Detailed Action
Claims 21-40 are pending in this application. Claims 1-20 were cancelled in the preliminary amendment filed on 5/28/26.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 6/24/25 has been considered.
Claim Objections
Claim 29 objected to because of the following informalities: At the end of the claim there is an apostrophe which should be deleted. Appropriate correction is required.
Double Patenting
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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Claims 21-40 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 12,069,014(18/120,354). Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because ‘014 teaches the instant claims and only differs in verbiage and/or the limitations are well known and obvious given the teachings of ‘014.
Instant claims
12,069,014
21. A method for generating responses to an event displayed on a feed card, the method comprising:
receiving a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to an event generated at a respective software service of a multi-platform collaboration environment, each event communication comprising object information for an object managed by the respective software service of the multi-platform collaboration environment;
generating a set of graphical items, each graphical item of the set of graphical items generated using a respective event communication of the set of event communications;
in response to receiving a request to view an event feed from a client device, causing the client device to display one or more graphical items the set of graphical items, the one or more graphical items comprising a particular graphical item, the particular graphical item corresponding to an event occurring with respect to a particular object and comprising an option to reply; and
in response to a user input from a client device corresponding to the option to reply, causing display of a graphical user interface of a particular software service hosting the particular object, the graphical user interface comprising:
particular object information for the particular object; a set of messages associated with the particular object; and
a response message pre-populated with user information associated with the set of messages.
1. A method for generating responses to an event displayed on a feed card, the method comprising:
receiving a set of event communications, each of at least a subset of the set of event communications corresponding to an event generated at a content collaboration system each event communication of the subset of event communications comprising object information for an object managed by the content collaboration system and event information comprising a description of the event;
rendering a set of event cards, each event card corresponding to an object managed by the content collaboration system, the rendering comprising: identifying an event card of the set of event cards that includes a new comment entered for a corresponding object; and
generating, for the event card, a reply field comprising the new comment and an option to reply to the new comment;
in response to receiving a request to view an event feed from a client device associated with a user identification, cause the client device to display event cards of the set of event cards in the event feed, the event cards comprising the event card corresponding to the new comment;
in response to a first user selecting the option to reply to the new comment from the event card corresponding to the new comment: cause the client device to launch an application of the content collaboration system; and
cause the client device to display object information and event information for the corresponding object in the content collaboration system.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, in response to the first user selecting the option to reply to the new comment, causing the content collaboration system to generate a response in the reply field, the response prepopulated with an address for a second user associated with the corresponding object.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 21-40 allowed over prior art. The applicant is advised to file Terminal Disclaimer to overcome the Double Patenting Rejection which advance the prosecution of the application.
REASONS FOR ALLOWANCE
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons for allowance: the prior art singly or in combination does not teach the totality of the independent claims when read in light of the specification.
The closest prior art of record is US 10,454,695 issued to Viera et al., teaches receiving, from a participant, a request for starting an event including at least one second participant and a topic is provided. Providing to one second participant an invitation to join the event, receiving, from any one of the participants, a document, and providing the document to all participants for view and/or editing, and providing the document to all participants upon request within a time period and granting access to the event to a participant, permitting the participant to access and modify the document in the event, and receiving a request from one of the participants to switch one of the first client device or a second client device used by a participant to continue to participate in the event, which teaches
21, a method for generating responses to an event displayed on a feed card, the method comprising: receiving a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to an event generated; in response to receiving a request to view an event feed from a client device, causing the client device to display one or more graphical items the set of graphical items, the one or more graphical items comprising a particular graphical item, the particular graphical item corresponding to an event occurring with respect to a particular object and comprising an option to reply.
29. A method for generating responses to an event displayed on a feed card, the method comprising:
receiving a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to a respective event generated;
generating a set of graphical items corresponding to the set of event communications, the set of graphical items comprising a graphical item including a comment and an option to reply; and
causing the client device to display the set of graphical items in the event feed, the set of graphical items comprising the graphical item including the comment and the option to reply.
35. A system for generating responses to events in an event feed, comprising: one or more processing units and a memory coupled to the one or more processors units, the one or more processing units configured to:
receive a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to a respective event;
generate, based on the set of event communications, a set of feed items for presentation in an event feed, at least one feed item corresponding to an event occurring with respect to a particular object and including an option to reply associated with the particular object;
provide the event feed comprising the set of feed items to a client device for display.
However these prior art does not teach nor would it be obvious to one ordinary skill in the art to combine to teach the totality of the claim and at least the underlined portions below
As per claims 21, a method for generating responses to an event displayed on a feed card, the method comprising:
receiving a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to an event generated at a respective software service of a multi-platform collaboration environment, each event communication comprising object information for an object managed by the respective software service of the multi-platform collaboration environment;
generating a set of graphical items, each graphical item of the set of graphical items generated using a respective event communication of the set of event communications;
in response to receiving a request to view an event feed from a client device, causing the client device to display one or more graphical items the set of graphical items, the one or more graphical items comprising a particular graphical item, the particular graphical item corresponding to an event occurring with respect to a particular object and comprising an option to reply; and
in response to a user input from a client device corresponding to the option to reply, causing display of a graphical user interface of a particular software service hosting the particular object, the graphical user interface comprising: particular object information for the particular object; a set of messages associated with the particular object; and a response message pre-populated with user information associated with the set of messages.
29. A method for generating responses to an event displayed on a feed card, the method comprising:
receiving a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to a respective event generated at a respective software service of a multi-platform collaboration environment, each event communication comprising respective object information for a respective object managed by the respective software service of the multi-platform collaboration environment;
in response to receiving a request to view an event feed from a client device associated with a user identification:
generating a set of graphical items corresponding to the set of event communications, the set of graphical items comprising a graphical item including a comment and an option to reply; and
causing the client device to display the set of graphical items in the event feed, the set of graphical items comprising the graphical item including the comment and the option to reply; and
in response to a user selecting the option to reply: causing the client device to cause display of a graphical user interface of a particular software service including: a message interface; and object information of an object stored at the particular software service and corresponding to the graphical item.
35. A system for generating responses to events in an event feed, comprising: one or more processing units and a memory coupled to the one or more processors units, the one or more processing units configured to:
receive a set of event communications, each event communication corresponding to a respective event generated at a respective software service of a multi- platform collaboration environment, each event communication including respective object information for a respective object managed by the respective software service;
generate, based on the set of event communications, a set of feed items for presentation in an event feed, at least one feed item corresponding to an event occurring with respect to a particular object and including an option to reply associated with the particular object;
provide the event feed comprising the set of feed items to a client device for display; and
in response to a user interaction with the option to reply, cause display of a response interface associated with a particular software service that manages the particular object, the response interface comprising: object information corresponding to the particular object; and a response message prepopulated based on the object information.
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Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See PTO-892.
US 10,135,776 issued to Brown et al., teaches a method of cross-social network communication. The method may include determining a plurality of recipients of a social networking service interaction, determining a plurality of target social networking services based upon the plurality of recipients of the social networking service interaction, and a plurality of authentication information associated with the plurality of social networking services. The method may include constructing an application programming interface call for each of the plurality of target social networking services, the application programming interface call associated with the social networking service interaction, the application programming interface call specifying one or more of the plurality of recipients that is to receive the interaction, the one or more of the plurality of recipients being members of the particular target social networking service.
US 8,510,397 issued to Chapman et al., teaches RSS feed for receiving content.
US 9,326,030 issued to Lewis et al, teaches triggering user notification of media content items on an activity feed
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