Appeal No. 2006-0799
Application No. 09/795,990
maintaining on a server computer a user profile for a user residing at a network
node remote from the server computer, the user profile containing selected user
information, including a user license index identifying digital content licensed by the
user.
THE REFERENCES
Krishnan et al. (Krishnan) 6,073,124 Jun. 6, 2000
Cook et al. (Cook) 6,338,044 Jan. 8, 2002
(filed Mar. 17, 1999)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected as follows: claims 1-11, 15-17, 21-23 and 25-29 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as anticipated by Cook, and claims 12-14, 18-20 and 24 under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Cook in view of Krishnan.
OPINION
The rejections are affirmed as to claims 1, 5-10, 12, 15, 18-22 and 24-28, and
reversed as to claims 2-4, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 23 and 29.
Rejection of claims 1-11, 15-17, 21-23 and 25-29
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) over Cook
Cook discloses a system for distributing, across a communications network,
digital entertainment customized according to consumers’ stated preferences (col. 1,
lines 5-10). Digital content is provided through a master digital library (2) on a central
host computer (46) and in end user digital libraries (120) on consumers’ personal
computers (86). “The end user digital libraries (120) include indexes of the personal
2
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