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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.
Claim Status
Claims 1 and 9 are amended.
No claims are canceled.
Claims 18 and 19 are newly added.
Claims 1-19 are presented for examination.
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed in the amendment filed on 7/2/2026 have been fully considered but they are moot in view of new grounds of rejection.
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 claims at issue 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); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claims 1, 2, 4-10, 12-17 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting over claims 1, 3, 4, 7-10 of Patent No. US 12160634 in view of Fox et al. (US 20200077150), in further view of Rojas-Echenique et al. (US 20190373322). Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because they claim same subject matter.
The following subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in patent No. US 12160634 and is covered by the patent since the patent and the application are claiming common subject matter, as follows:
Instant Application No. 18/926,075
US Patent 12160634
Claims 1, 9, and 17 maps to
Claims 1
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Claims 4 and 12
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Claim 1 of U.S. Patent, US 12160634 claims inventive steps same as of the inventive steps in claims 1, 9, and 17 of instant application. However claim 1 of U.S. Patent, US 12160634 does not claim feature of, “implementing the visual trigger profile for a user device within an interactive session that includes at least one other user device associated with a different visual trigger profile, wherein the interactive session includes an audiovisual stream.
modifying one or more buffered frames of the audiovisual stream via a frame modification to generate a custom presentation for the user device in accordance with the visual trigger profile, wherein a different custom presentation is generated for the at least one other user device in accordance with the different visual trigger profile.
Fox discloses, implementing the visual trigger profile for a user device within an interactive session that includes at least one other user device associated with a different visual trigger profile, wherein the interactive session includes an audiovisual stream (Par. 0047, each client computing device (305-1-305-4) may tailor the type of content shown or not shown within individual live streaming events, i.e. each individual client device setup visual profile tailored to the content to be shown or not shown); and
modifying one or more frames of the audiovisual stream via a frame modification to generate a custom presentation for the user device in accordance with the visual trigger profile (Par. 0023, the method (100) may continue with analyzing (110) live stream content at a frame level to determine content within each frame of the live stream content, Par. 0048, each processor of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may utilize the processing power and database (315) associated with the server (310) thereby increasing the likelihood of any prohibited content displayed in the live streaming event being obfuscated or otherwise rendered unviewable by a viewer of the live streaming content. Because each of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may subscribe to certain categories, classes, and/or types of prohibited frame content templates, the viewable content within each of the live streaming events may be customized for each individual client computing devices (305-1-305-4)), par. 0030, obfuscating a portion of a frame containing the prohibited frame content, i.e. modifying portion of frames of live streaming by obfuscating potion of frame to generate customized presentation for each client devices according to client device has selected specific prohibited frame content templates (i.e. profile)), wherein a different custom presentation of the audiovisual stream is generated for the at least one other user device in accordance with the different visual trigger profile by modifying the one or more frames via a different frame modification (Par. 0048, each processor of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may utilize the processing power and database (315) associated with the server (310) thereby increasing the likelihood of any prohibited content displayed in the live streaming event being obfuscated or otherwise rendered unviewable by a viewer of the live streaming content. Because each of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may subscribe to certain categories, classes, and/or types of prohibited frame content templates, the viewable content within each of the live streaming events may be customized for each individual client computing devices (305-1-305-4)), par. 0049, present each individual computing device (205) with a customized set of prohibited frame content templates based on the viewer's and/or presenter's definition of prohibited content., i.e. modifying portion of frames of live streaming to generate customized presentation for each client devices (i.e. different other client devices) according to tailored visual profile (see par. 0047) for each client device that has selected specific prohibited frame content templates (i.e. profile))).
