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                Appeal 2007-0967                                                                             
                Application 10/367,001                                                                       
                      As best representative of the disclosed and claimed invention,                         
                independent claim 29 is reproduced below:                                                    
                      29.  A method for retrieving information, comprising;                                  
                      sending a request identifying a first site, a second site and a type of                
                location of interest;                                                                        
                      generating a geometric shape that defines an area, the geometric shape                 
                being generated based on a first distance value representing the distance                    
                between the first and second sites, and a second distance value determined                   
                based on the first distance value; and                                                       
                      receiving information associated with the first and second sites and                   
                selected based on the type of location of interest and selected using the                    
                geometric shape.                                                                             

                      The following references are relied on by the Examiner:                                

                Bellesfield US 6,282,489 B1    Aug. 28, 2001                                                 
                                                             (Filed May 28, 1993)                            
                Bouve  US 5,682,525    Oct. 28, 1997                                                         
                                                              (Filed January 11, 1995)                       

                      All claims on appeal, claim 29, 30, 38, and 39, stand rejected under                   
                35 U.S.C. § 103.  As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner relies upon                       
                Bellesfield in view of Bouve.                                                                
                      Rather than repeat the positions of the Appellant and the Examiner,                    
                reference is made to the Brief and Reply Brief for Appellant’s positions, and                
                to the Answer for the Examiner’s positions.                                                  
                                                OPINION                                                      
                      We affirm.                                                                             


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