DETAILED ACTION
Claims 1 – 20, which are currently pending, are fully considered below.
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 .
Priority
This application is a 371 of PCT/CN2024/103503 07/04/2024.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on July 30, 2025 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 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 an abstract idea of mental processes and/or math without significantly more.
As to claim 1, the claim recites the mental processes of acquiring attribute information of a plurality of physical data tables; generating, for any one of the physical data tables, based on the attribute information, a virtual data table corresponding to the physical data table; wherein the virtual data table and the physical data table have a same data structure, and each data in the virtual data table respectively refers to corresponding data in the physical data table; associating a plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate a virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables, wherein each data in the virtual data wide table respectively refers to corresponding data in the target virtual data tables; and determining, in response to a data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, target data corresponding to the data query instruction based on the virtual data wide table (A person can mentally receive a data table and generate a virtual data table from it).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the table data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 2, the claim recites the mental processes wherein the associating the plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate the virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables comprises: selecting a reference data table from the target virtual data tables; selecting an association data table from remaining target virtual data tables; associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain a new reference data table; and repeating steps of selecting the association data table and associating the reference data table with the association data table until a number of the remaining target virtual data tables is zero (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 3, the claim recites wherein the associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain the new reference data table comprises: selecting, based on attribute information of the reference data table and the association data table, a target association mode from a plurality of association modes; and associating the reference data table with the association data table by using the target association mode to obtain the new reference data table (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 4, the claim recites the mental processes wherein the target virtual data tables are screened out from the virtual data tables by: acquiring at least one predetermined query statement of a target query service; and determining, based on the at least one predetermined query statement, the target virtual data table matching the at least one predetermined query statement (A person can mentally find a data table that matches a condition).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 5, the claim recites the mental process wherein the determining, in response to the data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, the target data corresponding to the data query instruction based on the virtual data wide table comprises: determining, in response to the data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, a data query path corresponding to the data query instruction, based on a data reference relationship indicated in the virtual data wide table; searching for target query data matching any one of query nodes in the data query path from currently stored intermediate query data; wherein the query nodes indicate data query logic for determining the intermediate query data; and in response to any one of the target query data being found, performing, starting from the query node corresponding to the target query data, data query according to the data query path based on the target query data, to obtain the target data corresponding to the data query instruction (A person can mentally perform a query).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 6, the claim recites the mental processes whereby after searching for the target query data corresponding to any one of the query nodes in the data query path, the data query method further comprises: in response to none of the target query data being found, performing, starting from an initial query node of the data query path, the data query according to the data query path, to obtain the target data corresponding to the data query instruction (A person can mentally search for data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 7, the claim recites the mental processes of performing the data query according to the data query path, for each of the query nodes, determining, based on at least one of a predicted query frequency, a historical query frequency and a calculation complexity corresponding to the query node, an importance evaluation value of the query node; and storing, in response to the importance evaluation value being higher than or equal to a predetermined evaluation value, the intermediate query data corresponding to the query node (A person can mentally search for data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data specifically in the claim, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 8, the claim recites the mental processes of acquiring attribute information of a plurality of physical data tables; generating, for any one of the physical data tables, based on the attribute information, a virtual data table corresponding to the physical data table; wherein the virtual data table and the physical data table have a same data structure, and each data in the virtual data table respectively refers to corresponding data in the physical data table; associating a plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate a virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables, wherein each data in the virtual data wide table respectively refers to corresponding data in the target virtual data tables; and determining, in response to a data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, target data corresponding to the data query instruction based on the virtual data wide table (A person can mentally receive a data table and generate a virtual data table from it).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the table data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 9, the claim recites the mental processes wherein the associating the plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate the virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables comprises: selecting a reference data table from the target virtual data tables; selecting an association data table from remaining target virtual data tables; associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain a new reference data table; and repeating steps of selecting the association data table and associating the reference data table with the association data table until a number of the remaining target virtual data tables is zero (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 10, the claim recites wherein the associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain the new reference data table comprises: selecting, based on attribute information of the reference data table and the association data table, a target association mode from a plurality of association modes; and associating the reference data table with the association data table by using the target association mode to obtain the new reference data table (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 11, the claim recites the mental processes wherein the target virtual data tables are screened out from the virtual data tables by: acquiring at least one predetermined query statement of a target query service; and determining, based on the at least one predetermined query statement, the target virtual data table matching the at least one predetermined query statement (A person can mentally find a data table that matches a condition).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 12, the claim recites the mental process wherein the determining, in response to the data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, the target data corresponding to the data query instruction based on the virtual data wide table comprises: determining, in response to the data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, a data query path corresponding to the data query instruction, based on a data reference relationship indicated in the virtual data wide table; searching for target query data matching any one of query nodes in the data query path from currently stored intermediate query data; wherein the query nodes indicate data query logic for determining the intermediate query data; and in response to any one of the target query data being found, performing, starting from the query node corresponding to the target query data, data query according to the data query path based on the target query data, to obtain the target data corresponding to the data query instruction (A person can mentally perform a query).