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
Claim Construction
In claims 1, 8, and 15, the second limitation recites “waiting a period for receipt of Al content that is to be presented on the search engine results webpage.” Examiner notes that the recited action of the claim limitation is waiting a period and the language “for receipt of Al content that is to be presented on the search engine results webpage” is not recited as an action and is thus and intended use of the waiting. Thus, the claim does not actually recite receiving AI content before reciting the AI content has been received in the third limitation, although a person of ordinary skill in the art would understand that the navigating action recited in the third limitation of each claim is performed after said AI content has been received.
Objections
Claims 1, 8, and 15 are objected to because of the following informality: the last limitation recites “one or more webpages associated with the one or more keywords being adapted based on the characteristics of the AI content” but the claims does not recite one or more webpages associated with keywords, creating an antecedent basis issue.
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 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is directed to mental processes without significantly more. Independent claims 1, 8, and 15 each recites rendering, by a computing system that includes rendering engine, a search engine results webpage obtained in response to a request that includes one or more keywords; after search engine results webpage is rendered but before analyzing the rendered search engine results webpage, waiting a period for receipt of AI content that is to be presented on the search engine results webpage; after receipt of the AI content, navigating, via the computing system, the webpage to interact with the AI content; and after navigation, analyzing, via the computing system, the AI content to determine characteristics of the AI content, one or more webpages associated with the one or more keywords being adapted based on the characteristics of the AI content. Rendering a webpage is rendering data for the webpage which is a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Waiting a period of time is a choice and a mental process. Navigating a webpage is reading it and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Determining characteristics of AI content is evaluating and a mental process. The claims recite no additional elements. Claim 8 recites a non-transitory computer-readable medium and claim 15 recites one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, which are each generic components of a computer. Examiner notes specification paragraph 0013 discusses a recurring challenge for marketers as “internet search engines, such as Google, Bing, and others, change their internet search algorithms frequently as well as the structure, components, appearance, and various other aspects of Search Engine Results Pages.” Paragraphs 0014-0022 discuss examples of AI-generated search results and paragraph 0023 describes the invention as directed to improvements in search engine optimization (SEO) for content impacted by AI. 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, there are no additional elements and the non-transitory computer-readable medium and one or more processors are each still generic components of a computer. Thus the claims do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the recited mental processes.
Claims 2, 9, and 16 each recites wherein navigating the webpage to interact with the AI content include interacting with the Al content to allow AI views to be fully presented, and interacting with AI content is recited broadly and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claims 3, 10, and 17 each recites wherein the period is determined based on historical times to receive AI content, and determining a waiting period is evaluating and a mental process. Claims 4, 11, and 18 each recites parsing an image of the webpage that includes the AI content, which is recited broadly and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper; and determining an amount of the webpage that is covered by different aspects of the webpage, wherein the one or more webpages are adapted based on the amount of the webpage that is covered by different aspects of the webpage, and determining an amount is evaluating and a mental process. Claims 5, 12, and 19 each recites wherein the different aspects of the webpage comprise one or more of: the AI content; organic search results; paid search results; social media posts; or images, and webpage aspects are a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claims 6, 13, and 20 each recites wherein the characteristics of the AI content includes the AI content indicating: a place; a business; a particular store of a business; an unordered list; an ordered list; pros and cons related to the request; reviews; or a shopping carousel, and characteristics of content are a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper. Claims 7 and 14 each recites wherein analyzing the AI content to determine characteristics of the AI content includes determining one or more of: a type of the AI content, one or more brands mentioned in the Al content, and a sentiment of the AI content, and analyzing content is recited broadly and a mental process accomplishable in the human mind or on paper.
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:
Liao et al (US 20240403933) teaches returning a search results page for a search request generating text content objects for commodity object recommendations using an AI parametric model on user behavior information, does not teach waiting a period of time before receiving AI content, navigating or interacting with said AI content, or determining characteristics of AI content and adapting keywords from the search based on said characteristics (paragraphs 0013, 0105-0119 figure 2); and
Mouyade et al (US 20250053607) teaches querying an AI system and receiving an output, analyzing the output for various criteria, forming and running a revised query with an additional keyword based on the analysis, does not teach waiting a period of time before receiving AI content, navigating or interacting with said AI content, or determining characteristics of AI content and adapting keywords from the search based on said characteristics (paragraph 0016, 0045-0070 figure 1).
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/BRUCE M MOSER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2154 12/22/25