Appeal No. 2006-1942
Application No. 09/795,722
through 22; column 16, line 43 through column 17, line 18; column
18, lines 44 through 67; column 19, lines 33 through 59; column
20, lines 14 through 39; column 22, lines 44 through 67). If the
owner of the virtual pet device takes excellent care of the
virtual pet, then the virtual pet will remain healthy (Abstract;
column 3, lines 50 through 54; column 16, lines 45 through 49;
column 17, lines 15 through 17; column 19, lines 57 through 59;
column 20, lines 14 through 39). On the other hand, if the
health of the virtual pet is ignored, the owner of the virtual
pet will observe a deterioration of the health of the virtual pet
device (column 3, lines 54 through 56; column 17, lines 15
through 17; column 19, lines 57 through 59). Appellants’
arguments (brief, pages 6 and 7) that Brown does not teach that
the data captured using the virtual pet should be uploaded and
maintained in a database or warehouse are without merit because
Brown teaches that the captured user activity information
pertaining to the health of the virtual pet is collected and
uploaded to a database (column 18, lines 57 through 67).
Appellants acknowledge (brief, page 7) that the virtual pet is
connected to a network. Without a database, Brown would not be
able to compare the general health status scores that are
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