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Remarks O November 12, 1991, s h o r t l y a f t e r r e c e i v i n g t h e f i l i n g r e c e i p t i n t h e n present Rule 60 d i v i s i o n a l p a t e n t a p p l i c a t i o n , a p p l i c a n t ' s undersigned a t t o r n e y telephoned SPE Roy E n v a l l t o advise him t h a t he planned t o f i l e a Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment t o add a number o f c l a i m s t o t h e s i n g l e c l a i m i n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n as f i l e d on October 11, 1991. Examiner E n v a l l

i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e a p p l i c a t i o n had j u s t come i n t o t h e Group and t h a t a p p l i c a n t ' s a t t o r n e y would have a t l e a s t u n t i l January 1, 1992, w i t h i n which t o f i l e h i s proposed Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment. Following t h a t

telephone conversation, a p p l i c a n t ' s a t t o r n e y began work on t h e proposed Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment, which he planned t o f i l e i n l a t e December.

As a p p l i c a n t ' s a t t o r n e y was f i n a l i z i n g t h e proposed Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y
Amendment w i t h h i s c l i e n t p r e p a r a t o r y t o f i l i n g i t i n t h e PTO, he was s u r p r i s e d t o r e c e i v e a N o t i c e o f Allowance and Issue Fee Due on December 23, 1991, t h a t had been m a i l e d from t h e PTO on December 17, 1991. O December 23, n

1991, immediately f o l l o w i n g r e c e i p t o f t h e N o t i c e o f Allowance, a p p l i c a n t ' s a t t o r n e y placed a telephone c a l l t o Examiner E n v a l l and was informed t h a t Examiner E n v a l l was away from h i s o f f i c e f o r t h e Christmas holidays. O n

December 30, 1991, Examiner E n v a l l r e t u r n e d a p p l i c a n t ' s a t t o r n e y ' s c a l l . D u r i n g t h a t telephone conference, Examiner E n v a l l i n d i c a t e d t h a t he would withdraw t h e a p p l i c a t i o n from Issue t o p e r m i t e n t r y and a c t i o n Suppl emental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment.

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6, 1992, f o l l o w i n g h i s absence over t h e New Year's h o l i d a y , a p p l i c a n t ' s

a t t o r n e y proceeded d i l i g e n t l y t o f i n a l i z e t h e w i t h i n Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment.

It i s t h e r e f o r e r e s p e c t f u l l y requested t h a t , as i n d i c a t e d by

Examiner E n v a l l , t h e a p p l i c a t i o n be withdrawn from Issue and t h a t t h e present Suppl emental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment be entered f o r a c t i o n .

In t h e present Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment, t h e t i t l e of t h e
a p p l i c a t i o n has been amended t o d i r e c t i t more s p e c i f i c a l l y t o t h e claimed s u b j e c t matter. F u r t h e r , p r e v i o u s c l a i m 26 has been,amended t o improve i t s

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c l a r i t y , and new c l a i m s 27-102 have been added t o p r o v i d e t h e scope o f c l a i m s coverage t o which a p p l i c a n t b e l i e v e s he i s e n t i t l e d . New c l a i m s 27-102, l i k e

p r e v i o u s c l a i m 26, are a l l method claims, o f which o n l y c l a i m s 42, 55, 85, and 98-102 are i n independent form. Each one o f t h e new independent method

c l a i m s 42, 55, 85, and 98-102, presented h e r e w i t h , l i k e p r e v i o u s l y allowed c l a i m 26, p o s i t i v e l y r e c i t e s t h e s t e p o f s t o r i n g t h e t i m e compressed
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r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e r e c e i v e d audio/video source i n f o r m a t i o n , i n d i c a t e d by Examiner H. Nguyen i n h i s Statement o f Reasons f o r Allowance i n t h e p r e v i o u s l y issued Notice o f Allowability, a r t o f record. For t h e reasons s e t f o r t h above, i t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t a l l o f a p p l i c a n t ' s method c l a i m s 26-102, presented herewith, a r e a l l o w a b l e over t h e p r i o r a r t o f record. Favorable a c t i o n by way o f withdrawal o f t h i s a p p l i c a t i o n from Issue, as r e p r e s e n t i n g a d i s t i n c t i o n over t h e p r i o r

e n t r y o f t h e present Supplemental P r e l i m i n a r y Amendment , and a1 1owance o f c l a i m s 26-102 i s a c c o r d i n g l y e a r n e s t l y s o l i c i t e d . R e s p e c t f u l l y submitted, Richard A. Lang

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I N THE
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ART UNIT 2305 Examiner H. Nguyen

Richard A.

