Appeal No.2004-1526
Application No. 09/354,052
content information corresponds to information from a plurality
of content sources of multiple types,” as claimed, at column 7,
lines 1-10, and Figure 9; and “searching at least one local
database of content information based upon the search criteria,”
as claimed, as searches are performed through a local network
such as a server computer system 9, which includes mass memory
17.
The examiner explains that the mass memory 17 is a local
hard disk, resides in the computer system 9, and stores
information sources in a magnetic media or an optical media,
referring to Vora’s column 5, lines 57-59. The examiner further
explains that a user of Vora’s client system 33 requests a first
search, which is performed through the information sources stored
in mass memory 17 (column 7, lines 4-7), and when the client
computer 33 requests the first search, which is received by
computer system 9 via a network interface 25, system 9 searches
the first search through the information sources stored in mass
memory 17. The examiner also points out that the connection
between the computer system 9 and the client computer 33 is a
local area network (LAN) and concludes that
it is clear that the first search request from client
computer 33 is done at the local network area of the
computer system 9. At the server system 9 receives
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