Ex Parte POWERS et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2004-0755                                                        
          Application No. 09/110,109                                                  

          Claim 1, which claims the method, is illustrative:                          
               1. A method for providing access privileges for a user in              
               a performance evaluation system, comprising:                           
               storing an organizational structure for an                             
               enterprise, the organizational structure including a                   
               plurality of levels and a plurality of members assigned                
               to the levels;                                                         
               storing a view for the user, the view specifying                       
          the levels and the members of the organizational                            
            structure to which the user is allowed access;                            
               storing a class of services for the user, the class                    
               of services specifying services of the performance                     
               evaluation system that the user is allowed to perform;                 
               determining whether the view for the user                              
               specifies a requested level or member;                                 
               determining whether the class of services for the                      
               user specifies a requested service; and                                
                    providing the user with access privileges to                      
               perform the requested service for the requested level or               
               member when the class of services for the user specifies               
               the requested service and the view for the user specifies              
               the requested level or member.                                         
                                    THE REFERENCE                                     
               Deinhart et al. (Deinhart)  5,911,143      Jun.  8, 1999               
          (filed Aug. 14, 1995)                                                       
                                    THE REJECTION                                     
               Claims 1-9, 11-14 and 16-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.             



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