Appeal No. 2005-1664
Application 09/878,111
monitoring the level of play of a player on multiple gaming
machines, it does not teach "transmitting data related to the
monitored level over the network" and "storing the data on a
computer connected to the network" as recited in claims 49 and 57
and does not teach "generating a computer message based on the
monitored level" as recited in claim 57 (RBr3).
Analysis
Initially, we must interpret what is meant by "monitoring
the level of play of a player on multiple gaming machines" since
this is the main limitation at issue. When the limitation was
added, appellant stated that the support for monitoring the level
of play of a tracked player on multiple machines can be found in
the application at, among other places, page 3, line 23 et seq.,
page 7, line 7 et seq., and page 8, line 19, line 19 et seq.
(amendment received April 1, 2003, page 4). These portions of
the specification describe tracking players using a casino-issued
player tracking card which the player inserts into a card reader
associated with each EGM. Although "monitoring the level of play
of a player on multiple gaming machines" could be interpreted to
mean the level of play on multiple gaming machines at the same
time, this is not disclosed. The specification describes
monitoring a plurality of variables relating to play on the
gaming machines, including the rate at which the interconnected
machines are played, the time that the interconnected machines
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