Appeal No. 2002-0144
Application No. 09/000,759
certain objects on the content itself. A data object to be
rendered on a client device is dynamically filtered by scanning
the object for content satisfying a predetermined selection
criterion and, if the predetermined selection criterion is
satisfied, the data object is selectively provided to the client
in accordance with a predetermined filtering preference.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for dynamically filtering content in a data
object to be rendered on a client device, said method comprising
the steps of:
receiving a request for a user-specified data object from a
client device;
retrieving the user-specified data object in response to the
request from the client device;
scanning the user-specified data object for content
satisfying a predetermined selection criterion;
modifying content in the user-specified data object in
accordance with a predetermined filtering preference if said
predetermined selection criterion is satisfied; and
providing the modified user-specified data object to the
client device.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Herz et al. (Herz) 5,835,087 Nov. 10, 1998
(filed Oct. 31, 1995)
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