Appeal No. 2005-0778
Application No. 09/867,587
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a bill availability notification and billing information
request. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 34, which is reproduced below.
34. A method for presenting billing information via a network,
comprising:
transmitting a notice according to an e-mail protocol, via a network,
indicating availability of billing information;
transmitting a request according to a protocol other than an e-mail
protocol, via the network, to receive the billing information responsive to
receipt of the notice; and
transmitting at least a portion of the billing information, via the
network responsive to receipt of the request.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Hogan 5,699,528 Dec. 16, 1997
Bezos et al. (Bezos) 6,029,141 Feb. 22, 2000
Claims 34-38, 40-47, and 49-53 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being
anticipated by Hogan. Claims 39 and 48 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hogan in view of Bezos.
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