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`18/130,846
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`04/04/2023
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`Marvin DeMerchant
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`020699-122000US
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`Trellis IP Law Group/ Sony Corp.
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`ART UNIT
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`2426
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`11/13/2024
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Application No.
`18/130,846
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`Application/Control Number: 18/130,846
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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, is being examined underthefirst
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`2.
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forthin 37 CFR
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`1.17(e), wasfiled in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued
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`examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has beentimely paid, the
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`finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's
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`submission filed on 10/11/2024 has been entered.
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`Amendment
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`3.
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`This Office Action is made in response to amendment, filed 9/11/2024. Applicant has amended
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`claims 1, 8 and 15.
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`Response to Arguments
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`4.
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`Applicant’s arguments see “Remarks”, made in an Amendment’, filed 9/1 1/2024.
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`With respect to Claim Rejections - 35 U.S.C. §103, the Applicant has amendedclaims 1, 8 and
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`15 to include “determining dietary restrictions of a user; and ... suggested ingredient substitutes
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`based on the dietary restrictions...” (emphasis added to distinguish the elements not taught by current
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`art of record). The Applicant submits that Jo does not teach or suggest“providing a name of the food dish,
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`suggested ingredients of the food dish, suggested ingredient substitutes based on the dietary
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`restrictions, and a suggested recipe of the food dish to the user, as recited in the independent claims 1,
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`8 and 15. The Examiner agrees that the current art of record does not teach the newly amended features
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`“determining dietary restrictions of a user; and ... suggested ingredient substitutes based on the dietary
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`restrictions...” The Examiner finds BODLAENDER that teaches these amended features (see rejections
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`below). The Examineralso points out that the Application merely states that Jo does not teach or suggest
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`“providing a name ofthe food dish, suggested ingredients of the food dish,
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`the food dish to the user” without providing any argument as to why Jo does not teach or suggest the
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`features. The Examiner maintains the position that Jo does disclose “providing a name of the food dish”
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`as identified in the rejection below and the Final Rejection 7/11/2024. The Examiner also had identified in
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`the Final Rejection 7/1 1/2024 that Jo does not explicitly disclose providing “suggested ingredients of the
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`food dish, ... and a suggested recipe of the food dish to the user”, howeverit is Wilkinson that discloses
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`these features which the Examiner maintains (See rejections below).
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`The Applicant submits that amended independent claims 1, 8, and 15 and their respective
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`dependent claims are allowable overthe cited referencesfor at least these reasons.In response, with
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`respect to the applicant arguments of claims 1,8 and 15 and their respective dependent claims, have
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`been fully considered but they are mootin view of the new groundsof rejection (see rejections below).
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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 basisfor all obviousness rejections
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`set forth in this Office action:
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`Apatent fora claimed invention may notbe obtained, notwithstanding thatthe claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102 ofthis 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 effective filing 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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`The factual inquiries set forthin Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148 USPQ 459 (1966),
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`that are applied for establishing a backgroundfor determining obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are
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`summarized asfollows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contentsofthepriorart.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between theprior art and the claimsat issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence presentin the application indicating obviousness or
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`nonobviousness.
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`Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Geun Sik Jo, Puo No US
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`2015/0073940 (hereafter Jo) in view of Wilkinson et al., Pub No US 2017/0301001 (hereafter Wilkinson)
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`and further in view of Masato Monji, Pub No US 2008/0068503 (hereafter Monji) and further in view of
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`BODLAENDERetal., WO 2007/1 10788 A2 (hereafter BODLAENDER).
