Appeal No. 1997-3178
Application 08/464,069
embodiment of the invention, when the caller has adequately
identified himself, the computer manufacturer instructs the
user to read the date displayed on the screen."
The stored encrypted secondary password in Cole
corresponds to "secret encrypted digital information." We
do not agree with Appellant's argument, with respect to
similar language in claim 32, that "Cole fails to disclose
storing 'secret encrypted digital information other than
said identifying information in said digital data
structure'" (Br8) because we rely on the embodiment where
the secondary password is stored, not the embodiment
referred to by Appellant where the secondary password is
generated from data external to the computer such as the
date. The issue is whether Cole discloses a digital data
structure including "identifying information identifying the
legitimate computer user."
The portions of Cole pointed out by the Examiner do not
state that the identifying information was stored in digital
form along with the encrypted secondary password in a data
structure. The quote from column 2 does not state what
information is used to confirm the identity of the user or
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