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1. This communication is being filed in response to the submission having a mailing date of (06/06/2025) in which a (3) month Shortened Statutory Period for Response has been set.
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 .
Acknowledgements
3. Upon initial entry, claims (1 -20) appear pending for examination, of which (1, 19, 20) are the three (3) parallel running independent claims on record.
Specification
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Claim rejection section
Double patent
7. 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 obviousness-type 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); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
7.1. A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321(c) or 1.321(d) may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory double patenting ground provided the conflicting application or patent either is shown to be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement. Effective January 1, 1994, a registered attorney or agent of record may sign a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer signed by the assignee must fully comply with 37 CFR 3.73(b).
7.2. Individuals associated with the filing and prosecution of the instant patent application have a duty to disclose information within their knowledge as to other copending United States applications which are "material to patentability" of the application in question. See MPEP §2001.06(b) for more details.
7.3. Claims (1, 19 and 20) of instant Application 19/231,277 directed to a method, system, and CRM of the same, being provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory obvious-type double patenting as being unpatentable over the similar claims of the parent Appls. family [18/972,820 (now US 12348711); 18/501,810 (now US 12,088,796) and 18/106,821 (now US 11,856,188). Although the conflicting claims are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other, because the claims use similar scope of the invention, and/or similar variations of the same claim language.
Instant Application:
19/231,277
Reference:18/972,820
(now US 12348711)
Reference: 18/501,810
(now US 12,088,796)
Reference: 18/106,821
(now US 11,856,188)
Claim 1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device,
the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters;
determining whether a fault in the first media content segment has occurred, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises:
determining a quality value of the first media content segment, the quality value comprising one or more of a resolution, a bitrate, and a frame rate, and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred: receiving, from an upload controller module, a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; and synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault.
Claim 19. A system comprising: one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining whether a fault in the first media content segment has occurred, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises: determining a quality value of the first media content segment, the quality value comprising one or more of a resolution, a bitrate, and a frame rate, and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred: receiving, from an upload controller module, a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; and synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault.
Claim 20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining whether a fault in the first media content segment has occurred, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises: determining a quality value of the first media content segment, the quality value comprising one or more of a resolution, a bitrate, and a frame rate, and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred: receiving, from an upload controller module, a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; and synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault.
Claim 1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device,
the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters;
determining, by the server, whether a fault in the first media content segment has occurred,
wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises:
determining a quality value of the first media content segment, the quality value comprising one or more of a resolution, a bitrate, and a frame rate, and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred: receiving, at the server from an upload controller module, a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and determining a length of the second media content segment based on a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 19. A system comprising: one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining, by the server, whether a fault in the first media content segment has occurred, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises: determining a quality value of the first media content segment, the quality value comprising one or more of a resolution, a bitrate, and a frame rate, and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred: receiving, at the server from an upload controller module, a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and determining a length of the second media content segment based on a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining, by the server, whether a fault in the first media content segment has occurred, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises: determining a quality value of the first media content segment, the quality value comprising one or more of a resolution, a bitrate, and a frame rate, and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred: receiving, at the server from an upload controller module, a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and determining a length of the second media content segment based on a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device,
the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters;
determining, by the server, whether a fault has occurred, the fault associated with the first media content segment,
wherein said determine whether the fault has occurred comprises
