Appeal No. 2002-0822
Application No. 09/021,362
Appellant's invention. Figure 6 is a flow diagram of the method
of Appellant's invention. See page 5 of Appellant's
specification. Referring to the flow diagram shown in figure 6,
the viewer provides the initial request for the electronic
program guide 612. The request information is uploaded from the
viewer's computer to a remote server for processing of the
program guide request in step 614. Upon receiving the program
guide request, the server performs a database search in step 616.
See page 13 of Appellant's specification. A determination is
made whether it is the correct time at which to send the results
of the database search in step 624. If it is not the
appropriate time to send the results of the database search,
then the database search results are stored in a cache storage
medium in step 626. Upon reaching the appropriate time, the
database results are sent to the viewer in step 628. See page 14
of Appellant's specification.
Appellants's claim 1 is representative of Appellant's
claimed invention and is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for delivering data base search results in
conjunction with an information request, the method comprising:
receiving a request for information from a remote device, the
information containing predetermined content;
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