Appeal No. 2003-0325
Application No. 08/775,077 Page 2
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is
reproduced as follows:
1. An automatically-authenticating information object
embodied in a computer-readable storage medium accessible from a
first computer, said automatically-authenticating information
object comprising:
an information segment to be authenticated;
an authenticator address corresponding to a predetermined
authenticator resident on a second computer, the predetermined
authenticator comprising an application configured to perform
authentication of the information segment; and
a set of instructions for automatically authenticating the
information segment when an attempt is made to access said
information segment, said set of instructions including
instructions for establishing a communications link between said
automatically-authenticating information object on said first
computer and said predetermined authenticator on said second
computer using said authenticator address, transmitting an
authentication request from the automatically-authenticating
information object to said predetermined authenticator, receiving
a responsive communication from said predetermined authenticator,
and permitting the information segment to be accessed if the
responsive communication indicates that the information segment
is authentic.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Haber et al. (Haber) 5,136,646 Aug. 4, 1992
Graziano et al. (Graziano) 5,191,613 Mar. 2, 1993
Loucks et al. (Loucks) 5,481,720 Jan. 2, 1996
Claims 1, 5, 14 and 16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Loucks.
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