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`DATE MAILED:12/20/2023
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`18/197,070
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`05/14/2023
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`Paresh K.Patel
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING REPRESENTATIONS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTING UNIT EVENTS
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`Application/Control Number: 18/ 197,070
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AJA or AJA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`The following is an examiner's statement of reasons for allowance:
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`Claims 1-20 are allowable over the art of record.
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`Particularly, the prior art taken alone or in combination failed to teach or suggest :
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`"identifying one or more payment accepting units in proximity to the mobile device that
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`are available to accept payment from a mobile payment application executing or mobile device,
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`the identifying based at least in part on an identifier corresponding to the one more payment
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`accepting units, wherein the one or more payment accepting units are payment operated
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`machines that accept payment for dispensing of products and/or services, displaying a user
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`interface of the mobile payment application on the display mobile device, the user interface
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`being configured to display a visual indication of the one or more payment accepting units and
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`accept user input selecting an available payment accepting unit of the one or more payment
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`accepting units, and after exchanging the information, displaying, on the display, an updated user
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`interface of the mobile payment application to the user of the mobile device", as reci ted in
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`independent claims 1, 1 3 and 1 5.
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`The above recited limitations provide meaningful limitations that transforms the abstract
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`idea into patent eligible. The claims as a whole effect an improvement to another technology or
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`technical field. These limitations in combination provide meaningful limitations beyond
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`generally linking the use of the abstract idea to a practical application.
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`3.
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`The following prior art is deemed relevant but failed to teach or suggest the above noted
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`limitations.
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`Maeng (US Patent No. 1 10 10759 B l ) discloses a system, computer-readable storage
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`medium and method provide a secure transaction by receiving, from a mobile wallet a request to
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`assign a vendor specific payment account identifier (VSPAI) to a payment account identifier
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`(PAI) associated with a user of the mobile wallet. Identifying information is verified of: (i) an
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`issuer of the PAI, (ii) a specific vendor; and (iii) the user of the mobile wallet. In response to
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`verifying, a unique VSPAI is created that is associated with the PAI of the user and the specific
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`vendor. Then, when a payment request is received including the unique VSPAI for a transaction
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`with a particular vendor, the particular vendor is verified as the specific vendor associated with
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`the unique VSPAI. In response to verifying that the particular vendor, payment of the transaction
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`by the issuer using the PAI associated with the unique VSPAI is facilitated.
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`Giordano (US Pub. No. 200201 52 123 A l ) discloses a method and apparatus for
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`processing retail non-cash transaction at a kiosk or other similar self-service station. A terminal
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`located at the kiosk is similar to online consumer computer 7 10 except that a product database
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`similar to that found in online merchant computer 734 is stored in the mass storage device. In
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`operation, the customer in merchant store 12 approaches a kiosk in the store, indicates a food,
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`merchandise or service selection, and provides a customer/transmitter ID using input device 920,
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`customer transceiver 50 or a combination of the two. In doing so, the customer has placed an
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`order for the desired article of food, merchandise or service and simultaneously initiated payment
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`processing. Once the transaction is authorized, a receipt is printed on printer 990 and the
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`purchase is delivered to the customer, either at the kiosk or at another predetermined location.
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`Conclusion
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`November 23, 2023
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