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`17/595,628
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`11/19/2021
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`NATSUKI ISHIMOTO
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`2019P01247WOUS
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`8801
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`ere
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`Docketing
`Patent
`Patent Docketing
`200 Bellevue Parkway
`Suite 300
`Wilmington, DE 19809
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`CHAE, KYU
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`2426
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`12/17/2024
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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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`docketing @interdigital.com
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
`17/595,628
`Examiner
`KYU CHAE
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`Applicant(s)
`ISHIMOTOetal.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2426
`Yes
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, evenif 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) Responsive to communication(s) filed on 11/22/2024.
`C} A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/werefiled on
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`2a)() This action is FINAL. 2b)¥)This action is non-final.
`3) An election was madeby the applicant in responseto a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
`on
`; the restriction requirement and election have been incorporated into this action.
`4)(2) 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 Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
`1,3-11,13-23 and 27-29 is/are pending in the application.
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`Claim(s)
`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`C} Claim(s)__ is/are allowed.
`Claim(s) 1,3-11,13-23 and 27-29 is/are rejected.
`(] Claim(s)__ is/are objectedto.
`C] Claim(s
`are subjectto restriction and/or election requirement
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`11)0) The drawing(s) filedon__ is/are: a)(J accepted or b)( objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
`12)7) Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d)or (f).
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`2.2) Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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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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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 11-13)
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`Application/Control Number: 17/595,628
`Art Unit: 2426
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`Page 2
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013,
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`is being examined
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`underthefirst inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`2.
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`3.
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`Claim 2, 12 and 24-26 has been canceled. Claims 1, 3-11, 13-23 and 27-29 are
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`Status of Claims
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`pending.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`4.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), wasfiled in this application after final rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`11/22/2024 has been entered.
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`Application/Control Number: 17/595,628
`Art Unit: 2426
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis forall
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent fora claimed invention may notbe obtained, notwithstanding thatthe claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences
`between the claimed invention and the prior artare such that the claimed invention as a whole
`would have been obvious before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to a person
`having ordinary skillin the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not
`be negated by the manner in whichthe invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claim 1, 17, 20-23 and 27-29 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being
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`unpatentable over US Pub. No. 20040268391 Aji to Clercq in view of US Pub. No.
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`20140068678 A1 to Rodrigues.
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`As to claim 1, Clercq discloses an information processing apparatus
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`comprising:
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`circuitry configured to generate control information to be used to perform
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`light emission control of light emitted an operation terminal (Clercq Fig. 1-6,
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`0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, STB/TV creating button related
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`instructions, e.g. LED control command packet, to be used by the remote
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`controller with keyillumination LED to illuminate one or more of LED’s of the
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`remote controller); and
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`transmit the control information to the operation terminal (Clercq Fig. 1-6,
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`0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, STB/TV transmitting button related
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`instructions to the remote controller);
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`wherein the operation terminal is a remote-control terminal that controls
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`the action of the information processing apparatus by remote operation, based
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`on auser's operation (Clercq Fig. 1-6, ¥0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-
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`0035, remote controller controls the STB/TV by the user); and
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`wherein the light emission control includes controlling one or more of a
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`start of light emission, an end oflight emission, a light emission luminance,a light
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`emission color, light emission time, and a light emission cycle (Clercg Fig. 1-6,
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`0024-0025, 0027-0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, button related instructions
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`controlling LED color, LED on/off/flashing, time the key should beilluminated for).
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`Clercq does not expressly disclose wherein the light emission is indicative
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`of an availability of a newly registered content in a streaming service; and
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`wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to select the
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`streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of the newly
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`registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button out of a
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`plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services.
