Appeal No. 2006-1544
Application 10/024,621
the subject’s profile information and birth-related classification
or astrological horoscope sign.
The specification goes on to note, in paragraph [058], that the
provided guidance may alternatively be based on data stored on other
individuals with similar profile information, e.g., an artificial
intelligence engine may correlate the profile information on a
subject with a database containing a plurality of pre-defined beauty
advice records, with the correlation being made based upon past
success with other individuals sharing similar profile information.
Thus, the artificial intelligence engine would analyze a database to
find a previously stored profile that best matches the profile
information of the subject at hand and, once such a match is found,
the same advice believed to be proven effective for an individual
with similar traits would be dispensed to the subject in the form of
guidance. In this instance, the initial advice given upon start-up
of the system could be based on trial and error, at least until such
time that a reasonable database of successful advice/guidance is
established for individuals with similar profile information and
traits.
On the basis of the foregoing, it is our determination that one
of ordinary skill in the art at the time of appellants’ invention
would have been able to make and use the invention as claimed
without undue experimentation, e.g., by creating a particular set of
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