The office has been sending out quite a few 101 rejections based on the district courts decision. This is something that both the Office and the Bar want clearly resolved as the Bar has been very creative in the past few years in claiming what is essentially software only claims.
suddenly campaigns become significantly cheaper to run. You could have a wider slate of candidates, and the influence peddlers should have less influence.
he also claimed on numerous occasions that there was no oil speculation. He finally reversed himself earlier this summer when he acknowledged what those who track oil shipments already knew, that oil was sitting in tankers/storage but prices were high.
All U.S. workers pay 1.45% of their wages for medicare. All employers pay a matching 1.45% (self employed pay 2.9%). This goes to pay for universal coverage of the elderly.
If you all can get total coverage for the same/less tax rate than we do it, it only shows how costly American coverage is. On the other hand, the vast majority of health care services are consumed in the last years of life in the US.
Examiners make pretty decent money. Right now they are getting four years at $5,000-$10,000 a year hiring bonuses. You typically can start as a GS-7/9 with 50-77k and hit over $100,000 a year in less than 4 years before overtime (you can make up to $153k a year) and bonuses.
Not bad to hit mid $100's in your mid-late 20's. Plus until recently you could go to law school for free, grad school for free, tons of vacation, a pension etc. they do have to offer high pay/benefits as turnover is high.
You need a degree in science or engineering to be an examiner, the examining corps has been hiring over 1200 examiners a year and fee diversion has ended.
The main problems for examiners has been lack of time (has not changed since 1976), a lack of an easy way to text search non-patent literature, increased number of claims, increased claim length, longer specifications, and more clerical tasks. Both the patent bar and the examiner unions want more time for examiners. Examiners do the best they can in the ~22 hours they have allocated for a case.
We will see what changes if Kappos (former head of IBM's IP dept) is approved by congress and takes over leadership of the USPTO.
Re-exams aren't that expensive. i have wondered why companies in litigation don't file them more often. Anybody can file a re-exam if they have prior art which raises substantial patent ability concerns and a check for $2500 or $8800.
A group of concerned citizens could easily donate enough money to pay such a fee.
And what would the motivation to combine be to display a single indication of all of those space features in a device which automatically downloads episodic content? Sure it would be possible to write a script, but you would need to find someone else's script which did all of the above features and is published online. Where would you find explicit motivation? How would you come up with the same motivation without it being hindsight based on applicant's invention?
providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
You need a SINGLE Indication which shows to the user a) a maximumn playtime/storage amount b) the amount currently used by stored content and C) the amount of a yet to be downloaded. Something like a piechart, 0-100% bar etc. A screen listing each element separately would be multiple indications not "an indication."
If people read the claims or looked on public PAIR, they would probably understand why the case was allowed (the Examiner's Ammendment probably has something to do with it). Given that no one actually reads that stuff here on Slashdot, it is no surprise that people come to erronous conclusions.
None of the prior art listed addresses:
providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
A number of things need to be provided to the user, namely all of the bolded claim language above,namely providing to the user among other things channel depth information which includes both the episode data amount previously downloaded as well as yet to be downloaded expressed as playtime or storage resources.
The fact that itunes and podcasting is well known, does not mean that those references teach the above claim limitations. The Examiner and applicant cited plenty of art regarding itunes/postcasting features,but the prior art of record does not disclose the limitations which were added by examiner's ammendment.
check out public pair to read the prosecution history.
The class which examined this patent is class 725, Interactive Video Distribution. While the claims themselves don't explicitly state they are in a CATV environment, the claims are limited by what is disclosed in the specification.
1. A method for providing episodic media, the method comprising: providing a user with access to a channel dedicated to episodic media, wherein the episodic media provided over the channel is pre-defined into one or more episodes by a remote publisher of the episodic media; receiving a subscription request to the channel dedicated to the episodic media from the user; automatically downloading updated episodic media associated with the channel dedicated to the episodic media to a computing device associated with the user in accordance with the subscription request upon availability of the updated episodic media, the automatic download occurring without further user interaction; and providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
A number of things need to be provided to the user, namely all of the bolded claim language above,namely providing to the user among other things channel depth information which includes both the episode data amount previously downloaded as well as yet to be downloaded expressed as playtime or storage resources.
