DETAILED ACTION
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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(B) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the applicant regards as the invention.
Claim 1 elements “a security enhancement module” which is a limitation that invoke 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph. The written description only implicitly or inherently sets for the corresponding structure, material, or acts that perform the claimed function.
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.75(d) and MPEP §§ 608.01(o) and 2181, application should:
(a) Amend the claim so that the claim limitation will no longer be interpreted as a limitation under 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph; or
(b) Amend the written description of the specification such that it expressly recites the corresponding structure, material, or acts that perform the claimed function and clearly links or associates the structure, material, or acts to the claimed function, without introducing any new matter (35 U.S.C. 132(a)); or
(c) State on the record what corresponding structure, material, or acts, which are implicitly or inherently set forth in the written description of the specification, perform the claimed function.
Claims 2-10 do not cure the deficiency of claim 9 and are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, 2nd paragraph, for their dependency upon claim 1.
Claim 11 elements “a security enhancement module” which is a limitation that invoke 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph. The written description only implicitly or inherently sets for the corresponding structure, material, or acts that perform the claimed function.
Pursuant to 37 CFR 1.75(d) and MPEP §§ 608.01(o) and 2181, application should:
(a) Amend the claim so that the claim limitation will no longer be interpreted as a limitation under 35 U.S.C. 112, sixth paragraph; or
(b) Amend the written description of the specification such that it expressly recites the corresponding structure, material, or acts that perform the claimed function and clearly links or associates the structure, material, or acts to the claimed function, without introducing any new matter (35 U.S.C. 132(a)); or
(c) State on the record what corresponding structure, material, or acts, which are implicitly or inherently set forth in the written description of the specification, perform the claimed function.
Claims 12-17 do not cure the deficiency of claim 9 and are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112, 2nd paragraph, for their dependency upon claim 11.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-20 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), 2nd paragraph, set forth in this Office action.
The closest prior are made of record are:
Sathyan et al. (US 2008/0263648)) The present invention provides secure conferencing over an IMS network or other networks include sending request by at least one user to access to an application server. The user is validated using a validation coupon provided by the user equipment followed by identifying and allowing the user equipment to download a valid media client. Conference data is encrypted and transmitted to the user equipment, and processed by the media client. Typically, the encrypted conference data is decrypted by the media client and communicated to a user interface presentation to the user. In some examples, the conference data is validated prior to downloading to the user equipment.
Xue et al. (US 2009/0271502) The present invention relates to a data distribution system and relevant devices in an edge network are provided. The method includes: obtaining a data download request from a client, and obtaining a content ID of data under a certain protocol, where the content ID is carried in the download request; and searching for an edge network content ID that corresponds to the content ID and uniquely identifies a data content in an edge network, obtaining corresponding client information by using the edge network content ID as an index, and returning data source information that carries the client information to the client. Therefore, the data is sharable as far as possible throughout the edge network, and the impact on the backbone network is relieved effectively.
Zeng et al. (US 2023/0163959) The present invention techniques for transmitting application data to the second terminal by means of a content message, the content message being encrypted and decrypted by using the shared key, wherein the handshake message and the content message have the same message format, the message format comprises a message serial number and a message load, the message serial number comprises a key epoch identifier and a message seq identifier, and the key epoch identifier is characterized by bit information less than a first number of bits, and the message seq identifier is characterized by bit information less than a second number of bits.
Conclusion
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/SHARIF E ULLAH/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2495
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