Appeal No. 2003-0706
Application No. 09/356,241
(c) for each of the plurality of records in the database,
selectively updating the user feedback parameter associated
therewith in response to detecting that the record is the most
recently accessed record in the result set.
27. A method of accessing a database, the method comprising:
(a) in response to a search request, generating a result set
including identifications of a subset of a plurality of records in
a database that match the search request;
(b) ordering the identification of the records in the result
set using a user feedback parameter associated with each record in
the result set, each user feedback parameter including a plurality
of weights, each weight associated with a keyword, wherein ordering
the identifications of the records includes using only those
weights associated with keywords that match the search request; and
(c) for each of the plurality of records in the database,
selectively updating at least one weight for the user feedback
parameter associated therewith in response to user interaction with
the record.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Rose et al. (Rose) 5,724,567 Mar. 03, 1998
Shoham 5,855,015 Dec. 29, 1998
Claims 14-19, 21, 22, 24-27, 48, 50, 51, and 53-57, all of the
rejected appealed claims, stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Shoham in view of Rose.
Rather than reiterate the arguments of Appellants and the
Examiner, reference is made to the Brief (entitled Supplemental
Appeal Brief) filed September 19, 2002 (Paper No. 12) and the
Answer mailed November 4, 2002 (Paper No. 13) for the respective
details.
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