Appeal 2006-3135
Application 09/802,638
establishing an access restriction table, the access restriction table
including plural virtual channels, each virtual channel correlating to at least
one Web site address;
making the access restriction table accessible to the television;
selectively enabling a consumer to access a Web site address using the
interactive television by selecting a virtual channel; and
setting a restriction flag on at least one entry in the table, the flag
indicating whether content associated with the entry can be displayed.
The following references are relied on by the Examiner:
Watson US 5,289,271 Feb. 22, 1994
Matthews III US 5,914,746 Jun. 22, 1999
Stinebruner US 6,133,910 Oct. 17, 2000
Breslauer US 6,637,027 B1 Oct. 21, 2003
(Filed March 16, 2000)
Linehan US 2004/0249726 A1 Dec. 9, 2004
(Effective filing date December 21, 1999)
Claims 1, 2, 4 through 7, and 9 through 14 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness in a first stated rejection, the
Examiner relies upon Matthews in view of Stinebruner, further in view of
Breslauer as to claims 1 and 6. Next, in a second stated rejection, the
Examiner relies upon Matthews in view of Breslauer as to claims 2, 4, and 5.
To this latter combination of references the Examiner adds Watson as to
claims 7 and 9 through 11 in a third stated rejection. Lastly, in a fourth
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