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.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007