Application No. 09/304,644
Appeal No. 2004-0887
OPINION
We reverse the rejections of claims 81-93 and affirm the
rejection of claim 94.
Claims 81-93
We need to address only the independent claims, i.e.,
claims 81, 89, 91 and 93. These claims require a decoding
program which has ID information representing an information
terminal or user embedded therein and which decodes encoded
digital content at the information terminal to produce a decoded
digital content having the ID information imprinted therein
without additional ID verification being performed at the
information terminal by the user.
The examiner argues (answer, page 4):
The prior art of Löfberg discloses the recited decoding
program having embedded ID information representing the
terminal or user therein. The recited decoding program
is generated at the Rent Terminal (RT in Fig. 1) in
Löfberg. It is in the form of a Data Carrier. That
this element functions as the decoding program having
embedded ID information is disclosed at column 8,
lines 49-65. See in particular line 52 which discloses
“decoding information”.
Löfberg does not disclose that the data ID carrier contains a
decoding program but, rather, merely discloses that the data
carrier ID contains decoding information or a decoding key
(col. 8, lines 49-54; col. 9, lines 6-12; col. 13, lines 19-21).
Löfberg discloses that the decoding is carried out in decoder 25
which is in the supplementary or auxiliary device AU of the user
(col. 9, lines 23-28; col. 9, line 66 - col. 10, line 7; col. 13,
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