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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
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Claims 1-20 are rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12341856. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because Claims of patent application contain every element of claims above instant application or vice versa, and as such they anticipate or anticipated by Instant Application. In, claim 1 of the instant application, client application communicated with content management system, content management system sends a message to the browser application. In, claim 1 the ‘856 patent, the browser communicates to the content management system, the content management system relays the message to the client application. Therefore in both claims, message is being communicated between the client application and the browser application. The underlying structure is the same with a client device running the client application and the browser application, as well as the unique identifier identifying the browser application and using the content management system as the central mapping of the communication. Therefore, claims 1, 9, 17, of the Pat. *856 anticipates the claims of the instant application. By way of illustration, consider the respective claim 1 from each disclosure:
Claim 1 of the instant application
Claim 1 of the ‘856 Patent
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a client application at a client device, a unique identifier associated with a browser application at the client device, the unique identifier corresponding to an authenticated browser session for communication between the client device and a content management system via the browser application; receiving, at the content management system from the client application, a request to establish a communication channel between the browser application and the client application through the content management system, the request comprising the unique identifier; and sending, by the content management system via the authenticated browser session, a message through the communication channel, the communication channel being established based on the unique identifier.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a content management system from a client application on a client device, a unique identifier uniquely identifying a browser application on the client device; mapping, at the content management system, the browser application with the client application based on the unique identifier; and in response to receiving a message from the browser application identified by the unique identifier, sending to the client application a response message, based on the mapping, that relays the message to the client application.
Independent claims 1, 9, 15 of the instant application are substantially similar to independent claims 1, 9, 17 of the Pat. *856 and are rejected for substantially similar reasons as discussed supra. Likewise, dependent claims 2-8, 10-14, 16-20 of the instant application are substantially similar to dependent claims 2-8, 10-16, 18-20 (respectively) of the Pat. *856 and are rejected for substantially similar reasons as discussed supra.
Examiner’s note
This application is a continuation application with a filling date of 06/05/2014. Claims 1-20 are not rejected under prior art(s).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure (see PTO-form 892).
The following Patents and Papers are cited to further show the state of the art at the time of Applicant’s invention with respect to enabling communications between a client application and a website associated with a content management system.
Ow (Pub. No. US 2014/0165176); “File Sharing System and Method”;
-Teaches the file sharing system and method provides a unique security implementation that allows a user to assign attributes to one or more files to control how such files are used by a recipient of a shared file…see par. 44.
Zhao et al (Pub. No. US 2002/0174421); “Java Application Response Time Analyzer”;
-Teaches determining and using a unique session identifier to represent each browser user and browser session being tracked and monitored, see par. 247.
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/GHAZAL B SHEHNI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2499
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