Appeal No. 2004-0927 Page 2
Application No. 09/399,064
Figure 1 of the appellant's specification shows a "performance promoter centric
approach known in the art." (Id.) According to this approach, a content creator 102
(e.g., a producer) creates and distributes content 104 (e.g., a motion picture) to a
promoter 106 (e.g., a cinema). A player manufacturer 108 develops, manufactures, and
distributes a player 110 (e.g., a motion picture projector) to the promoter. The promoter
uses the player to render the content for consumption by consumers 112 (e.g., cinema
goers). (Id. at 1-2.)
In contrast, Figure 4 of the specification shows the appellant's "player-centric"
method for creating, distributing, and consuming content. More specifically, a computer
implemented-content authoring tool ("CI-CAT") 403 is distributed to a content
creator 402. To help compensate the developer 408 of the CI-CAT, the tool embeds
control data in content 404 created therewith. A computer implemented-content
player ("CI-CP") 402 is provided to a consumer 412. Upon rendering the content, the
CI-CP recovers the control data therefrom and uses the recovered data to report
rendering of the content. (Id. at 5.)
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