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
In amendments dated 7/10/26, Applicant amended claims 1, 6, and 15, canceled claim 18, and added no new claims. Claims 1-3, 5-16, and 19-21 are presented for examination.
Rejections under 35 U.S.C. 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 1-3, 5-16, and 19-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to mental processes without significantly more. Independent clam 1 recites obtaining a first key word entered by a user; and generating a first card set in response to the first user operation, wherein the first card set comprises a first card, the first card comprises first content and second content from different web pages aggregated into a single interface, the first web page comprises the first content, the second web page comprises the second content, and both the first content and the second content are associated with the first key word. Obtaining a key word is obtaining data and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper, and generating a first card set is generating data and also a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claim 1 recites additional elements of sending a first search request to a network device, wherein the first search request indicates the first key word; receiving a search result set from the network device based on the first search request; displaying a first interface, wherein the first interface indicates the search result set, the search result set comprises a first search result and a second search result, the first search result is related to a first web page, and the second search result is related to a second web page; receiving a first user operation performed on the search result set; and displaying a second interface after the first user operation, wherein the second interface comprises the first card, the first card set further comprises a second card, the first card comprises content of a first type, the second card comprises content of a second type, and the first type is different from the second type. Receiving a search result set and receiving a user operation are input steps and insignificant extra-solution activity; and sending a first search request, displaying a first interface, and displaying a second interface are output steps and also insignificant extra-solution activity. Examiner notes specification paragraph 0003 states “content displayed by the terminal (especially a terminal such as a mobile phone with a small size) at a time is limited. Therefore, the user needs to spend a large amount of time searching for the required content, search efficiency is low, and user experience is poor.” Specification paragraphs 0006-0085 describes different steps taken by the invention, many of which are not recited, plus the claim steps do not recite a particular improvement in any technology or function of a computer per MPEP 2106.04(d) and do not recite any unconventional steps in the invention per MPEP 2106.05(a). Therefore, the recited mental processes are not integrated into a practical application. Taking the claim as a whole, the input and output steps are each recited broadly and amount to sending and receiving data across a network per the claims (“to/from a network device”) and specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and are each routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II. Thus the claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the recited mental processes.
Independent claim 15 recites obtaining first information related to the first web page, wherein the obtaining comprises: searching for the first web page using the first information as a first key word, or obtaining the first information based on a selection operation performed by a user on the first web page, wherein, based on that the first information is the information obtained based on the selection operation performed by the user on the first web page, the first information comprises at least one of a text, a picture, an audio, or a video in the first web page; generating a first card set in response to the first user operation, wherein the first card set comprises a first card, the first card comprises first content of the first web page and second content of the first web page, and both the first content and the second content are associated with the first information, and wherein, based on that the first information comprises the at least one of the text, the picture, the audio, or the video in the first web page, the first card set further comprises a second card, the first card comprises content of a first type, the second card comprises content of a second type, and the first type is different from the second type. Obtaining first information is obtaining data and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper, searching for a web page involves evaluating and is a mental process, and a selection operation involves evaluating and is a mental process. The first information comprising at least one of a text, the picture, the audio, or the video in the first web page is data and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper, generating a first card set is recited broadly and is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper, and a first card comprising a second card is data and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claim 15 recites additional elements of displaying a first web page; receiving a first user operation performed on content of the first webpage; and displaying a first interface after the first user operation, wherein the first interface comprises the first card. Receiving a user operation is an input step and insignificant extra-solution activity, and displaying a web page and a first interface are output steps and also insignificant extra-solution activity. Examiner notes specification paragraph 0003 describing problems in the art and 0006-0085 describing how the invention addresses said problems, many of which are not recited. Applicant quoted from specification paragraph 0488 in Applicant’s Remarks page 10 ("the user can quickly obtain, by using the second card set, valuable content that is in the first web page and that meets the search intention of the user, and the user does not need to browse a complete web page, thereby reducing a time for sorting out a search result by the user, improving search efficiency") but notes the claim steps do not specifically recite a user search much less valuable content meeting a search intention of a user. Also, the claim steps do not recite a particular improvement in any technology or function of a computer per MPEP 2106.04(d) and do not recite any unconventional steps in the invention per MPEP 2106.05(a). Therefore, the recited mental processes are not integrated into a practical application. Taking the claims as a whole, the input and output steps are each recited broadly and amount to sending and receiving data across a network per the claims (“to/from a network device”) and specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and are each routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II. Thus the claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the recited mental processes.
Claim 2 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first search result in the first interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; displaying the first web page, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; receiving a third user operation, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; generating a second card set in response to the third user operation, wherein the second card set comprises a third card, and the third card comprises third content of the first web page and fourth content of the first web page, and generating data is recited broadly and is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; and displaying a third interface, wherein the third interface comprises the third card, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II.