You have obvious prior art on the above feature dating back to 2003? If so file a re-exam.
I would also note that class 725, the class in which this patent was issued from typically has the lowest patent allowance rate in the office. They typically battle it out with class 705 (business methods) for lowest allowance rate.
1. A method for providing episodic media, the method comprising: providing a user with access to a channel dedicated to episodic media, wherein the episodic media provided over the channel is pre-defined into one or more episodes by a remote publisher of the episodic media; receiving a subscription request to the channel dedicated to the episodic media from the user; automatically downloading updated episodic media associated with the channel dedicated to the episodic media to a computing device associated with the user in accordance with the subscription request upon availability of the updated episodic media, the automatic download occurring without further user interaction; and providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
A number of things need to be provided to the user, namely all of the bolded claim language above,namely providing to the user among other things channel depth information which includes both the episode data amount previously downloaded as well as yet to be downloaded expressed as playtime or storage resources.
I always liked the fact that instead of searching for a keycard you could just blow up a door. Taking over robots or using RC robots to blow stuff up was a ton of fun as well.
The music was pretty good to, is the Fatman still around?
City of heroes originally was just city of heroes. A few years later they added a city of villians and allowed for PVP. The game wasn't totally redesigned.
never seemed to work in japan. It was all about the appearance of working hard. Buddies of mine's bosses were astonished at how much they got done during the day(american japanese or americans), but were flumoxed that they would not stay afterwards as part of the work culture.
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The office has been sending out quite a few 101 rejections based on the district courts decision. This is something that both the Office and the Bar want clearly resolved as the Bar has been very creative in the past few years in claiming what is essentially software only claims.
suddenly campaigns become significantly cheaper to run. You could have a wider slate of candidates, and the influence peddlers should have less influence.
he also claimed on numerous occasions that there was no oil speculation. He finally reversed himself earlier this summer when he acknowledged what those who track oil shipments already knew, that oil was sitting in tankers/storage but prices were high.
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/oil-speculation/
If the Nobel prize winner can't even figure out trends that basic, how exact can his future predictions be?
All U.S. workers pay 1.45% of their wages for medicare. All employers pay a matching 1.45% (self employed pay 2.9%). This goes to pay for universal coverage of the elderly.
If you all can get total coverage for the same/less tax rate than we do it, it only shows how costly American coverage is. On the other hand, the vast majority of health care services are consumed in the last years of life in the US.
Examiners make pretty decent money. Right now they are getting four years at $5,000-$10,000 a year hiring bonuses. You typically can start as a GS-7/9 with 50-77k and hit over $100,000 a year in less than 4 years before overtime (you can make up to $153k a year) and bonuses.
Not bad to hit mid $100's in your mid-late 20's. Plus until recently you could go to law school for free, grad school for free, tons of vacation, a pension etc. they do have to offer high pay/benefits as turnover is high.
Incorrect on both counts.
You need a degree in science or engineering to be an examiner, the examining corps has been hiring over 1200 examiners a year and fee diversion has ended.
The main problems for examiners has been lack of time (has not changed since 1976), a lack of an easy way to text search non-patent literature, increased number of claims, increased claim length, longer specifications, and more clerical tasks. Both the patent bar and the examiner unions want more time for examiners. Examiners do the best they can in the ~22 hours they have allocated for a case.
We will see what changes if Kappos (former head of IBM's IP dept) is approved by congress and takes over leadership of the USPTO.
Re-exams aren't that expensive. i have wondered why companies in litigation don't file them more often. Anybody can file a re-exam if they have prior art which raises substantial patent ability concerns and a check for $2500 or $8800.
A group of concerned citizens could easily donate enough money to pay such a fee.
And what would the motivation to combine be to display a single indication of all of those space features in a device which automatically downloads episodic content? Sure it would be possible to write a script, but you would need to find someone else's script which did all of the above features and is published online. Where would you find explicit motivation? How would you come up with the same motivation without it being hindsight based on applicant's invention?
Have a reference?
providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
You need a SINGLE Indication which shows to the user a) a maximumn playtime/storage amount b) the amount currently used by stored content and C) the amount of a yet to be downloaded. Something like a piechart, 0-100% bar etc. A screen listing each element separately would be multiple indications not "an indication."
