Appeal 2006-2157
Application 09/752,204
1 (Fig 10)(Fig 11)(Fig 22)(Fig 23)(Fig 24) and approved suppliers(Fig 16) for a
2 commodity(Fig 5/12). (Answer 3-4).
3 Barnes further teaches payment, clearance and settlement over the Internet
4 between a buyer and seller. Barnes also teaches a procurement system(Fig 3/12)
5 and a certificate authority(Fig 3/54), a supplier system(Fig 3/16), a clearing
6 gateway(Fig 3/50), as well as client registration(Fig 5/58) and shipment of
7 goods(Fig 5/64), and a purchase order(Fig 5/66). Barnes further teaches an event
8 handler (Fig 6A/80), and a certificate authority application (Fig 7/110), as well as
9 making a purchase (Fig 11) and maintaining suppliers(Fig 14), and a supplier
10 payments maintenance system(Fig 22). (Answer 4).
11 The certificate of authority in Barnes administers a security feature which
12 authenticates buyers and sellers and suppliers. (Answer 4).
13 The Examiner asserts that this function is within the broad recitation of
14 subparagraph iii and iv as recited by applicant and that the terms "strategic
15 relationship" and "business process" are encompassed within an authentication
16 process per se where the certificate of authority in Barnes is considered a "trusted
17 agent". (Answer 4).
18 Meltzer teaches a transaction network consisting of multiple trading
19 partners(Fig 1) operating on the Internet (Fig 1/19) including a bid (Fig 2/220/207)
20 and a trading apparatus(Fig 3) incorporating commercial functions(Fig 3/305)as
21 well as an attribute characterization and bid builder(Fig 7/700) and a database
22 (Fig 7/706) and auction house bids(Fig 8/804) and warehouse bids for
23 commodities(Fig 8/803) and currencies(Fig 818) and a GUI(Fig 9/900)to the user
24 for the bidding process and publish bidding on the network (Fig 9/907) utilizing
25 product identifiers from OEMs(Fig 8/820) and bidding by RFQs (Fig 8/813)
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