Appeal No. 2002-2040
Application No. 09/160,490
USPQ2d 1635, 1636 n.2 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re King, 801 F.2d 1324,
1325, 231 USPQ 136, 137 (Fed. Cir. 1986); In re Sernaker, 702 F.2d
989, 991, 217 USPQ 1, 3 (Fed. Cir. 1983). Claims 5 and 9 are
reproduced in full below:
5. A method of enabling customizing technical features of
network-enabled equipment of an end-user, said method comprising:
storing a profile of the end-user’s preferences in regard to
technical features of said equipment;
storing information describing prospective new and modified
technical features of said equipment;
determining if a prospective technical feature is relevant to
the end-user, based on the stored information concerning said
feature and the user-profile; and
notifying the end-user via the network of the availability of
an option to select a relevant prospective technical feature for
addition to the equipment.
9. A method of customizing an end-user’s network-enabled
equipment, said method comprising:
registering in a registration server a profile of the user’s
preferences in regard to technical features of said equipment,
said profile being based on information provided by the user and
by suppliers of said equipment;
storing said profile of the user’s preferences in a user
profile database;
assembling and storing in a feature database information
relating to availability of prospective new and modified technical
features of said equipment; and
associating, in a feature management server, the user’s
preferences as determined from the user profile database and the
feature information as determined from the feature database, so as
to determine and supply the user with feature information which is
consistent with the user’s preferences.
The References
In rejecting the claims under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) and 35 U.S.C.
§103(a), the examiner relies upon the following references:
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