Appeal 2007-0471
Application 10/423,307
1 INVENTION
2 Appellant invented a method, system, and a medium for automatically
3 generating a path to an item depending on its access history.
4 (Specification 1).
5 Claims 1, 5 and 8 are representative of the claimed invention and are
6 reproduced as follows:
7 1. A method comprising:
8 detecting a number of times an item is accessed; and
9 automatically generating a more direct path to the item based at least
10 in part on how often the item is accessed.
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12 5. The method of claim 1 including generating a more direct path
13 further based at least in part on the manner in which the item is accessed.
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15 8. The method of claim 1 including providing a more direct path to an
16 item based on the number of times it is accessed and the number of
17 interfaces that must be used in order to access said item.
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19 REFERENCES
20 The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
21 Gifford US 5,301,314 Apr. 5, 1994
22 Horvitz US 6,233,570 May 15, 2001
23 Clifton-Bligh US 2003/0050906 A1 Mar. 13, 2003
24 (Filed Dec. 28, 1999)
25 REJECTIONS
26 Claim 5 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
27 Gifford.
28 Claims 1-4, 6, 11-16, and 21-26 also stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
29 § 102 as being anticipated by Gifford.
30 Claims 7, 17, and 27 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
31 obvious over the combination of Gifford and Horvitz.
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