Appeal No. 2006-2028
Application No. 09/814,159
offer products or services on that network. See page 17 of appellants’ specification.
Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is reproduced below:
1. A method for tracking transactions involving media assets on a data
network, said data network being serviced by one or more service providers, the
method comprising:
tracking information, at a media gateway, characterizing a particular
media asset of interest that is uploaded to the media gateway associated with the
data network, wherein the media gateway captures a plurality of media assets
uploaded from a plurality of devices;
receiving a request to engage one or more of said service providers to
perform one or more services for the particular media asset; and
tracking transaction information allowing billing of the requested services,
wherein the transaction information includes information indicating which of the
service providers performed a service for the particular media asset.
THE REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Ginter et al. (Ginter) 5,892,900 Apr. 6, 1999
Chui et al. (Chui) 6,657,702 Dec. 2, 2003
(filed Nov. 29, 1999)
THE REJECTIONS AT ISSUE
Claims 1 through 4, 6 through 25, and 27 through 43 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Ginter. The examiner’s rejection is set forth on
pages 3 and 4 of the answer. Claims 5 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Ginter in view of Chui. The examiner’s rejection is set forth on
page 5 of the answer. Throughout the opinion we make reference to the briefs and the
answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejections
advanced by the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner
as support for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration,
in reaching our decision, Appellants’ arguments set forth in the briefs along with the
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