Appeal No. 2003-1726
Application No. 09/460,450
storing in a database a number of elements as a hierarchical
structure, content identifiers being able to be associated with
elements in the hierarchical structure, and one of the elements
representing the device;
referencing the hierarchical structure in the database to
generate a profile for the device, the profile containing a
number of content identifiers indicating content to be provided
to the device;
with reference to the content identifiers in the profile,
causing the content indicated by the profile to be provided to
the device;
maintaining a record identifying the content provided to the
device in accordance with the profile;
upon receipt of a subsequent profile, comparing the content
identifiers in the subsequent profile with the record to
determine new content not yet provided on the device and old
content no longer to be provided on the device, and using the
relevant content identifiers to cause the new content to be
provided to the device, and to cause the old content to be
removed.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims is:
Perlman et al. (Perlman) 5,742,820 Apr. 21, 1998
Claims 1 through 24 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Perlman.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 16,
mailed March 20, 2003) for the examiner's complete reasoning in
support of the rejection, and to appellants' Brief (Paper No. 15,
filed January 10, 2003) for appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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