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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 .
This is in response to Application 19/260539 filed on July 6, 2025 in which Claims 1-20 are presented for examination.
Status of Claims
Claims 1-20 are pending, of which claims 1, 2, 4-9 and 11-20 are rejected under Double Patenting. Claims 1-20 do not have a prior art rejection.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 3 and 10 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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 1, 5-9,12-15 and 18-20 of the instant application are rejected on the ground of obviousness nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-14 of U.S. Patent No. US 12,045,157. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the aforementioned claims of the instant application are rejected based on obviousness non-statutory double patenting with regards to the aforementioned parent patent.
The following table summarizes claim mappings associated with the obviousness-type double patenting rejections:
19/260539
18/074012 (12,045,157)
1. A system comprising: a processing device; and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation; and automatically switching, in response to determining that the additional validation operation is successful and by using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
1. A system comprising: a processing device; and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: receiving a first configuration update of a first interaction event; automatically switching a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment that comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, using the first configuration update of the first interaction event, to generate a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; in response to establishing the first switched channel connection, facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment; receiving a second configuration update of a second interaction event; and automatically switching the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment, using the second configuration update of the second interaction event, to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection, and wherein switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
6. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise: in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
6. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
8. A computer-implemented method comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation; and automatically switching, in response to determining that the additional validation operation is successful and by using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
6. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a first configuration update of a first interaction event; automatically switching, by the processor, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment, using the first configuration update of the first interaction event, to generate a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment that comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse; in response to establishing the first switched channel connection, facilitating, by the processor, a first validation operation of the first configuration update using the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing, by the processor, the first configuration update in an interaction production environment; receiving a second configuration update of a second interaction event; and automatically switching the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment, using the second configuration update of the second interaction event, to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection, and wherein switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises an interaction processing environment simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising: in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating, by the processor, a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation; and automatically switching, in response to determining that the additional validation operation is successful and by using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: receiving a first configuration update of a first interaction event; automatically switching a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment, using the first configuration update of the first interaction event, to generate a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment that comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse; in response to establishing the first switched channel connection, facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment; receiving a second configuration update of a second interaction event; and automatically switching the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment, using the second configuration update of the second interaction event, to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection, and wherein switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise: in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
The claims of US Patent No. 12,045,157 do not explicitly teach updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation.
However, Gowda (US Patent Application 2023/0297475) teaches updated configurations may be utilized to improve the operations of the automated configuration validation and testing system when operated in a fully automated manner, in Paragraph 54.
Therefore, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to one of ordinary skill in the art to combine the claims of US Patent No. 12,045,157 with updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation for the purpose of validating an operation.
Claims 1, 2, 4-9 and 11-20 of the instant application are rejected on the ground of obviousness nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over Claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. US 12,367,131. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because the aforementioned claims of the instant application are rejected based on obviousness non-statutory double patenting with regards to the aforementioned parent patent.
The following table summarizes claim mappings associated with the obviousness-type double patenting rejections:
18/746723 (12,367,131)
19/260539
1. A system comprising: a processing device; and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; and automatically switching, using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection, and wherein switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
1. A system comprising: a processing device; and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation; and automatically switching, in response to determining that the additional validation operation is successful and by using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the operations further comprise using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the operations further comprise using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
6. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
6. The system of claim 4, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
8. A computer-implemented method comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; and automatically switching, using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection, and wherein switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
8. A computer-implemented method comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation; and automatically switching, in response to determining that the additional validation operation is successful and by using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; and automatically switching, using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection, and wherein switching from the first switched channel connection to the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising: automatically switching, using a first configuration update of a first interaction event, a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment; facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment; updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation; and automatically switching, in response to determining that the additional validation operation is successful and by using a second configuration update of a second interaction event, the test channel connection with the interaction processing environment to generate a second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment, wherein generating the second switched channel connection comprises changing one or more flags in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) user interface environment.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the operations further comprise using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a simulator configured to simulate a real-time payment clearinghouse, and wherein the operations further comprise using, by simulating the real-time payment clearinghouse, the first configuration update of the first interaction event to generate the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction production environment comprises a production channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the interaction processing environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse simulator, and wherein the interaction production environment comprises a real-time payment clearinghouse.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to establishing the second switched channel connection, facilitating a second validation operation of the second configuration update using the second switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment.
The claims of US Patent No. 12,367,131 do not explicitly teach updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation.
However, Gowda (US Patent Application 2023/0297475) teaches updated configurations may be utilized to improve the operations of the automated configuration validation and testing system when operated in a fully automated manner, in Paragraph 54.
Therefore, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to one of ordinary skill in the art to combine the claims of US Patent No. 12,367,131 with updating a test configuration associated with the first validation operation to perform an additional validation operation for the purpose of validating an operation.
Prior Art Made of Record
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to Applicant’s disclosure:
Zaleski et al. (U.S. Patent Application 2022/0269586); teaches automatically updating the testing code.
Conclusion
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