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`Rodrigues discloses wherein the light emission is indicative of an
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`availability of a newly registered content in a streaming service (Rodrigues
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`40028, 0030, 0054, 0056-0058, user device 146 transmitting commandsto the
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`STB and including a display, where the channel store interface displayed on the
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`display includes a plurality of icons for user selection and indicating using
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`highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or video content
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`items from the video service provider, examiner notes that a display on a user
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`device such as a mobile phone would have lights to light up the display and
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`highlighting an icon would provide a color on the display to indicate the highlight
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`on an icon); and
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`wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to select the
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`streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of the newly
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`registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button out of a
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`plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services (Rodrigues 40028, 0030,
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`0054, 0056-0058, user device 146 transmitting commandsto the STB and
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`including a display, where the channel store interface displayed on the display
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`includes a plurality of icons for user selection and indicating using
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`highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or video content
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`items from the video service provider, examiner notes that a display on a user
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`device such as a mobile phone would have lights to light up the display and
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`highlighting an icon would provide a color on the display to indicate the highlight
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`on an icon).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Clercg by wherein the
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`light emission is indicative of an availability of a newly registered content ina
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`streaming service; and wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to
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`select the streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of
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`the newly registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button
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`out of a plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services as disclosed by
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`Rodrigues. The suggestion/motivation would have been in order provide the user
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`a visual indication of recently added channels from the video service provider
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`allowing users to quickly/easy identify recently added channels thereby
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`enhancing the user’s experience.
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`As to claim 17, Clercq discloses an operation terminal comprising:
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`circuitry configured to accept an operation of a user (Clercq Fig. 1-6,
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`40024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, processor to receive user selection of
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`keys on the remote control);
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`emit light from an operation surface of the operation unit (Clercq Fig. 1-6,
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`40024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, key illumination LED’s on the remote
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`control);
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`receive control information transmitted from an information processing
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`apparatus (Clercq Fig. 1-6, 0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, receive
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`button related instructions from STB); and
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`perform light emission control of the light emitted from the operation
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`terminal on a basis of the control information (Clercg Fig. 1-6, 0024-0025, 0029,
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`0031-0032, 0034-0035, remote controller with keyillumination LED is activated
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`based on the button related instructions transmitted by the STB/TV);
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`wherein the information processing apparatus is one selected from the
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`group consisting of a television and a television-set-top-box and the operation
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`terminal is a remote-control terminal that controls the action of the information
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`processing apparatus by remote operation, based on the user operation (Clercq
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`Fig. 1-6, J0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, remote controller controls
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`the STB/TV by the user); and
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`wherein the light emission control includes controlling one or more of a
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`start of light emission, an end oflight emission, a light emission luminance,a light
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`emission color, light emission time, and a light emission cycle (Clercq Fig. 1-6,
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`Application/Control Number: 17/595,628
`Art Unit: 2426
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`Page 7
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`0024-0025, 0027-0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, button related instructions
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`controlling LED color, LED on/off/flashing, time the key should beilluminated for).
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`Clercq does not expressly disclose wherein the light emission is indicative
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`of an availability of a newly registered content in a streaming service; and
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`wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to select the
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`streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of the newly
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`registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button out of a
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`plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services.
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`Rodrigues discloses wherein the light emission is indicative of an
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`availability of a newly registered content in a streaming service (Rodrigues
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`40028, 0030, 0054, 0056-0058, user device 146 transmitting commandsto the
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`STB and including a display, where the channel store interface displayed on the
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`display includes a plurality of icons for user selection and indicating using
`
`highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or video content
`
`items from the video service provider, examiner notes that a display on a user
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`device such as a mobile phone would have lights to light up the display and
`
`highlighting an icon would provide a color on the display to indicate the highlight
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`on an icon); and
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`wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to select the
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`streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of the newly
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`registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button out of a
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`plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services (Rodrigues 40028, 0030,
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`0054, 0056-0058, user device 146 transmitting commandsto the STB and
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`including a display, where the channel store interface displayed on the display
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`includes a plurality of icons for user selection and indicating using
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`highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or video content
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`items from the video service provider, examiner notes that a display on a user
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`device such as a mobile phone would have lights to light up the display and
`
`highlighting an icon would provide a color on the display to indicate the highlight
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`on an icon).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to modify Clercq by wherein the
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`light emission is indicative of an availability of a newly registered content ina
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`streaming service; and wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to
`
`select the streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of
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`the newly registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button
`
`out of a plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services as disclosed by
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`Rodrigues. The suggestion/motivation would have been in order provide the user
`
`a visual indication of recently added channels from the video service provider
`
`allowing users to quickly/easy identify recently added channels thereby
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`enhancing the user’s experience.
