Appeal 2007-0609
Application 09/814,010
1 The Examiner rejected claims 35 and 36 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
2 (2004).
3 Claim 35 is representative of the claims under appeal and reads as
4 follows:
5 35. An Internet-enabled appointment and reservation service
6 system, comprising:
7
8 an Internet-connected appointment/reservation server executing
9 first software; and
10
11 one or more subscribing businesses to the service, the
12 businesses each having an internet-connected appliance executing
13 second software;
14
15 wherein the appointment server, through the first software,
16 presents to browsing clients an interactive interface enabling the
17 clients to select individual ones of the subscribing businesses, and
18 once a subscribing business is selected displays to the selecting client
19 an interactive appointment/reservation schedule to select an
20 appointment or reservation with the business, wherein the
21 appointment server updates the appointment/reservation schedule at
22 the server for each business as browsing clients make
23 appointments/reservations, wherein the appointment/reservation
24 server periodically provides updated appointment schedules to the
25 subscribing businesses which are displayed by the second software
26 interactively, allowing the subscribing businesses to further update the
27 appointment reservation schedules and to return them to the
28 appointment/reservation server, which updated versions then becomes
29 the interactive schedules displayed to browsing clients.
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