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 .
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s amendment filed on 30 June 2025.
Claims 2-21 are presented for examination.
Claim 1 is cancelled.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 17 July 2025 have been considered by the examiner.
Drawings
The drawings are not of sufficient quality to permit examination. Words within figures are unclear. Accordingly, replacement drawing sheets in compliance with 37 CFR 1.121(d) are required in reply to this Office action. The replacement sheet(s) should be labeled “Replacement Sheet” in the page header (as per 37 CFR 1.84(c)) so as not to obstruct any portion of the drawing figures. If the changes are not accepted by the examiner, the applicant will be notified and informed of any required corrective action in the next Office action.
Applicant is given a shortened statutory period of TWO (2) MONTHS to submit new drawings in compliance with 37 CFR 1.81. Extensions of time may be obtained under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a) but in no case can any extension carry the date for reply to this letter beyond the maximum period of SIX MONTHS set by statute (35 U.S.C. 133). Failure to timely submit replacement drawing sheets will result in ABANDONMENT of the application.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 2-13, 15 and 19-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention.
Claim 1 recites “…store the mined request data in at least one of the one or more processors…,” “…whether the user-requested content is already stored on at least one of the one or more processors…,” “…store such response metadata in at least one of the one or more processors…,” “…user-requested content that is likely to be desired for download by other users within the group of users, store on at least one of the one or more processors…” and “…at least a portion of the content channels stored on at least one of the one or more processors…”
Although data can be stored on a processor, but only temporarily and in very small amounts. Further, no Content Delivery System can index buffered data within processors and retrieve such data from register/cache of processors.
Nowhere in Specification discloses user requested content(s) can be stored in “processor.” At the most, Specification, paragraph [0038] recites “Referring next to Figures 4A and 4B, the method by which incoming requests cause the requested content to be aggregated into channels can be better appreciated. The process of Figures 4A and 4B is, in at least some embodiments, performed on the local network appliance 105 (Figure 1). Alternatively, in other embodiments, at least the majority of the process can be performed on the remote central cloud processor. For convenience, the remainder of the discussion of Figures 4A-4B will assume that the processing occurs on the local network appliance” which clearly shows that “processor” is only used to run “process.”
Claims 3-13, 15 and 19-21 are rejected for the similar reasons.
Claim 1 recites “…share across a plurality of channels a single copy of content determined to be relevant to multiple channels, and in response to subsequent user requests, deliver to user devices associated with the group of users at least a portion of the content channels stored on at least one of the one or more processors…”
Nowhere in Specification discloses above limitation.
Specification, paragraph [0054], recites “…content that can be shared among multiple local appliances can be stored on the regional network appliance…” which shows “channels” and “local appliances” are not the same entity.
In other words, “a single copy of content” does not “share across a plurality of channels.” At the most, “content” is “shared among multiple local appliances.” Further, Specification does not disclose “deliver to user devices associated with the group of users at least a portion of the content channels stored on at least one of the one or more processors.”
Claims 3-21 are rejected for the similar reasons.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-21 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 U.S.C. 112, set forth in this Office action.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Fliam et al. (U.S. Pub. No.: 20130204961), paragraph [0023], “…homes 102 may include any type of user environment, such as single family homes, apartment complexes, businesses, schools, hospitals, parks, and other suitable environments and combinations of environments.”
paragraph [0032], “…FIGS. 3A-3B illustrates an example distribution hierarchy for a content delivery network (CDN). After a content item is requested by a client device, such as one of client devices 303a-d, it is replicated from the origin of the CDN, such as one or more origin servers 300 in tier 310, downward through tiers of lower-tier cache servers, such as mid-tier cache servers 301a-b in tier 320 and edge cache servers 302a-c in tier 330. In some arrangements, mid-tier cache servers 301 may include multiple tiers or layers of cache servers (e.g., in tiers different from tier 320). The various components shown in FIGS. 3A-3B may be implemented using any suitable hardware, software, or both, such as device 200 shown in FIG. 2”
paragraph [0033], “…One or more origin servers 300 may store the original copy of a content item, such as a movie or other data available for on-demand access by client devices 303a-d. Origin server 300 may also establish the distribution hierarchy used to cache and distribute its content…”
paragraphs [0035], “…For example, the proximity between client devices 303a-d and edge cache servers 302a-c in tier 330 may be closer than the proximity between client devices 303a-d and origin server 300 in tier 310.”
Conclusion
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/YU ZHAO/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2169
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