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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONF {MATION NO.
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`11/246,432
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`10/07/2005
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`Murali Aravamudan
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`0290672.00128US2
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`04/02/2010
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`woNG, HUEN
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`2169
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`04/02/2010
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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
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`teresa.carValh0 @ Wilmerhale.c0m
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`PTOL—90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Application No.
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`App|icant(s)
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`Office Action Summary
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`11/246,432
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`Examine,
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`ARAVAMUDAN ET AL.
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`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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`Status
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 15 December 2009.
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`2a)IXI This action is FINAL.
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`2b)I:I This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`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
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`4)IXI C|aim(s) 34-65 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above c|aim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)I:I C|aim(s) j is/are allowed.
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`6)IXI C|aim(s) M is/are rejected.
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`7)I:I C|aim(s) j is/are objected to.
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`8)I:I C|aim(s) j are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)I:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`10)IZ The drawing(s) filed on 07 October 2005 is/are: a)IXI accepted or b)I:I objected to by the Examiner.
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`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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`11)I:I The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)I:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`1.I:I 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
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`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
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`* 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)
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`Paper No(s)/Mail Date
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`4) D Interview Summary (PTO-413)
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`5) I:I Notice of informal Patent Application
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20100327
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`1.
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`Claims 34-65 are presented for examination.
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`2.
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`The claims and only the claims form the metes and bounds of the invention. “Office personnel
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`are to give claims their broadest reasonable interpretation in light of the supporting disclosure. In
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`re Morris, 127 F.3d 1048, 1054-55, 44 USPQ2d 1023, 1027-28 (Fed. Cir. 1997). Limitations
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`appearing in the specification but not recited in the claim are not read into the claim.
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`In re Prater,
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`415 F.2d 1393, 1404-05, 162 USPQ 541, 550-551 (CCPA 1969)” (MPEP p 2100-8, c 2, I 45-48; p
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`2100-9, c 1,
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`I 1-4). The Examiner has full latitude to interpret each claim in the broadest
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`reasonable sense. The Examiner will reference prior art using terminology familiar to one of
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`ordinary skill in the art. Such an approach is broad in concept and can be either explicit or implicit
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`in meaning.
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`Response to Arguments
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`3.
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`App|icant’s arguments have been considered, but they are not persuasive (see
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`below). However, the Examiner welcomes any suggestion App|icant’s Representative
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`may have on moving prosecution forward.
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`4.
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`Applicant argues:
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`Dutta does not teach or suggest acfiusting the relevance value assigned to at least
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`one term associated with an items based on the number of text characters receivedfirom
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`the user as part ofa search string to identify a desired item. Rather, Dutta discloses
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`adjusting popularity weights associated with an item up or down depending on whether
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`the item is selected from a list ofpossible search results. See Dutta at col. 4, lns. 31-67.
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`Dutta explains that, “0nl a ter selection is the popularity weightfor the selected
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`URL/keyword pair adjusted upward. ” See Dutta at col. 5, lns.55—56 (emphasis added). In
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`other words, Dutta is only concerned with “tracking the popularity ofsearch results for
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`the purpose ofdetermining how to present or order search results in future searches. ”
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`See Dutta at col. 6, lns. 41-44. Dutta completely ignores the number oftext characters
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`that is part ofthe search query entered by the user.
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`In response, the Examiner respectfully disagrees and submits:
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`Dutta is concerned with adjusting and tracking weight values of URL items.
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`Claim 34 recites “adjusting the relevance value
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`based on the number of text
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`characters received from the user”, but does not recite limitation that requires said
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`adjusting to be done without selection. Dutta does not ignore user’s request input.
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`5.
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`Applicant further argues:
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`The Examiner states that the term “number can be interpreted as a group ofone
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`kind See Ofiice Action at pg. 4. Applicants disagree with the Examiner, as the
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`Application clearly describes the “number of text characters ” as an enumeration of the
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`characters in the user's search string. See Application at fljflj 38-40. See also M.P.E.P at §
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`2111 ("During patent examination, the pending claims must be given their broadest
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`reasonable interpretation consistent with the specification. "9. However, even ifthe
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`Examiner's meaning is applied to the terms ofclaim 34, Dutta still does not teach or
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`suggest the Examiner's interpretation of the claim limitation, as Dutta simply does not
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`teach adjusting relevance weights based on the users search input, as explained in more
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`detail above.
