Appeal No. 2004-1316 Page 4
Application No. 09/241,276
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." (Examiner's Answer at 9.)
Finding that "[w]hen information is requested, the system [of Shklar] refers to the
metadata-based index which maps to the location of the requested information in a
database, retrieves the information and provides it in a certain format for the user
(Figures 8 & 13, Col. 2, lines 23-29; Col. 3, lines 38-45; Col. 5, lines 61-67 and Col. 6,
lines 46-55)," (id. at 17-18), he asserts, "it would have been obvious . . . to include this
capability in the system of Ginter for enabling the automatic retrieval of metadata related
to content in view of the teachings of Shklar, enabling the automatic retrieval of
information without the need for an operator to manually acquire the information." (Id.)
The appellants argue, "[t]he Sklar [sic] teaching for the use of metadata is limited to
using that metadata to access the data to which it pertains. There is no mention in
Sklar [sic] of storing or otherwise relocating retrieved metadata from a preexisting
database." (Appeal Br. at 8.)
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