Appeal 2007-0221
Application 09/737,404
Appellants’ claimed invention relates to an Internet Portal system and
method in which portal software executing on an Internet-connected server
includes a summary software agent. The summary software agent accesses
Internet destinations included in a list, maintained on the Portal, of Internet
destinations specific for a subscriber. Information is retrieved from the
Internet destinations according to pre-programmed criteria and summarized
for delivery to the subscriber.
We affirm.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and it reads as follows:
1. An Internet Portal, comprising:
an Internet-connected server; and
a portal software executing on the server, including a summary
software agent;
wherein the Portal maintains a list of Internet destinations at
secure servers maintaining personal, proprietary financial accounts for
each one or more of a plurality of subscribing users, and the summary
software agent automatically logs in to the secure servers on behalf of,
and transparent to the subscribing users, according to data stored for
the subscribing users at the Portal, retrieves financial information
proprietary to each one of the subscribing users, stores the retrieved
financial information at the portal, according to pre-programmed
criteria, and summarizes the retrieved information for delivery to the
subscribing users.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Nazem US 5,983,227 Nov. 9, 1999
Nielsen US 6,006,333 Dec. 21, 1999
Nehab US 6,029,182 Feb. 22, 2000
Rao US 6,078,929 Jun. 20, 2000
Gershman US 6,356,905 B1 Mar. 12, 2002
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