprises a Bluetooth transmitter as it has a low-power consumption profile and transmits a unique identifier so that when multiple EEG sensors 108 are transmitting their data to the Myndplay System 102, each sensor 108 can be distinguished and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc), that provides the content (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094 plurality of user/subjects and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, plurality of users); and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and the terminal identification information of each of the plurality of subjects (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, 0137, system 102 controls the video based on the EEG signals of the brainwaves of the user/subjects 106 and the unique identifier and Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
Claim 4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US Pub. No. 20150071600 A1 to Azam in view of US Pub. No. 20170127011 A1 to Okajima in further view of US Pub. No. 20160210407 A1 to Hwang and in further view of US Pub. No. 20180301054 A1 to Banergi.
As to claim 4, Azam, Okajima and Hwang discloses wherein: the at least one processor further acquires the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects during provisioning of the content (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094, EEG sensor receives neural activity, e.g. brainwaves, for each of the users/subjects that are viewing the video together at the display 104 while watching the video and Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave); and the at least one processor estimates the state of each of the plurality of subjects based the biological information of each of the plurality of subjects (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095, blood pressure, heart rate, Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110, receive bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of change in brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave).
Azam, Okajima and Hwang do not expressly disclose the at least one processor estimates the state of each of the plurality of subjects based on a change from the chronological change in brain wave information before the provisioning of the content to the chronological change in brain wave information during the provisioning of the content.
Banergi discloses the at least one processor estimates the state of each of the plurality of subjects based on a change from the chronological change in brain wave information before the provisioning of the content to the chronological change in brain wave information during the provisioning of the content (Banergi ¶0084, prior to and during subject viewing or exposure to a psychologically stressful or expected stressful scene, the subject's mind state as indicated by their EEG signals or bio-markers).
It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Azam, Okajima and Hwang by the at least one processor estimates the state of each of the plurality of subjects based on a change from the chronological change in brain wave information before the provisioning of the content to the chronological change in brain wave information during the provisioning of the content as disclosed by Banergi. The suggestion/motivation would have been in order determine the baseline state of the user before viewing the content and during the content thereby increasing the accuracy of the change in the user’s state enhancing the user’s experience.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5-9 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.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed 6/16/2026 related to claims 1-4 and 10-20 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
In reference to Applicant's arguments:
In reply to the rejection of claims 1-3 and 10-20 under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being purportedly unpatentable over Azam in view of Okajima and Hwang, the Applicant respectfully requests reconsideration. These claims now recite (as amended) controlling "... the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects and subject identification information of each of the plurality of subjects, [wherein] the content is common to the plurality of subjects and is not specific to any of the plurality of subjects."
At least because the cited prior art references do not teach or suggest (alone or in combination) all the recitations of the claims, a prima facie case of obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 cannot be established. At least for these reasons, the Applicant respectfully requests withdrawal of this rejection and respectfully solicits a Notice of Allowance.
Examiners Response:
The examiner respectfully disagrees. Azam, Okajima and Hwang in combination do not expressly disclose the at least one processor acquires a chronological change in brain wave information of each of a plurality of subjects to whom content is provided; and the at least one processor controls the content based on the chronological change in brain wave information of each of the plurality of subjects; and the content is common to the plurality of subjects and is not specific to any of the plurality of subjects.
Azam discloses EEG sensor receives neural activity, e.g. brainwaves, for each of the users/subjects that are viewing the video together at the display 104 (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094,) and the system 102 controls the video based on the EEG signals of the brainwaves of the user/subjects 106 (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094). Additionally, Azam discloses the video is displayed to the plurality of users who view the video together and the video is not customized/personalized for a particular individual user/viewer (Azam ¶0089-0090, 0092-0094). In other words, the displayed video is not displayed for a particular viewer instead displayed to be viewed by a plurality of users together.
Okajima discloses circuit 10 that controls the moving picture based on the viewer information e.g. number of viewers, gaze region(s), distance from the display, etc (Okajima ¶0029-0031, 0036-0044, 0095).
Hwang discloses receiving bio-signals of the plurality of users who are watching content together and displaying the content by changing display region corresponding to user according to each user’s concentration levels based on the bio-signals, where the bio-signals includes a sequence of changes in the time domain of the brainwave signal of the users, See Fig. 3, where the bio-signals are determined in a time sequence, Also see Fig. 5, where the bio-signals in time sequence shows change from 10:22pm and 10:32pm from sharp decrease in concentration levels to detection of sleep wave (Hwang Fig. 1-7, ¶0049, 0050, 0076, 0081-0085, 0088-0092, 0097-0098 0109-0110).
Therefore, the applicant’s arguments are not persuasive and the examiner respectfully disagrees.
Conclusion
Claims 1-4 and 10-20 are have been rejected.
Claims 5-9 are objected
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