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 .
DETAILED ACTION
1. This is a first non-final Office Action on the merits for application 18953717. Claims 1-20 are pending examination.
Double Patenting
2. 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 conflicting claims 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); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claim 1-19 of U.S. Patent No. 11,790,391, and Claim 1-18 of U.S. Patent No. 12,175,492. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims are directed to the same subject matter, perform similar method steps and a person of ordinary skill in the art would not be free to practice one of the claimed inventions without infringing upon the other inventions.
Application number: 18953717
1. A system configured to automatically configure a user interface page of a user interface of an online platform based on acceptance of a recommendation, the system comprising: one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to: manage, by one or more servers, an online platform, the online platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering content to consumers, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the content being classified by individual content types, the content being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed through a graphical user interface of the online platform; establish a network connection between the one or more servers and a remotely located client computing platform associated with a content creator; obtain, by the one or more servers, a request to configure a creator page associated with the content creator; generate, by the one or more servers, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuate communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, by the one or more servers, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers.
Patent number: 11,790,3911. A system configured to recommend benefit types of benefit items to offer within a membership platform, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
manage, by one or more servers, an online membership platform, the online membership platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering subscribership to potential subscribers in exchange for requested amounts of recurring consideration, wherein subscribers receive recurring benefit items through the online membership platform from the content creators as part of the subscribership;
obtain, by the one or more servers, creator profile information for the content creators of the online membership platform, the creator profile information including individual creator types of individual content creators, the individual creator types corresponding to classification of values of creator parameters, the creator parameters characterizing aspects of the content creators and/or content created by the content creators, the content creators including a first set of content creators of a first creator type and a second set of content creators of a second creator type;
obtain, by the one or more servers, benefit information for the content creators, the benefit information including descriptions of the benefit items received by the subscribers to the content creators in accordance with the subscribership offered by the content creators within the online membership platform, the benefit items being classified by benefit types, such that the benefit information describes a first set of benefit items received in accordance with the subscribership offered by the first set of content creators, and a second set of benefit items offered by the second set of content creators, the first set of benefit items being classified as a first benefit type, and the second set of benefit items being classified as a second benefit type;
generate, by the one or more servers and based on the creator profile information and the benefit information, recommendations for the benefit types of the benefit items the content creators of a given creator type should provide to the subscribers as part of the subscribership, such that based on the content creators further including a first content creator of the first creator type, generate a first recommendation for the first content creator to provide the benefit items of the first benefit type to their subscribers in accordance with a first subscribership offered by the first content creator;
effectuate communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to computing platforms associated with the content creators to cause the computing platforms to present the recommendations on a user interface of the online membership platform, such that the first recommendation is presented on the user interface displayed on a computing platform associated with the first content creator; and
responsive to acceptance of the recommendations through the user interface, automatically configure, by the one or more servers, creator pages for the content creators to provide and/or distribute the benefit items of the benefit types recommended in the recommendations, such that responsive to acceptance of the first recommendation by the first content creator, automatically configure a first creator page for the first content creator to provide and/or distribute the benefit items of the first benefit type.
Patent number: 12,175,4921. A system configured to automatically configure user interface pages of a user interface of an online membership platform based on acceptance of recommendations for benefit types of benefit items to offer within the online membership platform, the system comprising:
one or more physical processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:
manage, by one or more servers, an online membership platform, the online membership platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering subscribership to potential subscribers, wherein subscribers receive access to benefit items through the online membership platform as part of the subscribership, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the benefit items being classified by individual benefit types, the benefit items being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed within a graphical user interface of the online membership platform;
establish a network connection between the one or more servers and a remotely located client computing platform associated with a first content creator;
obtain, by the one or more servers, a first request to register a first creator account and generate a first creator page for the first content creator;
generate, by the one or more servers, a first recommendation as part of registration of the first creator account to provide the benefit items of a first benefit type based on the first content creator being classified as a first creator type;
effectuate communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the first content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online membership platform displaying the first recommendation; and
responsive to acceptance of the first recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, by the one or more servers, the first creator page by formalizing a customization of the first creator page to include functionality to distribute the benefit items of the first benefit type to the subscribers of the first content creator through the first creator page.
