Appeal No. 2007-0384
Application No. 09/681,784
solutions/learn_ex.htm (reference F);
• Rice, “Hyundai Revs Training with Saba,” IT Support News,
Vol. 20, pp. 18 and 20 (2000) (reference G);
• Rice, “Techies.com Signs On with Saba,” IT Support News,
Vol. 20, pp. 22-23 (2000) (reference H).
Reference A describes Saba’s “comprehensive web-based application
that enables large, globally distributed organizations . . . to measure and
close critical knowledge gaps for groups and individuals. This solution
enables [organizations] to rapidly and effectively target required knowledge,
assess knowledge gaps, [and] plan and buy learning.” Reference A states
that individual learners can “[a]ssess their knowledge against the established
profile” and “[p]lan and buy learning based on personalized
recommendations.” Reference A also states that the organizations can
“become part of the Saba Learning Exchange, a global network connecting
extended enterprises to over 20,000 learning offerings from learning
providers around the world. . . . This allows [organizations] to quickly find
best-of-breed learning offerings to close knowledge gaps.”
Reference B states that Saba’s software “uses collaborative profiling
to nonintrusively tailor lessons to individual learning styles, preferences, and
prior knowledge; to send personal email notices about upcoming classes or
the need to update a certification; to track employee skills and knowledge
inventories; and to deliver an interface in the user’s native language.”
Reference D states that Saba’s software allows companies to
“measure gaps between what an employee knows and what he or she needs
to know in a particular job.” Reference D also states that, in the E-learning
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