Appeal No. 2005-2559
Application No. 09/911,017
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to scene or shot boundary detection in video data for
storage on optical storage media (e.g., DVD), for allowing a user to access the
appropriate place in the video data. Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method for storing scene detection information, comprising:
identifying scene candidates from received video data;
formatting the scene candidates for storage on optical storage media, the
optical storage media having a recordable capacity; and
storing the formatted scene candidates on the optical storage media in a
media structure without reducing the recordable capacity.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Dimitrova et al. (Dimitrova) 6,137,544 Oct. 24, 2000
(filed Jun. 2, 1997)
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Dimitrova.
We refer to the Final Rejection (mailed Sep. 24, 2004) and the Examiner’s
Answer (mailed Jun. 1, 2005) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief
(filed Mar. 17, 2005) and the Reply Brief (filed Jul. 5, 2005) for appellant’s position with
respect to the claims which stand rejected.
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