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This application has been examined. Claims 1-18 are pending.
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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 claims benefits of priority from Foreign Application KR10-2024-0075321 filed June 10, 2024.
The effective date of the claims described in this application is June 10, 2024.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statements (IDS) submitted on 5/21/2025,1/6/2026,5/4/2026 are in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statements are being considered by the examiner.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-6,9-18 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Mystetskyi (USPGPUB 2026/0024037)
Regarding Claim 1
Mystetskyi Paragraph 117 disclosed wherein the system identifies portions of displayed data marked by a user, queries the generative AI model to identify platform elements and determine actions to perform, and instructs the AI agent to notify the user of performable actions.
Mystetskyi Paragraph 156 disclosed wherein generative AI model is periodically updated based on new user interactions and feedback to improve its recommendations and automated actions.
Mystetskyi Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level.
Mystetskyi Paragraph 1905 disclosed wherein the orchestration layer 2910 facilitates intelligent feature promotion by integrating AI agent instances with product changelog feeds to make them contextually aware of newly released features. AI agent instances subscribe to structured changelog feeds and match new features against live user behavior, thread topics, or recent activity to detect organic opportunities for feature introduction.
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 1) a method for displaying command guide information for a chatbot by a user terminal, (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1253, a chat-like interface where users can converse with the generative AI environment 1800 about the data, Paragraph 1350,AI agent utilized as a chatbot) comprising:
acquiring an input for specifying a chatbot through a chat room, (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 96,a selection is made via a drop-down menu with user avatars and a generative AI agent is selected by choosing its avatar,Paragraph 1668, a user may simply request “prepare a supplier risk assessment,” and the AI agent instance optionally orchestrates the appropriate modules and datasets to generate the report ,Paragraph 1371, a messaging session with a generative AI agent is maintained, for instance by the generative AI environment 1800. This messaging session serves as an interface for user-AI interaction within the SaaS platform. ) the chatbot providing a chatbot response message corresponding to the command through the chat room; (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1933,orchestration layer provides the received output in the first instance wherein the outputs are provided with graphical characteristics indicative of the one or more selected AI agent instances)
displaying command guide information for the chatbot in the chat room; (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1250, different mouse-click operations in the AI-supported state trigger different AI functionalities. For example, a left-click might initiate an AI query based on visual and contextual information from the marked area, while a right-click could generate automatic suggestions for the clicked portion of the display. The suggestions may be presented in a user interface popped out in proximity to the curser as shown in 1915 of FIG. 19B, Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866, Paragraph 1899,Paragraph 1906 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level, Paragraph 1531, AI agent instance may identify the dependency and prompt the user with, “Would you like me to link the budget forecast here to the hiring plan discussion?”)
acquiring input information for a command based on the command guide information; (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866, Paragraph 1899,Paragraph 1906 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
displaying a command message comprising the command corresponding to the input information in the chat room; (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866, Paragraph 1899,Paragraph 1906 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
and
displaying a chatbot response message corresponding to the command message in the chat room. (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1933,orchestration layer provides the received output in the first instance wherein the outputs are provided with graphical characteristics indicative of the one or more selected AI agent instances)
Regarding Claim 17
Claim 17 (re. user terminal) recites substantially similar limitations as Claim 1. Claim 17 is rejected on the same basis as Claim 1.
Regarding Claim 18
Claim 18 (re. method) recites substantially similar limitations as Claim 1. Claim 18 is rejected on the same basis as Claim 1.
Regarding Claim 2
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 2) wherein displaying the command guide information comprises: displaying at least one primary command option; acquiring selection information for at least one primary command option from a user; and displaying at least one secondary command option determined based on the selection information. (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866,Paragraph 1899,Paragraph 1906 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
Regarding Claim 3
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 3) displaying the command guide information comprises displaying at least one command option, (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866 , Paragraph 1899,Paragraph 1906 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level) and
a manner in which the at least one command option is displayed is determined based on at least one of a chat history of the chat room and a command usage history of the user.(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1574, configuration interface optionally monitors user interactions to learn configuration preferences and usage patterns.)
Regarding Claim 4
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 4) displaying the command corresponding to the input information in a message input field of the chat room, wherein displaying the command is performed between the acquiring of the input information and the displaying of the command message. (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
Regarding Claim 5
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 5) displaying information for specifying the chatbot in the message input field, wherein displaying the information for specifying the chatbot is performed between the acquiring of an input for specifying the chatbot and the acquiring of the input information, wherein in displaying the command, the command is displayed in the message input field together with the information for specifying the chatbot. (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866, disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
Regarding Claim 6
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 6) acquiring a user's interaction for sending the command message displayed in the message input field; and displaying the command message in a message display window of the chat room. (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866, disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
Regarding Claim 9
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 9) wherein displaying the chatbot response message further comprises displaying command guide information for the chatbot at a location corresponding to the chatbot response message in the message display window of the chat room. (Mystetskyi - Figure 29f,Figure 29i, Paragraph 1865-1866 , Paragraph 1899,Paragraph 1906 disclosed conversational AI suggestion popups with action injection functions. The figure demonstrates the structural layout of a chat interface incorporating AI-generated suggestion popups that surface outside of the main chat stream. These suggestions appear as contextual overlays, such as floating popups, pinned sidebars, or suggestion bubbles, activated by recent conversational activity or specific intents. The suggestions do not interrupt the message stream but appear adjacent to relevant content, allowing users to preview, modify, or directly inject proposed messages into the conversation while maintaining attribution at the user level)
Regarding Claim 10
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 10) wherein the command guide information displayed in the message display window comprises command options for commands other than the command corresponding to the input information.(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 553, The agent outputs a request for the user to provide further information. It may provide general suggestions on the type of missing information or specific suggestions based on calculated predictions.)
