Appeal 2007-0474
Application 10/692,885
1 15. In Knutson, “[s]ubsystems 55B provides a user with the ability to
2 create new measures, update measures, or delete existing measures.” (col. 8,
3 ll. 55-57).
4 16. Knutson discloses that “…[s]ubsystem 55C provides a user with
5 an interface to modify measure relations and to constrain measure relations.
6 …The relationship between measures and the constraints placed upon them
7 are saved on computer 32 for use in generating InfoFrames.” (col. 8, l. 65 to
8 col. 9, l. 9).
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10 Relating to Obviousness
11 Knutson
12 17. Knutson further discloses that “Measure relationships are defined
13 in terms of an if-then statement.” (col. 18, ll. 42-43).
14 18. Knutson looks at the event in the data which must trigger the
15 InfoFrame. (col. 3, ll. 48-53).
16 19. Knutson discloses product categories, e.g., clothing, and looking
17 at attributes of a product. (col. 3, ll. 54-65).
18 20. In Knutson, DAI subsystem 14 provides intelligent middleware
19 for translating graphical user requests, selecting system templates,
20 manipulating data views, and generating dimensional queries for retrieving
21 data from data warehouse 24. … DAI subsystem 14 also processes updates
22 to this metadata 25 that originate in client subsystem 12 and handles several
23 other kinds of user updates, primarily by passing them to DSM subsystem
24 16. DSM subsystem 16 reads schema from data warehouse 24, creates data
25 views, and creates a mapping between the two. It also uses that mapping to
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