Appeal No. 2003-1031 Page 3
Application No. 09/050,841
The appellants explain that cookies, however, have not been shared across
domains of the Internet. Because items cannot be tracked from one store to another in
the aforementioned virtual shopping mall, for example, the user must check out his
purchases at each store. (Id. at 4-5.) Because state information is not saved across
domains, furthermore, users must log into each domain. (Id. at 5.)
In contrast, the appellants insert state information in cookies and use an
intermediary application to allow the cookies to be shared across different domains.
More specifically, the intermediary application adds the state information to requests
from a client and responses thereto. (Id. at 52.) A further understanding of the
invention can be achieved by reading the following claim.
1. A method of sharing state information, said method comprising:
determining by an intermediary application state information to be
shared between a first domain and a second domain; and
sharing said state information between said first domain and said
second domain, wherein said first domain and said second domain are
non-cooperating domains, said non-cooperating domains having no
knowledge of one another and wherein said non-cooperating domains do
not directly communicate state information between one another, said
sharing of state information being through the intermediary application.
Claims 1-7, 10-17, 22-27, 30-37, 42-49, 51, and 52 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over International Patent Application WO 98/09447
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