DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Claim Objections
Claims 1-2 are objected to because of the following informalities:
In Claim 1, the first occurrence of “SSD” should be spelled out.
In Claim 1, the first occurrence of “WIFI” should be spelled out.
In Claim 1, the first occurrence of “IoT” should be spelled out.
In Claim 2, the first occurrence of “IoT” should be spelled out.
Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
Regarding Claim 1, Claim 1 recites the limitation "the basic requirements ". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation "the event-defined ultra-reliable low latency communication (EDuRLLC) services". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation "the sixth generation (6G) communication systems". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation "the virtual twins". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the copies of the virtual twins". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation "the service software file". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the cognitive capabilities". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the service definitions". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the requirement of the service provided by the switches". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the IoT application ". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the fiber optic communication modules". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the core networks". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the different digital twin software modules". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the virtual-to-virtual (V2V) interfaces". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the virtual-to-service (V2S) interfaces". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the collected data". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the data update period". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the implemented physical network". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the service software files". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the network topology-oriented service type". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the service-oriented service type". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the short-term and long-term pattern". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the network traffic-oriented service type". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the data renewal period using the device density ". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the packet expiry dates". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the connection capacity". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 1 further recites the limitation “the buffer size metrics of the identifier of the age of the twin". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding Claim 1, the term "high data communication rate" in Claim 1 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "high data communication rate" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "high reliability" in Claim 1 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "high reliability" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "low latency" in Claim 1 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "low latency" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "short-term and long-term pattern" in Claim 1 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "short-term and long-term pattern" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
Regarding Claim 2, Claim 2 recites the limitation "the system". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the basic requirements". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the uHDD and EDuRLLC services". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the 6G communication systems". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the data collected". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the physical layer unit". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the virtual layer unit". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the virtual models". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the virtual model file". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the service definition". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the local digital twin service module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the requirement". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the network". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the digital twin software module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the active digital twin models". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the service definition". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the evaluated digital twin models". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the general network operation service". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the data collected". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the local digital twin service module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the data renewal module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the access". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the network topology". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the service definition module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the topology". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the evaluation result". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the weights of the metrics". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the device density". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the packet expiry dates". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the observed network topology chances". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the requirements". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the services provided on IoT". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the 6G network models". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the service type". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the evaluation results". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the connection capacity". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the observed 6G service requirements". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the short and long term patterns". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the traffic flowing". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the buffer size". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the examined traffic type patterns". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the data renewal period values". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the calculation module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the data obtained as a result of the evaluation". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 2 further recites the limitation “the metrics". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding Claim 2, the term "high data communication rate" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "high data communication rate" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "high reliability" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "high reliability" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "packet expiry dates high" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "packet expiry dates high" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "connection capacity high" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "connection capacity high" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "buffer size high" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "buffer size high" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "low latency" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "low latency" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
The term "short and long term patterns" in Claim 2 is a relative term which renders the claim indefinite. The term "short and long term patterns" is not defined by the claim, the specification does not provide a standard for ascertaining the requisite degree, and one of ordinary skill in the art would not be reasonably apprised of the scope of the invention.
Regarding Claim 3, Claim 3 recites the limitation "the physical layer unit". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 further recites the limitation “the virtual layer unit". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 further recites the limitation “the digital twin models". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 3 further recites the limitation “the medium". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding Claim 4, Claim 4 recites the limitation "the services in the renewal module". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 4 further recites the limitation “the twin metric". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Regarding Claim 5, Claim 5 recites the limitation "the device density". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5 further recites the limitation “the packet expiry dates". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Claim 5 further recites the limitation “the connection capacity and the buffer size". There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-5 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
In interpreting the currently amended claims, in light of the specification, the Examiner finds the claimed invention to be patentably distinct from the prior art of record.
