Appeal No. 2005-1644
Application 09/400,583
(3) Integrating data relationships
with spatial relationships
As discussed in section (1), we conclude that one of
ordinary skill in the data mining art would have been motivated
to integrate data relationships which associate individual
customers with information related to the customers, as taught by
Toung, the Data Game, and the admitted prior art, with the
spatial relationships generated using data mining techniques
taught by Hughes because data mining seeks to discover as many
possible relationships as possible between varied data. In
addition, Toung discloses data mining the combination of spatial
relationships (placement of products in the store) and data
relationships (association of product buying patterns with
individual customer information, such as age, income, place of
residence, and customer profile).
For the reasons stated above, the rejection of claims 39,
41-44, 53, and 55-58 is affirmed.
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