Ex Parte BAHL et al - Page 3




              Appeal No. 2003-0699                                                                Page 3                
              Application No. 09/169,724                                                                                


              reservation and utilization while guaranteeing the promised spatial and temporal video                    
              resolution at the receiver."  (Id. at 3.)                                                                 
                     A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following                  
              claim.                                                                                                    
                            1. A method of generating information indicative of a video frame                           
                     for subsequent transmission over a communication network, the method                               
                     comprising the steps of:                                                                           
                            segmenting a video frame into a plurality of discrete spatial                               
                     components;                                                                                        
                            transforming each of the plurality of discrete spatial components                           
                     into a plurality of discrete frequency components; and                                             
                            assigning an order transmission priority to each of the plurality of                        
                     discrete frequency components that determines the time order in which                              
                     the plurality of discrete frequency components are to be transmitted over                          
                     the communications network;                                                                        
                            whereby information indicative of the video frame is generated for                          
                     subsequent transmission over the communications network.                                           


                     Claims 1, 2, 14, 16-18, 28-31, and 43-52 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.                            
              § 103(a) as anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 6,002,802 ("Chujoh") and U.S. Patent                           
              No. 6,141,486 ("Lane").  Claims 3-5, 15, 19, 20, and 32-34 stand rejected under                           
              § 103(a) as obvious over Chujoh, Lane, and U.S. Patent No. 5,526,052 ("Ar").                              
              Claims 6-12, 21-25, 27, and 53-57 stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over                           
              Chujoh, Lane, and U.S. Patent No. 5,763,805 ("Martucci").  Claims 35-41 stand                             
              rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Chujoh, Lane, Ar, and Martucci.                                   







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