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`Regarding Claim 1, Jo discloses a system comprising:
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`one or more processors[para.0009: Discloses a processor. ]; and
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`logic encoded in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media for execution by
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`the one or more processors and when executed operable to cause the one or more processors to
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`perform operations [para.0008: Discloses a
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`computer-readable storage medium storing computerinstructions which, when executed, enables a
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`computersystem (one or more processors) to perform.] comprising:
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`detecting a cooking program being presented ona television [para(s).0038, 0041: Discloses
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`an online shopping system receiving a cooking videoid (detecting a cooking program) as the result of a
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`user watching and interacting with the cooking video; and para.0028: Discloses presented on a
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`television. ];
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`extracting data associated with the cooking program [para.0006: Disclosesinformationis
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`extracted from the metadata and displayed on the screen; and para.0051: Disclosesinteractive cooking
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`video may be stored in a database and can be offered to viewers through diverse mediums such as
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`websites. At this time, the metadata pertaining to the recipe information may be separately stored from
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`video data. Whentheinteractive cooking video is played on a display screen, the metadata is displayed
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`as virtual artifacts (extracted data from: video data, database, memory, metadata).];
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`identifying a food dish being prepared on the cooking program [FIG.5: Discloses a “Brilliant
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`Baked Mackerel’ (a food dish) being prepared; and para.0036: Discloses the cooking video including the
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`integrated recipe information as metadata may bedisplayed in a video player as shownin FIG. 5.];
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`determining ingredients being used in the food dish based on the data [para.0032:
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`Disclosesa videofile describing the preparation of a pasta dish. FIG. 1 lists the ingredients (determined
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`from metadata) necessary for making two servingsof a particular pasta dish.];
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`determining a recipe of the food dish based on the data [para.0034: Discloses the recipe
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`information (determined from metadata) mayinclude the name (dish name) and amount of each
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`ingredient used, cooking steps (recipe), ingredient measurement(recipe), and the like; and para.0041:
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`Discloses receiving the recipe information from the video through the video's ID.]; and
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`providing a name of the food dish [para.0027: Discloses the metadata of the cooking video
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`includes recipe information and ingredients; and FIG.3, para,0036: Discloses a cooking video including an
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`integrated recipe information as metadata displayed (ingredients and recipe) in a video player. FIG.5
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`illustrates the displaying of the name of the food dish together with ingredients; and para.0034: Discloses
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`the recipe information (determined from metadata) may include the name (dish name) and amountof
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`each ingredient used (recipe), cooking steps (recipe), ingredient measurement(recipe), and the like.].
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`Jo does notexplicitly disclose providing a name of the food dish, suggested ingredients of the
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`food dish, and a suggested recipe of the food dish to the user (emphasis addedto distinguish the
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`elements not taught by Jo). However, in analogous art, Wilkinson discloses [para.0190] a system that
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`retrieves product characteristic vectors associated with a plurality of products in a product category from a
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`product vectors database. The vectorized product characterizations may comprise one or more of vectors
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`associated with customerpreferencesin reference to the products. For example, a product profile may
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`comprise vectorized product value characterization that includes product ingredients. Paragraph 0193
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`discloses the system selects a recommended (suggested) product from a plurality of products based on
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`the alignments between a customervalue vectors and the product characteristic vectors for each of the
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`plurality of products. The recommended product may comprise analternative product (modifying
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`recommendedingredients) that better matches the customer's values, based on value vector analysis.
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`Paragraph 0195discloses in recognizing that the customer wishesto order the ingredients he saw the
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`chef prepare on TV. The system can also use the customervalue vectorsto pick a variant of the recipe
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`ingredients for the customer (suggested recipe change by suggesting different ingredients — thus, a
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`suggested recipe and ingredients of the food dish to a user). Therefore, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to further modify Jo
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`wherein the extracted data comprises data based on voice recognition, as taught by Wilkinsonin order to
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`yield predictable result such as providing customers with the ability to find desired ingredients (Wilkinson:
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`para.0004).
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`The combined teachings of Jo and Wilkinson do not explicitly disclose identifying a food dish
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`being prepared onthe cooking program based on voice recognition and words spoken by a
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`presenter on the cooking program (emphasis addedto distinguish the elements not taught by
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`combination); However, in analogous art, Monji discloses a TV receiver comprises a voice character
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`recognition means to recognize words included in audios of the TV programs as characters [para.0013],
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`relating to a TV program on cooking, information of recipe ingredientlist (identifying a food dish),
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`feedback on the cooking, and so on are displayed [para.0027]. Therefore, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to further modify Jo
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`and Wilkinson with identifying a food dish being prepared on the cooking program based on voice
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`recognition and words spoken by a presenter on the cooking program, as taught by Monji in order to yield
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`predictable result such as enabling users to confirm easily the contents of the TV program by generating
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`an information screen having the contents of the TV program (Monji: para.0008).
