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`14/506,822
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`10679255
`1270720012]
`5275
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`75120
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`7590
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`05/20/2020
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`Maulin Shah
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`APPLICANT(S) (Please see PAIR WEB site http://pair.uspto.gov for additional applicants):
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`David J. RUSSEK, Ambler, PA;
`10Talcs, Inc., Mcnlo Park, CA;
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`The United States represents the largest, most dynamic marketplace in the world and is an unparalleled location
`for business investment, innovation, and commercialization of new technologies. The USA offers tremendous
`resources and advantages for those who invest and manufacture goods here. Through SelectUSA, our nation
`works to encourage and facilitate business investment. To learn more about why the USA is the best country in
`the world to develop technology, manufacture products, and grow your business, visit SelectUSA.gov.
`IR 103 (Rev. 10/09)
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`PTOL/85B—EFS
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`Issue Fee Transmittal Form
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`Application Number
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`14506822
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`Filing Date
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`First Named Inventor
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`Atty. Docket No.
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`06-Oct-2014
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`David RUSSEK
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`127072.00121
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`TITLE OF INVENTION:
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`Confirmation No.
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`5275
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`METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ASSOCIATING ATTRIBUTES WITHIN DIGITAL MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
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`Entity Status
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`Application Type “ Class - Subclass
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`EXAMINER
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`UtIIIty under 35 USC111(a)
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`3681
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`014160
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`MARIE BRADY
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`Issue Fee Due
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`Publication Due
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`Total Fee(s) Due
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`Prev. Paid Fee
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`$500
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`11—Jun—2020
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`1.Change of Correspondence Address and/or Indication Of Fee Address (37 CFR 1.33 & 1.363)
`Current Indicated Fee Address :
`Current Correspondence Address:
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`75120
`Maulin Shah
`Envision |P LLC
`14 Penn Plaza
`225 West 34th Street, 9th Floor
`New York NY 10122
`UNITED STATES
`310-499-8624
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`generated AlA/122-EFS form attached
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`CI Fee Address indication requested, system generated SB/47-EFS
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`Document Description: Issue Fee Payment (PTO—85B)
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`3.The Following Fee(s) Are Submitted:
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`Issue Fee
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`IE
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`|:| Publication Fee
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`|:| Advance Order - # of copies
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`I authorize USPTO to apply my previously paid issue fee to the
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`Name
`City
`State
`Country
`Category
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`10Tales,|nc.
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`6.Signature
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`Menlo Park
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`CALIFORNIA
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`united states
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`corporation
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`I certify, in accordance with 37 CFR 1t4(d)(4) that I am an attorney or agent registered to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office who has filed and has been granted
`power ofattorney in this application I also certify that this Fee(s) Transmittal form is being transmitted to the USPTO via EFS-WEB on the date indicated below.
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`Signature
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`Name
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`WEB IFEE 1.0
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`/Mau|in Shah/
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`Maulin Shah
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`Registration Number 56587
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`04-28-2020
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`Electronic Patent Application Fee Transmittal
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`Application Number:
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`14506822
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`T'tle of Invent'om
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`METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ASSOCIATING ATI'RIBUTES WITHIN
`DIGITAL MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
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`
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`First Named Inventor/Applicant Name:
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`David J. RUSSEK
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`Attorney Docket Number:
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`127072.00121
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`Filing Fees for Utility under 35 USC111(a)
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`METHOD, SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ASSOCIATING ATI'RIBUTES WITHIN
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE AND FEE(S) DUE
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`3/11/2020
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`7590
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`75120
`Maulin Shah
`Envision IP
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`New York, NY 10118
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`EXAMINER
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`BRADY, MARIE P.
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`3681
`DATE MAILED: 03/1 1/2020
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`APPLICATION NO.
`FILING DATE
`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
`CONFIRMATION NO.
`
`14/506,822
`10/06/2014
`David J. RUSSEK
`127072.00121
`5275
`
`TITLE OF INVENTION: lWETHOD. SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ASSOCIATING ATTRIBUTES WITHIN DIGITAL MEDIA PRESENTATIONS
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`E1\TITY STATUS
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`ISSUE FEE DUE
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`PUBLICATION FEE DUE
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`PREV. PAID ISSUE FEE
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`TOTAL FEE(S) DUE
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`DATE DUE
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`nonprovisional
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`14/506,822
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`10/06/2014
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`David J. RUSSEK
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`127072.00121
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`5275
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`TITLE OF INVENTION: hIETHOD. SYSTEM AND SOFTWARE FOR ASSOCIATING ATTRIBUTES WITHIN DIGITAL IVIEDIA PRESENTATIONS
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`ENTITY STATUS
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`BRADY, MARIE P.
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`14/506,822
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`MARIE P BRADY
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`RUSSEK, David J.
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`3681
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`- The MAILING DA 75 0/ this communication appears on the ca ver sheet Wit/7 the correspondence address-
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`1.. This communication is responsive to 1/12/2020.
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`Notice of Allowability
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`Part of Paper No./Mai| Date 20200205
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`Application/Control Number: 14/506,822
`Art Unit: 3681
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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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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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.1 14
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`1/12/2020 has been entered.
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`3.
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`This is a Notice of Allowance in response to the RCE filed on 1/12/2020. Claims
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`1-50 were previously cancelled. Claims 52-53 are now cancelled. Claim 51 is
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`amended. Therefore, claim 51 is pending and addressed below.
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`Priority
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`4.
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`This application is a continuation of Application 10/819514, filed on 04/07/2004,
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`now Patent No. 8,856,030, which claims benefit to U.S. Provisional Patent Application
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`Serial Number 60/460998, filed on 04/07/2003.
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`EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
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`6.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendment was given in a phone interview and
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`an email by the Attorney of Record, Maulin V. Shah, Reg. No. 56,587, on 2/11/2020.
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`7.
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`The claims have been amended as follows:
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`1. - 50.
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`(Cancelled)
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`51.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`A system for personalized storytelling, the system
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`comprising:
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`a central processing unit (CPU); and
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`a computer—readable storage medium operably connected to the CPU and comprising one
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`or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the CPU to:
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`identify a first plurality of digital media assets,
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`create a first composite digital story using the first plurality of digital media assets,
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`wherein each of the first plurality of digital media assets is associated with a temporal
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`location within the first composite digital story,
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`playing pliy the first composite digital story on a display,
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`retrieve a user profile for a user, the user profile containing a user attribute that indicates
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`whether the user would respond favorably to a particular user—generated digital media
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`asset,
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`identify a seeend plurality of user—generated digital media assets, wherein—theseeend
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`reeitatieH—ef—pred-uet—ehzmieteflsfles; wherein the seeenel plurality of user—generated digital
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`media assets-eemprises comprise matching user— generated digital media assets that match
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`the user