US 7,233,978 C3 (13,021st)
Method and apparatus for managing location information in a network separate from the data to which the location information pertains
John K. Overton, Chicago, IL (US); and Stephen W. Bailey, Andover, MA (US)
Filed by John K. Overton, Chicago, IL (US); and Stephen W. Bailey, Andover, MA (US)
Assigned to KOVE IO, INC., Chicago, IL (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,162, Feb. 17, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,233,978, issued Jun. 19, 2007, Appl. No. 09/872,736, Jun. 1, 2001.
Reexamination Certificate C1 7,233,978, issued Aug. 17, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate C2 7,233,978, issued Feb. 16, 2024.
Application 90/019,162 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/661,222, filed on Sep. 13, 2000, granted, now 7,103,640.
Application 90/019,162 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/503,441, filed on Feb. 14, 2000, abandoned.
Application 90/019,162 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/367,461, filed on Aug. 13, 1999, abandoned.
Application 90/019,162 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/111,896, filed on Jul. 8, 1998, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/209,070, filed on Jun. 2, 2000.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/277,408, filed on Mar. 19, 2001.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Sep. 4, 2025.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 16/58 (2019.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.01); H04L 67/1001 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 69/00 (2022.01); H04L 69/329 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 16/9566 (2019.01) [G06F 16/58 (2019.01); H04L 61/4552 (2022.05); H04L 67/535 (2022.05); H04L 67/1001 (2022.05); H04L 67/10015 (2022.05); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 69/26 (2013.01); H04L 69/329 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
Attention is directed to the decision of Kove IO, Inc. v. Amazon Web Service, Inc., 1:18cv8175 (N.D. III., 2024). This reexamination may not have resolved all questions raised by this decision. See 37 CFR 1.552(c) for ex parte reexamination and 37 CFR 1.906(c) for inter partes reexamination.
 
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 3, 10, and 14 is confirmed.
Claims 1 and 31 were previously cancelled.
Claim 6 is cancelled.
Claims 2, 4-5, 7-9, 11-13, and 15-30 were not reexamined.
At the time of issuance and publication of this certificate, the patent remains subject to pending reexamination control number 90/019,940 filed Apr. 30, 2025. The claim content of the patent may be subsequently revised if a reexamination certificate issues from the reexamination proceeding.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the programming logic further comprises logic responsive to the location query to return one of a location message or a redirect message, wherein the location server receiving the query returns the location message if the queried location server contains location information for the desired entity, and wherein the queried location server returns a redirect message if the queried location server lacks location information for the desired entity, the redirect message comprising information for finding a location server known to have location information relevant to the location query.