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`APPLICATION NO.
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`F ING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`14/747,002
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`06/23/2015
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`Russell W. White
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`AFF.004C19US
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`9180
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`TROP,PRUNER&HU,P.C.
`1616 S. VOSS ROAD, SUITE 750
`SIDDIQUL KASHIF
`HOUSTON, TX 77057-2631
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUNIBER
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`2646
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`07/27/2016
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`following e—mail address(es):
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
`App|icant(s)
`Supplemental
`14/747,002
`WHITE ET AL.
`No
`Notice of Allowability
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`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
`If not included
`herewith (or previously mailed), a Notice of Allowance (PTOL—85) or other appropriate communication will be mailed in due course. THIS
`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`1. IX This communication is responsive to 05/19/2016.
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`I] A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2. D An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on j; the restriction
`requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`3. IX The allowed cIaim(s) is/are 1-20. As a result of the allowed cIaim(s), you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution
`Highway program at a participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`4. El Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)—(d) or (f).
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`Certified copies:
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`1. El Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2. I:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3. I:I Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this national stage application from the
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`Applicant has THREE MONTHS FROM THE “MAILING DATE” of this communication to file a reply complying with the requirements
`noted below. Failure to timely comply will result in ABANDONMENT of this application.
`THIS THREE-MONTH PERIOD IS NOT EXTENDABLE.
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`5. El CORRECTED DRAWINGS (as “replacement sheets”) must be submitted.
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`including changes required by the attached Examiner’s Amendment / Comment or in the Office action of
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`Identifying indicia such as the application number (see 37 CFR 1.84(c)) should be written on the drawings in the front (not the back) of
`each sheet. Replacement sheet(s) should be labeled as such in the header according to 37 CFR 1.121(d).
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`6. El DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
`attached Examiner’s comment regarding REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEPOSIT OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL.
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`Attachment(s)
`1. El Notice of References Cited (PTO—892)
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`5. El Examiner’s Amendment/Comment
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`6. El Examiner’s Statement of Reasons for Allowance
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`2. El Information Disclosure Statements (PTO/SB/08),
`Paper No./Mail Date
`3. I:I Examiner’s Comment Regarding Requirement for Deposit
`of Biological Material
`4. E Interview Summary (PTO—413),
`Paper No./Mail Date
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`7. I:I Other
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`/KASHIF SIDDIOUI/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2646
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL-37 (Rev. 08-13)
`20160719
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Inventors:
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`Russell W. White, et al.
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`Examiner:
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`Kashif Siddiqui
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`Serial No.:
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`14/747,002
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`Filed:
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`June 23, 2015
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`For:
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`System To Communicate Media
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`§ Atty. Dkt. No.:
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`AFF.004C19US
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`Mail Stop Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
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`P.O. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`REPLY TO OFFICE ACTION MAILED FEBRUARY 26, 2016
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`Sir:
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`In response to the Office Action mailed February 26, 2016, please amend the above-
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`referenced patent application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Claims begin on page 2 of this paper.
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`Remarks/Arguments begin on page 8 of this paper.
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Original) A media system, comprising:
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`a plurality of independent segment files, wherein a given segment file of the plurality of
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`independent segment files has a given format and a different segment of the plurality of
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`independent segment files has a different format, further wherein the given format facilitates an
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`outputting of information in the given segment file at a given rate that is different than a rate
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`associated with the different format,
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`a playlist that comprises a list, and the list includes a first URL for the given segment file
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`and a different URL for the different segment file,
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`a network-based communication system operable: to distribute media content to a
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`remotely located requesting device, to receive an HTTP communication from the remotely
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`located requesting device that indicates a desire to access the available media, to send
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`information representing the playlist to the remotely located requesting device, to send
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`information representing the given segment file to the remotely located requesting device, and, to
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`send information representing the different segment file to the remotely located requesting
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`device, and
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`a plurality of remote devices configured to request media, wherein each of the plurality of
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`remote devices comprises: (1) an internal memory system, (2) a collection of instructions stored
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`in the internal memory system that is operable when executed to utilize information representing
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`the playlist, to request a streaming delivery of the information representing the given segment
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`file, and to request a streaming delivery of the information representing the different segment
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`file, and (3) a buffer configured to output the information representing the given segment file at
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`the given rate and to output information representing the different segment file at the rate, which
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`is different than the given rate.
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`2. (Original) The media system of Claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of
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`remote devices is a portable handheld device having a display, and the available media is a
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`video.
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`3. (Original) The media system of Claim 1, wherein the network-based communication
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`system is configured to send the given segment file via a streaming delivery.
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`4. (Original) The media system of Claim 1, wherein the plurality of independent segment
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`files comprise serial component parts of the available media and segmenting the available media
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`into the plurality of independent segment files facilitates the delivery of the available media to
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`the remotely located requesting device via Internet-based communications.
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`5. (Original) The media system of Claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of
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`remote devices is a component of a home entertainment system, and the available media is a
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`video.