11. A method to automatically configure a user interface page of a user interface of an online platform based on acceptance of a recommendation, the method comprising: managing, by one or more servers, an online platform, the online platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering content to consumers, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the content being classified by individual content types, the content being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed through a graphical user interface of the online platform; establishing a network connection between the one or more servers and a remotely located client computing platform associated with a content creator; obtaining, by the one or more servers, a request to configure a creator page associated with the content creator; generating, by the one or more servers, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuating communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configuring, by the one or more servers, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers.
10. A method to recommend benefit types of benefit items to offer within a membership platform, the method comprising:
managing, by one or more servers, an online membership platform, the online membership platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering subscribership to potential subscribers in exchange for requested amounts of recurring consideration, wherein subscribers receive recurring benefit items through the online membership platform from the content creators as part of the subscribership;
obtaining, by the one or more servers, creator profile information for the content creators of the online membership platform, the creator profile information including individual creator types of individual content creators, the individual creator types corresponding to classification of values of creator parameters, the creator parameters characterizing aspects of the content creators and/or content created by the content creators, the content creators including a first set of content creators of a first creator type and a second set of content creators of a second creator type;
obtaining, by the one or more servers, benefit information for the content creators, the benefit information including descriptions of the benefit items received by the subscribers to the content creators in accordance with the subscribership offered by the content creators within the online membership platform, the benefit items being classified by benefit types, such that the benefit information describes a first set of benefit items offered by the first content creators, and a second set of benefit items offered by a second content creators, the first set of benefit items being classified as a first benefit type, and the second set of benefit items being classified as a second benefit type;
generating, by the one or more servers and based on the creator profile information and the benefit information, recommendations for the benefit types of the benefit items the content creators of a given creator type should provide to the subscribers as part of the subscribership, such that based on the content creators further including a first content creator of the first creator type, generate a first recommendation for the first content creator to provide the benefit items of the first benefit type to their subscribers in accordance with a first subscribership offered by the first content creator;
effectuating communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to computing platforms associated with the content creators to cause the computing platforms to present the recommendations on a user interface of the online membership platform, such that the first recommendation is presented on the user interface displayed on a computing platform associated with the first content creator; and
responsive to acceptance of the recommendations through the user interface, automatically configuring, by the one or more servers, creator pages for the content creators to provide and/or distribute the benefit items of the benefit types recommended in the recommendations, including responsive to acceptance of the first recommendation by the first content creator, automatically configuring a first creator page for the first content creator to provide and/or distribute the benefit items of the first benefit type.
10. A method to automatically configure user interface pages of a user interface of an online membership platform based on acceptance of recommendations for benefit types of benefit items to offer within the online membership platform, the method comprising:
managing, by one or more servers, an online membership platform, the online membership platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering subscribership to potential subscribers, wherein subscribers receive access to benefit items through the online membership platform as part of the subscribership, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the benefit items being classified by individual benefit types, the benefit items being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed within a graphical user interface of the online membership platform;
establishing a network connection between the one or more servers and a remotely located client computing platform associated with a first content creator;
obtaining, by the one or more servers, a first request to register a first creator account and generate a first creator page for the first content creator;
generating, by the one or more servers, a first recommendation as part of registration of the first creator account to provide the benefit items of a first benefit type based on the first content creator being classified as a first creator type;
effectuating communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the first content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online membership platform displaying the first recommendation; and
responsive to acceptance of the first recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configuring, by the one or more servers, the first creator page by formalizing a customization of the first creator page to include functionality to distribute the benefit items of the first benefit type to the subscribers of the first content creator through the first creator page.
As to the independent claims:
Instant claim 2 is fully disclosed in claim 2 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 3 is fully disclosed in claim 3 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 5 is fully disclosed in claim 5 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 6 is fully disclosed in claim 6 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 7 is fully disclosed in claim 7 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 8 is fully disclosed in claim 8 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 9 is fully disclosed in claim 9 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 11 is fully disclosed in claim 11 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 12 is fully disclosed in claim 12 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 14 is fully disclosed in claim 14 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 15 is fully disclosed in claim 15 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 16 is fully disclosed in claim 16 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 17 is fully disclosed in claim 17 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 18 is fully disclosed in claim 18 of the copending Patent Number 11,790,391.
