Detailed Action
Claims 1-20 are pending in this application. This is a response to the Amendment/Remarks filed on 6/12/26. This action is made FINAL.
Response to Arguments
The applicant amended the claims to include the objected claim 6 limitations into the independent claims therefore the prior art rejections are withdrawn, the claims are allowable over prior art.
Applicant's arguments pertaining to 101 rejection filed 6/12/26 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive because the applicant has provided no arguments to why the claims overcome the 101 rejection, therefore the 101 rejection is maintained.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. The claims recites
1. analyzing the plurality of messages; and
determining, an action to be taken in response to the analysis of the plurality of messages, wherein the action comprises:
generating a conversational synopsis of at least one message included in the first group of the plurality of message, wherein the conversational synopsis summarizes the at least one message and represents an intent of the at least one message; and
generating an autonomous response with respect to the second group of the plurality of messages. ;
presenting a thread of actions that have been taken, wherein activating each of the thread of actions triggers viewing messages corresponding to the actions, and wherein the thread of actions is grouped as urgent actions, the autonomous response, and pending actions.
8. A method, comprising:
analyzing the group of messages;
determining an action to be taken in response to analysis results, wherein the action comprises:
presenting a conversational synopsis of the first message, wherein the conversational synopsis of the first message summarizes the first message and represents an intent of the first message; and
generating an autonomous response of the second message.
15. analyzing the message;
determining an action to be taken in response to analysis results, wherein the action comprises:
presenting a conversational synopsis of the message from another user, wherein the conversational synopsis of the message summarizes the message and represents an intent of the message; and
generating an autonomous response of the message.
2. wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the plurality of messages with respect to a plurality of parameters including content of a message, an attachment within the message, an identity of a message sender, and a profile stored in a contact profile of a message recipient in the mobile device, a location and a local time of the plurality of sender devices, a location and a local time of the mobile device, or a combination thereof.
3. wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the plurality of messages with respect to the plurality of parameters to determine intent of the message by the message sender
4. wherein the operations further comprise determining priority, urgency or both of the plurality of messages received in response to the analysis of the plurality of messages.
5. 2, wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing a selected message of the plurality of messages with respect to the content of the selected message and the attachment within the selected message; and wherein the operations further comprise extracting and displaying at least a part of the attachment that matches with or is relevant to the content of the selected message.
6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the generating the autonomous response with respect to the second group comprises withholding at least one message in the second group from presentation via a user interface of a messaging application executing on the mobile device by suppressing an alert of the at least one message to a message recipient user.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the analyzing determine the intent of the first message.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the group of messages with respect to content of each message, an attachment within each message, an identity of the first user, and a profile stored in a contact profile of the second user, a location and a local time of the first mobile device, a location and a local time of the second mobile device, or a combination thereof.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the group of messages using supplementary information
13. The method of claim 8, comprising: presenting a request for additional information on a second user interface of the second mobile device;
receiving the additional information;
performing the action in response to the additional information, wherein the performing comprises generating the autonomous response of the second message in response to the additional information.
14. The method of claim 13, comprising:
generating and displaying a question before sending the response;
determining a timing of a response to the second message; and
upon the determination that the response to the second message is to be sent at a later time.
16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the message with respect to content of the message, an attachment within the message, an identity of the sender, and a profile stored in a contact profile of a message recipient user, a location and a local time of the another mobile device, a location and a local time of the mobile device, or a combination thereof.
17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the analyzing comprises to determine the intent of the message.
18. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the analyzing further comprises analyzing the message using supplementary information
19. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise creating a request for additional information from a message recipient user, receiving the additional information, and performing the action in response to the additional information.
20. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise: generating and displaying, a question before sending the response to the another user; determining a timing of a response to the message; and upon the determination that the response to the message is to be sent at a later time
The claims are directed towards managing communication efficiently, spec. para.2. Therefore the claims and the specification is drawn to certain methods of organizing human activity(in particular managing personal behavior or relationships or interactions between people, ie, managing messages and responses ) and/or mental processes(the steps of analyzing messages; determining, an action to be taken in response to the analysis of the plurality of messages, wherein the action comprises: generating a conversational synopsis of at least one message included in the first group of the plurality of message, wherein the conversational synopsis summarizes the at least one message and represents an intent of the at least one message; and generating an autonomous response with respect to the second group of the plurality of messages can be performed mentally and/or with the aid of pen and paper). If the claim under broadest reasonable interpretation covers limitation that is drawn to certain methods of organizing human activity and mental processes but for recitation of a generic computer and/or generic computer components described at a high level of generality or linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use, then it falls within the grouping of abstract ideas. Accordingly, the claim recites an abstract idea. (Step 2A, prong 1).
This judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application. In particular, the claims recites additional elements such as
1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, at a mobile device, a plurality of messages from a plurality of sender devices, wherein the plurality of messages include a first group of messages and a second group of messages;
using an agent application running on the mobile device in communication with a communication network; and
using the agent application,
8. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a network node, using a messaging application, a group of messages sent from a first mobile device associated with a first user to a second mobile device associated with a second user, wherein the first mobile device and the second mobile device are communicatively connected with the network node configured to facilitate message services for the first and the second mobile devices, and wherein the group of messages includes a first message and a second message;
by the network node, using an agent application running on the second mobile device and in communication with the network node;
from the first mobile device,
15. A mobile device, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, using a messaging application, a message sent from another mobile device associated with a sender;
using an agent application running on the mobile device and in communication with the messaging application;
from another mobile device
3. by using an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model,.
6. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, by the agent application on a user interface of the mobile device, in native messaging application thereof,
7. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the plurality of messages further comprises receiving the plurality of messages using two or more different native messaging applications, wherein the operations further comprise configuring the mobile device to connect the agent application with the two or more different native messaging applications.
9. The method of claim 8, comprising: before presenting the first message and the second message to the second user via a second user interface of the second mobile device, causing, by the network node, the messaging application to consult with the agent application.
10. The method of claim 8, using an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model,
12. The method of claim 11, from an external database or another application on the second mobile device.
13. The method of claim 8, comprising: presenting, by the network node, using the agent application, on a second user interface of the second mobile device;
by the network node; and
performing, by the network node,
14. The method of claim 13, comprising:
by the network node, using the agent application, a virtual agent on a second user interface of the second mobile device;
by the network node, with the virtual agent, on the second user interface, to the first mobile device; by the network node,; and
sending, by the network node, to the first mobile device, a status response informing that the second user will respond later.
17. The mobile device of claim 16, using an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model, wherein the AI/ML model
18. The mobile device of claim 15, from an external database or another application on the mobile device.
20. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:
using the agent application, a virtual agent on a user interface of the mobile device;
using the virtual agent, on the user interface to the another mobile device; sending to the another mobile device a status response informing that a message recipient user will respond later.
The claim does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the limitations of
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: at a mobile device, from a plurality of sender devices; using an agent application running on the mobile device in communication with a communication network; and using the agent application,
A mobile device, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
by using an artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) model;
via a second user interface of the second mobile device, causing, by the network node, the messaging application to consult with the agent application;
using two or more different native messaging applications;
from an external database or another application on the second mobile device;
by the network node, using the agent application, on a second user interface of the second mobile device;
by the agent application on a user interface of the mobile device, in native messaging application thereof,
by the network node; and
performing, by the network node,
virtual agent on a second user interface of the second mobile device;
using the agent application, a virtual agent on a user interface of the mobile device;
using the virtual agent, on the user interface to the another mobile device; sending to the another mobile device a status response informing that a message recipient user will respond later.
are generic computer components described at a high level of generality and limitations amounts to mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a computer and/or adding the words “apply it”(or an equivalent) with the judicial exception, or merely uses a computer as a tool to perform an abstract idea. MPEP 2106.05(f).
The claim does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the claims recites mobile device, using virtual agent on a network, which is generally linking the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use, in this case to mobile environment with a virtual agent. Such limitation are not enough to add significantly more to the claimed method and/or is an attempt to limit the use of the abstract idea to a particular technological environment for which to apply the underlying abstract concept, which does not add significantly more. The claims is directed to an abstract idea and merely links the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use, chat/Instant Messaging,(MPEP 2106.05(h))
The additional limitations of receiving a plurality of messages from a plurality of sender devices, wherein the plurality of messages include a first group of messages and a second group of messages and sending a status response informing that the second user will respond later, are interpreted as insignificant extra-solution activity (pre and post-solution activity) to the judicial exception. The steps for receiving/transmitting is merely the pre-solution activity of data gathering step and the step of sending a status is post-solution activity. Accordingly, the additional limitation/elements does not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application because it does not impose any meaningful limits on practicing the abstract idea. Even considering all the additional element in combination, they are just providing a computerized system to perform the invention, but doesn’t improve the computing technology as the additional elements do not integrate the invention into a practical application, rather the claims and the additional limitations are drawn to management of messages with the addition of insignificant extra-solution activity, which does not integrate the judicial exception into a practical application. The claims is directed to an abstract idea and with the addition of insignificant extra-solution activity, which is not patent eligible and directed to an abstract idea. (MPEP 2106.05(g)).
Therefore the additional limitation/elements does not integrate the abstract idea into a practical application because it does not impose any meaningful limits on practicing the abstract idea. Even considering all the additional element in combination, they are just providing a computerized system to perform the invention, but doesn’t improve the computing technology as the additional elements do not integrate the invention into a practical application, rather the claims and the additional limitations are drawn to management of messages and responses. The claims is directed to an abstract idea and merely reciting generic computer components described at a high level of generality and limitations amounts to mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a computer and/or adding the words “apply it”(or an equivalent) with the judicial exception, or merely uses a computer as a tool to perform an abstract idea MPEP 2106.05(f) and links the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use, mobile device, using virtual agent on a network MPEP 2106.05(h)) with insignificant extra-solution activity (pre and post-solution activity) to the judicial exception. MPEP 2106.05(g). Therefore the claims are not patent eligible. (Step 2A, prong2).
