Appeal No. 2002-0012 Application 09/545,174 By the use of the index information, which may be encrypted or un-encrypted, the data stored on the storage medium 100 in Figures 1 and 2 of Shear is read by the host computer 200 in its encrypted form. Then it is sent to the decoder/biller 300 from which it is decoded and sent back to the host computer 200. This is shown generally in Figures 1-4 and discussed at column 4, line 66 through column 5, line 17; column 11, lines 24-38; column 14, lines 3-11; column 14, line 40 through column 15, line 2; column 16, lines 14-68; and column 20, lines 8-10. The discussion of the alternate embodiment in Figure 5 begins at column 20, line 33. We are therefore persuaded by appellant's reasoning set forth at pages 3-6 of the Request for Rehearing. Although we remain of the view that the decrypted data sent from the decoder/biller 300 back to the host computer 200 would implicitly include creator contact data, the requirements of the independent claims on appeal require more. The claimed first memory recites a correspondence between the creator identifiers and creator contact data. The examiner's correlation of the storage medium 100 as containing the creator identifier data that must be decrypted by the second computer 300 in the manner generally set forth by the claims on appeal in the form of reading a watermark 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007