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Claims 1, 2, 5-9, 12-15 and 18-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 11, 13-15 and 17-29 of U.S. Patent No. 12,271,358. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the claims are obvious variants as the independent claims of the instant invention are broader than the independent claims of Patent No. 12,271,358 as shown with the underlined portions in the comparison table below. Claims 3, 4, 10, 11, 16 and 17 are also rejected for the dependency on their respect claims.
Instant Application Claims
Patent No. 12,271,358 Claims
Claim 1. A system comprising: at least one hardware processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the system to:
obtain multiple records from a database;
determine multiple weights associated with the multiple records, wherein a record among the multiple records is associated with a weight among the multiple weights;
obtain a first force acting on the record among the multiple records, wherein the first force defines a first criterion to be satisfied by the record, wherein an intensity exerted by the first force on the record is based on the weight associated with the record and how closely the record satisfies the first criterion;
define a projection space based on the multiple records, wherein a first dimension in the projection space corresponds to a spatial dimension, wherein a second dimension in the projection space corresponds to the first force;
represent the record in the projection space by projecting the record into the projection space to obtain a projected record;
represent the first force in the projection space;
apply the first force to the projected record, thereby changing a position of the projected record in the projection space, until an equilibrium is reached, wherein the equilibrium is reached when a change in the position of the projected record after subsequent application of the first force is below a predetermined threshold; and
determine how closely the record satisfies the first criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force.
Claim 1. A system comprising:
an input/output unit configured to obtain multiple records from a database, wherein a record among the multiple records includes a name and a value; a clock defining a step of computation; a hardware processor configured to perform multiple operations during the step of computation wherein an operation among the multiple operations includes a single force acting on one or more records among the multiple records, the hardware processor configured to:
determine multiple weights associated with the multiple records, wherein each record among the multiple records is associated with a weight among the multiple weights; and
obtain a first force and a second force acting on the record among the multiple records, wherein the first force defines a first criterion to be satisfied by the record, wherein the first criterion includes a first value to be satisfied by the record, wherein an intensity exerted by the first force on the record is based on the weight associated with the record and how closely the value associated with the record satisfies the first value associated with the first criterion, wherein the second force defines a second criterion to be satisfied by the record, wherein the second criterion is different from the first criterion;
define a projection space based on the multiple records, wherein a first dimension in the projection space corresponds to the name associated with the record, wherein a second dimension in the projection space corresponds to the first force and the second force;
represent the record in the projection space by projecting the record into the projection space to obtain a projected record; and
represent the first force and the second force in the projection space, wherein the first force is associated with a first position in the projection space, and the second force is associated with a second position in the projection space; the hardware processor configured to, during a single step of computation, in parallel perform multiple operations on multiple forces and multiple projected records including:
apply the first force and the second force to the projected record, thereby changing a position of the projected record in the projection space, until an equilibrium between the first force and the second force is reached, wherein the equilibrium is reached when a change in the position of the projected record between subsequent application of the first force and the second force is below a predetermined threshold; and
determine how closely the value associated with the record satisfies the first value associated with the first criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force.
Claim 2. The system of claim 1, comprising instructions to: obtain the multiple records from the database, wherein the record among the multiple records includes a name and a value, wherein the name associated with the record corresponds to an identifier, and the value associated with the record corresponds to the value of the identifier; determine the multiple weights associated with the multiple records, wherein the weight has a first predetermined value when the record has a value, wherein the weight has a second predetermined value when the record does not have a value; obtain the first force acting on the record among the multiple records, wherein the first force does not act on a record having the second predetermined value; define the projection space based on the multiple records, wherein the first dimension in the projection space is the identifier associated with the record, wherein the second dimension in the projection space corresponds to the first force; and make a determination of how closely the value of the identifier satisfies the first criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force, wherein the determination is expressed on a predetermined scale.
Claim 2. The system of claim 1, comprising: the input/output unit configured to obtain the multiple records from the database, wherein the name associated with the record corresponds to an identifier, and the value associated with the record corresponds to the value of the identifier; and the hardware processor configured to: determine the multiple weights associated with the multiple records, wherein the weight has a first predetermined value when the record has a value, wherein the weight has a second predetermined value when the record does not have a value; obtain the first force and the second force acting on the record among the multiple records, wherein the first criterion defines a desired identifier to be satisfied by the record, wherein the second criterion defines that the desired identifier is not satisfied by the record, wherein the first force and the second force do not act on a record having the second predetermined value; and make a determination of how closely the value of the identifier satisfies the desired identifier associated with the first criterion based on a distance between the projected record in the projection space at equilibrium and the first force, wherein the determination is expressed on a predetermined scale.
Claim 5. The system of claim 1, comprising instructions to: express a correlation between a first multiplicity of records and a second multiplicity of records using the first force and a second force, wherein the first force indicates a positive correlation, and the second force indicates a negative correlation; and determine the correlation between the first multiplicity of records and the second multiplicity of records based on a distance between the first multiplicity of records, the second multiplicity of records, and the first force.
Claim 4. The system of claim 1, the hardware processor configured to: express a correlation between a first multiplicity of records and a second multiplicity of records using the first force and the second force, wherein the first force indicates a positive correlation, and the second force indicates a negative correlation; and determine the correlation between the first multiplicity of records and the second multiplicity of records based on a distance between the first multiplicity of records, the second multiplicity of records, and the first force.
Claim 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first criterion includes a first multiplicity of records, and a first multiplicity of values to be satisfied by the first multiplicity of records, wherein the first multiplicity of records includes multiple types, wherein the multiple types include a string type and a numerical type.
Claim 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first criterion includes a first multiplicity of records, and a first multiplicity of values to be satisfied by the first multiplicity of records, wherein the first multiplicity of records includes multiple types, wherein the multiple types include a string type and a numerical type.
Claim 7. The system of claim 1, comprising instructions to: obtain a first multiplicity of records from a first database, and a second multiplicity of records from a second database, wherein a record in the first multiplicity of records has a value corresponding to a value of a record in the second multiplicity of records; obtain the first force having the first criterion defined to attract the record having the value; apply the first force to the first multiplicity of records and the second multiplicity of records until an equilibrium is achieved; upon achieving the equilibrium, obtain a subset of records within a predetermined threshold of the first force; and determine that the subset of records within the predetermined threshold of the first force match.
Claim 6. The system of claim 1, the hardware processor configured to: obtain a first multiplicity of records from a first database, and a second multiplicity of records from a second database, wherein a record in the first multiplicity of records has a value corresponding to a value of a record in the second multiplicity of records; obtain the first force having the first criterion defined to attract the record having the value; apply the first force to the first multiplicity of records and the second multiplicity of records until an equilibrium is achieved; upon achieving the equilibrium, obtain a subset of records within a predetermined threshold of the first force; and determine that the subset of records within the predetermined threshold of the first force match.
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Buscema (US 2007/0233624): a neural network for processing arrays of data with pertinent topology comprising a n-dimensional array of cells (Ki) corresponding to the knots of the neural network, each cell having connections to the directly adjacent cells (Kj) forming the neighbourhood of the a cell (Ki);
Sexton (US 20150254370): generating a function based on information within a metric space to project the information to a reference space to capture relationships;
Wang (CN 115576272 B): motion control based on torsion line driving system, so as to enable driving speed, force by constructing a five-dimensional space system P5 of the torsion line driving system.
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