Appeal 2007-0962
Application 09/928,347
merely compares one user’s profile to another user’s profile so that
suggestions are presented to an individual user (Br. 14).
The Examiner argues that Noll dynamically allocates bandwidth to
multiple channels as claimed. In this regard, the Examiner notes that Noll’s
“virtual channels” have varying bandwidth requirements depending on
particular types of content allocated to a particular channel. Therefore, the
bandwidth is dynamically allocated to each channel in Noll based on the
content assigned to the channel (Answer 20-21).
The Examiner also argues that although Noll collates preferences
from a single user to tailor content delivered via virtual channels, Hosken
teaches tailoring content for a user based on collating preferences of multiple
users. According to the Examiner, modifying Noll with Hosken’s
collaborative approach would, among other things, expand the types of
content that are available to the user (Answer 21-23).
We will sustain the Examiner’s rejection of independent claim 1. At
the outset, we agree with the Examiner that Noll discloses essentially every
feature of claim 1 except for receiving user content information preferences
from multiple users.
Noll’s personalized content delivery system transmits content 122 on
“virtual channels” 124 over a broadband connection to user machine 18
based, at least in part, on user feedback (Noll, ¶ 0039; Fig. 1). To this end,
Noll’s system targets or filters content for users based on user personal
profiles, feedback, or other criteria. Not only does the user’s personal
profile include descriptive data about the user and the user’s content
preferences, but the user’s profile can be dynamically updated to reflect
changes in the user’s preferences (Noll, ¶ 0063).
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