Ex Parte KENYON et al - Page 3




             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").                                                            











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