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`6. (Original) The media system of Claim 1, wherein the plurality of independent segment
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`files comprise serial component parts of the available media and a formatting of the given
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`segment into the given format encodes the given segment to facilitate an outputting of the given
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`segment at the given rate, fiirther wherein the formatting occurs prior to sending information
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`representing the given segment file to the remotely located requesting device.
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`7. (Currently Amended) A media system, comprising:
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`a plurality of independent segment files that represent an available media, wherein a
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`given segment file of the plurality of independent segment files has a given compression format
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`and a different segment file of the plurality of independent segment files has a different
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`compression format, fiirther wherein the given compression format facilitates an outputting of
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`information in the given segment file at a first rate that is different than a second rate associated
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`with the different compression format,
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`a list including a given address for the given segment file and a different address for the
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`different segment file, and
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`a content delivering system comprising an electronic device operable as a communication
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`device and a plurality of memory devices operable to store information, the content delivering
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`system configured to receive an HTTP communication from a remote reguesting device that
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`indicates a desire to access the available media, to send the list in response to receiving the
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`HTTP communication, to receive an HTTP communication that indicates a request for the given
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`segment file, to stream data representing the given segment file, to receive an HTTP
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`communication that indicates a request for the different segment file, and to stream data
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`representing the different segment file‘ and
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`the electronic device comprising a housing component at least partially defining an
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`enclosure, a transceiver communicatively coupled to a communications network, and a processor
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`located within the enclosure.
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`8. (Currently Amended) The media system of Claim 7, wherein the available media is
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`comprises a video—media, fiirther wherein the transceiver is communicatively coupled to the
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`communications network via a wire line connection, the system further comprising: 11) an engine
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`that divides the available media into the plurality of independent
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`segment files and encodes the plurality of independent segment files into an appropriate format
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`to facilitate a delivery of the available media to a requesting device; and 12) the remote
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`reguesting device.
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`9. (Currently Amended) The media system of Claim 7, fiirther comprising the remote
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`requesting device, wherein the remote reguesting device is a cellular telephone that comprises a
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`display and an application that is configured, when executed at the cellular telephone, to
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`facilitate presentation of a video component of the available media on the display. further
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`10. (Currently Amended) The media system of Claim 18, fiirther comprising an
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`application stored in a memory, the application configpred for execution by a wireless enabled
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`device, wherein the application when executed by the wireless enabled device facilitates the
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`wireless enabled device acting as the remote reguesting device.
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`device:
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`and
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`11. (Original) The media system of claim 7, further comprising:
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`a digital engine in the content delivering system that is configured to maintain the list,
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`a communication engine in the content delivering system that is configured to facilitate a
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`receipt of requests and a communication of information in response to the receipt of requests.
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`12. (Original) The media system of Claim 7, wherein the content delivering system is
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`communicatively coupled to a wireless network and is configured to send the given segment via
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`a streaming delivery that comprises at least one wireless link.
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`13.
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`(Currently Amended) The media system of Claim Q9, wherein a collection of
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`instructions included in the application are fiirther operable to cause the wireless enabled device
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`to consider an amount of theinternal buffer fill within an internal buffer before requesting
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`the different segment file .
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`14. (Currently Amended) A media system, comprising:
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`an electronic device comprising a display, a buffering component, a transceiver, and a
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`memory system, wherein the electronic device is configured to utilize HTTP in connection with
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`receiving a streaming delivery of an available media,
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`a collection of instructions stored in the memory system and operable when executed to
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`allow the electronic device: (1) to utilize HTTP to request a file comprising a listing of URLs for
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`a plurality of media segment files associated with the available media, (2) to utilize the listing of
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`URLs to request a given one of the plurality of media segment files, (3) to receive information
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`representing the given one of the plurality of media segment files, (4) to utilize the listing of
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`URLs to request another one of the plurality of media segment files, wherein the given one has a
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`given compression format and the other one has a different compression format; and
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`the buffering component of the electronic device configured: to output information in the
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`given one of the plurality of media segment files at a given rate, and to output information in the
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`another one of the plurality of media segment files at a rate that is different that than the given
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`rate.
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`15. (Original) The media system of claim 14, fiirther comprising:
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`a housing component for the electronic device that at least partially defines an enclosure
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`in which the memory system and the buffering component are secured, wherein the buffering
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`component comprises a buffer, and
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`a local area wireless communication module secured within the enclosure.
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`16. (Original) The media system of claim 15, wherein the buffer facilitates presentation
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`of a video media on the display, fiirther wherein an amount of buffer fill in the buffer is
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`considered in connection with determining which of an additional ones of the plurality of media
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`segment files to request.
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`17. (Original) The media system of claim 14, wherein the electronic device fiirther
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`comprises an internal rechargeable battery and a non-circular physical interface, wherein the
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`non-circular physical interface includes at least a first contact to allow an external power source
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`to recharge the internal rechargeable battery and a second contact to allow a communication of
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`data.
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`18. (Original) The media system of claim 14, wherein the electronic device is selected
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`from a group consisting of a cellular telephone device, a computer device, a home media device,
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`and a personal digital assistant device.
