Appeal No. 2004-1316 Page 3
Application No. 09/241,276
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
92. A method for acquiring metadata and content usage conditions during
preparation of digital content, the metadata being associated with the
digital content but not including the digital content itself, said method
comprising the steps of:
automatically filling in at least some data fields of a metadata
template by using a mapping table to retrieve the metadata for the data
fields from a preexisting database, the mapping table mapping at least a
portion of the data fields of the metadata template to locations within the
database where the corresponding metadata can be found; and
automatically acquiring at least a portion of the content usage
conditions.
Claims 45, 47-50, 52-63, 65-67, 69-75, 77-79, and 81-94 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over U.S. Patent No. 5,982,891 ("Ginter"); U.S. Patent No.
5,983,267 ("Shklar") and U.S. Patent No. 5,845,281 ("Benson"). Claims 51, 68, and 80
stand rejected under § 103(a) as obvious over Ginter; Shklar; Benson; and U.S. Patent
No. 5,812,790 ("Randall").
OPINION
Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellants in toto, we
focus on the main point of contention therebetween. The examiner admits that "Ginter
fails to disclose . . . an automatic metadata acquisition tool for automatically filling in at
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