CTNF 19/272,277 CTNF 93630 DETAILED ACTION Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status 07-03-aia AIA 15-10-aia The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. 12-151 AIA 26-51 12-51 Status of Claims This action is responsive to Applicant’s claims filed 07/17/2025. Claims 1-19 are currently pending and have been examined here. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101 07-04-01 AIA 07-04 35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows: Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title. Claims 1-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The claims are drawn to ineligible patent subject matter, because the claims are directed to a recited judicial exception to patentability (an abstract idea), without claiming something significantly more than the judicial exception itself. Claims are ineligible for patent protection if they are drawn to subject matter which is not within one of the four statutory categories, or, if the subject matter claimed does fall into one of the four statutory categories, the claims are ineligible if they recite a judicial exception, are directed to that judicial exception, and do not recite additional elements which amount to significantly more than the judicial exception itself. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 375 U.S. ___ (2014). Accordingly, claims are first analyzed to determine whether they fall into one of the four statutory categories of patent eligible subject matter. Then, if the claims fall within one of the four statutory categories, it must be determined whether the claims are directed to a judicial exception to patentability (i.e., a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea). In determining whether a claim is directed to a judicial exception, the claim is first analyzed to determine whether the claim recites a judicial exception. If the claim does not recite one of these exceptions, the claim is directed to patent eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101. If the claim recites one of these exceptions, the claim is then analyzed to determine whether the claim recites additional elements that integrate the exception into a practical application of that exception. Claims which integrate the exception into a practical application of that exception are directed to patent eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101. If the claim fails to integrate the exception into a practical application of that exception, the claim is directed to an abstract idea. Finally, if the claims are directed to a judicial exception to patentability, the claims are then analyzed determine whether the claims are directed to patent eligible subject matter by reciting meaningful limitations which transform the judicial exception into something significantly more than the judicial exception itself. If they do not, the claims are not directed towards eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Regarding independent claims 1, 18, and 19 the claims are directed to one of the four statutory categories (a machine, a process, and an article of manufacture, respectively.) The claimed invention of independent claims 1, 18, and 19 is directed to a judicial exception to patentability, an abstract idea. The claims include limitations which recite elements which can be properly characterized under at least one of the following groupings of subject matter recognized as abstract ideas by MPEP 2106.04(a): Mathematical Concepts: mathematical relationships, mathematical formulas or equations, and mathematical calculations; Certain methods of organizing human activity: fundamental economic principles or practices (including hedging, insurance, mitigating risk); commercial or legal interactions (including agreements in the form of contracts; legal obligations; advertising, marketing or sales activities or behaviors; business relations); managing personal behavior or relationships or interactions between people (including social activities, teaching, and following rules or instructions); and Mental processes: concepts performed in the human mind (including an observation, evaluation, judgment, opinion) Claims 1, 18, and 19, as a whole, recite the following limitations: receiving. . . a mobility sharing service request from a user terminal; (claims 1, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could receive a mobility sharing request; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) requesting. . . disinfection information. . . based on location information of the user terminal; (claims 1 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could request disinfection information; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) receiving. . . the disinfection information from the disinfection management server and calculating a predicted infection degree based on the disinfection information, wherein the predicted infection degree is calculated based on a personal factor corresponding to a user of the user terminal; (claim 1; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could receive disinfection information and calculate an infection degree based on a personal factor; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) determining whether to provide the mobility sharing service to the user of corresponding to the user terminal based on the predicted infection degree; (claim 1; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could make a determination as to whether to provide ridesharing services based on an infection degree; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) generating. . . control information based on the predicted infection degree; (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could generate control information based on an infection degree; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) . . . move to at least one of a destination, a fleet area, a disinfection area and combination of thereof (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could instruct a ridesharing vehicle to move to one of these locations; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) checking whether a potential risk is present while using the mobility sharing service based on expected visit place information, wherein the expected visit place information is determined based on a history of the user; (claims 1, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check whether a potential risk is present based on expected visit place information; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) providing/receiving guiding information including avoidance of a waypoint and the destination to avoid the potential risk; (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could provide or receive guiding information including avoidance of a waypoint and a destination for doing so; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) after determining whether to provide the mobility sharing service to the user is approved, receiving a state check event based on a predetermined time unit. . . wherein the mobility periodically generates the state check event without request of the user terminal; (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could