Appeal 2007-0789
Application 09/810,063
The invention is directed to a method and system “for providing network
usage pricing based on a user’s service demands … [and] a means to track and
record a user’s priority demand Internet service and bill the user accordingly.”
(Specification 1:14-18). Servers provide different types of content from simple
textual information to real-time audio and video. (Specification 2:22 – 3:1).
In order to accommodate user’s needs, a differentiated services
Internet is being developed to prioritize packets of information that need to
be delivered to the user on a faster basis. Packets include a header portion
that determines, among other things, the destination of the packet (i.e., a
server or client computer address). In a differentiated services Internet, the
packets further include prioritization information detailing whether the
packet is a high or low priority packet. High priority packets, such as those
containing real-time teleconferencing information, are handled differently
than lower priority packets. As the packets travel through the Internet from
one computer to another, they pass through other computers including
specialized devices called routers. Routers and other points along the
Internet can be programmed to treat high priority packets differently in such
a way that those packets travel through the Internet faster than their lower
priority counterparts.
(Specification 3:6-23). The invention is to “provide users with a way to switch
between high and normal prioritized usage of the Internet coupled with an effective
billing system to bill users for their high priority usage.” (Specification 4:28 - 5:1).
The claims are rejected as follows:
• Claims 1-4, 6, 8-11, 13, 15-18, 21, 23, and 24 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Odlyzko (US 6,295,294 B1) in view of Saari
(US 6,338,046 B1).
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