Ex Parte CHANG et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2004-1450                                                        
          Application No. 09/449,015                                                  


          Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                            
               1.   A method for communicating a plurality of views                   
               for a source image, said method comprising the steps of:               
                    transmitting, from an image sender computer to a                  
               recipient computer, a static reference to identify a                   
               source image on a server;                                              
                    generating, at said image recipient computer, a                   
               first request for a view of said source image to said                  
               server based on said static reference;                                 
                    transmitting data from said image server to said                  
               image recipient computer in response to said request;                  
                    displaying said first view of said source image at                
               said image recipient computer;                                         
                    receiving input from a user at said image recipient               
               computer to select a second view of said source image;                 
                    generating a second request to said image server for              
          said second view;                                                           
                    transmitting from said image server additional data               
          to generate said second view of said source image; and                      
                    displaying said second view of said source image at               
               said image recipient computer.                                         
          The examiner relies on the following references:                            
          Tomassi et al. (Tomassi)         5,606,707         Feb. 25, 1997            
          Popa                             6,006,231         Dec. 21, 1999            
          (filed Sep. 10, 1997)                                                       
          Slotznick                        6,011,537         Jan. 04, 2000            
          (filed Jan. 27, 1998)                                                       
          Wong et al. (Wong)               6,260,021         Jul. 10, 2001            
          (filed Jun. 12, 1998)                                                       

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