Ex Parte Brown et al - Page 4

             Appeal 2007-0728                                                                                   
             Application 09/954,796                                                                             

        1                                          ISSUES                                                       
        2        The issues pertinent to this appeal are                                                        
        3       • Claims 1, 4, 5, 7-9, and 38 (Br. 10-12)                                                       
        4              o Whether the art applied shows characterizing the use of the user based                 
        5                 upon the user responses.                                                              
        6              o Whether the art applied shows providing software programs that may                     
        7                 be beneficial to the user based upon the characterization of the use.                 
        8              o Whether the art applied shows querying a user as to the needs of the                   
        9                 user.                                                                                 
        10      • Claims 10-12, 14-16, and 40 (Br. 12-13)                                                       
        11             o Whether the art applied shows means for querying a user as to the                      
        12                needs of the user.                                                                    
        13             o Whether the art applied shows means for characterizing the use of the                  
        14                user based upon the user responses.                                                   
        15             o Whether the art applied shows means for providing software programs                    
        16                that may be beneficial to the user based upon the characterization of                 
        17                the use.                                                                              
        18             o Whether the art applied shows downloading from a storage medium                        
        19                read by the computing device.                                                         







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