Appeal 2006-2085
Application 09/810,629
1 From the description in fact 4 of providing the information to a user, we find
2 that in at least some instances, the information will be provided to a client of
3 the service provider. In the event that the same information is not
4 communicated to at least two clients, we find that an artisan would have
5 considered it obvious to have provided the information to at least two clients
6 where two clients (system users who are clients of the service provider)
7 share the same e-mail address, such as a husband and wife who are clients of
8 a service provider and share an e-mail address on a personal computer.
9 Turning to Brockman, we find from fact 12 that Brockman is directed
10 to comparative evaluation of telecommunications data. We note the
11 description found in fact 14 that the information obtained is aggregated and
12 made accessible to the business entity. From the description in fact 14 that
13 the data obtained is service provider data, we find that the business entity of
14 Brockman is a service provider. From the description in fact 16 that the
15 aggregate data is provided by telco management service, we find that telco
16 is a management service. We find from fact 19 that the aggregated usage
17 and cost data is analyzed. From the description in fact 20 that the recited list
18 of types of data is not exhaustive and the description in fact 24 that the listed
19 types of data can include other relevant business data, we find that the data is
20 not limited to characteristics of the service provider. From the description in
21 fact 21 that the invoices the client receives are logged in and tracked by the
22 user, and the description in fact 22 that there are standard reports sent to
23 customers, we find a teaching or suggestion that the generated reports are
24 provided to more than one client of the service provider. In addition, from
25 the description in fact 25 that data is obtained and analyzed for different
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