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 13, the claim recites the mental processes whereby after searching for the target query data corresponding to any one of the query nodes in the data query path, the data query method further comprises: in response to none of the target query data being found, performing, starting from an initial query node of the data query path, the data query according to the data query path, to obtain the target data corresponding to the data query instruction (A person can mentally search for data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 14, the claim recites the mental processes of performing the data query according to the data query path, for each of the query nodes, determining, based on at least one of a predicted query frequency, a historical query frequency and a calculation complexity corresponding to the query node, an importance evaluation value of the query node; and storing, in response to the importance evaluation value being higher than or equal to a predetermined evaluation value, the intermediate query data corresponding to the query node (A person can mentally search for data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data specifically in the claim, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 15, the claim recites the mental processes of acquiring attribute information of a plurality of physical data tables; generating, for any one of the physical data tables, based on the attribute information, a virtual data table corresponding to the physical data table; wherein the virtual data table and the physical data table have a same data structure, and each data in the virtual data table respectively refers to corresponding data in the physical data table; associating a plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate a virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables, wherein each data in the virtual data wide table respectively refers to corresponding data in the target virtual data tables; and determining, in response to a data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, target data corresponding to the data query instruction based on the virtual data wide table (A person can mentally receive a data table and generate a virtual data table from it).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the table data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 16, the claim recites the mental processes of performing the data query according to the data query path, for each of the query nodes, determining, based on at least one of a predicted query frequency, a historical query frequency and a calculation complexity corresponding to the query node, an importance evaluation value of the query node; and storing, in response to the importance evaluation value being higher than or equal to a predetermined evaluation value, the intermediate query data corresponding to the query node (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 17, the claim recites the mental processes of performing the data query according to the data query path, for each of the query nodes, determining, based on at least one of a predicted query frequency, a historical query frequency and a calculation complexity corresponding to the query node, an importance evaluation value of the query node; and storing, in response to the importance evaluation value being higher than or equal to a predetermined evaluation value, the intermediate query data corresponding to the query node (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 18, the claim recites the mental processes wherein the associating the plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate the virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables comprises: selecting a reference data table from the target virtual data tables; selecting an association data table from remaining target virtual data tables; associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain a new reference data table; and repeating steps of selecting the association data table and associating the reference data table with the association data table until a number of the remaining target virtual data tables is zero (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
As to claim 19, the claim recites wherein the associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain the new reference data table comprises: selecting, based on attribute information of the reference data table and the association data table, a target association mode from a plurality of association modes; and associating the reference data table with the association data table by using the target association mode to obtain the new reference data table (A person can mentally associate data).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
As to claim 20, the claim recites the mental processes wherein the target virtual data tables are screened out from the virtual data tables by: acquiring at least one predetermined query statement of a target query service; and determining, based on the at least one predetermined query statement, the target virtual data table matching the at least one predetermined query statement (A person can mentally find a data table that matches a condition).
A judicial exception is not integrated into a practical application because there are no steps beyond the abstract idea to possibly integrate it into a practical application. Nothing is done to actually process the data, let alone any meaningful way that could amount to any practical application.
The claim does not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception. Additionally, the recitation of “one or more processors” merely attempts to generically implement the abstract idea on a computer, and is not indicative of significantly more. See MPEP §2106.05(f).
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.
Claims 1 – 4, 8 – 11, 15, and 18 - 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Michael Gordon Schnapp et al. (U.S. Patent Publication 20100199041).
With respect to claims 1, 8, and 15, Schnapp teaches:
acquiring attribute information of a plurality of physical data tables (see paragraph [0015] and Fig. 5, where attribute information is acquired and stored for data fields);
generating, for any one of the physical data tables, based on the attribute information, a virtual data table corresponding to the physical data table (see paragraph [0015] and Fig. 5, where virtual tables are generated from the physical tables);
wherein the virtual data table and the physical data table have a same data structure, and each data in the virtual data table respectively refers to corresponding data in the physical data table (see Fig. 6A, where each field in the physical table corresponds to a field in the virtual table);
associating a plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate a virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables, wherein each data in the virtual data wide table respectively refers to corresponding data in the target virtual data tables (see Fig. 6A, where each field in the physical table corresponds to a field in the virtual table); and
determining, in response to a data query instruction for the virtual data wide table, target data corresponding to the data query instruction based on the virtual data wide table (see paragraph [0202], and Fig. 17, where target data is determined based on the virtual data).
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With respect to claims 2, 9 and 18, Schnapp teaches:
wherein the associating the plurality of target virtual data tables in the virtual data tables to generate the virtual data wide table corresponding to the target virtual data tables comprises: selecting a reference data table from the target virtual data tables (see paragraph [0096], for a table storing reference information);
selecting an association data table from remaining target virtual data tables (see paragraph [0034], where a block association table is selected);
associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain a new reference data table (see paragraph [0187], where block association tables are used for cross referencing information); and
repeating steps of selecting the association data table and associating the reference data table with the association data table until a number of the remaining target virtual data tables is zero (see paragraph [0194], for iteratively repeating the association).
With respect to claims 3, 10, and 19, Schnapp teaches:
wherein the associating the reference data table with the association data table to obtain the new reference data table comprises: selecting, based on attribute information of the reference data table and the association data table, a target association mode from a plurality of association modes (see paragraph [0096], for a table storing reference information, also see paragraph [0034], where a block association table is selected); and
associating the reference data table with the association data table by using the target association mode to obtain the new reference data table (see paragraph [0034], where a block association table is selected).
With respect to claims 4, 11, and 20, Schnapp teaches:
wherein the target virtual data tables are screened out from the virtual data tables by: acquiring at least one predetermined query statement of a target query service (see paragraph [0225], for the Data Location Query protocol which executes queries against the virtual data tables); and
determining, based on the at least one predetermined query statement, the target virtual data table matching the at least one predetermined query statement (see paragraph [0225], for the Data Location Query protocol which executes queries against the virtual data tables).
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/ALEXANDRIA Y BROMELL/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2156 March 6, 2026
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