Appeal No. 2003-0108
Application No. 09/123,778
The examiner contends (answer, page 8) that the entries in
the configuration file in Chen (column 13, lines 39 through 42)
“are analogous to the ‘inventory of digitally transferable
goods’” in the claimed storage and distribution region.
Chen clearly explains (column 3, lines 39 through 44) that
the configuration files 250 and 350 are for “storing
specifications on accessing the information that is available
through the information distribution system from the plurality of
information suppliers 10, 20, 30.” Chen further explains (column
10, lines 17 through 23) that “[r]egardless of whether the
configuration files 250, 350 reside locally in the memory of
customer terminal 50, or are stored centrally in a central
catalog system 60, any further processing requires interaction
between the customer terminal 50 and the supplier terminal 15,
25, 35 of the information supplier 10, 20, 30 that provides the
selected information item.” In other words, “the supplier
terminal 15 will transmit the selected information item to
customer terminal 50” (column 12, lines 2 through 4). Thus, the
referenced portion of Chen1 is directed to the cataloging of
1 We note in passing that the admitted prior art in Chen
(column 1, lines 32 through 55) discloses a computerized bulletin
board system (BBS) that includes a listing of information as well
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