Lang 249 07/775,182 October 11, 1991

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THE COMMISSIONER O PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS F WASHINGTON, D.C. 20231 SIR: INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Pursuant t o t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f 37 CFR 1.56, 1.97, and 1.98, applicant

submits h e r e w i t h copies o f twenty-one p r i o r a r t references, some o f which were c i t e d i n t h e p a r e n t and grandparent a p p l i c a t i o n s and t h e remainder o f which have o t h e r w i s e come t o a p p l i c a n t ' s a t t e n t i o n , t o g e t h e r w i t h two sheets o f Form PTO-1449 on which t h e twenty-one references a r e c i t e d .

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o f t h e relevance o f each o f these c i t e d references f o l l o w s :
U.S.

Patent No. 4,179,709

t o Workman describes an aparatus and method

f o r t r a n s m i t t i n g a d i g i t a l image over a l i m i t e d bandwidth communications channel i n which a b l o c k t r a n s f o r m a t i o n technique i n v o l v i n g t r a n s f o r m c o e f f i c i e n t s i s employed;

U.S.

P a t e n t No. 4,274,133

t o Southworth e t a l . describes a slow-scan

t e l e v i s i o n system;
U.S.

P a t e n t No. 4,446,490

t o Hoshimi e t a l . describes a p u l s e code

modulation (PCM) s i g n a l processor. U.S. P a t e n t No. 4,506,387 t o Walter describes a programming-on-demand

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c a b l e t e l e v i s i o n system i n which a video program i s d i v i d e d i n t o a number o f segments and s t o r e d i n a segmented memory i n compressed d i g i t a l form, t h e s t o r e d v i d e o segments then being converted from e l e c t r i c a l data t o o p t i c a l d a t a and simultaneously t r a n s m i t t e d over a p l u r a l i t y of p a r a l l e l f i b e r o p t i c l i n e s t o a data r e c e i v i n g s t a t i o n , which then r e c o n v e r t s t h e o p t i c a l d a t a back t o t h e o r i g i n a l e l e c t r i c a l data;'
U.S.

Patent No. 4,511,934

t o Ohira e t a l . describes a video t a p e

recorder having a r o t a r y magnetic head drum. U.S. Patent No. 4,516,516 t o F a b r i s e t a l . describes a v i d e o

t e l e c o n f e r e n c i n g system i n which t e l e c o n f e r e n c i n g cameras a r e r e m o t e l y c o n t r o l l e d by p a r t i c i p a n t s o f t h e teleconference.
U.S.

Patent No. 4,563,710

t o Baldwin describes a m u l t i p l e head h e l i c a l

scanning d e v i c e f o r t e l e v i s i o n t a p e r e c o r d i n g i n which t h e m u l t i p l e heads a r e disposed on a r o t a t a b l e headwheel.
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U.S.

P a t e n t No. 4,625,080

t o S c o t t describes a telephone-based

programming system f o r a remotely l o c a t e d video c a s s e t t e recorder.
U.S.

Patent No. 4,654,484

t o R e i f f e l e t a l . describes a method f o r

compressing s i n g l e - f r a m e video images f o r slow-scan t e l e v i s i o n .
U.S.

Patent No. 4,698,664

t o N i c h o l s e t a l . describes a m u l t i p l e - s c r e e n

e d i t i n g system t h a t p e r m i t s q u i c k e r e d i t i n g o f recorded i n f o r m a t i o n . U.S. Patent No. 4,709,418 to

Fox

e t a l . describes an i n t e r a c t i v e

wideband c a b l e network.
U.S.

Patent No. 4,,724,491

t o Lambert describes a system f o r

a u t o m a t i c a l l y i n s e r t i n g t e l e v i s i o n a d v e r t i s i n g spots i n video programs.
U.S.

Patent No. 4,736,239

t o Sprague e t a l . d e s c r i b e s a

compressionlstorage method f o r video RAM storage o f a l i m i t e d number o f frames o f video i n f o r m a t i o n .
U.S.

Patent No. 4,743,959

t o Frederiksen describes a video a c q u i s i t i o n

and compression system t h a t prepares video i n f o r m a t i o n f o r transmission a t r e a l -time 'rates.

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Patent No. 4,750,034

t o Lem describes an apparatus f o r m o n i t o r i n g

t h e r e p l a y o f audio/video i n f o r m a t i o n c a r r i e r s .

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Patent No. 4,768,110

t o Dunlap e t a l . describes a dual-deck video

c a s s e t t e recorder.

