Appeal 2007-0635
Application 10/176,598
memory resource comprising the steps of:
attributing a metric to a media file from the plurality of data files,
wherein said metric is related to a total duration of time the media file is
played back;
ranking the media file in comparison to information comprising a
metric attributed to an other [sic] media file from a second memory
resource;
updating the memory resource in accordance with the rankings
established in said ranking step.
A. ISSUE
The claimed invention involves a method for ranking media files found on
media playback devices according to how long a user has played a media file.
Ward does not explicitly disclose ranking media files by how long a user has
played a media file. Ward discloses ranking media files according to how often the
files have been played. The issue is whether the claimed method, giving claim 17
the broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification as it would be
interpreted by one of ordinary skill in the art, would have been obvious to one of
ordinary skill in the art in light of the disclosure in Ward.
B. FACTS
The record supports the following findings of fact (FF) by a preponderance
of the evidence.
Claim construction
1. Claim 17 is drawn to a method comprising the step of “attributing a metric
to a media file from the plurality of data files, wherein said metric is related to a
total duration of time the media file is played back.”
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