If people read the claims or looked on public PAIR, they would probably understand why the case was allowed (the Examiner's Ammendment probably has something to do with it). Given that no one actually reads that stuff here on Slashdot, it is no surprise that people come to erronous conclusions.
None of the prior art listed addresses:
providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
A number of things need to be provided to the user, namely all of the bolded claim language above,namely providing to the user among other things channel depth information which includes both the episode data amount previously downloaded as well as yet to be downloaded expressed as playtime or storage resources.
The fact that itunes and podcasting is well known, does not mean that those references teach the above claim limitations. The Examiner and applicant cited plenty of art regarding itunes/postcasting features,but the prior art of record does not disclose the limitations which were added by examiner's ammendment.
check out public pair to read the prosecution history.
The class which examined this patent is class 725, Interactive Video Distribution. While the claims themselves don't explicitly state they are in a CATV environment, the claims are limited by what is disclosed in the specification.
1. A method for providing episodic media, the method comprising: providing a user with access to a channel dedicated to episodic media, wherein the episodic media provided over the channel is pre-defined into one or more episodes by a remote publisher of the episodic media; receiving a subscription request to the channel dedicated to the episodic media from the user; automatically downloading updated episodic media associated with the channel dedicated to the episodic media to a computing device associated with the user in accordance with the subscription request upon availability of the updated episodic media, the automatic download occurring without further user interaction; and providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
A number of things need to be provided to the user, namely all of the bolded claim language above,namely providing to the user among other things channel depth information which includes both the episode data amount previously downloaded as well as yet to be downloaded expressed as playtime or storage resources.
You have obvious prior art on the above feature dating back to 2003? If so file a re-exam.
I would also note that class 725, the class in which this patent was issued from typically has the lowest patent allowance rate in the office. They typically battle it out with class 705 (business methods) for lowest allowance rate.
1. A method for providing episodic media, the method comprising: providing a user with access to a channel dedicated to episodic media, wherein the episodic media provided over the channel is pre-defined into one or more episodes by a remote publisher of the episodic media; receiving a subscription request to the channel dedicated to the episodic media from the user; automatically downloading updated episodic media associated with the channel dedicated to the episodic media to a computing device associated with the user in accordance with the subscription request upon availability of the updated episodic media, the automatic download occurring without further user interaction; and providing the user with: an indication of a maximum available channel depth, the channel depth indicating a size of episodic media yet to be downloaded from the channel and size of episodic media already downloaded from the channel, the channel depth being specified in playtime or storage resources, and the ability to modify the channel depth by deleting selected episodic media content, thereby overriding the previously configured channel depth.
A number of things need to be provided to the user, namely all of the bolded claim language above,namely providing to the user among other things channel depth information which includes both the episode data amount previously downloaded as well as yet to be downloaded expressed as playtime or storage resources.
Try talking with first generation Africans in the US sometime. They have a very different perspective than americans of african descent.
I always liked the fact that instead of searching for a keycard you could just blow up a door. Taking over robots or using RC robots to blow stuff up was a ton of fun as well.
The music was pretty good to, is the Fatman still around?
City of heroes originally was just city of heroes. A few years later they added a city of villians and allowed for PVP. The game wasn't totally redesigned.
The USPTO is fully fee funded. This is in part why they are having funding difficulties as they can not carry over money from year to year.
Your taxes do not fund the USPTO and have not for a few years.
European models come with a TV tuner for satnav which is retrofittable in US cars. They switch to audio only at 5mph or so.
i would assume it refers to those whose income is derived through investments rather than wages.
never seemed to work in japan. It was all about the appearance of working hard. Buddies of mine's bosses were astonished at how much they got done during the day(american japanese or americans), but were flumoxed that they would not stay afterwards as part of the work culture.
but it is a lot of fun to drive and there are spec racing series for them as well.
On the otherhand a early 1980's civic got 41mpg city and mid 50's highway, but it weighed roughly 1000lbs less.
I am curious how the fuel economy would be if we put a modern powertrain into an older much lighter body.
I would assume that the US would look like japan, with a lot of useless toys/consumer gadgets, some nicer automotive developments.