Appeal No. 2006-3231
Application No. 09/955,691
1. A detection apparatus to identify a program comprising:
a tuner to tune to the program;
a meter coupled to the tuner to record a media link embedded in
the program tuned by the tuner; and
a program identifier to identify the program tuned by the tuner
based on the media link recorded by the meter.
10. A data acquisition system to acquire identifying data from a
program comprising:
a tuner to tune to the program; and,
a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to capture first and
second program identifying data identifying the program tuned by the
tuner, wherein the first program identifying datum is a media link
embedded in the program which, when activated, initiates a request for
information from a content provider via a network, and wherein the
second program identifying datum is a program identifying datum other
than a media link.
18. The data acquisition system of claim 10 further comprising a
program identifier, wherein the program identifier is arranged to identify
the program by activating the media link to initiate the request for
information from the content provider.
PRIOR ART
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Lert, Jr. et al. (Lert) 4,677,466 Jun. 30, 1987
Thomas et al. (Thomas) 5,481,294 Jan. 2, 1996
Lu et al. (Lu) 5,594,934 Jan. 14, 1997
Killian 6,163,316 Dec. 19, 2000
REJECTIONS
Claims 1, 4-6, 24, 29, and 31-33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as being
clearly anticipated by Thomas. Claims 7-10, 13-23, 26-28, and 48-50 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Thomas in view of Killian.
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