Appeal No. 2005-1636
Application No. 09/726,272
Representative claim 37 is reproduced as follows:
37. A computer implemented method comprising:
obtaining, at a third party logging server, a
plurality of digital works from a plurality
of provider computer systems;
storing the received digital works on a nonvolatile
storage device accessible from the third party
logging server;
receiving, at the third party logging server, a
product sale request from a merchant computer
system, wherein the product sale request is
received over a computer network;
transmitting, from the third party logging server
through the computer network to the merchant
computer system, one or more of the digital
works, wherein the merchant computer system is
adapted to provide the transmitted digital
works to one or more customer computer
systems; and
recording, at the third party logging server, a
sales record corresponding to the product sale
request.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Pettitt 5,864,620 Jan. 26, 1999
Robinson et al. (Robinson) 5,915,022 Jun. 22, 1999
Claims 37-72 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers the collective
teachings of Pettitt and Robinson.
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