Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claims 2-11, 13-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Hoffmann (US Pub. 20200267007 A1).
Hoffmann discloses the following limitations:
2. (New) An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors (Fig. 18) are configured to cause the network entity to:
maintain historical information associated with wireless devices in an area
associated with the network entity (para. 98, 116, 131, 168); and
transmit, to a wireless device in the area associated with the network entity
and based on the historical information, first historical information associated with
the wireless devices in the area associated with the network entity.(para. 95, 98-101)
3. (New) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is a first wireless device, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network entity to:
receive, from a second wireless device that is leaving the area associated with the network entity and before the first historical information is transmitted, peer history
information associated with the wireless devices, wherein one or more of the historical
information or the first historical information is based on the peer history information. (para. 105, 136, 173)
4. (New) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the peer history information comprises a
status of a third wireless device in the area associated with the network entity. (para. 131-132)
5. (New) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the status of the third wireless device is one of a non-rogue actor status, a misinforming rogue actor status, or a disinforming rogue actor status. (para. 139)
6. (New) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further
configured to cause the network entity to: transmit, to an additional wireless device that is entering the area associated with the network entity, peer history information associated with one or more of the wireless devices in the area associated with the network entity, wherein the peer history information is based on the historical information. (para. 130, 164, 175)
7. (New) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the historical information includes one or
more of raw data, ML-based feature extraction, non-ML-based compressed information
based on one or more of historical location information, local peer classification
information, device identifier, packet history, timestamps, and received data elements
associated with the wireless devices in the area associated with the network entity. (para. 86, 116, 132)
8. (New) An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless device, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors (Fig. 18) are configured to cause the wireless device to:
maintain peer history information associated with wireless devices in an area
associated with the wireless device and a network entity (para. 98, 116, 131, 168); and
transmit, to the network entity, an indication of the peer history information
associated with the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device
and the network entity. (para. 95, 98-101)
9. (New) The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising: receive, from the network entity, additional peer history information associated with one or more of the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity. (para. 108)
10. (New) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the peer history information comprises a
status of an additional wireless device in the area associated with the network entity. (para. 108, 131-132)
11. (New) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the status of the additional wireless device is one of a non-rogue actor status, a misinforming rogue actor status, or a disinforming rogue actor status. (para. 139)
13. (New) The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising: receive, from an additional wireless device, additional peer history information associated with one or more of the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity. (para. 131-132)
14. (New) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further
configured to cause the wireless device to: transmit, to an additional wireless device that is entering the area associated with the network entity, additional peer history information associated with one or more of the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity, wherein the additional peer history information is based on the peer history information. (para. 130, 164, 175)
15. (New) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the peer history information includes one or more of; raw data, ML-based feature extraction; non-ML-based compressed information based on one or more of historical location information; local peer classification information; a device identifier; packet history; timestamps; or
received data elements associated with the wireless devices in the area associated
with the network entity. (para. 86, 116, 132)
16. (New) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the indication of the peer history information comprises summarized information associated with recent communications from the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity. (para. 135)
17. (New) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein to transmit the indication of the peer history information, the one or more processors are configured to: transmit the indication of the peer history information based on a determination that the wireless device is expected to leave the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity. (para. 105, 136, 173)
18. (New) An apparatus for wireless communication at a wireless device, comprising:
one or more memories; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, wherein the one or more processors (Fig. 18) are configured to cause the wireless device to:
receive, from a network entity, peer history information associated with
wireless devices in an area associated with the wireless device and the network
entity (para. 98, 116, 131, 168); and
transmit, to the network entity, an indication of the peer history information
associated with the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device
and the network entity. (para. 95, 98-101)
19. (New) The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising: receive, from an additional wireless device, additional peer history information associated with one or more of the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity; and maintain, based on at least the peer history information and the additional peer history information, local peer history information regarding the wireless devices in an area associated with the wireless device and the network entity, wherein the indication of the peer history information is based on the local peer history information. (para. 130, 164, 175)
20. (New) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the one or more processors are further
configured to cause the wireless device to: transmit, to an additional wireless device that is entering the area associated with the network entity, additional peer history information associated with one or more of the wireless devices in the area associated with the wireless device and the network entity, wherein the additional peer history information is based on the peer history information. (para. 130, 164, 175)
21. (New) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the peer history information comprises a
status of an additional wireless device in the area associated with the network entity, and wherein the status of the additional wireless device is one of a non-rogue actor status, a misinforming rogue actor status, or a disinforming rogue actor status. (para. 139)
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim 12 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hoffmann as applied to claim 10 above, and further in view of Lu et al. (US Pub. 20200258320 A1).
Regarding claim 12, Hoffman does not specifically teach wherein the status of the additional wireless device is a disinforming rogue actor status, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to: transmit, to the additional wireless device, an additional indication of a first set of modifiable parameters pertaining to the additional wireless device, wherein the first set
of modifiable parameters comprises one or more of: an erroneous geolocation; an ON-OFF status of one or more measurement devices; a repair status of the one or more measurement devices; or an operational configuration of the one or more measurement devices. However, in the related art of wireless V2X communication between vehicles, Lu teaches wherein the status of the additional wireless device is a disinforming rogue actor status, and wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the wireless device to: transmit, to the additional wireless device, an additional indication of a first set of modifiable parameters pertaining to the additional wireless device, wherein the first set of modifiable parameters comprises one or more of: an erroneous geolocation; an ON-OFF status of one or more measurement devices; a repair status of the one or more measurement devices; or an operational configuration of the one or more measurement devices (see para.48, 83, 8) Therefore, before the effective filing date of the claimed invention, one of ordinary skill in the art would have found it obvious to use this teaching of Lu with the disclosure of Hoffman as a known way to of identifying a misbehaving endpoint transmitting inaccurate or malicious sensor data via. V2X communication.
Conclusion
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WILLIAM A. CORUM JR
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 2433
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