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`In response, the Examiner respectfully disagrees and submits:
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`“Enumeration of characters in the user’s search string” is not found in Applicant’s
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`Specification. Also, Applicant's Specification does not appear to definitely assign a
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`specific interpretation to “number of text characters”. Although the claims are
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`interpreted in light of the specification, limitations from the specification are not read into
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`the claims. See In re Van Geuns, 988 F.2d 1181, 26 USPQ2d 1057 (Fed. Cir. 1993).
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`Dutta teaches said adjusting of at least one relevance weight value based on
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`user’s request input because the request input is used for said adjusting.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`6.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`7.
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`Claims 34-40, 43, 45-56, 59, and 61-65 are rejected under U.S.C 103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over US Patent 6480837 by Dutta, in view of US PGPUB
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`2005/0283468 by Kamvar et al. (hereinafter “Kamvar”).
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`8.
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`As to claim 34, Dutta teaches a method of processing a search request received
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`from a user operating a hand—held text input device, the search request directed at
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`identifying a desired item from a set of items, each of the items having one or more
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`associated terms, the method comprising:
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`providing the set of items, the items having assigned popularity values to
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`indicate a relative measure of a likelihood that the item is desired by the user
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`(Dutta: Fig. 2, Col. 4 Lines 31-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; averages of weights);
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`for each item, associating a set of terms to describe the item and assigning
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`a relevance value for each term based on a relevance of the term in identifying
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`the item (Dutta: Fig. 2, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; weights);
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`receiving text on the hand-held text input device entered by the user, the
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`text having one or more text characters of one or more terms the user is using to
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`identify a desired item (Dutta: Fig. 2, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5
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`Lines 7-20; Col. 6 Lines 33-36; matching keywords);
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`in response to receiving text characters, performing an incremental find (Dutta:
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`Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; Col. 6
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`Lines 33-36; matching keywords; also, searching incrementally by adding more search
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`keywords and clicking on search button (result set too large) or erasing search
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`keywords and clicking on search button (result set too small) is well-known) to compare
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`the user-entered terms with the terms associated with the items and to retrieve
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`the relevance values for user-entered terms matching terms associated with the
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`items (Dutta: Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5
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`Lines 2-20; Col. 6 Lines 33-36; receive search keywords; also, matching keywords;
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`further, weights and averages of weights);
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`adjusting the relevance value assigned to at least one of the terms
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`associated with one or more of the items retrieved in response to the user-
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`entered terms based on the number of text characters received from the user
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`(Dutta: Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-43 & 64-67, Col. 5
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`Lines 2-20 & 29-33 & 50-56, Col. 6 Lines 33-36; adjustment of weights; number can be
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`interpreted as a group of one kind); and
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`ordering and presenting one or more items to the user based on (a) the assigned
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`popularity values of the items (Dutta: Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Abstract, Col. 3 Lines 60-
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`65, Col. 4 Lines 20-50 & 64-67, Col. 5 Lines 2-20 & 29-33 & 50-56, Col. 6 Lines 33-36;
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`adjustment of weights; also, ordering) and (b) on a weighing of the adjusted relevance
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`values for user-entered terms matching terms associated with the items (Dutta: Fig. 2,
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`Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Abstract, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-50 & 64-67, Col. 5 Lines
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`2-20 & 29-33 & 50-56, Col. 6 Lines 33-36; adjustment of weights; also, ordering) the
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`order of the items is adjusted as characters are entered (Dutta: Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b,
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`Abstract, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-50 & 64-67, Col. 5 Lines 2-20 & 29-33 &
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`50-56, Col. 6 Lines 33-36; adjustment of weights; also, ordering; one of ordinary skill
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`would recognize that weights of search keywords continue to adjust and, as such,
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`ordering based on these adjusted weights continues to adjust as search keywords
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`consisting of characters are used to activate search).
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`Dutta discloses receiving text having one or more text characters of one or
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`more terms the user is using to identify a desired item, but does not explicitly
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`disclose receiving text having one or more text characters of one or more prefixes
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`for terms the user is using to identify a desired item. Also, Dutta discloses in
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`response to receiving text characters, performing an incremental find to compare
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`the user-entered terms with the terms associated with the items and to retrieve
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`the relevance values for user-entered terms matching terms associated with the
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`items, but does not explicitly disclose in response to receiving a text character,
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`performing an incremental find to compare the user-entered prefixes with the
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`terms associated with the items and to retrieve the relevance values for user-
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`entered prefixes matching terms associated with the items. Also, Dutta discloses
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`adjusting the relevance value assigned to at least one of the terms associated
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`with one or more of the items retrieved in response to the user-entered terms
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`based on the number of text characters received from the user, but does not
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`explicitly disclose adjusting is in response to the user-entered prefixes. Further,
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`Dutta discloses ordering and presenting one or more items to the user based on (a) the
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`assigned popularity values of the items E (b) on a weighing of the adjusted relevance
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`values for user-entered terms matching terms associated with the items, but does not
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`explicitly disclose based on a weighing of the adjusted relevance values for user-
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`entered prefixes matching terms associated with the items.
