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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.
Claims 1-6 and 9-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by 3GPP TS 24.559 V0.2.0 (October 2023).
1. A network equipment (NE) for wireless communication, comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the NE to:
receive, from an analytics consumer, a request for analytics data via an application program interface (API), the API configured as at least one of: (TS 24.559, Section 4.1, Section 6.3.1)
a single API via which multiple events are accessible, wherein each of the multiple events are distinguishable by an event-specific identifier; or (TS 24.559, Section 6.2.2)
multiple APIs by which one event of the multiple events is accessible via one of the multiple APIs, and the one event is distinguishable by an API-specific identifier and the event-specific identifier; and (TS 24.559, Section 6.2.2)
transmit a response to the request for the analytics data to the analytics consumer. (TS 24.559, Table 7.1.3.1-1, where the response is the notification)
2. The NE of claim 1, wherein:
the request includes a resource configuration that indicates a type of the analytics data for at least one of a data analytics service or an application; and (TS 24.559, section 7.1, 7.1.3)
the at least one processor is configured to cause the NE to receive, via the API, the request for at least one of the analytics data of the data analytics service, or the analytics data of the application. (TS 24.559, section 7.1.3.2.1)
3. The NE of claim 1, wherein a configuration of the single API comprises a suffix identifying a resource that is applied to a method for a service event or an application event. (TS 24.559, section 6.2.2)
4. The NE of claim 1, wherein a configuration of the multiple APIs comprises a suffix identifying the one of the multiple APIs and a resource that is applied to a method for a service event or an application event. (TS 24.559, section 6.2.2)
5. The NE of claim 1, wherein: the single API via which multiple services are accessible is structured as {apiRoot}/<apiName>/<apiVersion>/<apiSpecificSuffixeswithServices>, where the <apiSpecificSuffixeswithServices> comprises one or more data analytics services; and (TS 24.559, section 6.2.2, data analytics services is val-service-id)
the multiple APIs by which the one event of the multiple events is accessible is structured as {apiRoot}/<apiName_i>/<apiVersion>/<apiSpecificSuffixes>, where the <apiSpecificSuffixes> is independent of a data analytics service. (TS 24.559, section 6.2.2)
6. The NE of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the NE to:
receive the request from the analytics consumer as a subscription request of an event; (TS 24.559, section 7.1.3.2.1, 7.1.3.2.3.1)
transmit a session request for the analytics consumer to an application data analytics enabler client (ADAEC); (ADAEC in TS 24.559, section 5.2, 7.1.3.2.1, 7.1.3.2.3.1)
receive session confirmation from the ADAEC; and (Analytics subscription configuration, TS 24.559 Table 7.1.3.1-1)
transmit the response to the analytics consumer with an indication of acceptance of the subscription request. (Analytics notification configuration, TS 24.559 Table 7.1.3.1-1, Table 7.1.3.2.3.1-2 Subscription is accepted)
9. The NE of claim 1, wherein the NE is an application data analytics enabler server (ADAES), and the analytics consumer is a vertical application layer (VAL) server requesting the analytics data for at least one of VAL server performance analytics or VAL session performance analytics. (TS 24.559, section 6.2.1)
10. The NE of claim 1, wherein the NE is an application data analytics enabler server (ADAES), and the analytics consumer is an application requesting the analytics data for slice-specific performance analytics. (TS 24.559 section 6.4.1)
11. The NE of claim 1, wherein the NE is an application data analytics enabler server (ADAES), and the analytics consumer is a user equipment (UE) requesting the analytics data for UE-to-UE application performance analytics. (TS 24.559 section 6.6.1)
12. The NE of claim 1, wherein the NE is an application data analytics enabler server (ADAES), and the analytics consumer is an application requesting the analytics data for one or more of location accuracy analytics, service API analytics, network slice usage pattern analytics, edge load analytics, or application performance analytics. (TS 24.559 section 6.7.1)
Claim 13 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 1.
Claim 14 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 1.
Claim 15 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 1.
Claim 16 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 2.
Claim 17 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 3.
Claim 18 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 4.
Claim 19 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 5.
Claim 20 is rejected for substantially the same reasons as claim 6.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 7 and 8 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.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
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ETSI TS 129 552 v17.4.0. 5G; 5G System; Network Data Analytics signalling flows; Stage 3 (3GPP TS 29.552 version 17.4.0 Release 17). April 2023. 91 pages.
3GPP TS 29.575 v18.3.0. 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Core Network and Terminals; 5G System; Analytics Data Repository Services; Stage 3 (Release 18). 79 pages. July 2023.
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Jeffrey R. Swearingen
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Art Unit 2445
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