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                 Appeal 2006-3117                                                                                        
                 Application 09/732,498                                                                                  
                 storing user navigation and transaction data in at least one interactive                                
                 data repositories ("lDRs").                                                                             
                     In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relies upon the                                     
                 following prior art:                                                                                    
                 Brown   US 5,857,190  Jan.  05, 1999                                                                    
                 Gessel   US 5,889,954  Mar. 30, 1999                                                                    
                 Hendricks   US 6,052,554  Apr. 18, 2000                                                                 
                 Travaille   US 6,067,107  May 23, 2000                                                                  
                 Leermakers   US 2003/0105845 A1 Jun.  05, 2003                                                          
                                                                          (filed Oct. 29, 1999)                          
                 Diwan   US 6,801,936 B1  Oct.  05, 2004                                                                 
                                                                          (filed Apr. 7, 2000)                           
                        The Examiner rejects the claims on appeal as follows:                                            
                 A.  Claims 1 through 11 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as                               
                 being unpatentable over the combination of Brown, Travaille, Leermakers                                 
                 and Gessel.                                                                                             
                 B.  Claims 14 through 17 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being                               
                 unpatentable over the combination of Brown, Travaille, Leermakers and                                   
                 Diwan.                                                                                                  
                 C.  Claim 12 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable                             
                 over the combination of Brown, Travaille, Leermakers, Gessel, and                                       
                 Hendricks.                                                                                              
                        First, Appellants contend that the combination of Brown, Travaille,                              
                 Leermakers and Gessel does not render claims 1 through 11 and 13                                        
                 unpatentable.  Particularly, Appellants contend that Leermakers1 and                                    

                                                                                                                        
                 1 At page 10 of the Amended Appeal Brief, Appellants argue that the                                     
                 primary purpose of Leemakers relates to downloading softwares onto a PDA                                
                 or the like.  Particularly, Leermakers relates to transmitting software                                 
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