Therefore, It would have been obvious to a skilled artisan at the time of the invention to modify claim 1 of U.S. Patent, US 12160634 by adding feature of implementing the visual trigger profile for a user device within an interactive session that includes at least one other user device associated with a different visual trigger profile, wherein the interactive session includes an audiovisual stream; wherein a different custom presentation of the audiovisual stream is generated for the at least one other user device in accordance with the different visual trigger profile by modifying the one or more frames via a different frame modification, as taught by Fox, for simultaneous playback of live media content on plurality of devices of different versions based tailored prohibition profile to show or not show prohibited live content within live streaming event, as disclosed in Fox, par. 0007.
Claim 1 of U.S. Patent, US 12160634 in view of Fox does not disclose, modifying one or more buffered framers of the audiovisual stream to generate a custom presentation.
Rojas-Echenique discloses, modifying one or more buffered framers of the audiovisual stream to generate a custom presentation (Par. 0019, processing of video content and the triggering of actions prior to displaying the pre-fetched frames to the user. A plurality of classifiers (e.g., image recognition modules) may be used to analyze each buffered frame and to dynamically and automatically detect one or more assets present in the frame associated with classifications. Par. 0021, the system may profile a viewing environment, determine characteristics of users viewing the displayed video stream (e.g., determine whether children are present), detect nudity in pre-buffered frames, and remediate (e.g., pause, redact, or obscure) the frames prior to display such that the nudity is not displayed).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Claim 1 of U.S. Patent, US 12160634 in view of Fox, by teachings of modifying one or more buffered framers of the audiovisual stream to generate a custom presentation, as taught by Rojas-Echenique, to dynamically changing video frames while playback of content to remediate the frames just prior to display, as disclosed in Rojas-Echenique, par. 0005, and 0021.
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, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, and 17 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Pardeshi et al. (US 20210346806, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024), in view of Fox et al. (US 20200077150), in further view of Rojas-Echenique et al. (US 20190373322).
Regarding claim 1, Pardeshi discloses, a method for automated visual trigger profiling and detection within virtual environments, the method comprising:
receiving one or more flags regarding a scene within a portion of a stream of an interaction session associated with an interactive content title (Par. 0060, a trigger detection module 308 can use a variational autoencoder (VAE) trained on claustrophobic depth maps and a conditional GAN trained on acrophobic depth maps for detection. In at least one embodiment, other models can be used as well that are trained to detect objects or actions associated with other phobias or sensitivities, i.e. determination module receives identified (i.e. flagged or marked) triggers related to scenes within portion of a stream, also see fig. 6, step 406, determining triggers associated with potential reactions that is input to determination module);
analyzing frames associated with the flagged portion of the stream, wherein one or more visual characteristics of the frames and one or more metrics associated with a level of the visual characteristics are identified based on the analysis (Par. 0062, a decision module can aggregate information for various sensitivities or triggers over various frames of a sequence, at least some amount of data can be cached for analysis, certain triggers relate to actions that can be determined over a sequence of frames, detecting a same trigger over multiple frames can help to increase a confidence in that determination. Amount of content to be cached can be determined based upon factors such as a type of content or trigger, or type of sensitivity of a viewer. Par. 0063, a decision module may take input from a trigger detection module indicating a potential height trigger. In at least one embodiment, different thresholds may be used for different viewers to determine whether to modify this content before presentation to a user. In at least one embodiment, a first threshold may be set for a viewer who would have acrophobia triggered being on top of a ladder, while a second threshold may be set for a viewer who would be fine on top of a ladder, but would have that phobia triggered on top of a building, i.e. based on visual characteristics (i.e. such as height trigger) for frames and level of phobia (i.e. metrics associated with level of sensitivity, on top of ladder vs top of building).
generating a visual trigger profile based on the analysis of the frames, wherein the visual trigger profile specifies a threshold level of the visual characteristics based on the metrics identified for the frames associated with the flagged portion of the stream (par. 0063, different thresholds may be used for different viewers to determine whether to modify this content before presentation to a user, a first threshold may be set for a viewer who would have acrophobia triggered being on top of a ladder, while a second threshold may be set for a viewer who would be fine on top of a ladder, but would have that phobia triggered on top of a building, i.e. different visual trigger profiles for different viewer that includes different visual trigger characteristics based on identified level of phobia (i.e. metrics associated with level of sensitivity, on top of ladder vs top of building)).