Claim 3 recites receiving a selection operation performed by the user on the first web page, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; obtaining first information based on the selection operation, and obtaining data is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; receiving a fourth user operation, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; generating a fourth card in response to the fourth user operation, wherein the fourth card is in the second card set, the fourth card comprises fifth content of the first web page and sixth content of the first web page, and both the fifth content and the sixth content are associated with the first information, and generating a card is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; and displaying a fourth interface, wherein the fourth interface comprises the fourth card, and generating a fourth card is generating data and is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper.
Claim 5 recites receiving a second user operation, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; in response to the second user operation, selecting the first search result and the second search result from the search result set, and selecting a search result is a judgement and a mental process; and generating the first card set based on the first search result and the second search result, and generating a card set is generating data and is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claim 6 recites wherein a first similarity between the first content and the first key word is greater than a second similarity between the second content and the first key word, and the first content is located before the second content, and determining similarity is judgement and a mental process; or wherein the first search result is located before the second search result, the first content is located before the second content, and locating a search result in a display (specification paragraph 0131) is displaying data, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II).
Claim 7 recites displaying a third interface, wherein the third interface comprises a first control, the third interface is a desktop of the electronic device, a leftmost screen, or a favorites page of a first application, and the first control is associated with the first card set, and displaying an interface is displaying data, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II); receiving a second user operation performed on the first control, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and displaying a fourth interface, wherein the fourth interface comprises a third card in the first card set, and displaying an interface is displaying data, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II). Claim 8 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first content in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and displaying the first web page, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II).
Claim 9 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first card in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and deleting the first card in response to the second user operation, and deleting data is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; or receiving a third user operation performed on the first content in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and deleting the first content in response to the third user operation, and deleting data is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claim 10 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first content in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; modifying the first content to seventh content in response to the second user operation, and modifying data is recited broadly and is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; and displaying the seventh content in the first card, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II).
Claim 11 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first content in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; adjusting display positions of the first content and the second content in the first card in response to the second user operation, which is displaying data and recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II); and after the adjusting, displaying the first card, wherein the first content in the first card is located after the second content, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II). Claim 12 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first content in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and moving the first content from the first card to the third card in response to the second user operation, wherein in response to the second user operation, the first card does not comprise the first content, and the third card comprises the first content, and moving data is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II.
Claim 13 recites receiving a second user operation performed on the first card in the second interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and combining the first card and the third card into an eighth card in response to the second user operation, wherein the eighth card comprises content in the first card and content in the third card, and combining cards is combining data and is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claim 14 recites receiving a second user operation, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; displaying a seventh interface, wherein the seventh interface comprises content of a card in the first card set, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; receiving a fifteenth user operation performed on the seventh interface, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; obtaining third content comprised in a third card in the first card set based on the fifteenth user operation, and obtaining content is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; receiving a sixteenth user operation, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; generating a tenth card in response to the sixteenth user operation, wherein the tenth card is in the first card set, and the tenth card comprises the third content, and generating a card is generating data and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; and displaying an eighth interface, wherein the eighth interface comprises the tenth card, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II.
Claim 16 recites obtaining the first key word entered by the user, and obtaining content is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; sending a first search request to a network device, wherein the first search request indicates the first key word, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; receiving a search result set from the network device based on the first search request, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; displaying a second interface, wherein the second interface comprises the search result set, the search result set comprises a first search result and a second search result, the first search result is related to the first web page, and the second search result is related to a second web page; receiving a second user operation performed on the first search result, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and displaying the first web page in response to the second user operation, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II.
Claim 19 recites wherein a first similarity between the first content and the first information is greater than a second similarity between the second content, the first content in the first card is located before the second content, and locating a search result in a display (specification paragraph 0131) is displaying data, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II); or wherein the first content in the first web page is located before the second content, the first content in the first card is located before the second content, and locating a search result in a display (specification paragraph 0131) is displaying data, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II). Claim 20 recites displaying a second interface, wherein the second interface comprises a first control, the second interface is a desktop of the electronic device, a leftmost screen, or a favorites page of a first application, and the first control is associated with the first card set, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; receiving a second user operation performed on the first control, which is recited broadly and amounts to receiving data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II; and displaying a third interface, wherein the third interface comprises a second card in the first card set, which is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II.
Claim 21 recites wherein the displaying the first web page is performed before the obtaining the first information, the receiving the first user operation, the generating the first card set, and the displaying the first interface, and displaying a web page is recited broadly and amounts to sending data across a network per specification paragraph 0138 and figures 1A and 1B, and is routine and conventional activities per the list of such activities in MPEP 2106.05(d) part II.
