Appeal No. 2004-0528 Page 7
Application No. 09/204,018
desired items for creating a registry. For example, a sponsoring store can post a Web
page on the Internet listing many or all of the products offered within a nationwide chain
of stores, and the registrant may be able to click on the desired items from a personal
computer in the registrant's home.
2Market describes an interactive shopping service in which an electronic catalog
(e.g., CD-ROM catalog mailed to the consumer) is used to browse products and learn
about them. With the service, consumers can create order lists that identify the
products they would like to purchase. Included in the shopping service is a "Gift Finder"
service that creates a special gift list based upon information the consumer provides
such as the age of the recipient, the recipient's interests, an occasion for which the gift
is being purchased, and a gift price range.
After the scope and content of the prior art are determined, the differences
between the prior art and the claims at issue are to be ascertained. Graham v. John
Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 17-18, 148 USPQ 459, 467 (1966).
Based on our analysis and review of LeRoy and claim 61, it is our opinion that
the differences include the following limitations: (1) receiving on the consumer device an
item advertisement from a non-merchant provider connected to the network, the item
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