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The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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. See 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); and, In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969). A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321 (c) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent is shown to be commonly owned with this application. See 37 CFR 1.130(b). Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
Claims 1-20 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over independent claims of the following: U.S. Patent No. 11,877,093. Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because independent claims of U.S. Patent No. 11,877,093, and independent claims of the present application share the following:
Pending Application 19/046,984
U.S. Patent No. 11,877,093
A method comprising:
causing, by one or more hardware processors, display, on a user device associated with a first user, of an active call view to facilitate a video call between the first user and at least one other user, the active call view comprising a real-time streaming video feed of the at least one other user;
based on receiving input indicative of a request from the first user to toggle from displaying the active call view to displaying a conversation view, causing the user device to switch from displaying the active call view to displaying the conversation view while the video call remains in an active state, the conversation view comprising a graphical representation of the at least one other user;
and
replacing the graphical representation of the at least one other user with the real-time streaming video feed of the at least one other user based on the video call between the first user and the at least one other user being in the active state, the active call view being distinct from the conversation view
A method comprising:
causing, by one or more hardware processors, display, on a client device associated with a first user, of an active call view to facilitate a video call between the first user and at least one other user, the active call view comprising a real-time streaming video feed of a second user;
and updating the active call view to display a real-time streaming video feed of a third user, the updating of the active call view comprising: determining a streaming video feed window height of the real-time streaming video feed of the second user based on one or more display properties of the client device;
determining a position of the real-time streaming video feed of the second user within the active call view based on an order of acceptance of the video call;
and based on receiving a input indicative of a request from the first user to toggle from displaying the active call view to displaying a conversation view, causing the client device to switch from displaying the active call view to displaying the conversation view while the video call remains in an active state, the conversation view, while the video call remains in the active state, comprising a presentation of one or more messages exchanged between the first user and the second user in an electronic chat conversation, the active call view being distinct from the conversation view
Conclusion
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/AMAL S ZENATI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2693
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