Appeal No. 2002-1952
Application No. 09/071,373
2, lines 44-48). Kelly, in fact, provides for entry of data for
describing date, time and channel of the selected event in the
form of a bookmark entry for custom programing (col. 3, lines 44-
50), that may also be used to evaluate viewer preferences and
viewing patterns (col. 4, lines 34-37).
Based on our findings above, we agree with Appellants’
argument (reply brief, page 2) that even if Kelly’s bookmarking
of TV programs may be used in the interactive system of Florin
for marking programs from a program listing, it does not provide
for establishing reminders for future broadcasts while viewing
the program, as required by Appellant’s claim 1. In that regard,
while Florin indicates that programs are marked for reminders
(col. 12, lines 9-12) and Kelly marks a program for date, time
and channel, the combination fails to teach or suggest
establishing a reminder for an event or a future broadcast
related to the broadcast program as the broadcast program is
being displayed and without requiring a previous display of a
program listing. In fact, Kelly accesses the on-line broadcast
listings in central database 40 for bookmarking a selected
broadcast event or website for automated future viewing.
Therefore, contrary to the Examiner’s assertion (answer, page 7)
that “Kelly’s ‘bookmark’ feature is equivalent to the teaching of
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