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                Appeal 2007-1271                                                                              
                Application 10/005,583                                                                        
                                                       transmitted to the remote processing                   
                                                       site 206 is a paper document, it will                  
                                                       need to be scanned into an electronic                  
                                                       file before transmission, for example                  
                                                       by using the scanner 107. To                           
                                                       facilitate such an operation, it may                   
                                                       be desirable to incorporate scanner                    
                                                       controls within the browser, which                     
                                                       may be displayed as buttons within                     
                                                       the browser window. The function                       
                                                       and purpose of such scanner controls                   
                                                       are described hereinafter” [emphasis                   
                                                       added].                                                
                                                       see also col. 4, ll. 46-59, i.e., “In the              
                                                       OCR processing embodiment, for                         
                                                       example, various source programs                       
                                                       may be used to submit a document                       
                                                       for recognition. One example is a                      
                                                       web browser 208, which may be                          
                                                       used to submit a document for                          
                                                       processing and to receive a processed                  
                                                       document, as indicated by the                          
                                                       bidirectional arrow between the web                    
                                                       browser 208 and the network 204.                       
                                                       The web browser 208 connects the                       
                                                       user's computer to an Internet site                    
                                                       associated with the remote                             
                                                       processing capabilities. This site                     
                                                       transmits a web page to the browser,                   
                                                       which displays a suitable window or                    
                                                       text entry box via which the user can                  
                                                       identify a file to submit for                          
                                                       processing using traditional                           
                                                       Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP),                    
                                                       for example, and by using a TCP/IP                     
                                                       connection to either a network such                    
                                                       as a LAN, WAN, VPN, or the                             
                                                       Internet” [emphasis added].                            

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