Appeal No. 2003-1535
Application No. 09/429,057
Turning first to claim 1, Macrae discloses (page 12, lines 5
through 22) video data (i.e., television signals) transmitted
along with ancillary information (i.e., on-screen icon 130 that
informs the viewer of received electronic mail) associated with
the video data, and information (i.e., “the subject or sender of
the mail message”) is included in the transmitted data so that it
may be used to identify the content included in the ancillary
information. According to Macrae (page 12, lines 22 through 24),
“[t]he viewer may therefore ‘screen’ his or her E-mail, and
connect only when the mail message is of interest or importance
to him or her.” Macrae discloses an Internet address or URL to a
web page “that may be used to link to an identifier that
identifies the content included in said ancillary information”
(page 4, line 36 through page 5, line 5; page 6, lines 1 through
9; page 8, lines 14 through 33; page 9, lines 13 through 32).
Thus, the anticipation rejection of claim 1 is sustained. The
anticipation rejection of claims 2, 4 through 11, 13 through 15,
17 through 21 and 23 through 30 is likewise sustained because
appellants have chosen (brief, page 12) to let these claims stand
or fall as a group with claim 1.
Turning next to claim 3, we find that Macrae discloses an
Internet address or URL to a web page “that includes an
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