Pardeshi does not disclose, implementing the visual trigger profile for a user device within an interactive session that includes at least one other user device associated with a different visual trigger profile, wherein the interactive session includes an audiovisual stream;
modifying one or more buffered frames of the audiovisual stream via a frame modification to generate a custom presentation for the user device in accordance with the visual trigger profile, wherein a different custom presentation is generated for the at least one other user device in accordance with the different visual trigger profile.
Fox discloses, implementing the visual trigger profile for a user device within an interactive session that includes at least one other user device associated with a different visual trigger profile, wherein the interactive session includes an audiovisual stream (Par. 0047, each client computing device (305-1-305-4) may tailor the type of content shown or not shown within individual live streaming events, i.e. each individual client device setup visual profile tailored to the content to be shown or not shown); and
modifying one or more frames of the audiovisual stream via a frame modification to generate a custom presentation for the user device in accordance with the visual trigger profile (Par. 0023, the method (100) may continue with analyzing (110) live stream content at a frame level to determine content within each frame of the live stream content, Par. 0048, each processor of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may utilize the processing power and database (315) associated with the server (310) thereby increasing the likelihood of any prohibited content displayed in the live streaming event being obfuscated or otherwise rendered unviewable by a viewer of the live streaming content. Because each of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may subscribe to certain categories, classes, and/or types of prohibited frame content templates, the viewable content within each of the live streaming events may be customized for each individual client computing devices (305-1-305-4)), par. 0030, obfuscating a portion of a frame containing the prohibited frame content, i.e. modifying portion of frames of live streaming by obfuscating potion of frame to generate customized presentation for each client devices according to client device has selected specific prohibited frame content templates (i.e. profile)), wherein a different custom presentation of the audiovisual stream is generated for the at least one other user device in accordance with the different visual trigger profile by modifying the one or more frames via a different frame modification (Par. 0048, each processor of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may utilize the processing power and database (315) associated with the server (310) thereby increasing the likelihood of any prohibited content displayed in the live streaming event being obfuscated or otherwise rendered unviewable by a viewer of the live streaming content. Because each of the client computing devices (305-1-305-4) may subscribe to certain categories, classes, and/or types of prohibited frame content templates, the viewable content within each of the live streaming events may be customized for each individual client computing devices (305-1-305-4)), par. 0049, present each individual computing device (205) with a customized set of prohibited frame content templates based on the viewer's and/or presenter's definition of prohibited content., i.e. modifying portion of frames of live streaming to generate customized presentation for each client devices (i.e. different other client devices) according to tailored visual profile (see par. 0047) for each client device that has selected specific prohibited frame content templates (i.e. profile))).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi, by teachings of modifying frames of the audiovisual stream via a frame modification to generate a custom presentation for the user device in accordance with the visual trigger profile, wherein a different custom presentation of the audiovisual stream is generated for the at least one other user device in accordance with the different visual trigger profile by modifying the one or more frames via a different frame modification, as taught by Fox for simultaneous playback of live media content on plurality of devices of different versions based tailored prohibition profile to show or not show prohibited live content within live streaming event, as disclosed in Fox, par. 0007.
Pardeshi in view of Fox explicitly does not disclose, modifying one or more buffered framers of the audiovisual stream to generate a custom presentation.
Rojas-Echenique discloses, modifying one or more buffered framers of the audiovisual stream to generate a custom presentation (Par. 0019, processing of video content and the triggering of actions prior to displaying the pre-fetched frames to the user. A plurality of classifiers (e.g., image recognition modules) may be used to analyze each buffered frame and to dynamically and automatically detect one or more assets present in the frame associated with classifications. Par. 0021, the system may profile a viewing environment, determine characteristics of users viewing the displayed video stream (e.g., determine whether children are present), detect nudity in pre-buffered frames, and remediate (e.g., pause, redact, or obscure) the frames prior to display such that the nudity is not displayed).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox, by teachings of modifying one or more buffered framers of the audiovisual stream to generate a custom presentation, as taught by Rojas-Echenique, to dynamically changing video frames while playback of content to remediate the frames just prior to display, as disclosed in Rojas-Echenique, par. 0005, and 0021.