Instant claim 4 is fully disclosed in claim 4 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 5 is fully disclosed in claim 5 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 6 is fully disclosed in claim 6 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 7 is fully disclosed in claim 7 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 8 is fully disclosed in claim 8 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 9 is fully disclosed in claim 9 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 14 is fully disclosed in claim 14 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 15 is fully disclosed in claim 15 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 16 is fully disclosed in claim 16 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 17 is fully disclosed in claim 17 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 18 is fully disclosed in claim 18 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
Instant claim 20 is fully disclosed in claim 18 of the copending Patent Number 12,175,492.
It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art to make the changes above in order to cover slightly broader limitations. Furthermore, the claimed elements perform the same function as before.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
3. 35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to a judicial exception (i.e., a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea) without significantly more.
Claim(s) 10 is/are drawn to method (i.e., a process), claim(s) 1 is/are drawn to a system (i.e., a machine/manufacture). As such, claims 1, and 10 is/are drawn to one of the statutory categories of invention.
Claims 1-20 are directed to providing a recommendation benefit type of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. Specifically, claim(s) 1, and 10 recite(s) manage, an online platform, the online platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering content to consumers, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the content being classified by individual content types, the content being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed through a graphical user interface of the online platform; establish a connection associated with a content creator; obtain, a request to configure a creator page associated with the content creator; generate, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuate communication of recommendation information with the content creator over the connection to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers, which is grouped within Methods Of Organizing Human Activity and is similar to the concept of (commercial or legal interactions including agreements in the form of contracts, legal obligations, advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors business relations) grouping of abstract ideas in prong one of step 2A of the Alice/Mayo test (See 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50, 52, 54 (January 7, 2019)). Accordingly, the claims recite an abstract idea (See pages 7, 10, Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, et al., US Supreme Court, No. 13-298, June 19, 2014; 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50, 53-54 (January 7, 2019)).
The Claim limitations are listed under Methods Of Organizing Human Activity and grouped as following:
manage, an online platform, the online platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering content to consumers, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the content being classified by individual content types, the content being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed through a graphical user interface of the online platform; which is similar to the concept of (advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors business relations),
establish a connection associated with a content creator; which is similar to the concept of (advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors business relations),
obtain, a request to configure a creator page associated with the content creator; which is similar to the concept of (advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors business relations),
generate, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; which is similar to the concept of (advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors business relations),
effectuate communication of recommendation information with the content creator over the connection to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers; which is similar to the concept of (advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors business relations).
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because, when analyzed under prong two of step 2A of the Alice/Mayo test (See 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50, 54-55 (January 7, 2019)), the additional element(s) of the claim(s) such as system, processors, machine readable, servers, network, client computing platform merely use(s) a computer as a tool to perform an abstract idea and/or generally link(s) the use of a judicial exception to a particular technological environment. Specifically, the system, processors, machine readable, servers, network, client computing platform perform(s) the steps or functions of manage, an online platform, the online platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering content to consumers, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the content being classified by individual content types, the content being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed through a graphical user interface of the online platform; establish a connection associated with a content creator; obtain, a request to configure a creator page associated with the content creator; generate, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuate communication of recommendation information with the content creator over the connection to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers. The use of a processor/computer as a tool to implement the abstract idea and/or generally linking the use of the abstract idea to a particular technological environment does not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application because it requires no more than a computer performing functions that correspond to acts required to carry out the abstract idea. The additional elements do not involve improvements to the functioning of a computer, or to any other technology or technical field (MPEP 2106.05(a)), the claims do not apply or use the abstract idea to effect a particular treatment or prophylaxis for a disease or medical condition (Vanda Memo), the claims do not apply the abstract idea with, or by use of, a particular machine (MPEP 2106.05(b)), the claims do not effect a transformation or reduction of a particular article to a different state or thing (MPEP 2106.05(c)), and the claims do not apply or use the abstract idea in some other meaningful way beyond generally linking the use of the abstract idea to a particular technological environment, such that the claim as a whole is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception (MPEP 2106.05(e) and Vanda Memo). Therefore, the claims do not, for example, purport to improve the functioning of a computer. Nor do they effect an improvement in any other technology or technical field. Accordingly, the additional elements do not impose any meaningful limits on practicing the abstract idea, and the claims are directed to an abstract idea.
