Appeal No. 2004-0434
Application No. 09/836,686
Invention
Appellant's invention relates to controlling the sharing of
files by portable devices, and, more particularly, to controlling
the sharing of music files by portable music players. A host
system transfers at least one file to a first portable device.
Along with the file, the host system transmits a transfer count
associated with the file. The transfer count indicates the
number of times that the first portable device may transfer the
received file to other devices. Appellant's specification at
page 1, lines 3-4, and page 5, line 24, to page 6, line 3.
Claim 10 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
10. A method, comprising:
selecting at least one music file from a first portable
device to transfer to a second portable device;
transferring the music file to the second portable device;
and
transmitting a preselected transfer count to the second
portable device, wherein the preselected transfer count is
indicative of the number of times the second portable device may
transfer the music file to one or more devices.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Abecassis 6,192,340 Feb. 20, 2001
(Filed Oct. 19, 1999)
Berstis et al. (Berstis) 6,282,653 Aug. 28, 2001
(Filed May 15, 1998)
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