Regarding Claim 11
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 11) displaying list information about participating chatbots that are participating in the chat room;(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 14, maintaining an AI center interface displaying multiple generative AI agents) and acquiring an input for specifying the chatbot through the list information for specifying a chatbot, and wherein a manner in which the list information is displayed is determined based on at least one of a chat history of the chat room and a command usage history of the user.(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 71, providing a resource forecasting tool to predict future AI resource needs based on historical usage)
Regarding Claim 12
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 12) wherein:the list information comprises command guide information for one of the participating chatbots, and the command guide information for the chatbot is displayed as a replacement for command guide information for one of the participating chatbots.( Mystetskyi -Paragraph 117,the system identifies portions of displayed data marked by a user, queries the generative AI model to identify platform elements and determine actions to perform, and instructs the AI agent to notify the user of performable actions, Paragraph 157, track the effectiveness of performed actions over time and adjust future recommendations based on observed outcomes.)
Regarding Claim 13
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 13) wherein in acquiring the input for specifying the chatbot, the input for specifying the chatbot comprises an input for utterance information of the chatbot in the chat room.(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1404, AI agent (or NLU) module are capable of processing inputs in multiple formats, including natural language text, voice commands, gestures and actions within the user interface)
Regarding Claim 14
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 14) wherein the input for the utterance information of the chatbot comprises at least one of an input for replying to a spoken message from the chatbot and an input for speaker information of the chatbot. (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1404, AI agent (or NLU) module are capable of processing inputs in multiple formats, including natural language text, voice commands, gestures and actions within the user interface)
Regarding Claim 15
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 15) wherein the command guide information comprises an interface for requesting a chatbot response message corresponding to a command (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1933,orchestration layer provides the received output in the first instance wherein the outputs are provided with graphical characteristics indicative of the one or more selected AI agent instances) and an interface related to settings of the chatbot.(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1574,observations are stored in the user profile, enabling the AI agent instance to predictively suggest configuration adjustments.)
Regarding Claim 16
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 16) wherein the interface related to the settings of the chatbot comprises at least one of an interface for resetting configuration settings of the chatbot (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 117, feedback data is then used to update and refine the generative AI model…suggestions may be presented to the user through an interactive interface that allows for customization and fine-tuning) and an interface for allowing a proactive message that is not a response to a command message.(Mystetskyi -Paragraph 511, real-time data updates to be reflected instantly across all views. Since all views point to the same data source, any changes to the data are immediately visible, ensuring consistency and accuracy…where data is frequently updated, such as in financial systems, real-time analytics, and monitoring applications.)
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 7-8 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Mystetskyi (USPGPUB 2026/0024037) further in view of what was well-known in the networking art.
Regarding Claim 7
Mystetskyi disclosed (re. Claim 7) acquiring input information for a command through a typing interaction on a message input field of the chat room, (Mystetskyi -Paragraph 1668, a user may simply request “prepare a supplier risk assessment,” and the AI agent instance optionally orchestrates the appropriate modules and datasets to generate the report ,
While Mystetskyi substantially disclosed the claimed invention Mystetskyi does not disclose (re. Claim 7)
wherein the acquiring of the input information for the command is performed instead of the acquiring of the input information based on the command guide information.
The Examiner notes that before the time of the claimed invention it would have been well-known to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful procedural steps in order to conserve computer resources. In context of Mystetskyi , since the desired user input/command is already provided by the user it would have been obvious to skip/bypass acquiring of the input information based on the command guide information.
Regarding Claim 8
While Mystetskyi substantially disclosed the claimed invention Mystetskyi does not disclose (re. Claim 8) stopping the displaying of the command guide information when input information for a command is acquired through a method other than using the command guide information, wherein the stopping of the displaying of the command is performed after the displaying of the command guide information is performed.
The Examiner notes that before the time of the claimed invention it would have been well-known to eliminate unnecessary and wasteful procedural steps in order to conserve computer resources. In context of Mystetskyi , since the desired user input/command is already provided by the user it would have been obvious to skip/bypass/stop the displaying of the command guide information.
Conclusion
Examiner’s Note: In the case of amending the claimed invention, Applicant is respectfully requested to indicate the portion(s) of the specification which dictate(s) the structure relied on for proper interpretation and also to verify and ascertain the metes and bounds of the claimed invention.
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/GREG C BENGZON/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2444
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