The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because, when analyzed under step 2B of the Alice/Mayo test (See 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50, 52, 56 (January 7, 2019)), the additional element(s) of using a system, processors, machine readable, servers, network, client computing platform to perform the steps amounts to no more than using a computer or processor to automate and/or implement the abstract idea of providing a recommendation benefit type of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. As discussed above, taking the claim elements separately, the system, processors, machine readable, servers, network, client computing platform perform(s) the steps or functions of manage, an online platform, the online platform being configured to host content creators, the content creators offering content to consumers, the content creators being classified by individual creator types, the content being classified by individual content types, the content being accessible through creator pages associated with the content creators, wherein the creator pages are displayed through a graphical user interface of the online platform; establish a connection associated with a content creator; obtain, a request to configure a creator page associated with the content creator; generate, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuate communication of recommendation information with the content creator over the connection to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers. These functions correspond to the actions required to perform the abstract idea. Viewed as a whole, the combination of elements recited in the claims merely recite the concept of providing a recommendation benefit type of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. Therefore, the use of these additional elements does no more than employ the computer as a tool to automate and/or implement the abstract idea. The use of a computer or processor to merely automate and/or implement the abstract idea cannot provide significantly more than the abstract idea itself (MPEP 2106.05(I)(A)(f) & (h)). Therefore, the claim is not patent eligible.
As for dependent claims 2-9, and 11-20 further describe the abstract idea of providing a recommendation benefit type of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. Claim(s) 2-9, and 11-20 does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because, when analyzed under step 2B of the Alice/Mayo test (See 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50, 52, 56 (January 7, 2019)), the additional element(s) of using a system, processors, machine readable, servers, network, client computing platform to perform the steps amounts to no more than using a computer or processor to automate and/or implement the abstract idea of providing a recommendation benefit type of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. As discussed above, taking the claim elements separately, the system, processors, machine readable, servers, network, client computing platform perform(s) the steps or functions of wherein the individual creator types are characterized by one or more of an intended audience, a typical medium of creation of the content, or a quantity of consumers; wherein the individual content types are characterized by one or more of an amount of consideration, a medium of creation, an amount of work or time investment, or content substance; wherein determine associations between the individual creator types and the individual content types; generate a second recommendation for a second content creator of the first creator type to change first content of a second content type to second content of the first content type; obtain consumption information, the consumption information describing acceptance of offers for the content by the consumers; and identify the individual content types of the content corresponding to greater acceptance; wherein the acceptance of the offers is described based on quantity of the consumers who have accepted the offers; wherein the request is generated during an initial registration of a creator account associated with content creator; wherein a first set of creator parameter values classifies individual content creators as the creator type, and a second set of creator parameter values classifies the individual content creators as a second creator type; wherein further obtain creator profile information indicating classification of the content creators into the individual creator types; and obtain content information indicating the individual content types of the content. These functions correspond to the actions required to perform the abstract idea. Viewed as a whole, the combination of elements recited in the claims merely recite the concept of providing a recommendation benefit type of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. Therefore, the use of these additional elements does no more than employ the computer as a tool to automate and/or implement the abstract idea. The use of a computer or processor to merely automate and/or implement the abstract idea cannot provide significantly more than the abstract idea itself (MPEP 2106.05(I)(A)(f) & (h)). Therefore, the claim is not patent eligible.
Prior Art
4. In reference to independent claims 1, and 10, the Office is unaware of any references that teach, individually or without an unreasonable combination of references, the combination of limitations steps found in the claims especially limitation that says: “generate, by the one or more servers, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuate communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, by the one or more servers, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers.”. No reference found that would teach the above limitation(s).
Examiner notes: having a platform for creators for offering content to consumers and content being classified by content types, generating a creator page associated with the content creator, and present the graphical user interface of the online platform for displaying the recommendation and automatically formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers.
