Appeal No. 1998-1345
Application 08/362,318
interactive program objects, at least one user location
containing a set top box connected to the network and a
process permitting a user to edit multimedia applications
by invoking an interactive program object to perform the
editing and configured for using interactive decision
lists to activate retrieval of objects stored on the one
or more file servers, for initiating playback of the
objects retrieved and for initiating loading and
execution of interactive program objects retrieved, all
in a sequence corresponding to that represented on the
interactive decision list; the network arrangement
further including a text source of information which
parallels audio information associated with said
multimedia application,
the improvement comprising: an interactive program
object which monitors the text source and blocks the
audio information from being played back when words
specified by the user appear.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Abecassis 5,434,678 July 18,
1995
(filed January 11, 1993)
Clanton, III et al. (Clanton) 5,524,195 June 4,
1996
(filed March 4,
1994)
Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Clanton and Abecassis.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 7) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the Examiner's Answer (Paper
No. 14) (pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the
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