Regarding claim 2, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique further discloses, wherein modifying the buffered frames includes applying one or more modifications that include at least one of a color filter, contrast filter, color conversion, censor bar, substitute image, and frozen image (Rojas-Echenique Par. 0021-0022, Par. 0038, detect nudity in pre-buffered frames, and remediate (e.g., pause, redact, or obscure) the frames (i.e. frozen image) prior to display such that the nudity is not displayed. Actions may also include asset obscuring (e.g., censoring, overlaying objects (i.e. censor bar), blurring, and so forth. The actions can include editing of the video content (e.g., redacting, obscuring, highlighting, adjusting color or audio characteristics, and so forth)).
Regarding claim 6, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi further discloses, wherein the different visual trigger profile specifies a different threshold level of one or more different visual characteristics that are associated with a different type of visual sensitivity than the visual trigger profile (par. 0063, different thresholds may be used for different viewers to determine whether to modify this content before presentation to a user, a first threshold may be set for a viewer who would have acrophobia triggered being on top of a ladder, while a second threshold may be set for a viewer who would be fine on top of a ladder, but would have that phobia triggered on top of a building, i.e. different visual trigger profiles for different viewer that includes different visual trigger characteristics)).
Regarding claim 8, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi further discloses, further comprising customizing the visual trigger profile to a user of the user device by adjusting at least one of the threshold level, the visual characteristics, and a preference for frame modification (par. 0063, different thresholds may be used for different viewers to determine whether to modify this content before presentation to a user, a first threshold may be set for a viewer who would have acrophobia triggered being on top of a ladder, while a second threshold may be set for a viewer who would be fine on top of a ladder, but would have that phobia triggered on top of a building, i.e. different visual trigger profiles for different viewer that includes different visual trigger characteristics).
Regarding claim 9, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 1.
Regarding claim 10, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique further discloses meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 2.
Regarding claim 14, Pardeshi meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 6.
Regarding claim 16, Pardeshi meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 8.
Regarding claim 17, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 1.
Claims 3, 5, 11, and 13 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Pardeshi et al. (US 20210346806, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024), in view of Fox et al. (US 20200077150), in further view of Rojas-Echenique et al. (US 20190373322), in further view of Pau et al. (US 20200366959, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024).
Regarding claim 3, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique does not disclose, further comprising training a learning model based on the flags and user input indicating that the frames in the flagged portion of the audiovisual stream are associated with a visual sensitivity.
Pau discloses, further comprising training a learning model based on the flags and user input indicating that the frames in the flagged portion of the audiovisual stream are associated with a visual sensitivity (Par. 0107, the machine learning model 513 may typically detect and identify include smoking/drugs 571, alcohol 572 (470b; FIG. 4D), religion 573, obscenity/expletive 574, sexuality/nudity 575 (470a; FIG. 4D), User feedback 585 on whether the score 544 (504) predicted by the algorithm 513 (low/medium/high) is accurate is fed back 590 into the machine learning model 513 which is then used to iteratively improve the model 513 over time, i.e. machine learning model is trained using flagged portions for sensitivity and user feedback about whether sensitivity score about sensitive portion is accurate).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique, by teachings of training a learning model based on the flags and user input indicating that the frames in the flagged portion of the audiovisual stream are associated with a visual sensitivity, as taught by Pau, to improve the machine learning model to identify sensitive portions of media content by having user feedback on sensitive portions, as disclosed in Pau, par. Par. 0107.
