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Claims 1-3 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-21 of U.S. Patent No. 12,229,495; claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 11,907,647; claims 1-23 of U.S. Patent No. 11,586,804; claims 1-9 of U.S. Patent No. 10,296,568; claims 1-19 of U.S. Patent No. 9,372,934; claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 9,098,580; and claims 1-24 of U.S. Patent No. 8,676,861. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the subject matter claimed in the instant application is fully disclosed in the patent and is covered by the patent since the patent and the application are claiming common subject matter.
Claim 1 of Instant Application 19/054,907
Claim 1 of Patent No. 12,229,495; Claim 1 of Patent No. 11,907,647; and Claim of Patent No. 10,296,568
1. (original) A method for enhancing communications between electronic devices, comprising: automatically analyzing, by a sending agent, inputted or included terms in a communication from a sender device intended for one or more recipients; if determined to be appropriate by the sending agent, disambiguating the terms either internally by the sending agent or in collaboration with a remote server hosting a third-party database related to the terms; imbedding and sending the communication with the disambiguating terms or additional information, included but not initially communicated to the one or more recipients, to a recipient device; automatically analyzing terms included in communications received by a receiving agent of the recipient device; if determined to be appropriate by the receiving agent or at the request of the recipient, disambiguating the terms with disambiguation parameters or additional information imbedded in the communication, either by retrieving and communicating the additional information included in the received communication, or by the recipient device retrieving the additional information from a third-party database clearinghouse or a combination thereof; and communicating the retrieved and disambiguated information to the recipient device.
Patent No. 12,229,495 - 1. A method for providing one of enhanced localized search results and location-based information between electronic devices, comprising: automatically analyzing, by a sending agent, one or more terms included in a first communication comprising one or more of a search, information request or other communication from a sender device intended to obtain one or more of search results, or responsive information or communications from one or more recipients or recipient devices; if determined to be appropriate by the sending agent, disambiguating the one or more terms either internally by the sending agent or in collaboration with a remote server hosting a database related to the one or more terms included in the first communication; imbedding and sending the first communication with the disambiguating one or more terms or additional information to the one or more recipients or recipient devices; one or more of: a) wherein the one or more recipients or recipient devices use the disambiguated one or more terms or additional information; and b) automatically analyzing the one or more terms included in the first communications received by a receiving agent of the one or more recipients or recipient devices; and if determined to be appropriate by the receiving agent or at the request of the one or more recipients or recipient devices, disambiguating the one or more terms with disambiguation parameters or additional information imbedded in the communication, either by retrieving and communicating the additional information included in the received communication, or by the one or more recipients or recipient devices retrieving the additional information from a remote database clearinghouse or a combination thereof; and wherein the one or more recipients or recipient devices use the retrieved or disambiguated information together with the first communication to provide one or more of enhanced localized search results, location-based information or other communications in response to the first communication.
Patent No. 11,907,647 - 1. A method for disambiguating, enhancing, or using at least one of one or more abbreviated location references, designators, shortcodes, and other terms included in electronic communications in connection with an electronic device, comprising: receiving, by the electronic device, an electronic communication; analyzing by a receiving agent of the electronic device one or more abbreviated terms included in the communication and additional information included in or related to the communication and determining whether disambiguation of the one or more abbreviated terms is appropriate; and if determined to be appropriate, disambiguating the one or more abbreviated terms by using general information related to the one or more abbreviated terms included in the communication; wherein the receiving agent disambiguates or uses at least one of the one or more abbreviated terms and the additional information to present information on a display of the electronic device.