receive a periodic state check which is generated by a mobility; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) and updating the predicted infection degree based on the state check event, wherein the personal factor includes an essential element and general element, wherein the essential element comprises contact risk information numerically indicating an interpersonal contact tendency of the user, and wherein the essential element is considered prior to the general element. (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could update an infection degree based on a state check event and personal factors comprising elements considered in this order; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) approve the use of the mobility sharing service by a user based on assignment information received from a mobility sharing management server and use request information (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could approve use of a mobilities based on assignment information and use request information; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) check location information of the mobility during the use of the mobility sharing service by the user; (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check location of a mobility during its use; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) receive a determination as to whether to reshare the mobility. . . (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could receive a determination as to whether to reshare a mobility; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) wherein whether the potential risk is present is checked . . . while using the mobility sharing service based on expected visit place information, wherein the expected visit place information is determined based on a history of the user, (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check potential risk information in this manner; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) receive the disinfection information. . . and calculate a predicted infection degree based on the disinfection information, wherein the predicted infection degree is calculated based on a personal factor corresponding to a user of the user terminal; (claim 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could receive disinfection information and calculate an infection degree in this manner; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) determine whether to provide the mobility sharing service to the user (claim 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could determine whether to provide a mobility sharing service to a user; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks) The above elements, as a whole, recite mental processes since, but for the requirement to implement the above steps on a set of generic computer components, the entirety of the above set of steps could be performed by a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment. Furthermore, as a whole, the claims recite certain methods activity since they recite a set of steps for coordinating rideshares in light of infection information which comprises certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform these steps in providing safe and hygienic ridesharing for their customers. Moving forward, the above recited abstract idea is not integrated into a practical application. The added limitations do not represent an integration of the abstract idea into a practical application because: the claims represent mere instructions to implement an abstract idea on a computer, and merely use a computer as a tool to perform an abstract idea. See MPEP 2106.05(f). the claims merely add insignificant extra-solution activity to the judicial exception (activity which can be characterized as incidental to the primary purpose or product that is merely a nominal or tangential addition to the claim). See MPEP 2106.05(g) and/or the claims represent mere general linking of the use of the judicial exception to a particular technological environment or field of use. See MPEP 2016.05(h) Beyond those limitations which recite the abstract idea, the following limitations are added: . . . at/by a mobility sharing management server. . . (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) . . . generating a signal, by a transceiver, for transmitting. . . (claims 1, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) transmitting the signal, by the transceiver, to a mobility. . . (claims 1, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) . . . controlling the mobility, to. . . by executing a mechanical operation of the moving object using the control information, wherein the mechanical operation includes controlling a power system for delivering power to driving system that delivers direction of the moving object. . . (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use; furthermore, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation amounts to the mere requirement to “apply” the abstract idea using a remotely controlled mobility since the limitation recites the mobility and its control at a high level of generality, sine the claim recites the solution or outcome of remotely controlling the mobility without providing details as to how the solution is achieved, and since the mobility is used as a tool in its ordinary capacity to perform the existing functions of traveling to designated places in performing ridesharing services) . . . from a disinfection management server. . . (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) . . . from the mobility. . . (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use; furthermore, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation amounts to the mere requirement to “apply” the abstract idea using a remotely controlled mobility since the limitation recites the mobility and its control at a high level of generality, sine the claim recites the solution or outcome of remotely controlling the mobility without providing details as to how the solution is achieved, and since the mobility is used as a tool in its ordinary capacity to perform the existing functions of traveling to designated places in performing ridesharing services) . . .received from a user terminal corresponding to the user; (claims 1, 18, 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) A mobility for use in a mobility sharing service, the mobility comprising: (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use; furthermore, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation amounts to the mere requirement to “apply” the abstract idea using a remotely controlled mobility since the limitation recites the mobility and its control at a high level of generality, sine the claim recites the solution or outcome of remotely controlling the mobility without providing details as to how the solution is achieved, and since the mobility is used as a tool in its ordinary capacity to perform the existing functions of traveling to designated places in performing ridesharing services) a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) and a processor configured to: (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) control the transceiver; (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) receive a signal, by the transceiver, from the mobility sharing service management server including a control information, (claim 18; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) A server apparatus for use in a mobility sharing service, the server apparatus comprising: (claim 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; (claim 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) and a processor configured to: control the transceiver, (claim 19; the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use) The claims, as a whole, are directed to the abstract idea(s) which they recite. The claim limitations do not present improvements to another technological field, nor do they improve the functioning of a computer or another technology. Nor do the claim limitations apply the judicial exception with, or by use of a particular machine. The claims do not effect a transformation or reduction of a particular article to a different state or thing. See MPEP 2106.05(c). None of the hardware in the claims "offers a meaningful limitation beyond generally linking 'the use of the [method] to a particular technological environment' that is, implementation via computers” such that the claim as a whole is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception. See MPEP 2106.05(e); Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l (citing Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 610, 611 (U.S. 2010)). Therefore, because the claims recite a judicial exception (an abstract idea) and do not integrate the judicial exception into a practical application, the claims, as a whole, are directed to the judicial exception. Turning to the final prong of the test (Step 2B), independent claims 1, 18, and 19 do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception, because there are no meaningful limitations which transform the exception into a patent eligible application. As outlined above, the claim limitations do not present improvements to another technological field, nor do they improve the functioning of a computer or another technology. Nor do the claim limitations apply the judicial exception with, or by use of a particular machine. The claims do not effect a transformation or reduction of a particular article to a different state or thing. See MPEP 2106.05(c). None of the hardware in the claims "offers a meaningful limitation beyond generally linking 'the use of the [method] to a particular technological environment' that is, implementation via computers” such that the claim as a whole is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception. See MPEP 2106.05(e); Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l (citing Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 610, 611 (U.S. 2010)). Furthermore, no specific limitations are added which represent something other than what is well-understood, routine, and conventional activity in the field. See MPEP 2106.05(d). Besides performing the abstract idea itself, the generic computer components only serve to perform the court-recognized well-understood computer functions of receiving or transmitting data over a network, performing repetitive calculations, electronic record keeping, and storing and retrieving information in memory. See MPEP 2106.05(d). Looking at the limitations as an ordered combination adds nothing that is not already present when looking at the elements taken individually. Their collective functions merely provide conventional computer implementation. The specification details any combination of a generic computer system program to perform the method. Generically recited computer elements do not add a meaningful limitation to the abstract idea because they would be routine in any computer implementation and because the Alice decision noted that generic structures that merely apply the abstract ideas are not significantly more than the abstract ideas. Therefore, independent claims 1, 18, and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §101 as being directed to ineligible subject matter. Claims 2-17, recite the same abstract idea as their respective independent claims. The following additional features are added in the dependent claims: Claim 2: wherein calculating the predicted infection degree comprises: checking an environment factor corresponding to a mobility sharing service area or the personal factor corresponding to the user; and calculating the predicted infection degree based on the environment factor or the personal factor. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check an environmental factor and use it to calculate an infection degree in this manner; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 3: wherein the environment factor comprises information on population density of a mobility sharing service area, information on a rate of confirmed cases in an area, information on a rate of confirmed cases according to age, or information on an increase in a number of confirmed cases. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could use these environmental factors to calculate infection degree; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 4: checking the essential element included in the personal factor; and checking whether the essential element exceeds a predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check essential elements and whether they exceed a threshold; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 5: wherein checking the personal factor comprises checking the general element included in the personal factor in response to the essential element exceeding the predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check a general element in response to an essential element exceeding a threshold; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 6: wherein the general element comprises an activity level of the user numerically indicating an activity tendency of the user or an immunity index of the user numerically indicating an ability to defend against a disease. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check this general element; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 7: wherein checking the personal factor comprises: checking the essential element or the general element included in the personal factor; and determining the personal factor using the checked essential element or the checked general element. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could determine personal factors by check essential or general elements; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 8: transmitting, by a mobility, a mobility return request to the mobility sharing management server; requesting, by the mobility sharing management server, disinfection information from the disinfection management server based on location information of the mobility; receiving, by the mobility sharing management server, the disinfection information from the disinfection management server, and calculating the predicted infection degree of the mobility based on the disinfection information; and determining whether to reshare the mobility using the predicted infection degree of the mobility. