Appeal No. 2006-1802 Page 2
Application No. 09/785,918
that, for example, on-line help can be obtained wherein the user and the helper are
viewing the same web site. When a certain event, e.g., the pressing of a “help” key, is
detected at a server in a client server communication protocol, a browser session is
automatically shared between at least two clients, with one of the clients being on the
server side of the client server communication protocol.
Independent claim 1 is representative, and is reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising:
detecting an event at a server in a client server communication protocol; and
upon detection of an event, sharing a browser session between at least two clients,
one of said clients being on the server side of said client server communication protocol.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Picazo, Jr. et al. (Picazo) 5,432,907 Jul. 11, 1995
Quatrano et al (Quatrano) 6,748,420 Jun. 08, 2004
(filed Oct. 11, 2000)
Claims 1-6, 12-17, 21-28, and 30 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as
unpatentable over Quatrano in view of Picazo.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
In rejecting claims under 35 U.S.C. §103, it is incumbent upon the examiner to
establish a factual basis to support the legal conclusion of obviousness. See In re Fine,
837 F.2d 1071, 1073, 5 USPQ2d 1596, 1598 (Fed. Cir. 1988). In so doing, the examiner
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