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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
This is in response to the priority documents filed 3/17/2025.
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Claim Objections
4. Claim 8 is objected to because of the following informalities: The word Calculate is capitalized and could be corrected as calculate. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-17 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and/or 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Zheng et al., US PGPub 2011/0282798 A1.
Regarding claim 1, Zheng et al., shows an apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to (Fig. 1): acquire location information of a plurality of users; extract, from the location information of the plurality of users, a user who has visited a predetermined spot during a predetermined period (210; Fig.2); and generate, as activities-on-that-day data, data on where the user has been during preceding and subsequent periods per a predetermined unit time relative to a timing when the spot has been visited by the user who has visited the predetermined spot based on the location information of the extracted user (Figs. 1-4; [0014]-[0059]).
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b. Regarding claim 2, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in generating the activities-on-that-day data, perform clustering based on information on a spot visited by the user on that day (Fig. 2-4; [0044]-[0059]; e.g. Steps 410-490).
c. Regarding claim 3, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 2, wherein in generating the activities-on-that-day data, perform clustering in consideration of a chronological order based on location information of the spot visited by the user on that day ([0026]; e.g. Chronological order).
d. Regarding claim 4, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to: calculate an importance of at least one of a spot visited daily by the user and a type of spot for each cluster generated in the clustering [0054].
e. Regarding claim 5, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to: generate, as daily-activities data, data on a spot visited by the user during a predetermined daily period based on the location information of the extracted user (Fig. 2-4; [0052]-[0058]; e.g. steps 440-480).
f. Regarding claim 6, Zheng et al., shows a 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in generating the daily-activities data, generate the daily-activities data by using location information of the user that is identical to that used in generating the activities-on-that-day data (Fig. 2-4; [0052]-[0058]; e.g. steps 440-480).
g. Regarding claim 7, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 6, wherein in generating the daily-activities data, perform clustering based on information on a spot visited daily by the user (Fig. 4; [0052]-[0058]; e.g. steps 440-480).
h. Regarding claim 8, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to: calculate an importance of at least one of a spot visited by the user on that day and a type of spot for each cluster generated in the clustering (Fig. 4; [0052]-[0058]; e.g. steps 440-480).
i. Regarding claim 9, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to: compare the activities-on-that-day data and the daily-activities data (Fig. 4; [0052]-[0059]; e.g. steps 440-490, normalizing similarity).
j. Regarding claim 10, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 9, wherein in comparing, determine a degree of coincidence between activities on that day and daily activities based on activities-on-that-day data and daily-activities data of the user(Fig. 4; [0052]-[0059]; e.g. steps 440-490 HG with overall similarity scores and normalizing that information).
k. Regarding claim 11, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to: recommend as to a spot or contents assumed to follow an activity pattern of the user based on the degree of coincidence (Fig. 5; [0064]).
l. Regarding claim 12, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 9, wherein in comparing the activities-on-that-day data and the daily-activities data, perform clustering of the spot based on importance on a spot visited by the user on that day and daily(Fig. 4; [0052]-[0059]; e.g. steps 440-490).
m. Regarding claim 13, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 9, wherein in comparing the activities-on-that-day data and the daily-activities data, perform clustering of dates when the user has acted based on importance on a spot (Fig. 2-4; [0030] and [0043]).
n. Regarding claim 14, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to: match with a similar cluster in an activity pattern of another user to an activity of the user daily or on that day based on the result of clustering for the user (Fig. 2-4; [0052]-[0059.
o. Regarding claim 15, Zheng et al., shows the apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry further configured to:2 based on the matching, recommend to a matched user as to a spot or contents assumed to follow an activity pattern daily or on that day in a similar cluster (Fig. 4; [0052]-[0059]; e.g. steps 440-490).
p. Regarding claim 16, Zheng et al., shows a method performed by a computer, wherein the computer comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire location information of a plurality of users; extract, from the location information of the plurality of users, a user who has visited a predetermined spot during a predetermined period; and generate, as activities-on-that-day data, data on where the user has been during preceding and subsequent periods per a predetermined unit time relative to a timing when the spot has been visited by the user who has visited the predetermined spot based on the location information of the extracted user (Fig. 1-4; [0024]-[0059)).
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q. Regarding claim 17, Zheng et al., shows a system including a computer: wherein the computer comprises processing circuitry configured to: acquire location information of a plurality of users; extract, from the location information of the plurality of users, a user who has visited a predetermined spot during a predetermined period; and generate, as activities-on-that-day data, data on where the user has been during preceding and subsequent periods per a predetermined unit time relative to a timing when the spot has been visited by the user who has visited the predetermined spot based on the location information of the extracted user (Fig. 1-4; [0015]-[0059]).
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. Liu et al., US PGPub 2011/0143775 A1, is cited as pertinent prior art for the instant application. Liu et al., is also teaches various considerations in data analysis with wireless/mobile computing between multiple users and locations. See Fig. 1-6
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/Seahvosh Nikmanesh/Examiner, Art Unit 2649 /YUWEN PAN/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2649
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