Ex Parte Fraki et al - Page 2

             Appeal Number: 2006-3073                                                                          
             Application Number: 10/033,151                                                                    



                                              BACKGROUND                                                       

                The appellants’ invention relates to administering digital collectible cards or                
             objects for mobile terminals. (Spec. 1).  An understanding of the invention can be                
             derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.                           
                   1. A method for administering digital collectible trading cards in a                        
                   cellular mobile communication network, comprising the steps of:                             
                   identifying a user of a cellular mobile phone in the communication                          
                   network from subscriber identity information of the user in the                             
                   cellular mobile communication network, the user entering the cellular                       
                   mobile communication network using the cellular mobile phone and                            
                   the subscriber identity information; and                                                    
                   associating a digital collectible trading card with the user based on                       
                   the subscriber identity information of the user in the cellular mobile                      
                   communication network received from the cellular mobile phone.                              

                                                PRIOR ART                                                      
                The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the                
             appealed claims are:                                                                              
             Beuk1 US 5,774,673  Jun. 30, 1998                                                                 
             Filler WO 00/11827  Mar. 2, 2000                                                                  
             Peppel US 6,200,216 B1  Mar. 13, 2001                                                             
             Treyz et al. (Treyz) US 6,587,835 B1  Jul. 1, 2003                                                
                                                          (Feb. 9, 2000)                                       
                                                                                                               
             1 Beuk is not listed among the Evidence Relied Upon (Answer 2-3), but is applied                  
             against claim 4 (Answer 8).                                                                       
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