Appeal No. 2006-2475
Application No. 10/411,792
The examiner’s response is that it is Kemink that teaches
downloading macros or the instruction sequence from the Internet
database, with van Ee relied on for the details of a macro
associated with one or more pre-programmed sequence comprising
instruction for causing one or more of the plurality of consumer
electronic devices to perform a plurality of operations (Figures
3-6, column 4, lines 8-62, a plurality of appliances TV, VCR,
wherein macro is stored in the memory, flash memory 214).
We have reviewed and considered the evidence before us,
including the disclosure of the applied references, and the
arguments of appellants and the examiner and we conclude
therefrom that the examiner has set forth a prima facie case of
obviousness that has not been successfully rebutted by
appellants.
Taking claim 22 as exemplary, Kemink discloses a method of
customizing a remote control. See page 2, lines 13-15 of Kemink.
Kemink also provides a means for accessing and downloading
graphic user interfaces corresponding to appliances that are
included in a user’s inventory of controllable appliances (page
4, lines 21-22) and it is an Internet-based service that updates
the graphic user interface (page 4, lines 28-29). Therefore,
Kemink may be said to receive at an Internet Web site data that
functions to identify at least one of a plurality of consumer
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