Appeal No. 2004-0927 Page 3
Application No. 09/399,064
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
1. A computer implemented content creation, distribution and consumption
method comprising:
providing a computer implemented-content authoring tool (CI-CAT)
to a content creator, the CI-CAT including an identification function for
embedding control information in a content created using the CI-CAT, to
facilitate compensating a developer of the CI-CAT;
providing a computer implemented-content player (CI-CP) to a
consumer, the (CI-CP) including a recovery function for recovering said
control information from the content when the content is rendered by the
player, and a reporting function for reporting rendering of the content using
said recovered control information;
receiving the content by the consumer, and rendering the content
using the CI-CP; and
recovering the control information, and
reporting the rendering of the content using said recovered control
information, by the CI-CP.
Claims 1, 6-11, 15-19, 22-25, 30-34, and 39-42 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,892,900 ("Ginter"). Claims 2-5, 12-14, 20,
21, 26-29, and 35-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over Ginter
and U.S. Patent No. 5,825,883 ("Archibald").
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