[nimble]

Not to distract too much from how terrible the subject matter of the patent is, but can someone explain why they decided to put the "system for" claims separate from the "method for" claims? There is some small fee associated to each claim, so why aren't each of these claims written as "a system or method for ..."

[pbhjpbhj]

Subjunctives are considered to be unclear in patent claims. Both claims can be lost by finding a citation that only has the system, or only the method.

The system here is basically a normal video presence system. But the claims specify the camera is at ~3 feet (whilst a normal video presence system will have the camera at average eye-level). That's the only part that might be hard to find a good citation against [in the allowed time] IMO.

The yoga parts are all non-technical elements so they add nothing.

Given the system is all well-known tech the method is all you've got.

That said the claims have a ring about them of not having been done by a highly skilled patent attorney.

[analog31]

There's only a fee once the number of claims exceeds a certain number. Having duplicate "means" and "method" patents is pretty common. A general benefit of having multiple related claims is that some can stand even if others are knocked down.