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`As to claim 20, Clercq discloses an information processing method
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`comprising:
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`generating, by an information processing apparatus, control information to
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`be used to perform light emission control of a light-emitting unit provided in an
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`operation terminal (Clercq Fig. 1-6, 40024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035,
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`STB/TV creating button related instructions, e.g. LED control command packet,
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`to be used by the remote controller with keyillumination LED to illuminate one or
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`more of LED’s of the remote controller):
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`transmitting, by the information processing apparatus, the control
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`information to the operation terminal (Clercg Fig. 1-6, 70024-0025, 0029, 0031-
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`0032, 0034-0035, STB/TV transmitting button related instructions to the remote
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`controller); and
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`performing, by the operation terminal, the light emission control of the
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`light-emitting unit on a basis of the control information transmitted from the
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`information processing apparatus (Clercq Fig. 1-6, §0024-0025, 0029, 0031-
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`0032, 0034-0035, remote controller with key illumination LED is activated based
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`on the button related instructions transmitted by the STB/TV);
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`wherein the operation terminal is a remote-control terminal that controls
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`the action of the information processing apparatus by remote operation, based
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`on auser's operation (Clercq Fig. 1-6, ¥0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-
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`0035, remote controller controls the STB/TV bythe user); and
`
`wherein the light emission control includes controlling one or more of a
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`start of light emission, an end oflight emission, a light emission luminance,a light
`
`emission color, light emission time, and a light emission cycle (Clercg Fig. 1-6,
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`0024-0025, 0027-0029, 0031-0032, 0034-0035, button related instructions
`
`controlling LED color, LED on/off/flashing, time the key should beilluminated for).
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`Clercq does not expressly disclose wherein the light emission is indicative
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`of an availability of a newly registered content in a streaming service; and
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`wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to select the
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`streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of the newly
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`registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button out of a
`
`plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services.
`
`Rodrigues discloses wherein the light emission is indicative of an
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`availability of a newly registered content in a streaming service (Rodrigues
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`40028, 0030, 0054, 0056-0058, user device 146 transmitting commandsto the
`
`STB and including a display, where the channel store interface displayed on the
`
`display includes a plurality of icons for user selection and indicating using
`
`highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or video content
`
`items from the video service provider, examiner notes that a display on a user
`
`device such as a mobile phone would have lights to light up the display and
`
`highlighting an icon would provide a color on the display to indicate the highlight
`
`on an icon); and
`
`wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to select the
`
`streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of the newly
`
`registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button out of a
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`plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services (Rodrigues 40028, 0030,
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`0054, 0056-0058, user device 146 transmitting commandsto the STB and
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`including a display, where the channel store interface displayed on the display
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`includes a plurality of icons for user selection and indicating using
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`highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or video content
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`items from the video service provider, examiner notes that a display on a user
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`device such as a mobile phone would have lights to light up the display and
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`highlighting an icon would provide a color on the display to indicate the highlight
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`on an icon).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effective filing date of the claimed invention to modify Clercq by wherein the
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`light emission is indicative of an availability of a newly registered content ina
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`streaming service; and wherein the remote-control terminal includes a button to
`
`select the streaming service, and the light emission indicative of the availability of
`
`the newly registered content in the streaming service is emitted from said button
`
`out of a plurality of buttons corresponding to streaming services as disclosed by
`
`Rodrigues. The suggestion/motivation would have been in order provide the user
`
`a visual indication of recently added channels from the video service provider
`
`allowing users to quickly/easy identify recently added channels thereby
`
`enhancing the user’s experience.
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`As to claim 21, Rodrigues discloses wherein the availability of the newly
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`registered content the streaming service is new content availability (Rodrigues
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`40028, 0030, 0054, 0056-0058,a plurality of icons for user selection and
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`indicating using highlights/distinguished icons, the recently added channels or
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`video content items from the video service provider).
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`As to claim 22, see claim 21 for similar rejection.
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`As to claim 23, see claim 21 for similar rejection.
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`As to claim 27, Clercq discloses wherein the control information is
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`transmitted wirelessly (Clercq Fig. 1-6, §0024-0025, 0029, 0031-0032, 0034-
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`0035, STB/TV transmitting button related instructions to the remote controller,
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`where the remote controller and STB/TVarein bidirectional communication using
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`IR, RF, etc).
