Ex Parte Simske - Page 2

                Appeal 2007-0245                                                                              
                Application 10/238,126                                                                        


                                              BACKGROUND                                                      

                    Appellant’s invention relates to a system for automatic generation for                    
                photo location information.  An understanding of the invention can be                         
                derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.                       
                    1. A method of generating image annotation information comprising:                        
                      selecting images to be annotated;                                                       
                                                                                                             
                      analyzing said selected images to identify associated information;                      
                      generating annotation information from at least one of said selected                    
                images using said associated information; and                                                 
                      annotating said selected images with the annotation information.                        


                                                PRIOR ART                                                     
                    The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in                         
                rejecting the appealed claims are:                                                            

                Gabbe   US 5,550,965   Aug. 27, 1996                                                          
                King    US 5,600,775   Feb. 4, 1997                                                           
                Ayer    US 6,208,353   Mar. 27, 2001                                                          


                                               REJECTIONS                                                     
                      Claims 1-6, 10, 12-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as being                    
                anticipated by Ayer.                                                                          

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