Appeal No. 2002-2040
Application No. 09/160,490
Rowley 5,999,740 Dec. 07, 1999
Traversat et al. (Traversat) 6,161,125 Dec. 12, 2000
The Rejections
Claims 5-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
unpatentable over Rowley in view of Traversat.
The Invention
The invention relates to providing customized technical
functions to a network-enabled piece of equipment of an end user.
A profile of the end-user and information about a technical
feature for use with the equipment are stored in a server system.
(Specification, page 2, lines 21-24). Based upon the user profile
it is determined whether the user should be notified about the
availability of this feature. If the user is notified, and the
feature is software, the feature may be downloaded from the
network. If the feature is hardware, it may be shipped to the end
user (Id., page 2, lines 25-29). Further details of the claimed
method are seen with reference to claims 5 and 9 above.
The Rejection of Claims 5-9 Under 35 U.S.C. §103(a)
Claims 5-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being
unpatentable over Rowley in view of Traversat.
The examiner has found that Rowley describes a method of
enabling customizing technical features of network-enabled
equipment of an end user, including storing a profile of the end
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