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`The combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson and Monji do not explicitly disclose determining
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`dietary restrictions of a user; and providing a name of the food dish, suggested ingredients of the food
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`dish, suggested ingredient substitutes based onthe dietary restrictions, and a suggested recipe of
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`the food dish to the user. However, in analogous art, BODLAENDERdisclosesa processorobtaining a
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`user’s profile for determining ingredient substitutes where original ingredients are substituted with
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`alternative ingredients based on the userprofile (page 5, column 4,lines 6-23). Userprofile includes
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`information comprising user’s dietary restrictions (page 5, column 4,lines 24-29). Therefore, it would have
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`been obviousto oneof ordinary skillin the art before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to
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`further modify Jo, Wilkinson and Monji to determine dietary restrictions of a user and suggest ingredient
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`substitutes based on thedietary restrictions, as taught by BODLAENDERin orderto yield predictable
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`result such as providing users with easier ways to comply with their dietary guidelines or restrictions
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`(BODLAENDER: page2, column 1, lines 12-18).
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`Regarding Claim 2, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monjiand BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`system of claim 1, and Jo further discloses wherein the extracted data comprises metadata
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`associated with the cooking program [para.0006: Discloses metadata (extracted data) is overlaid or
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`embeddedin an interactive video file which may be viewed; and FIG.5: Illustrates the cooking video
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`including the integrated recipe information as metadata displayed in a video player.].
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`Regarding Claim 3, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monjiand BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`system of claim 1, and Jo further discloses wherein the extracted data comprises data based on
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`image recognition [para.0041: Discloses the recipe information from the videois recognized through
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`video’s ID or an image URL. ].
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`Regarding Claims 4, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`system of claim 1, and Wilkinson further discloses wherein the extracted data comprises data based
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`on voice recognition [para.0174: Discloses a product recommendation engine may be implemented on
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`a voice commandvirtual assistance device, a set-top box, a smart home system, etc.; and para.0186:
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`Discloses a system thatidentifies an item associated with a current segmentof the video content viewed
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`by the user. The system may be configuredto identify an item selected by a voice command sensor
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`(voice recognition).]. This claimis rejected on the same grounds as claim 1.
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`Regarding Claims 5, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`system of claim 1, and Wilkinson further discloses wherein the logic when executedis further
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`operable to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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`obtaining one or more userpreferences [para.0174: Disclose a customervector database
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`used for determining recommendations based on customer preferences; and para.0180: Discloses the
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`customer vector database store customerprofiles for a plurality of customers. Each customerprofile
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`comprises customer vectorthat includes customer preference vectors that represent a person's
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`preferences.]; and
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`modifying one or more of the ingredients based on the one or more user preferences
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`[para.0193: Discloses the system selects a recommendedproduct fromaplurality of products based on
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`the alignments between a customervalue vectors and a product characteristic vector for each of the
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`plurality of products. The recommended product may comprise an alternative product (modifying one or
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`more of the ingredients) that better matches the customer's values, based on value vector analysis. This
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`claim is rejected on the same groundsas claim 1.
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`Regarding Claims 6, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`system of claim 1, and Wilkinson further discloses wherein the logic when executedis further
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`operable to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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`obtaining one or more user preferences [para.0174: Disclose a customervector database
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`used for determining recommendations based on customer preferences; and para.0180: Discloses the
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`customer vector database store customerprofiles for a plurality of customers. Each customer profile
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`comprises customervector that includes customerpreference vectors that represent a person's
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`preferences.]; and
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`modifying the recipe based on the one or more userpreferences [Para:0193: Discloses the
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`system selects a recommended (Suggested) product from a plurality of products based on the alignments
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`between a customervalue vectors and the product characteristic vectors for each of the plurality of
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`products. The recommended product may comprise an alternative product that better matches the
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`customer's values, based on value vector analysis; and para:0195: Discloses in recognizing that the
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`customer wishesto order the ingredients he saw the chef prepare on TV. The system uses the customer
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`value vectors to pick a variant of the recipe ingredients for the customer (modifying recipe by suggesting
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`different ingredients based on user preferences.]. This claimis rejected on the same groundsasclaim 1.
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`Regarding Claim 7, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monjiand BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`system of claim 1, and Jo further discloses wherein the logic when executed is further operable to
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`cause the one or more processorsto perform operations comprising enabling the user to order
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`the ingredients [FIG.13, para.0054: Discloses an order unit (element 1340) that provides a userinterface
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`environment for easy access to menu list, main ingredientlist, and side ingredientlist. The order unit
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`(element 1340) receives user's order option and make a single, bundled purchase order of selected
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`ingredients; and para.0055: Discloses interactive capable cooking video offering purchasing of
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`recipe/ingredients information (metacata).].