Relevant Prior Art
During his search for prior art, Examiner found the following references to be relevant to Applicant's claimed invention. Each reference is listed on the Notice of References form included in this office action:
Shin (US 12,450,293) teaches searching for content selected by a user from a webpage, does not teach receiving a user operation performed on a search result set, displaying a search interface from one search, or generating cards with content from webpages after a user operation on a search result (column 2 lines 9-52, columns 13-14 lines 28-16 figure 5); and
Howard et al (US 10,740,421) teaches providing search results to a user for a search term, collecting information relating to the user other than the search term, and providing search results based on that other information and the search term, does not teach receiving a user operation performed on a search result set or generating cards with content from webpages after a user operation on a search result (column 1 lines 55-62, columns 2-3 lines 41-9, columns 4-6 lines 17-25 figure 2).
Responses to Applicant’s Remarks
Regarding rejections of claims 1-3, 5-16, and 19-21 under 35 U.S.C. 101 for reciting mental processes without significantly more, Applicant’s arguments have been considered but are not persuasive. On page 8 of his Remarks Applicant discusses Step 2A Prong One and asserts “claim 1 is directed to a specific technical solution for a technical problem of conventional search systems, namely that ‘the user needs to spend a large amount of time searching for the required content, search efficiency is low, and user experience is poor,’” quoting from specification paragraph 0003. Applicant cites the limitation “generating a first card set in response to the first user operation, wherein the first card set comprises a first card, the first card comprises first content and second content from different web pages aggregated into a single interface, the first web page comprises the first content, the second web page comprises the second content, and both the first content and the second content are associated with the first key word” and asserts “generating a card that aggregates content from multiple different web pages allows the electronic device to provide the user with relevant content from multiple sources in a single unified interface, which is a more efficient way of satisfying the user's search needs than the conventional solution of requiring the user to 'tap the web pages included in the web page list one by one to view detailed content of the web pages,'” again quoting from specification paragraph 0003. Examiner disagrees and notes that the cited limitation broadly recites generating a first card set wherein the first card set comprises a first card and which comprises first content and second content, and a BRI of generating such a card set includes writing it on paper, which is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Furthermore, this limitation lacks details showing how the invention generates the first card set, how the invention aggregates relevant content, or how first card comprises relevant first and second content from multiple sources which might address the problem described in paragraph 0003. On pages 8-9 Applicant asserts the claims here are relevant to the Enfish case due to the “efficient aggregation and presentation of search content in claim 1” and Ex Parte Desjardins, “where claims reflected improvements t how a technical system operates.” Examiner disagrees as the present claims recite no improvements to a computer as in Enfish or a technical system as in Ex Parte Desjardins. The “generating” limitation quoted above and the “obtaining a first key word” limitation are each mental processes. The additional elements recited (sending a search request to a network device, receiving a search result set, displaying an interface comprising the search result set, receiving a user operation, and displaying an interface comprising the generated card set) are each insignificant extra-solution activity per MPEP 2106.05(g) as shown in the rejection above and do not integrate the mental process into a practical application.
On page 10 Applicant asserts “there is no requirement to explicitly recite the improvement in a claim for Section 101 purpose,” but MPEP 2106.04(d)(1) states “the claim must be evaluated to ensure that the claim itself reflects the disclosed improvement.
That is, the claim includes the components or steps of the invention that provide the improvement described in the specification.” On pages 11-12 Applicant asserts “claim 15 is directed to a specific technical solution for a technical problem of conventional search systems, namely that 'one web page usually includes a large amount of content, but content displayed by the terminal (especially a terminal such as a mobile phone with a small size) at a time is limited. Therefore, the user needs to spend a large amount of time searching for the required content,'” again quoting specification paragraph 0003. Examiner disagrees and notes the “generating a first card set” and “the first card set comprises” limitations are each recited broadly and a BRI of each includes writing a card set and comprising a card set on paper and each is a mental process as shown in the rejections above. Furthermore, the limitations lack details showing how the invention generates the first card set, how the invention aggregates relevant content, or how first card comprises relevant first and second content from multiple sources which might address the problem described in paragraph 0003. Applicant then discusses paragraph 0488 which Examiner notes does discuss such details as filtering content related to the first key word and said filtered content is displayed in the second card, which may describe part of how the invention addresses the problem discussed in paragraph 0003. On pages 12-13 Applicant asserts “the pending claims are eligible under Step 2B.” Examiner disagrees and notes that each of the additional elements are routine and conventional activities per MPEP 2106.05(d)(II). Taking the claims as a whole, claims 1 and 15 each recite searching and displaying results, and the additional elements only generally link the mental process steps to a computer environment per MPEP 2106.05(A).
Regarding rejections to claims 15-16 and 21 under 35 U.S.C. 102 by Jiang, Applicant’s amendments moving up subject matter from claim 18 into claim 15 overcome Jiang’s teachings.
Conclusion
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/BRUCE M MOSER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2154 9/8/26
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