Regarding Claim 1, the closest prior art of record Dechene et al (US 20220245462) in view of Grefen (US 11562113) in further view of Rakshit (US 11556449) and in even further view of Mukhopadhyay et al (US 11689620) does not teach a data renewal system that provides a low latency of 100 microsecond levels at a high data communication rate and a high reliability, which are the basic requirements of the ultra-high data density (uHDD) and the event-defined ultra- reliable low latency communication (EDuRLLC) services in the sixth generation (6G) communication systems and that comprises at least one processor and at least one interface, characterized in that it comprises:- at least one digital twin software module (1) comprising at least one core network or at least one IoT sensor network of a network topology that operates on a processor and provides services in the 6G systems, - at least one physical layer unit (2) comprising at least one switch and at least one router or at least one IoT sensor, - at least one virtual layer unit (3) that keeps the virtual twins of the switches, router and sensors which are contained in the physical layer unit (2) in at least one database, - at least one virtual modal file (4) comprising operational and configurational data of the copies of the virtual twins located in the virtual layer unit (3) of the switches, routers and sensors which are contained in the core network or at least one IoT sensor network, - in the digital twin software module (1), at least one service layer unit (5) comprising the service software file in which the cognitive capabilities are performed and the service definitions are specified according to the network topology, service and traffic service types, - at least one local digital twin service module (6), which defines a service according to the requirement of the service provided by the switches, routers and sensors whose digital twin model is generated in the virtual layer unit (3), - at least one general network operation service module (7) comprising WIFI for the IoT application and the fiber optic communication modules for the core networks, which enable the different digital twin software modules (1) that share the same medium to communicate with each other, - at least one data renewal module (8) developed for the virtual-to-virtual (V2V) interfaces and the virtual-to-service (V2S) interfaces, where the collected data is stored on a storage unit which is at least one SSD and the data update period is determined,- in the implemented physical network, at least one service definition module (9) comprising the service software files implemented on an external processor that provides the definition of an ultra-dynamic, dynamic, and static pattern for the network topology-oriented service type; a IoT, core network, and 6G pattern for the service-oriented service type; and the short-term and long-term pattern for the network traffic-oriented service type, - at least one calculation module (10) comprising at least one calculation software file contained on an external processor that calculates the data renewal period using the device density, the packet expiry dates, the connection capacity and the buffer size metrics of the identifier of the age of the twin which is a digital twin metric.
Regarding Claims 2-5, the closest prior art of record Dechene et al (US 20220245462) in view of Grefen (US 11562113) in further view of Rakshit (US 11556449) and in even further view of Mukhopadhyay et al (US 11689620) does not teach a method for operating the system that provides a low latency of 100 microsecond levels at a high data communication rate and a high reliability, which are the basic requirements of the uHDD and EDuRLLC services in the 6G communication systems and that comprises at least one processor and at least one interface, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:- sending the data collected by at least one switch and at least one router or at least one IoT sensor located in the physical layer unit (2) to the virtual layer unit (3) (1001),- generating the virtual models in the virtual layer unit (3) of the switch and the router or the IoT sensor located in the physical layer unit (2) with the virtual model file (4) of said data (1002), - making the service definition with the local digital twin service module (6) according to the requirement of the network located in the digital twin software module (1) (1003), - evaluating the number of the active digital twin models generated with the digital twin software module (1) after the service definition and following the step 1001 if the number of the evaluated digital twin models is maximum 2 (1004), - providing an access setting to the general network operation service module (7) for all digital twins generated, if the number of the evaluated digital twin models is at least 2 (1005), - transferring the data collected in the local digital twin service module (6) to the data renewal module (8) after the access has been provided (1006),- carrying out an evaluation according to the network topology, service and traffic service types in the service definition module (9) (1007),- observing the topology changes as ultra-dynamically, dynamically and statically, if the type of the service is network topology-oriented according to the evaluation result (1008),- keeping the weights of the metrics of the device density and the packet expiry dates high, together with the observed network topology chances (1009), - observing the requirements of the services provided on IoT, the core network and the 6G network models, if the service type is service-oriented according to the evaluation results (1010), - keeping the weights of the metrics of the packet expiry dates and the connection capacity high with the observed 6G service requirements (1011), - examining the short and long term patterns of the traffic flowing on the network, if the service type is traffic-oriented according to the evaluation result (1012), - keeping the weights of the metrics of the connection capacity and the buffer size high, with the examined traffic type patterns (1013), - calculating (1014) the data renewal period values in the calculation module (10) using the data obtained as a result of the evaluation (1007) in the service definition module (9) with the metrics that are adjusted according to the network topology, service and traffic service types.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
Dechene et al (US 20220245462), Abstract - A system including one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, perform certain acts. The acts can include generating a digital twin network simulation of a physical computer network controlled through a software-defined-network (SDN) control system. The acts also can include training a routing agent model on the digital twin network simulation using a reinforcement-learning model on traffic that flows through nodes of the digital twin network simulation. The routing agent model includes a machine-learning model. The acts additionally can include deploying the routing agent model, as trained, from the digital twin network simulation to the SDN control system of the physical computer network. Other embodiments are described.