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`However, Kamvar discloses receiving text having one or more text
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`characters of one or more prefixes for terms the user is using to identify a
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`desired item (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 110002, 11 0041 — 11 0049; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar
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`discloses that as characters are included in search query, matching items are identified;
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`e.g. those items identified by "Bri" and those items identified by "Britney"; also, top N
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`most popular search terms),
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`in response to receiving a text character, performing an incremental find to
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`compare the user-entered prefixes with the terms associated with items and to
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`retrieve the relevance values for user-entered prefixes matching terms associated
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`with items (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002,11 0020,11 0031,11 0041 — 11 0049; Fig. 6; Fig. 7;
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`wherein Kamvar discloses that as characters are included in search query, matching
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`items are identified; e.g. those items identified by "Bri" and those items identified by
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`"Britney");
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`user-entered prefixes as search terms that activate searches as more
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`characters are inputted (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002, 11 0020, 11 0031, 11 0041 — 11 0049;
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`Fig. 1, Fig. 6; Fig. 7; portion or a few characters of query sent to search engine; also, as
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`characters are included in search query, matching items are identified; e.g. those items
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`identified by "Bri" and those items identified by "Britney) in order to speed up query
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`search by continuously sending search terms (including prefixes of search terms) to
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`search engine (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002, 11 0020, 11 0028-11 0031, 11 0041 — 11 0049; Fig.
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`1, Fig. 6; Fig. 7).
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`It would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art and the
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`teachings of Dutta and Kamvar before them at the time the present invention was made
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`to incorporate Kamvar’s features of receiving text having one or more text
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`characters of one or more prefixes for terms the user is using to identify a
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`desired item (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 110002, 11 0041 — 11 0049; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar
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`discloses that as characters are included in search query, matching items are identified;
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`e.g. those items identified by "Bri" and those items identified by "Britney"; also, top N
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`most popular search terms),
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`in response to receiving a text character, performing an incremental find to
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`compare the user-entered prefixes with the terms associated with items and to
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`retrieve the relevance values for user-entered prefixes matching terms associated
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`with items (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002,11 0031,11 0041 — 11 0049; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein
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`Kamvar discloses that as characters are included in search query, matching items are
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`identified; e.g. those items identified by "Bri" and those items identified by "Britney");
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`and
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`user-entered prefixes as search terms that activate searches as more
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`characters are inputted (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002, 11 0020, 11 0031, 11 0041 — 11 0049;
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`Fig. 1, Fig. 6; Fig. 7; portion or a few characters of query sent to search engine; also, as
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`characters are included in search query, matching items are identified; e.g. those items
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`identified by "Bri" and those items identified by "Britney) with the Dutta’s method.
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`The suggestions/motivations for doing so would have been to speed up query
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`search by continuously sending search terms (including prefixes of search terms) to
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`search engine (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002, 11 0020, 11 0028-11 0031, 11 0041 — 11 0049; Fig.
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`1, Fig. 6; Fig. 7).
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`Claim 50, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 34 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`9.
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`As to claim 35, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Kamvar further discloses the terms associated with the items being organized
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`into searchable subspace categories (Kamvan Pg. 4, 11 0043 — 11 0051; Fig. 6; Fig. 7),
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`each subspace category having a relevance bias value, wherein ordering and
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`presenting the one or more items is further based on the relevance bias values of the
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`subspace categories (Kamvan Pg. 4, 11 0043 — 11 0051; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar
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`discloses "popularity", “user profiles”, “user information”, measure of how recent an item
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`is and the difference in order due to length of query string).
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`Claim 51, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 35 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`10.
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`As to claim 36, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 35. Kamvar further discloses wherein the relevance bias values are based on the
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`number of text characters received from the user (Kamvar: Pg. 4, 11 0043 — 11 0051; Fig.
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`6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar discloses "popularity", “user profiles”, “user information”,
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`measure of how recent an item is and the difference in order due to length of query
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`string).
