Ex Parte Sibley - Page 2

                   Appeal No. 2006-2918                                                                                                
                   Application 09/844,919                                                                                              


                   Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                                                                    
                           1.   A system of distributing electronic content comprising:                                                
                           a network operations center forming a composite broadcast signal                                            
                   having digital electronic content during a vertical blanking interval of a                                          
                   primary channel signal;                                                                                             
                           a content delivery system receiving said composite broadcast signal                                         
                   from said network operations center and broadcasting said composite                                                 
                   broadcast signal;                                                                                                   
                           a base station receiving said composite broadcast signal grabbing                                           
                   frames from the composite broadcast signal and forming a wireless local                                             
                   area network, said base station rebroadcasting at least a portion of said                                           
                   composite signal as a rebroadcast signal using said wireless local area                                             
                   network; and                                                                                                        
                           a plurality of user appliances positioned within said local area network                                    
                   and receiving said rebroadcast signal.                                                                              
                   The examiner applies the following reference:                                                                       
                   Allport                                     6,097,441          Aug. 01, 2000                                        
                   The examiner cites the following references in support of the taking of                                             
                   Official Notice:                                                                                                    
                   Hendricks et al. (Hendricks)   5,990,927          Nov. 23, 1999                                                     
                   Campbell                                 6,167,263          Dec. 26, 2000                                           
                   Knoblach et al. (Knoblach)     6,628,941          Sep. 30, 2003                                                     
                                                                 (filed June 29, 1999)                                                 
                   IEEE 100, The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standard Terms, Seventh                                              
                   Edition (December 2000), pages ii, 633, 725-726.                                                                    




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