Appeal No. 2002-2011
Application No. 09/163,643
relevant information. The organization is automated by
determination of a “mutual affinity” between bookmarks based upon
shared characteristics that are obtained from the bookmarks
and/or the documents referenced thereby. These characteristics
are quantified so that an association between two bookmarks can
be automatically established whenever an affinity between the two
bookmarks, as determined based upon a particular “affinity
criteria,” exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A computer-implemented method of associating a first
bookmark for a storage location to a second bookmark, the method
comprising:
(a) determining an affinity between the first and second
bookmarks based upon a predetermined affinity criteria; and
(b) associating the first bookmark with the second
bookmark by creating an affinity link responsive to the affinity
exceeding a predetermined threshold.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Dolan et al. (Dolan) 5,801,702 Sep. 1, 1998
Burke 6,032,162 Feb. 29, 2000
Mantha et al. (Mantha) 6,163,779 Dec. 19, 2000
Maarek et al., “Automatically Organizing Bookmarks per Contents”,
Fifth International World Wide Web Conference, (May 6-10, 1996),
pp. 1-13.
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