Appeal No. 2005-2338
Application No. 09/754,001
Invention
The invention relates to a system where a user of a service provider is
given a unique identifier. As a result of the user having this unique identifier, the
user is able to access several online services through an online service provider
without having to manage a logon id and password pair. See page 8 of
appellants’ specification.
Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is reproduced below:
1. A method comprising:
receiving a request from a client to access a subscribed online service of a
subscriber at an online service provider, said request comprising a globally
unique identifier (GUID) of the subscriber;
determining if the GUID is associated with the subscriber; and
facilitating access to the subscribed online service of the subscriber if the
GUID is associated with the subscriber.
References
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Teper et al. (Teper) 5,815,665 September 29, 1998
Strandberg US 2002/0161589 A1 October 31, 2002
(filed September 15, 1998)
Rejection at Issue
Claims 1 through 4, 6, 9 through 13, 15 through 20, and 22 through 24
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Teper. Claims 5, 7
through 8, 14 and 21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Teper in view of Strandberg.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007