Ex Parte Miyamoto et al - Page 3



          Appeal No. 2006-2742                                                        
          Application No. 10/115,138                                                  
               a determination unit for determining whether the user is an            
          authorized user based upon the user identification data that has            
          been received by said user identification data receiving unit;              
               a unique ID generating unit for generating a unique ID in              
          response to a determination by said determination unit to the               
          effect that the user is an authorized user;                                 
               a file generating unit for generating a file including an              
          e-mail address, which includes the unique ID generated by said              
          unique ID generating unit; and                                              
               a file transmitting unit for transmitting the file generated           
          by said file generating unit, to said portable electronic device;           
               said portable electronic device comprises:                             
               a file receiving unit for receiving the file transmitted               
          from said file transmitting unit of said database server; and               
               a first registration-target data transmitting unit for                 
          transmitting data, which is to be registered in said database               
          server, by e-mail to an e-mail address included in the file                 
          received by said file receiving unit; and                                   
               said mail server comprises a registration-target data                  
          receiving unit for receiving data transmitted by e-mail from said           
          first registration-target data transmitting unit of said portable           
          electronic device.                                                          
               The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting           
          the claims:                                                                 
                                    U.S. Patents                                      
          Talati et al. (Talati)  5,903,878   May  11, 1999                           
          Speicher     5,996,006   Nov. 30, 1999                                      
          Herman et al. (Herman)  6,341,353   Jan. 22, 2002                           
                                                  (filed Dec. 10, 1999)               

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