Regarding claim 5, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique does not disclose, further comprising generating a heatmap for the interactive content title based on the visual trigger profile, wherein the heatmap includes one or more virtual locations within a virtual environment of the interactive content title that are associated with the threshold level of the visual characteristics specified by the visual trigger profile.
Pau discloses, further comprising generating a heatmap for the interactive content title based on the visual trigger profile, wherein the heatmap includes one or more virtual locations within a virtual environment of the interactive content title that are associated with the threshold level of the visual characteristics specified by the visual trigger profile (Par. 0018, 0101, FIG. 4A but shown in FIGS. 4C-4D) may be represented by a different visual scheme such as color, font type, font size, etc., and such visual scheme may correspond with the respective sensitivity tags (e.g., heat maps 415, 425, 435, 445, etc., or bar graph 490). For instance, nudity 470a is shown in red color, and heat map 420 is also shown in red. Alcohol 470b is shown in orange, and heat map 435 as well as bar graph 490 is also shown in orange. Gambling 470c is shown in purple, and heat map 415 is also shown in purple. Heat map 415 is an example of a sensitivity tag that highlights a sensitive portion, i.e. heatmap based on visual sensitivity is created that are associated with different threshold level of visual identifier, such as showing nudity in red color = high threshold level of sensitivity. Par. 0053, fig. 2, device 101 is virtual reality or augmented reality client device, i.e. heatmap can be created for virtual reality content with location of heatmap being virtual).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique, by teachings of generating a heatmap for the interactive content title based on the visual trigger profile, wherein the heatmap includes one or more virtual locations within a virtual environment of the interactive content title that are associated with the threshold level of the visual characteristics specified by the visual trigger profile, as taught by Pau, to brings the sensitive element to the user's attention in connection with a sensitivity level, as disclosed in Pau, par. Par. 0009.
Regarding claim 11, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique in further view of Pau meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 3.
Regarding claim 13, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique in further view of Pau meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 5.
Claims 4 and 12 and are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Pardeshi et al. (US 20210346806, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024), in view of Fox et al. (US 20200077150), in further view of Rojas-Echenique et al. (US 20190373322), in further view of Stalker et al. (US 20170188100).
Regarding claim 4, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique does not disclose, further comprising generating a timeline for the interactive content title based on the visual trigger profile, wherein the timeline includes one or more timestamp ranges of one or more of the frames that exhibit the threshold level of the visual characteristics specified by the visual trigger profile.
STALKER discloses, further comprising generating a timeline for the interactive content title based on the visual trigger profile, wherein the timeline includes one or more timestamp ranges of one or more of the frames that exhibit the threshold level of the visual characteristics specified by the visual trigger profile (par. 0030, viewing control module 150 may determine (step 220) a viewing permissibility level (i.e. visual trigger profile) based on viewing profile 156. Step 220 comprises comparing the entries in viewing profile 156 to one or more of the attribute ratings received from external ratings sources for the media content. Par. 0042, Timeline metadata ratings may be any suitable attribute ratings that are associated with specific points in the timeline of the media content item. For example, timeline metadata ratings may provide an indication that a particular scene in the media content item may be contain, unusually strong language or violence in comparison with the rest of the media content item. Such timeline metadata may be included along with the data stream of the media content item from service provider, i.e. generating timeline based on viewing profile, which indicates particular scene (i.e. range of one or more frames with timestamp) contains unusually strong violence (i.e. above certain level)).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique, by teachings of generating a timeline for the interactive content title based on the visual trigger profile, wherein the timeline includes one or more timestamp ranges of one or more of the frames that exhibit the threshold level of the visual characteristics specified by the visual trigger profile, as taught by STALKER, to control the access to media scenes based on defined viewing profile, timeline helps to determine what specific scene contains the sensitive media content while playing media content as disclosed in STALKER, par. 0002, 0042.
Regarding claim 12, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique in further view of STALKER meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 4.