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`19. (Original) The media system of claim 14, wherein the file is written in )fl\/IL, fiirther
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`wherein the collection of instructions at least partially defines a web browser, fiirther wherein the
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`buffering component comprises a buffer, and further wherein the rate and the given rate are
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`measured in bits per second.
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`20. (Original) The media system of claim 14, fiirther comprising another collection of
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`instructions stored in the memory system and operable when executed to communicate
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`information representing a graphical interface presented on the display to a different electronic
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`device to allow the different electronic device to present the graphical interface on a display
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`associated with the different electronic device.
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`REMARKS/ARGUMENTS
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`Applicant gratefully acknowledges the indication that claims 1-6 and 14-20 are allowed.
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`In light of the above amendments and following remarks it is respectfully submitted that all
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`claims are now in condition for allowance.
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`Pending claims 7, 8 and 11-13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §101 as being directed to
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`non-statutory subject matter. Particularly in light of the above amendment,
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`it is respectfully
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`submitted that this rejection is overcome, as the system of claim 7 clearly recites statutory
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`subject matter, namely specific hardware, including an electronic device and multiple memory
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`devices. Still further features of this electronic device, including a transceiver and a processor,
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`are also described. As such, there can be no doubt that the claim recites statutory subject matter.
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`This is fiirther the case, in light of the recent interview between the undersigned and the
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`Examiner,
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`from which it
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`is understood that with the above amendment,
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`this rejection is
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`OVGTCOIIIC.
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`STATEMENT OF SUBSTANCE OF THE INTERVIEW
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`The undersigned gratefully thanks the Examiner for the time and courtesy extended
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`during the telephonic interview which occurred on May 4, 2016. The undersigned further
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`gratefully acknowledges and agrees with the substance of the interview set forth in the
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`Applicant-Initiated Interview Summary mailed on May 10, 2016.
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`In addition to the §101 rejection, which was discussed and believed to be resolved, the
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`undersigned and the Examiner fiirther discussed compliance with all statutory provisions, and it
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`was confirmed that the pending claims comply with all statutory subject matter provisions,
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`including §§101, 102, 103 and 112.
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`In view of these remarks and the above amendment, the application is now in condition
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`for allowance and the Examiner’s prompt action in accordance therewith is respectfully
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`requested. The Examiner is respectfully asked to identify anything included in the presently
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`presented claims and in this response with which the Examiner disagrees.
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`The Commissioner is authorized to charge any additional fees or credit any overpayment
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`to Deposit Account No. 20-1504.
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`Date: May 19, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Mark J. Rozman/
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`F ING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`14/747,002
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`06/23/2015
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`Russell W. White
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`AFF.004C19US
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`9180
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`TROP,PRUNER&HU,P.C.
`1616 S. VOSS ROAD, SUITE 750
`SIDDIQUL KASHIF
`HOUSTON, TX 77057-2631
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUNIBER
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`2646
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`02/26/2016
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`The time period for reply, if any, is set in the attached communication.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on aboVe—indicated "Notification Date" to the
`following e—mail address(es):
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`tphpto @ tphm.c0m
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`Application No.
`14/747,002
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`App|icant(s)
`WHITE ET AL.
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`Office Action Summary
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`AIA (First lnventorto File)
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`Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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`If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication.
`Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed
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`I:I A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2b)lXl This action is non—final.
`2a)I:l This action is FINAL.
`3)I:I An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
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`4)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`5)XI Claim(s)1—:20is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s)
`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`s) iis/are rejected.
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`8 El Claim s) _ is/are objected to.
`9)I:I Claim(s) _ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
`* If any claims have been determined allowable, you may be eligible to benefit from the Patent Prosecution Highway program at a
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`participating intellectual property office for the corresponding application. For more information, please see
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`10)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`11)|Z| The drawing(s) filed on _ is/are: a)IZI accepted or b)I:I objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
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`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)I:l Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`Certified copies:
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`** See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
`3) D jntervjew summary (pTo-413)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date. j
`2) E Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08a and/or PTO/SB/08b)
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`PTOL—326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 14/747,002
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`1.
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent
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`provisions.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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`2.
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`35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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`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.
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`3.
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`Claims 7, 8, 11-13 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed
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`invention is directed to non-statutory subject matter. The claim(s) is/are NOT directed to
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`a process, machine, manufacture or composition of matter. The claimed system is non-
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`structural per se, and the specification discloses “engine” components without further
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`disclosing the structure of said engines. Therefore, a reasonable interpretation in light of
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`the specification leads to the conclusion that the claim encompasses pure software,
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`which does not
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`fall within the definition of a process, machine, manufacture or
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`composition of matter.
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`4.
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`5.
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`Claim 9 is rejected due to its dependence upon claim 7.
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`Further, although claim 10 recites that a requesting device is part of the claimed
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`system of claim 7, there is insufficient detail regarding the requesting device. Therefore,
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`a reasonable interpretation of the requesting device is that the requesting device is
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`merely generic in nature and provides no meaningful inventive concept to the claim as a
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`whole.
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