Appeal No. 2005-1781
Application No. 09/860,407
promoting the representative in real time if the account
information satisfies the promotion parameters; and
sending a payment based on the promotion to the
representative if an assessment of a status associated with the
representative indicates that the representative qualifies for
the payment; and
a customer interface accessible to the database for enabling
a customer associated with the representative to submit an
application for a product or service, wherein the submission of
the application initiates the entry of the representative into
the queue.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Intel Press Release, Quixtar Inc. Creates A New Business Model
For The Internet Using Intel®-Architecture Based Servers, October
13, 2000 [Google](Intel).
Quixtar Business Compendium, Quixtar Inc., 2000 [Google]
(Quixtar).
Claims 11-15 and 28-34 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a). As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Intel
in view of Quixtar.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal,
the rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence of
obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
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