Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) is known globally for its infrastructure, assistance, and different kinds of software that incorporate various advancements in the telecommunication industry and other different sectors. The Company’s research revolves around Networks, IT & Cloud, and Media. The Networks segment consists of two business units: Network Products and Network Services.
In India, the business of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) focuses on methods of analyzing cell membranes, method and system for suppressing noise in speech signals in hearing aids and speech transmission tools, the method of dough forming of polymer-metal blend favorable for shape formation, and catalytic decomposition of minor hydrocarbons to develop carbon oxides free hydrogen and bamboo-shaped carbon nanotubes.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) filed a patent application numbered 2017/DELNP/2015 that is titled CONTENT DELIVERY IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. The patent has been filed in the field of Communication. This Patent Application has been granted as Patent Number 353412. This invention relates to a method of requesting and receiving content over a network for use at a device, the method comprising sending (S1) a request for the content to a content server located in the network, and receiving (S2) a response from the content server providing a content readiness estimate for the requested content, the readiness estimate is an estimate of when the content will be ready for use at the device according to a predetermined criterion, based on network conditions affecting the delivery of the content from the content server to the device.
During the patent examination, the Patent Examiner raised objections under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970. The subject matter of certain claims seeks protection for a computer program for requesting and receiving content over a network for use at a device. Hence, the said claims are not allowed.
As a response, the Applicant submitted that the said claim had been deleted, rendering the objection moot.
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