Appeal No. 2002-0012
Application 09/545,174
By the use of the index information, which may be encrypted
or un-encrypted, the data stored on the storage medium 100 in
Figures 1 and 2 of Shear is read by the host computer 200 in its
encrypted form. Then it is sent to the decoder/biller 300 from
which it is decoded and sent back to the host computer 200. This
is shown generally in Figures 1-4 and discussed at column 4, line
66 through column 5, line 17; column 11, lines 24-38; column 14,
lines 3-11; column 14, line 40 through column 15, line 2; column
16, lines 14-68; and column 20, lines 8-10. The discussion of
the alternate embodiment in Figure 5 begins at column 20, line
33.
We are therefore persuaded by appellant's reasoning set
forth at pages 3-6 of the Request for Rehearing. Although we
remain of the view that the decrypted data sent from the
decoder/biller 300 back to the host computer 200 would implicitly
include creator contact data, the requirements of the independent
claims on appeal require more. The claimed first memory recites
a correspondence between the creator identifiers and creator
contact data. The examiner's correlation of the storage medium
100 as containing the creator identifier data that must be
decrypted by the second computer 300 in the manner generally set
forth by the claims on appeal in the form of reading a watermark
3
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007