Appeal No. 2004-0927 Page 3 Application No. 09/399,064 A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following claim. 1. A computer implemented content creation, distribution and consumption method comprising: providing a computer implemented-content authoring tool (CI-CAT) to a content creator, the CI-CAT including an identification function for embedding control information in a content created using the CI-CAT, to facilitate compensating a developer of the CI-CAT; providing a computer implemented-content player (CI-CP) to a consumer, the (CI-CP) including a recovery function for recovering said control information from the content when the content is rendered by the player, and a reporting function for reporting rendering of the content using said recovered control information; receiving the content by the consumer, and rendering the content using the CI-CP; and recovering the control information, and reporting the rendering of the content using said recovered control information, by the CI-CP. Claims 1, 6-11, 15-19, 22-25, 30-34, and 39-42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,892,900 ("Ginter"). Claims 2-5, 12-14, 20, 21, 26-29, and 35-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Ginter and U.S. Patent No. 5,825,883 ("Archibald").Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007