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                Appeal 2007-1340                                                                               
                Application 09/996,125                                                                         
                      version of a file may be provided at a high cost, in terms of network                    
                      resources and latency in reception of the file or, at the user's option, a               
                      smaller, lower resolution, version of the file may be provided with a                    
                      corresponding savings in such costs."  (Col. 5, ll. 57-61.)                              

                 2. Acharya teaches that Web pages are predominately graphical and that                        
                      large graphical files slow the response time for Web users.  (Col. 2, ll.                
                      34-38.)  This delay, called "latency," is primarily a function of the size               
                      of the file and the bandwidth of the connection over which the file is                   
                      transmitted.  (Col. 2, ll. 39-41.)                                                       

                 3. Acharya explains that latency is a reason that users desire control over                   
                      the selection and downloading of files.  "As a result of latency, users                  
                      are likely to welcome an option to retrieve a lower quality, smaller                     
                      version of a file, provided that the file can be provided relatively                     
                      quickly, i.e., with savings in latency."  (Col. 3, ll. 62-65.)  Also,                    
                      "[m]any users would likely choose to reject some image or document                       
                      files, receive a lower resolution version of others fairly quickly, and                  
                      would be willing to wait longer for a higher resolution version of                       
                      others."  (Col. 4, ll. 9-12.)                                                            

                 4. Acharya also explains that there are other reasons that users desire                       
                      control over the selection and downloading of files.  "[A]part from                      
                      latency issues, some users requesting a file would like to select a                      
                      version of the file in a format that is translatable by their Web clients,               



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