Appeal No. 97-0628
Application 07/992,428
6. A method of searching media articles particularly
newspaper articles for reviewing the information
content in said article and for categorizing the
subject matter according to predetermined topics,
comprising the steps of:
listing a series of topics under which said articles
are classified according to desired information
content, wherein said listing further includes age
level information for individuals,
storing said articles in a database,
generating a series of keywords selected according to
desired information,
associating said keywords with at least one said
predetermined topic and assigning a tag to the associated topic
and keyword to form a tagged word,
attaching a weighting factor to each generated said
tag,
providing a score indicating keywords present in said
article in relation to said weighting factor and said tag,
selecting those articles having the greatest score as
related to said predetermined topic.
Opinion
The rejection of claims 6-10, 12-20 and 30 cannot be
sustained.
According to the examiner, claims 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16-20
and 30 are rejected on the basis of a combination of Reed and at
least three other prior art references: Biles, Chang or Morita,
and Kucera. Each of Biles, Chang or Morita, and Kucera is
provided to furnish a missing feature otherwise not present in
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