Appeal No.2004-1526
Application No. 09/354,052
discloses the initiation of such a search. For example, at
column 7, lines 10 et seq., of Vora, the reference discloses
first and second search requests by a user.
The second step requires searching at least one local
database of content information and at least one remote database
of content information based upon the search criteria. Vora
clearly teaches, at column 6, line 60, through column 7, line 10,
that a server 9 searches on a local memory (e.g., mass memory 17
in Figure 1), and also receives searches from Internet server 63
(which receives search requests from server 9). Thus, there is
searching, based upon the search criteria laid out by the user,
on at least one local database and on at least one remote
(Internet server 63) database.
The only remaining question is whether Vora discloses that
the “content information” being searched “corresponds to
information from a plurality of content sources of multiple
types,” as required by instant claim 1.
We agree with the examiner that the claimed terms, “sources”
and “types” are so broad as to lend themselves to an accordingly
broad interpretation. That is, in Vora, the server 9 and the
Internet server 63 are clearly different “content sources” of
information and they constitute “multiple types” of content
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