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could send mobility return requests, request disinfection information, receive disinfection information, and determine whether to reshare a mobility alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Regarding the transmission of data electronically, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use. Claim 9: wherein determining whether to reshare the mobility comprises determining whether to reshare the mobility by comparing the predicted infection degree of the mobility with a predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could compare an infection degree to a threshold to determine whether to reshare a mobility; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 10: wherein determining whether to reshare the mobility comprises determining that a subsequent user reshares the mobility in response to the predicted infection degree of the mobility being equal to or relatively smaller than the predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could make this determination in order to determine whether to reshare a mobility; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 11: wherein the method further comprises determining a destination of the mobility to be a return area. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could determine a destination of a mobility to be a return area; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 12: wherein determining whether to reshare the mobility comprises determining a disinfection process for the mobility in response to the predicted infection degree of the mobility exceeding the predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could determine a disinfection process in response to a mobility infection degree exceeding a threshold; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 13: wherein determining the disinfection process for the mobility comprises determining a destination of the mobility to be the disinfection area. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could determine a destination of a mobility to be a disinfection area; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 14: wherein calculating the predicted infection degree of the mobility comprises: checking environment factors corresponding to the location information of the mobility; and calculating the predicted infection degree of the mobility based on the environment factors. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could check environmental factors and calculate a predicted infection degree based on them; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 15: transmitting, by a mobility, a mobility state check request to the mobility sharing management server; requesting, by the mobility sharing management server, disinfection information to the disinfection management server based on location information of the mobility; receiving, by the mobility sharing management server, the disinfection information from the disinfection management server, and calculating the predicted infection degree of the mobility based on the disinfection information; and determining whether to maintain the use of the mobility. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could perform each of these steps; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Regarding the transmission of information electronically to perform these steps, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere instructions to implement the abstract idea on a generic computer used as a tool in its ordinary capacity; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation represents mere general linking of the abstract idea to a particular computer environment or field of use. Claim 16: wherein determining whether to maintain the use of the mobility comprises determining whether to maintain the use of the mobility by comparing the predicted infection degree of the mobility with a predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could compare a predicted infection degree to a threshold to determine whether to maintain use of a mobility; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. Claim 17: wherein determining whether to maintain the use of the mobility comprises determining a disinfection process of the mobility in response to the predicted infection degree of the mobility exceeding the predetermined threshold. The broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites mental processes since a human using their mind, pen and paper, and simple observation, evaluation, and judgment could determine a disinfection process in response to a predicted infection degree exceeding a threshold; alternatively, the broadest reasonable interpretation of this limitation recites certain methods of organizing human activity in the form of commercial interactions such as business relations and sales activities since commercial ridesharing companies would perform this step in managing ridesharing requests in light of infections risks. The above limitations do not represent a practical application of the recited abstract idea. The claim limitations do not present improvements to another technological field, nor do they improve the functioning of a computer or another technology. Nor do the claim limitations apply the judicial exception with, or by use of a particular machine. The claims do not effect a transformation or reduction of a particular article to a different state or thing. See MPEP 2106.05(c). None of the hardware in the claims "offers a meaningful limitation beyond generally linking 'the use of the [method] to a particular technological environment' that is, implementation via computers” such that the claim as a whole is more than a drafting effort designed to monopolize the exception. See MPEP 2106.05(e); Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l (citing Bilski v. Kappos, 561 U.S. 610, 611 (U.S. 2010)). Therefore, because the claims recite a judicial exception (an abstract idea) and do not integrate the judicial exception into a practical application, the claims are also directed to the judicial exception. Furthermore, the added limitations do not direct the claim to significantly more than the abstract idea. No specific limitations are added which represent something other than what is well-understood, routine, and conventional activity in the field. See MPEP 2106.05(d). Accordingly, none of the dependent claims 2-17, individually, or as an ordered combination, are directed to patent eligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101. Please see MPEP §2106.05(d)(II) for a discussion of elements that the Courts have recognized as well-understood, routine, conventional, activity in particular fields. Please see MPEP §2106 for examination guidelines regarding patent subject matter eligibility. Conclusion Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to EMMETT K WALSH whose telephone number is (571)272-2624. The examiner can normally be reached Mon.-Fri. 6 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.. 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