Vidhi Techinnovation Opportunities Network Private Limited (VTION) is a well-known company that functions as a media technology innovation company. It provides an outlet that targets advertising, marketing, branding, insights, examination, and analytic assistance. VTION serves clients in India.
Vidhi Techinnovation Opportunities Network Private Limited filed a patent application numbered 201817035869 that is titled A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION OF EVENT DATA FROM USER DEVICES. The patent has been filed in the field of Communication. This Patent Application has been granted as Patent Number 352842. This invention relates to a system for accurately extracting event data in real-time, wherein the system is operatively connected to a user device. The system comprises a processing unit including a processor to implement the system on the user device, a memory unit coupled to the processing unit, and a plurality of components to identify, extract and transfer event data from the said user device, characterized in that the plurality of components is coupled to the memory unit and executed by the processing unit, where multiple components are configured.
During the patent examination, the Patent Examiner raised objections under Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970 stating that the Claims relate to a system, wherein instead of claiming the hardware features mere functional features have been defined/ disclosed. For instance, the components disclosed in claims, a processing unit, and a memory unit, are known hardware features. As worded the inventive feature, if any, appears to lie in the software application which enables the system to function in an intended manner. In other words, the claimed system is a conventional one with software applications loaded in the memory which when executed performs the said method.
As a response, the Applicant submitted that the amended claims do not recite any feature that relates to a computer program per se or algorithms. Rather, the claims recite technical acts and components that give effect to the technical act of accurately extracting data from media application rendering. The claims when construed as a whole provide for a technical contribution over the state of the art, in that, the claimed technical elements in combination with the specified functionalities provide for accurately extracting data from media application renderings through the identification of a digital construct (metadata) and condition-based extraction of the metadata, as required by the amended claims.
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