Appeal No. 2004-1316 Page 9
Application No. 09/241,276
does not store metadata in the remote server and does not use the index to map data
fields of a metadata template to locations in the remote server. To the contrary, Shklar
stores data such as news items in its remote server and uses metadata to index
locations therein where data are stored.
The examiner does not allege, let alone show, that the addition of Benson cures
the aforementioned deficiency of Ginter and Shklar. Because neither Ginter nor Shklar
store metadata in a database for subsequent retrieval and insertion into a metadata
template, and neither reference includes a table or index for mapping data fields of a
metadata template to locations in a metadata database, we are unpersuaded that
teachings from the references would appear to have suggested storing metadata in a
database, referencing a table that maps (at least some of) the data fields of a metadata
template to locations in the database where the corresponding metadata can be found,
automatically retrieving metadata from the database, or using the retrieved metadata to
fill-in automatically (at least some of) the data fields of the metadata template.
Therefore, we reverse the obviousness rejection of claim 45 and claims 47-50, 52, 53,
58-61, 87, and 93, which depend from claim 45; of claim 54 and claims 55-57 and 88,
which depend from claim 54; of claim 63 and claims 65-67, 69, 70, 73, 74, 89, and 94,
which depend from claim 63; of claim 71 and 72, which depends from claim 71; of claim
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