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`Claim 52, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 36 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`11.
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`As to claim 37, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 35. Kamvar further discloses wherein the subspace categories include a
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`personalized history category containing terms associated with items identified from
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`previous incremental finds conducted by the user (Kamvan Pgs. 3-4, 11 0041 — 11 0051;
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`Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar discloses previous search requests).
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`Claim 53, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 37 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`As to claim 38, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 35. Kamvar further discloses wherein the ordering and presenting of one or more
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`items is limited to items having associated terms of one or more selected subspace
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`categories Kamvar: Pg. 4, 11 0043 — 11 0051; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar discloses
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`"popularity", “user profiles”, “user information”, measure of how recent an item is and
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`the difference in order due to length of query string.
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`Claim 54, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 38 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`13.
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`As to claim 39, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 38. Kamvar further discloses wherein the one or more selected subspace
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`categories are selected based on the number of text characters received from the user
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`(Kamvar: Pg. 4, 11 0043 — 11 0051; Fig. 6; Fig. 7; wherein Kamvar discloses "popularity",
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`“user profiles”, “user information”, measure of how recent an item is and the difference
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`in order due to length of query string).
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`Claim 55, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 39 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`14.
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`As to claim 40, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 35 Kamvar further discloses the ordered and presented one or more items are
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`presented on a display device, the display device having display space allocated
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`according to the subspace categories (Kamvar: Pg. 4, 11 0043 — 11 0049; Fig. 6; Fig. 7;
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`Fig. 10; Fig. 11).
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`Claim 56, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 40 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`15.
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`As to claim 43, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Dutta further discloses wherein the ordered and presented one or more items
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`are presented on a display constrained device (Dutta: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b,
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`Col. 3 Lines 47-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-50 & 64-67, Col. 5 Lines 2-20 & 29-33 & 50-56; Col.
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`6 Lines 33-36; network and client submits searches to search engine; also, display of
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`results; all displays have size constraints).
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`Claim 59, a system claim 43, contains subject matter similar to claim 48 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`16.
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`As to claim 45, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Dutta further discloses wherein the assigned popularity values of one or more
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`items of the set of items is based on a relative measure of popular opinion of the item
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`(Dutta: Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-43 & 64-67, Col. 5
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`Lines 2-20 & 29-33 & 50-56, Col. 6 Lines 33-36; weights and averages of weights,
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`adjustment of weights).
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`Claim 61, a system claim 45, contains subject matter similar to claim 48 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`17.
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`As to claim 46, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34, wherein the assigned popularity values of one or more items of the set of
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`items is based on a temporal relevance of the items or a location relevance of the items.
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`Dutta further discloses wherein the assigned popularity values of one or more
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`items of the set of items is based on a temporal relevance of the items or a location
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`relevance of the items (Dutta: Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 60-65, Col. 4 Lines
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`20-43 & 64-67, Col. 5 Lines 2-20 & 29-33 & 50-56, Col. 6 Lines 33-36; weights and
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`averages of weights, adjustment of weights based on matches and frequency of
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`matches)
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`Claim 62, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 46 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`As to claim 47, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Dutta discloses wherein ordering and presenting the one or more items is
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`further based on the number of terms of the received text (Dutta: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3a,
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`Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 47-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; Col. 6 Lines 33-36.
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`Dutta does not explicitly disclose wherein ordering and presenting the one or more
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`items is further based on the number of prefixes of the received text.
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`However, Kamvar discloses user-entered prefixes as search terms that activate
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`searches as more characters are inputted (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002, 11 0020, 11 0031, 11
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`0041 - 11 0049; Fig. 1, Fig. 6; Fig. 7; portion or a few characters of query sent to search
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`engine; also, as characters are included in search query, matching items are identified;
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`e.g. those items identified by "Bri" and those items identified by "Britney) in order to
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`speed up query search by continuously sending search terms (including prefixes of
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`search terms) to search engine (Kamvar: Pgs. 3-4, 11 0002, 11 0020, 11 0028-11 0031, 11
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`0041 — 11 0049; Fig. 1, Fig. 6; Fig. 7).
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`Claim 63, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 47 and is
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`19.
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`As to claim 48, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Dutta further discloses wherein a portion of the set of items resides on a
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`computer remote from the user (Dutta: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 47-
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`65, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; Col. 6 Lines 33-36; network and client submits
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`searches).
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`Claim 64, a system claim 48, contains subject matter similar to claim 48 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`20.