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`Regarding Claim 8, Jo discloses a nor-transitory computer-readable storage medium with program
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`instructions stored thereon, the program instructions when executed by one or more processors
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`are operable to cause the one or more processors to perform operations [para.0008: Discloses a
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`computer-readable storage medium storing computer instructions which, when executed, enables a
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`computer system (one or more processors) to perform.] comprising:
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`detecting a cooking program being presented ona television [para(s).0038, 0041: Discloses
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`an online shopping system receiving a cooking videoid (detecting a cooking program) as the result of a
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`user watching andinteracting with the cooking video. ];
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`extracting data associated with the cooking program [para.0006: Discloses information is
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`extracted from the metadata and displayed on the screen; and para.0051 : Discloses interactive cooking
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`video maybestored in a database and can beoffered to viewers through diverse mediums such as
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`websites. At this time, the metadata pertaining to the recipe information may be separately stored from
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`video data. Whentheinteractive cooking video is played on a display screen, the metadata is displayed
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`as virtual artifacts (extracted data from: video data, database, memory, metadata).];
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`identifying a food dish being prepared on the cooking program [FIG.5: Discloses a “Brilliant
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`Baked Mackerel’(a food dish) being prepared; and para.0036: Discloses the cooking video including the
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`integrated recipe information as metadata maybedisplayed in a video player as shownin FIG. 5.];
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`determining ingredients being used in the food dish based on the data [para.0032:
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`Disclosesa videofile describing the preparation of a pasta dish. FIG. 1 lists the ingredients (determined
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`from metadata) necessary for making two servingsof a particular pasta dish.];
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`determining a recipe of the food dish based on the data [para.0034: Discloses the recipe
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`information (determined from metadata) may include the name (dish name) and amount of each
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`ingredient used, cooking steps (recipe), ingredient measurement(recipe), and the like; and para.0041:
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`Discloses receiving the recipe information from the video through the video's ID.]; and
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`providing a name of the food dish [para.0027: Discloses the metadata of the cooking video
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`includes recipe information and ingredients; and FIG.3, para,0036: Discloses a cooking video including an
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`integrated recipe information as metadata displayed (ingredients and recipe) in a video player. FIG.5
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`illustrates the displaying of the name of the food dish together with ingredients; and para.0034: Discloses
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`the recipe information (determined from metadata) may include the name(dish name) and amountof
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`each ingredient used (recipe), cooking steps (recipe), ingredient measurement(recipe), and the like.].
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`Jo does notexplicitly disclose providing a name of the food dish, suggested ingredients of the
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`food dish, and a suggestedrecipe of the food dish to the user (emphasis addedto distinguish the
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`elements not taught by Jo). However, in analogous art, Wilkinson discloses [para.0190] a system that
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`retrieves product characteristic vectors associated with a plurality of products in a product category from a
`
`product vectors database. The vectorized product characterizations may comprise one or more of vectors
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`associated with customerpreferencesin reference to the products. For example, a product profile may
`
`comprise vectorized product value characterization that includes product ingredients. Paragraph 0193
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`discloses the system selects a recommended (suggested) product from a plurality of products based on
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`the alignments between a customer value vectors and the product characteristic vectors for each of the
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`plurality of products. The recommended product may comprise analternative product (modifying
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`recommended ingredients) that better matches the customer's values, based on value vector analysis.
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`Paragraph 0195 discloses in recognizing that the customer wishesto order the ingredients he saw the
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`chef prepare on TV. The system can also use the customervalue vectorsto pick a variant of the recipe
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`ingredients for the customer (Suggested recipe change by suggesting different ingredients — thus, a
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`suggested recipe and ingredients of the food dish to a user). Therefore, it would have been obviousto
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`one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to further modify Jo
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`wherein the extracted data comprises data based on voice recognition, as taught by Wilkinson in order to
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`yield predictable result such as providing customers with the ability to find desired ingredients (Wilkinson:
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`para.0004).
