Ex Parte Mansfield et al - Page 2


                  Appeal No. 2006-2184                                                                                       
                  Application No. 09/819,427                                                                                 


                  relevant customer support information to the customer via a personalized web                               
                  page.                                                                                                      

                         Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                                                    
                         1.  A method for providing personalized customer support, comprising:                               
                         receiving customer information from a customer, the customer information                            
                  including information as to products that the customer uses;                                               
                         creating a profile for the customer that includes the received customer                             
                  information;                                                                                               
                         evaluating the customer information contained in the profile;                                       
                         identifying customer support information specifically relevant to the                               
                  products that the customer uses; and                                                                       
                         presenting the customer support information to the customer in at least                             
                  one personalized web page.                                                                                 

                         The examiner relies on the following references:                                                    
                  Dedrick                           5,717,923                 Feb. 10, 1998                                  
                  Moshfeghi et al. (Moshfeghi) 6,076,166                      Jun. 13, 2000                                  
                  Sullivan et al. (Sullivan)        6,542,898                 Apr.   1, 2003                                 
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