Appeal 2007-0469
Application 10/299,618
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant invented a method for generating data suitable for
transmission to at least one data-receiving device. Specifically, the data are
specified in first and second portions: the first portion substantially
independent of any formatting, and the second portion containing formatting
for the first portion specified in a platform-independent manner. The second
portion is transformed to generate a platform-dependent portion containing
formatting in a platform-dependent manner. Then, the first portion is
combined with the platform-dependent portion to generate data suitable for
transmission to at least one receiving device. Such a technique allows a
variety of different formats to be applied to the data contained in the first
portion for transmission to multiple diverse data-receiving devices. See
generally Specification 2-3. Claims 1 and 18 are illustrative:
1. A method of generating data suitable for transmission to at least
one data-receiving device, said method comprising the following steps:
i. specifying said data in a first and a second portion, said first portion
being substantially independent of any formatting, and said second portion
containing formatting for said first portion specified in a platform
independent manner;
ii. transforming said second portion, using a first transform, to
generate a platform dependent portion containing said formatting specified
in a platform dependent manner; and
iii. combining said first portion with said platform dependent portion
using a second transform to generate said data suitable for transmission to
said at least one data-receiving device.
18. A data structure accessible by a processing apparatus for
processing and subsequent transmission to a data-receiving device,
comprising in combination:
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