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`The combined teachings of Jo and Wilkinson do not explicitly disclose identifying a food dish
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`being prepared onthe cooking program based on voice recognition and words spoken by a
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`presenter on the cooking program (emphasis addedto distinguish the elements not taught by
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`combination); However, in analogous art, Monji discloses a TV receiver comprises a voice character
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`recognition means to recognize words included in audios of the TV programs as characters [para.0013],
`
`relating to a TV program on cooking, information of recipe ingredientlist (identifying a food dish),
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`feedback on the cooking, and so on are displayed [para.0027]. Therefore, it would have been obvious to
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`one of ordinary skill in the art before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to further modify Jo
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`and Wilkinson with identifying a food dish being prepared on the cooking program based on voice
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`recognition and words spoken by a presenter on the cooking program, as taught by Monji in order to yield
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`predictable result such as enabling users to confirm easily the contents of the TV program by generating
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`an information screen having the contents of the TV program (Monji: para.0008).
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`The combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson and Monji do not explicitly disclose determining
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`dietary restrictions of a user; and providing a name of the food dish, suggested ingredients of the food
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`dish, suggested ingredient substitutes based onthe dietary restrictions, and a suggested recipe of
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`the food dish to the user. However, in analogous art, BODLAENDERdisclosesa processorobtaining a
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`user’s profile for determining ingredient substitutes where original ingredients are substituted with
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`alternative ingredients based on the userprofile (page 5, column 4,lines 6-23). Userprofile includes
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`information comprising user's dietary restrictions (page 5, column 4,lines 24-29). Therefore, it would have
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`been obviousto oneof ordinary skillin the art before the effectivefiling date of the claimed invention to
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`further modify Jo, Wilkinson and Monji to determine dietary restrictions of a user and suggest ingredient
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`substitutes based on thedietary restrictions, as taught by BODLAENDERin orderto yield predictable
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`result such as providing users with easier ways to comply with their dietary guidelines or restrictions
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`(BODLAENDER: page2, column 1, lines 12-18).
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`Regarding Claim 9, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monjiand BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, and Jo further discloses wherein the
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`extracted data comprises metadata associated with the cooking program [para.0006: Discloses
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`metadata (extracted data) is overlaid or embeddedin an interactive video file which may be viewed; and
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`FIG.5: Illustrates the cooking video including the integrated recipe information as metadata displayed ina
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`video player.].
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`Regarding Claim 10, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, and Jo further discloses wherein the
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`extracted data comprises data based on image recognition [para.0041: Discloses the recipe
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`information from the video is recognized through video’s ID or an image URL.].
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`Regarding Claims 11,
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`the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdisclosesthe
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`non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, and Wilkinson further discloses
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`wherein the extracted data comprises data based on voice recognition [para.0174: Discloses a
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`product recommendation engine may be implemented on a voice commandvirtual assistance device, a
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`set-top box, a smart homesystem, etc.; and para.0186: Discloses a system that identifies an item
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`associated with a current segment of the video content viewed by the user. The system may be
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`configured to identify an item selected by a voice command sensor (voice recognition). ]. This claim is
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`rejected on the same groundsasclaim 8.
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`Regarding Claim 12, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, and Wilkinson further discloses
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`wherein the logic when executedis further operable to cause the one or more processors to
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`perform operations comprising:
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`obtaining one or more userpreferences [para.0174: Disclose a customer vector database
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`used for determining recommendations based on customer preferences; and para.0180: Discloses the
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`customer vector database store customerprofiles for a plurality of customers. Each customerprofile
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`comprises customervector that includes customer preference vectors that represent a person's
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`preferences.]; and
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`modifying one or more of the ingredients based on the one or more user preferences
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`[para.0193: Discloses the system selects a recommendedproduct from a plurality of products based on
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`the alignments between a customervalue vectors and a product characteristic vector for each of the
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`plurality of products. The recommended product may comprise analternative product (modifying one or
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`more of the ingredients) that better matches the customer's values, based on value vector analysis. This
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`claim is rejected on the same groundsasclaim 8.
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`Regarding Claim 13, the combined teachings of Jo, Wilkinson, Monji and BODLAENDERdiscloses the
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`non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 8, and Wilkinson further discloses wherein the
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`logic when executed is further operable to cause the one or more processorsto perform
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`operations comprising:
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`obtaining one or more user preferences [para.0174: Disclose a customer vector database
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`used for determining recommendations based on customer preferences; and para.0180: Discloses the
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`customer vector database store customerprofiles for a plurality of customers. Each customerprofile
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`comprises customervector that includes customer preference vectors that represent a person's
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`preferences.]; and
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`modifying the recipe based on the one or more userpreferences [Para:0193: Discloses the
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`system selects a recommended (Suggested) product from a plurality of products based on the alignments
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`between a customervalue vectors and the produc