Appeal No. 2007-0395 Page 3
Application No. 09/789,678
1 providing purchasing information over the computer
2 network including a location for the consumer (14) to the
3 facilitator (16),
4 determining the local retailer (20) having jurisdiction
5 over the purchase based upon the location of the customer (14),
6 initiating a transmission of a first set of funds by the
7 facilitator (16) from the customer (14) for payment of the
8 goods,
9 initiating a transmission of a portion of the first set of
10 funds as a second set of funds by the facilitator (16) to the
11 supplier (18) for the cost of the goods,
12 initiating a transmission of a portion of the first set of
13 funds as a third set of funds by the facilitator (16) to the local
14 retailer (20) to service the customer (14),
15 delivering the goods to the customer (14), and
16 servicing the customer (14) at the local retailer (20) on
17 behalf of the supplier (18) as a result of receiving the third set
18 of funds including accepting the return of the goods by the
19 customer (14) to the local retailer (20) in exchange for
20 arranging the reimbursement of the funds.
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22 ISSUES
23 The issue on appeal is whether Appellant has established that the
24 Examiner erred in rejecting the claims as being unpatentable over the prior
25 art.
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27 FINDINGS OF FACT
28 The following findings of fact (FF) are believed to be supported by at
29 least a preponderance of the evidence.
30 1. The claimed subject matter is directed to a method of purchasing and
31 selling goods to a customer (14) (see Fig. 4 of the specification which
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