The first most relevant prior art identified by the Examiner is 20210192568. It teaches generating based on recommended item to advertise on a webpage based on interaction data, popularity data and categorical item data obtained from a database, but it does not teach a creator page that associated with a creator and generating a recommendation for a creator page and recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation. Therefore, it lacks the combination of claimed elements as claimed by the independent claims.
The second most relevant prior art identified by the Examiner is/are 20080183577. It teaches create an advertisement by displaying a advertisement in a template with products, but it is missing the feature of a creator page that associated with a creator and generating a recommendation for a creator page and recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation. Therefore, it lacks the combination of claimed elements as claimed by the independent claims.
The third most relevant prior art found by the Examiner is 20170161794. It teaches serving performance of online advertisements, but its missing the features of a creator page that associated with a creator and generating a recommendation for a creator page and recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation, and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, by the one or more servers, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers. Therefore, it lacks the combination of claimed elements as claimed by the independent claims.
All these references listed above teaches some of the features in the limitations of the claim but when combining it becomes not obvious and the references would teach the claim as a whole.
Examiner note: none of the references or combined references teach the combination of limitations of claim 1, and 10 or no reference found that would teaches the combination of limitations of claim 1, and 10, especially claim limitations: generate, by the one or more servers, a recommendation for the creator page, the recommendation recommending a first content type based on the content creator being classified as a first creator type; effectuate communication of recommendation information from the one or more servers to the remotely located client computing platform associated with the content creator over the network connection to cause the remotely located client computing platform to present the graphical user interface of the online platform displaying the recommendation; and responsive to acceptance of the recommendation through the graphical user interface, automatically configure, by the one or more servers, the creator page by formalizing a customization of the creator page to include functionality to distribute the content of the first content type through the creator page to individual ones of the consumers, and which is an idea of systems and methods are provided for recommending benefit types of benefit items to offer within a membership platform. Exemplary implementations may: obtain benefit information for content creators of a membership platform; obtain creator profile information for content creators of a membership platform, the creator profile information including individual creator types of individual content creators; obtain benefit information for the content creators, the benefit information including descriptions of benefit items offered by the content creators to subscribers of the membership platform in exchange for consideration, the benefit items being characterized by benefit types; generate, based on the creator profile information and the benefit information, recommendations for the benefit types of the benefit items the content creators of a given creator type should offer; effectuate presentation of the recommendations on a user interface displayed on computing platforms of the content creators; and/or perform other operations.
When taken as a whole, the claims are not rendered obvious as the available prior art does not suggest or otherwise render obvious the noted features nor does the available prior art suggest or otherwise render obvious further modification of the evidence at hand. Such modifications would require substantial reconstruction relying solely on improper hindsight bias, and thus would not be obvious.
NPL Reference
5. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. The NPL “Toward a Definition of Content Discovery Through Platforms” describes “Discoverability is a concept of growing use in digital cultural policy, but it lacks a clear and comprehensive definition. Typically, discoverability is narrowly defined as a problem for content creators to find an audience given an abundance of choice. This view misses the important ways that apps, online stores, streaming services, and other platforms coordinate the experiences of content discovery. In this article, we propose an analytical framework for studying the dynamic and personalized processes of content discovery on platforms. Discoverability is a kind of media power constituted by content discovery platforms that coordinate users, content creators, and software to make content more or less engaging. Our framework highlights three dimensions of this process: the design and management of choice in platform interfaces (surrounds), the pathways users take to find content and the effects those choices have (vectors), and the resulting experiences these elements produce. Attention to these elements, we argue, can help researchers grapple with the challenging mutability and individualization of experience on content discovery platforms as well as provide a productive new way to consider content discovery as a matter of platform governance.”.
Pertinent Art
6. The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Reference#20200351561 teaches similar invention which describes a system, method, and platform are disclosed that may be configured and optimized for capturing or leveraging social interactions related to or associated with viewing of video, such as film media and television, and other streamed content including but not limited to books, podcasts, audio, and the like. Data mined during user interaction with the system may be leveraged for monetary rewards or other benefits.
Conclusion
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/TAREK ELCHANTI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3621B
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