determining a quality value of the first media content segment and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred, replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; in accordance with a determination that the fault has not occurred, forgoing replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment, and providing the media data from the server to a client device for presentation of the media data; wherein said replacing the first media content segment with the second media content segment comprises: synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and trimming a length of the second media content segment based on a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 18. A system comprising: one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining, by the server, whether a fault has occurred, the fault associated with the first media content segment, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises determining a quality value of the first media content segment and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred, replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; in accordance with a determination that the fault has not occurred, forgoing replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment, and providing the media data from the server to a client device for presentation of the media data; wherein said replacing the first media content segment with the second media content segment comprises: synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and trimming a length of the second media content segment based on a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising one or more of first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining, by the server, whether a fault has occurred, the fault associated with the first media content segment, wherein said determining whether the fault has occurred comprises determining a quality value of the first media content segment and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred, replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with a second media content segment comprising one or more of second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; in accordance with a determination that the fault has not occurred, forgoing replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment, and providing the media data from the server to a client device for presentation of the media data; wherein said replacing the first media content segment with the second media content segment comprises: synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and trimming a length of the second media content segment based on a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device,
the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters;
determining, by the server, whether a fault has occurred, the fault associated with the first media content segment,
wherein determining whether the fault has occurred comprises
determining a quality value of the first media content segment and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; receiving a second media content segment, the second media content segment comprising second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred, replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment; in accordance with a determination that the fault has not occurred forgoing replacing, in the media data first media content segment with the second media content segment, and providing the media data from the server to a client device for presentation of the media data; wherein replacing the first media content segment with the second media content segment comprises: synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and trimming a length of the second media content segment to a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 17. A system comprising: one or more processors configured to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining, by the server, whether a fault has occurred, the fault associated with the first media content segment, wherein determining whether the fault has occurred comprises determining a quality value of the first media content segment and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; receiving a second media content segment, the second media content segment comprising second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred, replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment; in accordance with a determination that the fault has not occurred forgoing replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment, and providing the media data from the server to a client device for presentation of the media data; wherein replacing the first media content segment with the second media content segment comprises: synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and trimming a length of second media content segment to a length of the first media content segment.
Claim 19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising: receiving, at a server, media data comprising a first media content segment, the first media content segment comprising first audio data uploaded by a first user device and first video data uploaded by the first user device, the first media content segment encoded according to a first set of encoding parameters; determining, by the server, whether a fault has occurred, the fault associated with the first media content segment, wherein determining whether the fault has occurred comprises determining a quality value of the first media content segment and determining whether the quality value exceeds a threshold; receiving a second media content segment, the second media content segment comprising second audio data and second video data, the second media content segment encoded according to a second set of encoding parameters; in accordance with a determination that the fault has occurred, replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment; in accordance with a determination that the fault has not occurred, forgoing replacing, in the media data, the first media content segment with the second media content segment, and providing the media data from the server to a client device for presentation of the media data; wherein replacing the first media content segment with the second media content segment comprises: synchronizing a first time of the second media content segment to a corresponding first time of the first media content segment, the first time associated with the fault, and trimming a length of the second media content segment to a length of the first media content segment.
Claim objection section
8. Claims (1 -20) are objected to, but it may be considered for allowance if properly rewritten, and/or if timely file a Terminal Disclaimer, linking the instant 19/231,277 with the discussed above family of cases (see section 7 for details), in compliance with the provisions 37 CFR 1.321(c) and/or 1.321(d).
Prior Art Citations
9. The following List of prior art, made of record and not relied upon, is/are considered
pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
9.1. Patent documentation
US 9,736,321 B2 Bell; et al. H04M15/58; G06F16/24568; H04M15/852;
US 9,936,264 B1 Greene; et al. H04N21/812; H04N21/4623; H04N21/4405;
US 10,388,247 B2 Majid; et al. H04N21/431; H04N21/6332; H04N21/4402;
US 10,645,437 B2 Ramaraj; et al. H04N21/2662; H04N21/6379; H04L65/762;
US 11,012,737 B1 Landow; et al. H04N21/4398; H04N21/4394; H04N21/44016
US 11,606,553 B1 Cohen; et al. H04N19/177; H04N19/154; H04N21/8456;
US 11,856,188 B1 Cohen; et al. H04N19/105; H04N21/4307; H04N19/59;
US 12,088,796 B2 Cohen; et al. H04L65/1043; H04L65/403; H04L65/75;
US 12,348,711 B2 Cohen; et al. H04L65/1043; H04L65/403; H04L65/75;
CONCLUSIONS
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/LUIS PEREZ-FUENTES/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2481.
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