Appeal No. 2003-1986
Application 09/315,200
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a profiling service for accessing
user data using a plurality of profile objects.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method for managing a profile service, the method
comprising:
storing at least one true-data attribute in a profile
object, said true-data attribute includes a true-data key
and at least one true-data value field;
associating at least one meta-data attribute with said
true-data attribute, said meta-data attribute includes a
meta-data key and at least one meta-data value field,
wherein the meta-data value field describes the associated
true-data attribute;
storing said associated meta-data attribute in said
profile object; and
managing said true-data attribute according to said
associated meta-data attribute.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Thomas 5,838,970 November 17, 1998
Claims 1-53 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
anticipated by Thomas.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 14) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 24)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the amended appeal brief (Paper No. 23) (pages
referred to as "Br__") and reply brief (Paper No. 25) (pages
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