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`As to claim 28, see claim 27 for similar rejection.
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`As to claim 29, see claim 27 for similar rejection.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`7.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis forall
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
`
`A patent fora claimed invention may notbe obtained, notwithstanding thatthe claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences
`between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole
`would have been obvious before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not
`be negated by the manner in whichthe invention was made.
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`8.
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`Claim 3-5, 7 and 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over US Pub. No. 20040268391 A1 to Clercq in view of US Pub. No. 20140068678 A1
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`to Rodrigues and in further view of US Pub. No. 20160124537 A1 to Kim.
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`As to claim 3, Clercq and Rodrigues do not expressly disclose an
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`environment sensor configured to detect an environmentof the information
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`processing apparatus, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the control
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`information on a basis of a detection result of the environment sensor.
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`Kim discloses an environment sensor configured to detect an environment
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`of the information processing apparatus, wherein thecircuitry is configured to
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`generate the control information on a basis of a detection result of the
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`environment sensor (Kim Fig. 1, 5, 10, (0055, 0062, 0063, 0064, 0105-0107,
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`0132-0138,
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`illuminance sensor to detect the surround brightness generating the
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`control signal, e.g. brightness control signal, based on detected brightness
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`information with a preset threshold value).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to modify Clercq and Rodrigues
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`by an environment sensor configured to detect an environmentof the information
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`processing apparatus, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the control
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`information on a basis of a detection result of the environment sensor disclosed
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`by Kim. The suggestion/motivation would have beenin order provide varying
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`adjustments to the brightness based different conditions thereby enhancing the
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`user’s experience.
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`As to claim 4, Kim discloses wherein the environment sensor includes a
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`sensor configured to detect brightness of the environment (Kim Fig. 1, 5, 10,
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`70055, 0062, 0063, 0064, 0105-0107, 0132-0133,
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`illuminance sensor to detect
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`the surround brightness).
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`As to claim 5, Kim discloses wherein the circuitry is configured to emit
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`light in a case where the brightness is darker than a predetermined brightness,
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`on abasis of the control information (Kim Fig. 1, 5, 10, (0062-0063, 0105-0106,
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`0132-0134, backlit emits light when the brightness information is less than or
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`equal to a preset threshold value according to the brightness control signal).
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`As to claim 7, Kim discloses wherein the control information includes the
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`detection result of the environment sensor (Kim Fig. 1,5, 10, 70055, 0062, 0063,
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`0064, 0105-0107, 0132-0133, illuminance sensor to detect the surround
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`brightness generating the control signal, e.g. brightness control signal, based on
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`detected brightness information with a preset threshold value).
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`As to claim 18, Clercq and Rodrigues do not expressly disclose wherein
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`the control information includes information corresponding to a detection result of
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`an environment sensor provided in the information processing apparatus and
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`configured to detect an environmentof the information processing apparatus.
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`Kim discloses wherein the control information includes information
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`corresponding to a detection result of an environment sensor provided in the
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`information processing apparatus and configured to detect an environmentof the
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`information processing apparatus (Kim Fig. 1, 5, 10, 40055, 0062, 0063, 0064,
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`0105-0107, 0132-0133,
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`illuminance sensor to detect the surround brightness
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`generating the control signal, e.g. brightness control signal, based on detected
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`brightness information with a preset threshold value).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to modify Clercq and Rodrigues
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`by wherein the control information includes information corresponding to a
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`detection result of an environment sensor provided in the information processing
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`apparatus and configured to detect an environmentof the information processing
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`apparatus as disclosed by Kim. The suggestion/motivation would have been in
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`order provide varying adjustments to the brightness based different conditions
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`thereby enhancing the user’s experience.
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`9.
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`Claim 6 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US Pub. No.
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`20040268391 A1 to Clercq in view of US Pub. No. 20140068678 A1 to Rodrigues in
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`view of US Pub. No. 20160124537 A1 to Kim and in further view of US Pub. No.
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`20110175872 A1 to Chuang.