Claims 7 and 15 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Pardeshi et al. (US 20210346806, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024), in view of Fox et al. (US 20200077150), in further view of Rojas-Echenique et al. (US 20190373322), in further view of Tran et al. (US 20110185437, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024).
Regarding claim 7, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique does not disclose, wherein the visual trigger profile is accessible to one or more other user devices over a communication network.
Tran discloses, wherein the visual trigger profile is accessible to one or more other user devices over a communication network (par. 0026, multiple user profiles are shared between the networked devices).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique, by teachings of the profiles are accessible to a plurality of user devices, as taught by Tran, to selectively provide content to the one or more users via one or more devices based on content access policies, as disclosed in Tran, par. 0005.
Regarding claim 15, Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique in further view of Tran meets the claim limitations as set forth in claim 7.
Claims 18 and 19 are rejected under U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Pardeshi et al. (US 20210346806, part of the Applicant’s information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2024), in view of Fox et al. (US 20200077150), in further view of Rojas-Echenique et al. (US 20190373322), in further view of Khov et al. (US 20210329338).
Regarding claim 18, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique does not disclose, wherein modifying the one or more buffered frames comprises: identifying a specific portion of the one or more buffered frames exhibiting the threshold level of the visual characteristics; and applying the frame modification to the identified specific portion while leaving a remainder of the one or more buffered frames unmodified for the custom presentation.
Khov discloses, wherein modifying the one or more buffered frames comprises: identifying a specific portion of the one or more buffered frames exhibiting the threshold level of the visual characteristics; and applying the frame modification to the identified specific portion while leaving a remainder of the one or more buffered frames unmodified for the custom presentation (Par. 0127, determining type of content to filter which exceeds a threshold, filtering can follow, The device may then apply one or more filters trained for the type of content to be filtered. The filtering may use any of the approaches described above such as frame replacement, replacement objects, i.e. modifying frame by only replacing object while leaving remainder of frame unmodified for custom representation, see fig. 7B, 8-10).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique, by teachings of identifying a specific portion of the one or more buffered frames exhibiting the threshold level of the visual characteristics; and applying the frame modification to the identified specific portion while leaving a remainder of the one or more buffered frames unmodified for the custom presentation, as taught by Khov, to provide fine granularity of media access control in live media, this allows the observers to appreciate content relevant to a story but without the undesirable content such as offensive or distracting objects in video as disclosed in Khov, par. 0005, 0034.
Regarding claim 19, The method of claim 1,
Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique does not disclose, wherein generating the different custom presentation for the at least one other user device comprises presenting the one or more buffered frames of the audiovisual stream without modification concurrently with the custom presentation for the user device.
Khov discloses, wherein generating the different custom presentation for the at least one other user device comprises presenting the one or more buffered frames of the audiovisual stream without modification concurrently with the custom presentation for the user device (Par. 0126, Different users of media playing devices have different preferences for filtering. Some might want to filter nudity content. Some might want to filter violent content. Some might want to filter neither or both. Some might particularly want to filter dog content, par. 0146, performing content filtering in the media playing device such as a television set, a Polycom-type conference call phone, a mobile handset or tablet, or even an automotive entertainment system, it is possible to filter live content in real-time. That is especially true if the filtering is performed near the end of the media processing pipeline, such as in the audio output or video output frame buffer. Fig. 8 and 9 shows, blurring the portion of the frame which depicts dog. i.e. different user devices has different filtering setup, during live broadcast (i.e. multiple user device watching content) user who selected to filter dog content will get modified frame displayed while user device which has not selected to filter dog will have frame displayed without blurring dog).
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the invention to modify Pardeshi in view of Fox in further view of Rojas-Echenique, by teachings of generating the different custom presentation for the at least one other user device comprises presenting the one or more buffered frames of the audiovisual stream without modification concurrently with the custom presentation for the user device, as taught by Khov, to provide fine granularity of media access control in live media that allows different users to select different filtering criteria while viewing same live broadcast as disclosed in Khov, par. 0005, 0126.
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).
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