Appeal No. 2000-1962
Application No. 08/697,421
The claimed invention relates to a method and system for
generating a secure endorsed transaction. Transaction data and a
unique identifier are received as inputs, and a unique code is
generated which constitutes a secure endorsement of the transaction
by a party corresponding to the unique identifier.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating secure endorsed
transactions, the method comprising:
receiving transaction data corresponding to a transaction and
at least one unique human identifier; and
generating a unique code from the transaction data and the
unique human identifier, wherein the unique code constitutes a
secure endorsement of the transaction by the party corresponding to
the unique human identifier.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Griffith et al. (Griffith) 4,825,050 Apr. 25, 1989
Spies et al. (Spies) 5,689,565 Nov. 18, 1997
(filed Jun. 29, 1995)
Donald W. Davies (Davies), “Use of the ‘Signature Token’ to Create
a Negotiable Document,” Advances in Cryptology: Proceedings of
Crypto 83, 377-82 (1983).
Claims 1-23, 25-27, and 29-31 stand finally rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers
Davies in view of Griffith with respect to claims 1-4 and 25-27,
and adds Spies to the basic combination with respect to claims 5-23
and 29-31.
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