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                Appeal 2007-1271                                                                              
                Application 10/005,583                                                                        
                Independent Claim 17   James (U.S. Pat. 6,742,161)                                            
                17.  A scanning device,                see Document Scanner 107, col. 4, ll.                  
                comprising:                            2-3, col. 5, l. 1, Figs. 1, 2.                         
                a processing device;                   see Computer 100, col. 3, l. 51-66,                    
                                                       Fig. 1.                                                
                scanning hardware; and                 see Document Scanner 107, col. 4, ll.                  
                                                       2-3, col. 5, l. 1, Figs. 1, 2.                         
                memory comprising,                     see RAM 118, ROM 120, Disk 122,                        
                                                       col. 3, ll. 55-58, Fig. 1.                             
                a scan control module and              see scanner application 212, ll. 60-                   
                                                       62, Fig. 2.                                            
                an embedded server                     We broadly construe a server as a                      
                                                       provider of services. See col. 5, ll.                  
                                                       60-62, i.e., “As noted previously, the                 
                                                       function of the scanner interface                      
                                                       application 212 may also be                            
                                                       embedded within the web browser,                       
                                                       for example.”                                          
                                                       see also Fax Server 216 (i.e., a server                
                                                       embedded within a device), Email                       
                                                       Server 219, Network Server 218,                        
                                                       Routing Server 217, Handwriting                        
                                                       Recognition Server 226, LST Server                     
                                                       228, and Rendering Server 230, as                      
                                                       shown in Fig. 2.  See also                             
                                                       Application Server 222, col. 7, ll. 8-                 
                                                       19).                                                   
                the scan control module comprising a   see scanner application 212, col. 5,                   
                scanning module and                    ll. 45-67, Fig. 2.                                     
                an optical character recognition       see OCR server 224, Fig. 2, col. 7, ll.                
                module,                                                                                       
                the scan control module further        see scanner application 212, col. 5,                   
                including logic for generating at leastll. 45-67, Fig. 2.                                     
                one control screen that can be                                                                
                uploaded to a user browser             see col. 4, l. 65 through col. 5, l. 5,                
                [emphasis added].                      i.e., “If the document to be                           

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