DETAILED ACTION
1. Claims 1-20 are currently pending. The effective filing date of the present application is 1/4/2021.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
2. The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Double Patenting
3. The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double patenting rejection is appropriate where the conflicting claims are not identical, but at least one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s) because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d 1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir. 1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum, 686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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4. Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 9-13 15-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 8, 9, and 13-15of U.S. Patent No. 12,282,907. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because use of synonyms and broader scope.
Claims 1, 2, 4-6, 9-13 15-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claim 4, 7, 9, 13, and 14 of U.S. Patent No. 11,893,562. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because use of synonyms and broader scope.
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1 (similarly claims 9 and 15). A first device, comprising:
9. A system, comprising:
9. (Currently Amended) A system for offloading an operation to a user device, the system comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more memories; and
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
obtain first information associated with a transaction initiated at the first device, wherein the transaction is associated with performing an operation;
receive, from a terminal device, a request associated with an exchange initiated at the terminal device, based on receiving operation information associated with a performance of the operation at the user device, a response that indicates the performance of the operation.
receive, from a terminal device, a request associated with an exchange initiated at the terminal device, wherein the terminal device is configured to perform the operation and to present a terminal-side user interface for performing the operation;
obtain, based on the first information, second information associated with a second device;
obtain, from another device associated with the terminal device and based on the request, user information associated with a user device;
wherein the operation is associated with the exchange, and wherein the terminal device is configured to perform the operation and to present a terminal-side user interface for performing the operation;
transmit, to transfer the operation to the second device, third information for the second device to use to perform the operation; and
transmit, to the user device and to offload the operation to the user device, presentation information identifying content for the user device to use to perform the operation; and
transmit, to the user device and to the offload the operation to the user device, presentation information identifying content for the user device to use to perform the operation associated with completing the exchange, wherein the operation is not performed by the terminal device;
receive, based on transmitting the third information, a response associated with performing the operation at the second device.
transmit, to the terminal device and based on receiving operation information associated with a performance of the operation at the user device, a response that indicates the performance of the operation.
transmit, to the terminal device and based on receiving the operation information, a response that indicates the performance of the operation of the exchange.
2. The first device of claim 1, wherein the first information identifies a payment medium associated with the transaction.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
14. (Original) The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
transmit, to the user device, information that identifies at least one of an aggregate exchange total of a medium associated with the exchange or a budget associated with the exchange.
transmit, to the user device, information that identifies at least one of an aggregate exchange total associated with the medium or a budget associated with the exchange.
4 (similarly claim 10). The first device of claim 1, wherein the third information identifies the second device.
obtain, from another device associated with the terminal device and based on the request, user information associated with a user device;
wherein the operation is associated with the exchange, and wherein the terminal device is configured to perform the operation and to present a terminal-side user interface for performing the operation;
5 (similarly claims 11, 12, and 16). The first device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors, to obtain the second information, are configured to: determine the second information using historical transaction data.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the response is transmitted in association with a determination that a signature identified by the operation information corresponds to a signature associated with a medium associated with the exchange.
13. (Original) The system of claim 9, wherein the user information further identifies information relating to a signature associated with the medium, and wherein the response is transmitted based on a determination that a signature identified by the operation information corresponds to the signature associated with the medium.
6 (similarly claims 13 and 16). The first device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
15. The system of claim 9, wherein the operation information identifies at least one of:
4. (Currently Amended) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of wherein the response identifies at least one of:
identify the second device using image data.
image data associated with performance of a signing operation at the user device, or
image data associated with performance of the signing operation at the user device, or
17. The method of claim 15, further comprising: transmitting, to a backend system and based on a determination that a network connection is available, a request identifying the first information.
8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the terminal device to:
7. (Previously Presented) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the terminal device to:
transmit, to a backend system and based on a determination that a network connection is available for the terminal device, a request identifying the exchange information and the response.
transmit, to a backend system and based on a determination that a network connection is available for the terminal device, a request associated with the exchange initiated at the terminal device, wherein the request identifies the exchange information and the response.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the response comprises: receiving the response from the second device.
15. an indication of the performance of the signing operation at the user device.
4. an indication of the performance of the signing operation at the user device.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the response comprises: receiving the response from a backend system.
8. transmit, to a backend system and based on a determination that a network connection is available for the terminal device, a request identifying the exchange information and the response.
7. transmit, to a backend system and based on a determination that a network connection is available for the terminal device, a request associated with the exchange initiated at the terminal device, wherein the request identifies the exchange information and the response.
Eligible Subject Matter-Abstract Idea and Subject Matter Overcoming the Prior Art
The reason for subject matter overcoming the prior art of claims 1-20 in the instant application is because the prior art of record fails to teach the overall combination as claimed. Therefore, it would not have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art to modify the prior art to meet the combination above without unequivocal hindsight and one of ordinary skill would have no reason to do so. The nearest art, Koeppel 2019/0122185, Eramian 2015/0348004, and Blanco 2014/0164237, does not teach transmit, to transfer the operation to the second device, third information for the second device to use to perform the operation; and receive, based on transmitting the third information, a response associated with performing the operation at the second device. Upon further searching the examiner could not identify any prior art to teach these limitations. The prior art on record, alone or in combination, neither anticipates, reasonably teaches, not renders obvious the Applicant’s claimed invention.
Examiner notes [0015] discussing the technical solution for the technical problem, thus eligible as a practical application.
Claims 3,7-8 and 14 are objected to for dependency from a rejected claim.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See Notice of References Cited, PTO form 892.
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/MICHAEL JARED WALKER/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3627 Michael.walker@uspto.gov
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