Patent No. 10,296,568 - 1. A method for enhancing communications between electronic devices, comprising: automatically analyzing, by a sending agent, inputted or included terms in a communication from a sender device intended for one or more recipients; if determined to be appropriate by the sending agent, disambiguating the terms either internally by the sending agent or in collaboration with a remote server hosting a third-party database related to the terms; imbedding and sending the communication with the disambiguating terms or additional information, included but not initially communicated to the one or more recipients, to a recipient device; automatically analyzing terms included in communications received by a receiving agent of the recipient device; if determined to be appropriate by the receiving agent or at the request of the recipient, disambiguating the terms with disambiguation parameters or additional information imbedded in the communication, either by retrieving and communicating the additional information included in the received communication, or by the recipient device retrieving the additional information from a third-party database clearinghouse or a combination thereof; and communicating the retrieved and disambiguated information to the recipient device, whereby disambiguation is accomplished using at least one of: communications that contain terms that are determined to be unique identifiers (geographic or otherwise) and have either locally stored disambiguation or additional information in the recipient device or use the remote third-party database clearinghouse or other source for the disambiguation or additional information; user identification information known or accessible by at least one of the sending agent or the receiving agent; past, present, or projected location of at least one of the sending agent or user or the receiving agent device or user; historical information associated with at least one of the sender device or sender or the recipient device or recipient; and user and device generated contextual information known or accessible by at least one of the sender device or the recipient device.
Claim 2 of Instant Application 19/054,907
Claim 21 of Patent No. 12,229,495 and Claim 1 of Patent No. 11,586,804
2. (new) A method for disambiguating, enhancing, or using at least one of one or more abbreviated location references, designators, shortcodes, and other terms included in electronic communications in connection with an electronic device, comprising: receiving, by the electronic device, an electronic communication; analyzing by a receiving agent of the electronic device one or more abbreviated terms included in the communication and additional information included in or related to the communication and determining whether disambiguation of the one or more abbreviated terms is appropriate; and if determined to be appropriate, disambiguating the one or more abbreviated terms by using general information related to the one or more abbreviated terms included in the communication; wherein the receiving agent disambiguates or uses at least one of the one or more abbreviated terms and the additional information to present information on a display of the electronic device.
21. A method for disambiguating and enhancing at least one of one or more abbreviated location references, designators, shortcodes, inputs and other terms used in communications and electronic devices, comprising: enabling a user to enter, input, speak, or select, using an electronic device, one or more terms comprising one or more abbreviated terms, designators, shortcodes, or other micro-location references; automatically disambiguating one or more of the terms by reference to a general location determined by one or more of a) a nearby known location coordinate, b) the place name or address of a nearby location, c) other general location information, whereupon the electronic device disambiguates or enhances the one or more terms representing micro-locations; and wherein a sending agent of the electronic device uses or includes additional information related to the one or more terms in a communication to a recipient electronic device.
Patent No. 11,586,804 - 1. A method for disambiguating and enhancing at least one of one or more abbreviated location references, designators, shortcodes, inputs and other terms used in communications and electronic devices, comprising: enabling a user to enter, input, speak, or select, using an electronic device, one or more terms comprising one or more abbreviated terms, designators, shortcodes, or location references; whereupon the electronic device determines whether disambiguation of the one or more terms is appropriate and, if determined to be appropriate, the electronic device disambiguates the one or more terms by using general information related to the one or more terms; and wherein a sending agent of the electronic device disambiguates, uses, or includes additional information related to the one or more terms in a communication to a recipient electronic device.
Claim 3 of Instant Application 19,054,907
Claim 1 of Patent No. 9,372,934; Claim 1 of Patent No. 9,098,580; and Claim 1 of Patent No. 8,676,861
3. (new) A method for accessing content related to a location of interest, comprising: observing on a first display a map including a full name identifying a location on the map, the full name defined by a first set of characters “X” and including an imbedded Shortcode defined by a second set of characters “Y” selected from the first set of characters “X” of the full name that are visually distinguished from remaining characters of the first set of characters “X” of the full name, with “Y” being less than all of the first set of characters “X” of the full name and the remaining characters defining a third set of characters “Z,” wherein “X” equals the sum of “Y” and “Z,” and wherein the second set of characters “Y” of the full name are visually distinguished from the remaining letters of the full name by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters “Y” in the presentation of the full name relative to the third set of characters “Z’; inputting the first set of characters “Y” defined by the imbedded Shortcode into an interface of an electronic device; and observing on a display of an electronic device additional information regarding the location of interest.
