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             Appeal No. 2006-0748                                                              Page 2                
             Application No. 09/740,528                                                                              



                    A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following                
             claim.                                                                                                  
                    1. A method of administering exam content from a server to at least one                          
                    client over a network, the method comprising:                                                    
                           registering at least one exam submitted by an exam provider with                          
                    the server;                                                                                      
                           transmitting a video frame of a student to the server at least during                     
                    the exam to verify the identity of the student;                                                  
                           generating a transcript in response to answers submitted by the                           
                    student to at least one exam question resident on the server; and                                
                           providing access to the transcript to at least one third party.                           


                    Claims 1-3, 5-14, and 16-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious                   
             over U.S. Patent No. 6,288,753 ("DeNicola").                                                            


                                                    II. OPINION                                                      
                    "Rather than reiterate the positions of the examiner or the appellant in toto, we                
             focus on the main point of contention therebetween."  Ex parte Sehr, No. 2003-2165,                     
             2005 WL 191041, at *2 (Bd.Pat.App & Int. 2004).  The examiner asserts, "[I]t would                      
             have been obvious to choose archived video data of the examination day, (to verify the                  
             student taking the exam), along with other archived student and exam information,                       
             displaying the same simultaneously.  This is particularly likely in light of the quality                







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