Appeal No. 1997-1012
Application No. 08/115,937
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a system for indexing and retrieving graphic and
sound data for social expression cards using a thesaurus to expand a list of search
descriptors input by a user. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a
reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
Claim 1. A system for indexing and retrieving information for social
expression cards comprising:
means for linking said information for each social expression card to
a set of descriptors;
means for allowing a user to enter one or more search descriptors;
thesaurus means for expanding the list of search descriptors by
including equivalent words for the search descriptors; and
means for retrieving said information for social expression cards
linked to said search descriptors or equivalent words for said search
descriptors in said expanded list.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Cannon 5,056,029 Oct. 08, 1991
Kawai 5,107,343 Apr. 21, 1992
Katz et al. (Katz) 5,309,359 May, 03, 1994
(Filed Aug. 16, 1990)
Strong et al., “A Thesaurus for End-User Indexing and Retrieval,” Information Processing
and Management, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 487-492 (1986). (Strong)
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