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`As to claim 49, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Dutta further discloses wherein a computer remote from the user performs at
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`least one of the steps of receiving text entered by the user, performing an incremental
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`find, ordering and presenting one or more items to the user, and adjusting the relevance
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`values of the terms associated with the items (Dutta: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col.
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`3 Lines 47-65, Col. 4 Lines 20-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; Col. 6 Lines 33-36; network and
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`client submits searches to search engine).
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`As to claim 65, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the system of
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`claim 50. Dutta further discloses wherein the processor is disposed in a computer
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`remote from the user (Dutta: Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b, Col. 3 Lines 47-65, Col. 4
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`Lines 20-42, Col. 5 Lines 7-20; Col. 6 Lines 33-36; network and client submits searches
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`to search engine).
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`Claims 41-42, 44 and 57-58, and 60 are rejected under U.S.C 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over US Patent 6480837 by Dutta, in view of US PGPUB
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`2005/0283468 by Kamvar et al. (hereinafter “Kamvar”), and in further view of US
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`PGPUB 2004/0021691 by Dostie et al. (hereinafter “Dostie”).
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`23.
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`As to claim 41, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 34. Dutta and Kamvar do not explicitly disclose wherein the hand—held text input
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`device includes a set of overloaded keys generating an ambiguous text input.
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`However, Dostie discloses QWERTY input with overloaded keys used for
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`generating ambiguous character input system (Dostie: Pgs. 6-7, 11 0079 — 11 0082; Fig. 3;
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`wherein Dostie discloses that "each key [] can contain one of more letters") for the
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`purpose of rapidly entering data, such as text (Dostie: Pg. 1, 11 0007- 11 0008).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`Applicant’s invention that it is quite advantageous to incorporate the method taught by
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`of Dutta and Kamvar with Dostie’s "data entry system". The motivation for doing so
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`would have been to allow rapid text entry by user (Dostie: Pg. 1, 11 0007- 11 0008).
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`Claim 57, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 41 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`24.
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`As to claim 42, the combination of Dutta, Kamvar and Dostie teaches the
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`method of claim 41. Dutta and Kamvar do not explicitly disclose wherein the hand—held
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`text_input device is a phone, a mobile computing device, or a remote control device for a
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`television.
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`However, Dostie discloses “personal computing devices” and “hand-held
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`devices” with overloaded keys (Dostie: Pg. 5, 11 0067- 11 0068; Fig. 1; wherein Dostie
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`discloses “personal computing devices” and “hand-held devices”) for the purpose of
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`rapidly entering data, such as text (Dostie: Pg. 1, 11 0007- 11 0008).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`Applicant’s invention that it is quite advantageous to incorporate the method taught by
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`Dutta and Kamvar with Dostie’s "data entry system". The motivation for doing so would
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`have been to allow rapid text entry by user (Dostie: Pg. 1, 11 0007- 11 0008).
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`Claim 58, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 42 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`25.
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`As to claim 44, the combination of Dutta and Kamvar teaches the method of
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`claim 43. Dutta and Kamvar do not explicitly disclose wherein the display device is a
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`phone, a mobile computing device, or a non—intrusive interface display area of a
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`television.
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`However, Dostie discloses “personal computing devices” and “hand-held
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`devices” with overloaded keys (Dostie: Pg. 5, 11 0067- 11 0068, 11 0071- 11 0073, Fig. 1;
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`wherein Dostie discloses “personal computing devices” and “hand-held devices”) for the
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`purpose of rapidly entering data, such as text (Dostie: Pg. 1, 11 0007- 11 0008).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the
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`Applicant’s invention that it is quite advantageous to incorporate the method taught by
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`Dutta and Kamvar with Dostie’s "data entry system". The motivation for doing so would
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`have been to allow rapid text entry by user (Dostie: Pg. 1, 11 0007- 11 0008).
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`Claim 60, a system claim, contains subject matter similar claim 44 and is
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`rejected on the same ground.
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`Conclusion
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`26.
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`THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded
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`A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE
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`MONTHS from the mailing date of this action.
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`In the event a first reply is filed within
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`TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not
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`mailed until after the end of the THREE—MONTH shortened statutory period, then the
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`shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any
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`extension fee pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of
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`In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later
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`than SIX MONTHS from the date of this final action.
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`27.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`Examiner should be directed to Huen Wong whose telephone number is (571) 270-
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`Nincent Bocciol
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`Examiner, Art Unit 2169
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2158
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`26 March 2010
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`Huen Wong
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