Appeal No. 2006-0531
Application No. 09/932,070
called seed song or initial criterion as well as to set a style
slider mechanism to a given position permits the user in Cluts to
establish a relative association of a given style to individual
songs. The user also has the ability to select the “more style”
button and the “more” and “like” buttons as depicted in Figures 5
through 10. In any event, the flow chart element 1020 in Figure
10 clearly corresponds to the teaching relied upon by the
examiner at column 18, lines 51 through 54 that the system
automatically does a random sort of a list of songs before
presentation to a listener.
With this understanding in mind of Cluts, it appears to us
that there is no feature of claim 1 that has not been met by
Cluts itself. Correspondingly, these teachings already
identified in Cluts has a corresponding analogous teaching in
Looney as generally outlined by the examiner in relying upon the
abstract, column 2, lines 5 through 18; column 10, lines 49
through 57 and finally, column 9, lines 34 through 59 in the
answer. Basic relationships are set forth in Figure 4 which
shows different screens presented and, for example, Figure 5 and
the controls in Figure 6. The showing in Figure 5 of element 428
as well as the corresponding showing of the controls in Figure 6
of element 542 clearly provide the ability of the user in
Looney’s system to permit playback of music in a random manner.
Additionally, various categories or styles or associations of
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