Ex Parte Sobecks et al - Page 5

              Appeal 2007-2070                                                                                          
              Application 10/123,457                                                                                    

         1               while the user is in the store. The handheld computing device may                              
         2               display product information screens with interactive features (Treyz                           
         3               2:45-55).                                                                                      
         4           05. Treyz’s supermarket shopping assistance service may be used to                                 
         5               display information on products available in a supermarket. Targeted                           
         6               specials and other advertising and promotional material may be                                 
         7               displayed on the handheld computing device. Such promotional material                          
         8               may be displayed in combination with shopping list information. The                            
         9               promotional material that is displayed may be targeted based on the                            
        10               contents of the shopping list. For example, if a shopping list includes a                      
        11               particular dessert item, logos and advertisements for dessert-related                          
        12               products may be displayed (Treyz 3:16-25).                                                     
        13           06. Treyz’s handheld computing device 12 may include accessories and                               
        14               expansion components 98. An expansion slot 100 may be used to add                              
        15               expansion cards or accessories to handheld computing device 12. For                            
        16               example, a flash card containing software or other content may be added                        
        17               as an expansion module. Another accessory that may be added is a bar                           
        18               code scanner or a radio-frequency identification (RFID) unit. Bar code                         
        19               scanners use light to identify products with bar code labels. RFID units                       
        20               may identify products by wirelessly communicating with integrated                              
        21               circuits embedded in or attached to or otherwise associated with                               
        22               products. These circuits may contain information that uniquely identifies                      
        23               the products (Treyz 15:35-47).                                                                 
        24           07. Treyz contains no explicit recitation that a representative of the                             
        25               products physically accesses a memory interface.                                               

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