Grefen (US 11562113), Abstract - Real time process control using digital twins. In more detail, the present disclosure relates to the field of modeling distributed event-discrete systems using digital twins and subsequent use of the models for real time control of distributed even-discrete systems. There is provided a virtual twin engine for control of a distributed even-discrete system in real-time. The virtual twin engine has installed at least one executable modeling software kernel which runs subsystem use models in relation to subsystem clusters of the distributed event-discrete system. Also, the virtual twin engine operates the at least one digital twin in a passive manner through real time access to the modeling software kernel modeling the subsystem use model of the at least one digital twin.
Rakshit (US 11556449), Abstract - Systems, methods and computer program products for simulating workflows and activities of physical assets using digital twin models. User-defined simulations are performed by selectin digital twin components being analyzed during the simulation, concentrating the analysis on the selectively defined components and bypassing components that will not be simulated. Users can design the digital twin simulation using one or more available digital twin models. The model can be the most current digital twin model, a previous version of a model or a hybridized model comprising components or portions from multiple versions of the available digital twins. Users can further customize simulations by selecting components or sections of the digital twin model to selectively bypass during the simulation or provide overriding values for non-simulated portions of the digital twin which can be used as entry criteria inputted into the next simulated section or component of the digital twin, to complete the simulation.
Mukhopadhyay et al (US 11689620), Abstract - A digital twin of an IT infrastructure is created to identify a group of critical servers (called “base servers”) needed to replicate the IT infrastructure in a cloud-computing environment. To identify the correct base servers and their actual server configurations, the IT infrastructure is crawled and various telemetry, connection, and network data is analyzed against data sets of other known servers. The digital twin is created to include these base servers and their particular configurations. Then, the digital twin may be deployed on demand in the cloud-computing environment using executable scripts that mimic the base servers and their particular configurations, creating a replication of the IT infrastructure for various purposes (e.g., redundancy, testing, etc.).
Yerli (US 11665317), Abstract - A system comprises at least one cloud server of a cloud server computer system comprising at least one processor and memory storing a persistent virtual world system comprising one or more virtual objects including virtual data and models. The virtual objects comprise one or more of a virtual twin, a pure virtual object, or an application, wherein at least one of the virtual objects represents a store of real-world items connected to a periodically-updated database associated to the products of the at least one store. Users may access the store through the persistent virtual world system via a user device enabling interactions with and between elements within the store.
Brebner (US 11983641), Abstract - According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, the disclosure relates to an application system and server kit that create and serve digital twin-enabled applications. This disclosure also relates to a hub-and-spoke classification system. This disclosure also relates to a location-based services framework that leverages a generative content process to improve location prediction. This disclosure also relates to virtual reality and augmented reality applications, as well as digital agents that support various types of applications.
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