Patent No. 9,372,934 - 1. A method for accessing content related to a location of interest, comprising: observing on a first display a map including a full address identifying a location on the map, the full address defined by a first set of characters “X” and including an imbedded Shortcode defined by a second set of characters “Y” selected from the first set of characters “X” of the full address that are visually distinguished from remaining characters of the first set of characters “X” of the full address, with “Y” being less than all of the first set of characters “X” of the full address and the remaining characters defining a third set of characters “Z,” wherein “X” equals the sum of “Y” and “Z,” and wherein the second set of characters “Y” of the full address are visually distinguished from the remaining letters of the full address by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters “Y” in the presentation of the full address relative to the third set of characters “Z”; inputting the first set of characters “Y” defined by the imbedded Shortcode into an interface of an electronic device; and observing on a display of an electronic device additional information regarding the location of interest.
Patent No. 9,098,580 - 1. A method for accessing content related to a location of interest, comprising: observing on a first display a map including a full name identifying a location on the map, the full name defined by a first set of characters "X" and including an imbedded Shortcode defined by a second set of characters "Y" selected from the first set of characters "X" of the full name that are visually distinguished from remaining characters of the first set of characters "X" of the full name, with "Y" being less than all of the first set of characters "X" of the full name and the remaining characters defining a third set of characters "Z," wherein "X" equals the sum of "Y" and "Z," and wherein the second set of characters "Y" of the full name are visually distinguished from the remaining letters of the full name by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters "Y" in the presentation of the full name relative to the third set of characters "Z"; inputting the first set of characters "Y" defined by the imbedded Shortcode into an interface of an electronic device; and observing on a display of an electronic device additional information regarding the location of interest.
Patent No. 8,676,861 - 1. A method for accessing content related to a location of interest, comprising: observing on a first display a map including a full name identifying a location on the map, the full name defined by a first set of characters "X" and including an imbedded Shortcode defined by a second set of characters "Y" selected from the first set of characters "X" of the full name that are visually distinguished from remaining characters of the first set of characters "X" of the full name, with "Y" being less than all of the first set of characters "X" of the full name and the remaining characters defining a third set of characters "Z," wherein "X" equals the sum of "Y" and "Z," and wherein the second set of characters "Y" of the full name are visually distinguished from the remaining letters of the full name by at least one of underlining, bolding, enlarging, changing the font, and changing the color of the second set of characters "Y" in the presentation of the full name relative to the third set of characters "Z"; inputting the first set of characters "Y" defined by the imbedded Shortcode into an interface of an electronic device; and observing on an electronic device display different than the first display additional information regarding the location of interest.
Allowable Subject Matter
(A) The prior art of record, Hyvarinen et al., (Publication 2009/0225085), teaches change in response to a trigger within an input sequence being made by a user. A text input on an electronic device comprises searching an input sequence made by a user, for words in a database that has a first condition and a second condition. Changing the condition of the database from the first condition to the second condition in response to a trigger within the input sequence.
(B) The prior art of record, Zhai et al. (Patent No. 8,484,573), teaches techniques for predictive text correction and completion for text entry using virtual keyboards on touch- sensitive displays. Displays the word the user intended to type on the virtual keyboard may be predicted and displayed in place of characters associated with the virtual keys actually contacted by the user.
(C) The prior art of record, Schusteritsch et al. ("Mobile Search with Text Messages: Designing the User Experience for Google SMS"), teaches SMS (Short Message Service) is already a hugely popular communication technology for mobile phones, with users sending billions of text messages to each other every year. The goal of the Google SMS service is to provide this large existing base of users with access to the types of information they are most likely to need when mobile. Users simply send their query as a text message and receive their results in the reply. This enables users to search for information without having to upgrade their phone or subscribe to specialized mobile data services.
(D) The prior art of record, Marshall (Patent No. 8489081), teaches a hardware and/or software facility measures end user activity associated with a software application or service on a mobile phone or other mobile device. A user of the mobile device (element 110) makes use of code by entering a specialized keystroke within an SMS composition dialog window, which causes the facility to insert the usage code in the body of the SMS message. The SMS message containing the usage code is transmitted to the phone number of the service center (element 140) via the network (element 130). A user may obtain an initiation code in a variety of ways. The initiation code is a short string composed of five or six alphanumeric characters.
Conclusion
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/CHERYL LEWIS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2166 December 13, 2025