Appeal No. 2006-2208
Application No. 10/782,265
a data structure accessible to a computer associated with at
least one of: the source, and the TV, the computer retrieving
from the data structure a list of content related to at least one
word appearing in the closed caption text and selected by a user
manipulating the remote control device, the word appearing within
the closed caption text and being selected from the closed
caption text by means of the remote control device, the word
being made to flash within the closed caption text.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
U.S. Patents
Wasilewski et al. (Wasilewski) 5,359,601 Oct. 25, 1994
Chang 5,543,851 Aug. 6, 1996
Isoe et al. (Isoe) 5,671,019 Sep. 23, 1997
Brodsky 5,809,471 Sep. 15, 1998
Patterson 5,923,379 Jul. 13, 1999
O’Brien et al. (O’Brien) 6,055,569 Apr. 25, 2000
Allport 6,097,441 Aug. 1, 2000
Sampsell 6,496,122 Dec. 17, 2002
Other Publications
Thomsen US 2002/0067428 A1 Jun. 6, 2002
“Expanding the capabilities of Closed Caption,” IBM
Technical Disclosure Bulletin (IBM-TDB), Issue No. 452, December
1, 2001, p. 2129.
“Encyclopedia Britannica/Premium Service,”
[online][retrieved from the Internet Archive (WayBack Machine)
using Internet
<URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20030201101838/http://www.britann
ica.com/premium/>, April 6, 2005.
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