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          Appeal No. 1997-2110                                                        
          Application No. 08/143,687                                                  


               c) distributing said presentation characteristics and all              
          of said content of said object to said context;                             
               d)   determining if said object is to be presented                     
          through said context; and                                                   
               e)   if said object is to be presented through said                    
          context, then presenting said object through said context in                
          accordance with said presentation characteristics.                          
               The Examiner relies on the following prior art:                        
          Vertelney et al. (Vertelney)            5,341,293                           
          Aug. 23, 1994                                                               
                                                  (Filed Sep. 03,                     
          1992)                                                                       
          Eric Hoffert et al. (Hoffert), “QuickTime : An ExtensibleTM                                 
          Standard for Digital Multimedia,” COMPCON ‘92, IEEE Computer                
          Society International Conference, pp. 15-20 (February 1992).                
          Wan-teh Chang et al. (Chang), “Call Processing and Signaling                
          in  a Desktop Multimedia Conferencing System,” GLOBECON ‘92,                
          IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, vol. 1, pp. 225-9                
          (December 1992).                                                            
               Claims 1 through 3, 8, 11 through 13, 15 through 17, and               
          22 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being                    
          unpatentable over Vertelney.  Claims 4 through 7, 9, 18                     
          through 21, and 23 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.                   
          § 103 as being unpatentable over Vertelney in view of Hoffert.              
          Claim 14 stands finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                   
          being unpatentable over Vertelney in view of Chang.                         


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