U.S. Patent No. 4,774,574

t o Daly e t a l . describes a block

t r a n s f o r m a t i o n method f o r t r a n s m i t t i n g a d i g i t a l image over a l i m i t e d bandwidth communication channel.
U.S.

Patent No. 4,821,208

t o Ryan e t a l . describes a d i s p l a y processor

f o r computer-generated displays.

U.S.

Patent No. 4,851,931

t o Parker e t a l . describes an apparatus and

method f o r r a p i d l y c r e a t i n g a custom tape o f musical pieces selected from a music l i b r a r y .

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apparatus f o r compression o f video i n f o r m a t i o n t o make i t s u i t a b l e f o r r e c o r d i n g and transmi ssion using r e l a t i v e l y narrow band media.

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t o Simon e t a l . describes a d i g i t a l video

f o r m a t t i n g and transmission system and method. R e s p e c t f u l l y submitted, Richard A. Lang

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I N THE
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

ART UNIT 2305 Examiner H. Nguyen

Richard A. Lang
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METHOD FOR HANDLING AUDIO/VIDEO SOURCE INFORMATION

THE COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS WASHINGTON, D.C. 20231
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REQUEST OF -- FOR ISSUANCE - CERTIFICATE

CORRECTION

Issuance o f t h e attached C e r t i f i c a t e o f Correction i s hereby requested. Please m a i l one copy ofyythe issued C e r t i f i c a t e o f Correction t o a p p l i c a n t ' s undersigned a t t o r n e y o f Record

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R e s p e c t f u l l y submitted, Richard A. Lahg

January 29, 1993 [phone] Loveland, Colorado

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W i l l i a m E. Hein Patent Attorney #26,465

1 horabycertify that this corrospnndanceis baingdapo~lted with the United States Postal ?orvice! a5 first class mail In an onvalope addressed tis: Coti~r~~~ss~onor of Patents and Trademarlw. Washington, D.C. 20231, on .!k!E?X,Y 29 I 1993 Date W i l l i a m E. Hein

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
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PATENT NO.
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: 5,164,839 November 17, 1992 INVENTOR(S1 : Richard A. Lang

It is certified that error appears in the above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are hereby corrected as shown below:
Column 1, l i n e 43, a f t e r "using" i n s e r t "$he VCR"; Column Column Column Column Column Column
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3, l i n e 62, a f t e r "coating" insert a period;\ 0 4, l i n e 35, a f t e r "29" insert a period;\ 7, l i n e 65, a f t e r "signel" insert a period;\ 8, l i n e 6, a f t e r "ceiver" insert a p e r i o d ; k 8, l i n e 47, a f t e r "VCR's" insert a period;\ 16, l i n e 63,.@#&h" should be ~ ~ W j t h ~ n l ~ ;

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UNITED STATES JEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND COMMlSSlOMR OF PATENTS A N 0 TRAOEMARKS

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William E. Hein Attorney at Law P.O. Box 335 Loveland, CO 80539

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Re: ,StatusRegarding Certificate of Correction for U.S.. Patent No. 5,164,839 Dear William E. Hein
of Correction for the above-referenced patent. We are currently experiencing a backlog of approximately 6-8 months, We appreciate your patience while we work through our backlog.
On February 2, 1993, we received a request or a Certificate

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Sincerely, Mary Allen, Manager Certificates of correction Branch Office of Publication and Dissemination

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APBU-00000389

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U NITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
PATENT NO.

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5,164,839
November 1 7 , 1992

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INVENTONS) :

R i c h a r d A , Lang

I t i s certified that error appears in t h e above-identified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as s h o w below:
Column 1, l i n e 43, a f t e r "using" i n s e r t " t h e YCR"; Column 3, l i n e 62. a f t e r " c o a t i n g " i n s e r t a period; Column 4 , l i n e 35, a f t e r "29" i n s e r t a p e r i o d ; Column 7, l i n e 65. a f t e r " s i g n a l " i n s e r t a period; Column 8. l i n e 6, a f t e r " c e i v e r " i n s e r t a period; Column 8, l i n e 47, a f t e r "YCR's" i n s e r t a p e r i o d ; Column 16, l i n e 63, "with" s h o u l d b e " w i t h i n " ;

Column 20, l i n e 52, cancel " i n an a s s o c i a t e d b u r s t t i m e " ; and
Column 20, l i n e 53, cancel t h e e n t i r e l i n e

Signed and Sealed this Sixteenth Day of November, 1993
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