Appeal No. 2006-2354 Page 2
Application No. 09/877,157
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method, apparatus, interface, and
computer program product for creating a privacy policy. Claims 1 and 23,
reproduced below, are exemplary of the subject matter on appeal.
1. A data processing apparatus-implemented method
for creating a privacy policy, comprising data processing
apparatus-implemented steps of:
creating a policy group;
moving a data element to the policy group; and
generating a privacy policy based on the policy group.
23. An interface for creating a privacy policy,
comprising:
a first portion for displaying predefined data elements;
a second portion for displaying groups of data elements,
wherein a group of data elements shares at least one
common property; and
a third portion for displaying a privacy policy generated
from the groups of data elements.
A copy of all of the claims on appeal can be found in the appendix to the
appellants’ brief.
The examiner relies upon the following as evidence of unpatentability:
Abraham et al. (Abraham) WO Sep. 17, 1998
98/40987
Moriconi et al. (Moriconi) 6,158,010 Dec. 05, 2000
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