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`As to claim 6, Kim discloses wherein the circuitry is configured to, on a
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`basis of the control information, emit light at a first luminance in a case where the
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`brightness isafirst brightness (Kim Fig. 1, 5, 10, YO062-0063, 0105-0106, 0132-
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`0134, backlit emits light when the brightness information is less than or equal to a
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`preset threshold value according to the brightness control signal)
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`Clercq, Rodrigues and Kim do not expressly disclose emit light at a
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`second luminance thatis brighter than the first luminance in a case where the
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`brightness is a second brightness that is darker than the first brightness.
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`Chuang wherein the circuitry is configured to, on a basis of the control
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`information, emit light at a first luminance in a case where the brightnessisafirst
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`brightness, and emit light at a second luminancethatis brighter than thefirst
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`luminance in a case wherethe brightness is a second brightness that is darker
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`than the first brightness (Chuang Fig. 3, 4, ¥0017-0020,
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`if environmental
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`brightness it not greater than a predetermined value adjusting thefirst and
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`second brightness such that the first brightness is larger than the second
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`brightness based on sensed environmental brightness and if environmental
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`brightness is greater than a predetermined value adjusting the first and second
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`brightness such that the first brightness is smaller than the second brightness )
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to modify Clercg, Rodrigues and
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`Kim by emit light at a second luminance that is brighter than thefirst luminance in
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`a case wherethe brightness is a second brightness that is darker than thefirst
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`brightness as disclosed by Chuang. The suggestion/motivation would have been
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`in order provide varying adjustments to the brightness based different conditions
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`thereby enhancing the user’s experience.
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`10.
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`Claims 8-10 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US
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`Pub. No. 20040268391 A1 to Clercq in view of US Pub. No. 20140068678 Ai to
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`Rodrigues and in further view of US Pub. No. 20090235296 A‘1 to Ito.
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`As to claim 8, Clercq and Rodrigues do not expressly disclose wherein
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`the circuitry is configured to generate the control information on a basis of
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`content that is a processing target of the information processing apparatus.
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`Ito discloses wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the control
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`information on a basis of content that is a processing target of the information
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`processing apparatus (/io Fig. 1, 2, 4, 9-11, 40083, 0086, 0092-0093, 0101-0102,
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`program recommendation control information generated based on content thatis
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`received bythetelevision).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to modify Clercq and Rodrigues
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`by wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the control information on a
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`basis of content that is a processing target of the information processing
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`apparatus as disclosed by /to. The suggestion/motivation would have beenin
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`order to provide recommendations of the detect programs that allows the user to
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`be informed on the remote controller thereby enhancing the user’s experience.
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`As to claim 9, /io discloses wherein the content includes metadata, the
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`circuitry is configured to analyze the metadata, and thecircuitry is configured to
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`generate the control information on a basis of an analysis result of the content
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`analyzer (/to Fig. 1-4, 9-11, 0105-0108, program recommendation controlling
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`part 9, where the program includes program information and determines the
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`users taste based on the program information and transmitting the program
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`recommendation control information to the remote controller)
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`As to claim 10, /fo discloses wherein the content includes image
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`information, and the circuitry is configured to generate the control information on
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`a basis of an analysis result of the image information (/fo Fig. 1-4, 9-11, 40076,
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`0105-0108, program recommendation controlling part, where the program
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`includes program information and determines the users taste based on the
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`program information and transmitting the program recommendation control
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`information to the remote controller).
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`11.
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`Claim 11 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over US Pub.
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`No. 20040268391 Ai
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`to Clercq in view of US Pub. No. 20140068678 A1 to Rodrigues
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`and in further view of US Pub. No. 20070157235 A1 to Teunissen.
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`As to claim 11, Clercq and Rodrigues do not expressly disclose wherein
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`the circuitry is configured to generate the control information on a basis of
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`notification information to a user.
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`Teunissen discloses wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the
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`control information on a basis of notification information to a user (Teunissen Fig.
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`2, 4, J0039-0041, 0060, notification signals to provide notifications of a
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`programming change event to the user of the remote controller).
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`It would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skilled in the art before
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`the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to modify Clercq and Rodrigues
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`by wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the control information on a
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`basis of notification information to a user as disclosed by Teunissen. The
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`suggestion/motivation would have beenin order to provide notifications to the
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`user based on a programming change event that allows the user to be informed
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`on the remote controlle