The claim does not include additional elements/limitations that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. As discussed above with respect to integration of the abstract idea into a practical application, the additional elements/limitations is drawn to limitations that use a computer as a tool, and includes well-understood, routine, and conventional activities(ie. receiving or transmitting data over a network MPEP 2106.05(d)(II)) that amount to no more than implementing the abstract idea with a computerized system. The claim is not patent eligible(Step 2B).
REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance over prior art: the prior art singly or in combination does not teach the totality of the independent claims when read in light of the specification.
The closest prior art of record is US 2020/0382454 issued to Gershony et al.(Gershony).
As per claim 1,8,15, Gershony teaches receiving, at a mobile device, a plurality of messages from a plurality of sender devices([0005] In some implementations, a computer-implemented method implemented by one or more processors is provided and includes receiving one or more messages of a message exchange thread between multiple users. The multiple users include a first user and a second user, and the one or more messages are each submitted by a corresponding one of the multiple users via a corresponding messaging application…..);
analyzing the plurality of messages using an application running on the mobile device in communication with a communication network( [0095] In some implementations, the messaging application 103 analyzes messages that are part of an initial conversation between two or more users to determine one or more entities that may be associated with an action. An entity can be a person, place, or object in the message. For example, the suggestion application 132 identifies that the message “great weather!” includes “great,” “weather” and “!” based on parsing the message, and determines a first entity “great” and a second entity “weather” from the message); and
determining an action to be taken in response to the analysis of the plurality of messages, wherein the action comprises: generating a conversational synopsis of at least one message included in the plurality of message, wherein the conversational synopsis represents an intent of the at least one message([0096] Other messages in the initial conversation are analyzed to determine contextual indicators….[0097] The messaging application 103 determines contextual indicators and, based on the contextual indicators, determines whether the entity is actionable. The contextual indicators may include conversation flows, tense, sentiment indicators (e.g., an emotion symbol), verbs used in the message, whether a question is asked in the message, conversation metadata, etc. For example, the messaging application 103 determines the entity A in the message “I like A” is non-actionable, but determines that the entity B in the message “I am going to buy B” is actionable. If user C asks user D “meet at XYZ?,” the messaging application 103 may determine that the location “ABC” is actionable after receiving user D's positive answer in the conversation flow..); and
generating an autonomous response with respect to the plurality of messages([0098] The messaging application 103 generates a suggestion for an actionable entity based on the contextual indicators. For example, if two users want to meet at a store, the messaging application 103 could provide the users with directions to the store and a calendar entry to schedule a meeting time. Based on the contextual indicators, a map may indicate directions to a particular store close to both users, and a calendar may highlight time slots that are available to both of the users.).
However these prior art does not teach nor would it be obvious to one ordinary skill in the art to combine to teach the totality of the claim and at least the underlined portions below
As per claims 1,8,15, receiving, at a mobile device, a plurality of messages from a plurality of sender devices, wherein the plurality of messages include a first group of messages and a second group of messages;
analyzing the plurality of messages using an agent application running on the mobile device in communication with a communication network; and
determining, using the agent application, an action to be taken in response to the analysis of the plurality of messages, wherein the action comprises:
generating a conversational synopsis of at least one message included in the first group of the plurality of message, wherein the conversational synopsis summarizes the at least one message and represents an intent of the at least one message; and
generating an autonomous response with respect to the second group of the plurality of messages;
presenting a thread of actions that have been taken by the agent application on a user interface of the mobile device, wherein activating each of the thread of actions triggers viewing messages corresponding to the actions in native messaging application thereof, and wherein the thread of actions is grouped as urgent actions, the autonomous response, and pending actions.
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892.
US 2018/0089163 issued to Ben Ami et all, teaches the real-time automated messaging interface may send scripted responses to maintain the flow of the conversation or request additional information for example about various parameters, terms and restrictions relating to the user intent or for the user to authenticate his or her identity. Such automated intermediary questions may keep the conversation flow and allow the real-time automated messaging interface to allow the real-time crowd optimization service more time and more information to enable it to perform in an optimal way. This is still a real-time response as the real-time automated messaging interface uses the crowd assisted optimization service to affect the conversation as it is being performed.
US 2013/0246542 issued to Berger teaches acting on a plurality of electronic messages. The method includes the step of receiving the plurality of electronic messages. Each of the plurality of electronic messages is then portioned into a plurality of message components. Each of the plurality of message components is then grouped into common-themed sets. Once grouped, the method allows the viewing of one of the common-themed sets to determine an appropriate response to each of the plurality of messages having one of the plurality of message components grouped in the common-themed set.
US 2004/0039786 issued to Horvitz et al., teaches a bulk filter is provided to categorize one or more received messages according to a range of classification, the range spanning from at least a bulk classification of values to at least a non-bulk classification of values. A second filter is provided to further classify the received messages in order to automatically facilitate processing of the messages. The range of classification includes a continuum of values based on a likelihood that the received messages are determined to tend toward or fall within the bulk classification of values or toward/within the non-bulk classification of values.
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