Appeal 2007-0993
Application 10/376,198
Appellants' invention relates to a system and method for customizing
media, such as songs, stories, and poems. Claim 1 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A system that facilitates customizing media, comprising the following
computer executable components:
a component that provides for a user to search for and select media to
be customized;
a customization component that receives data relating to modifying
the selected media and generates a customized version of the media
incorporating the received modification data, the customization component
receives the modification data via populated data fields embedded in the
selected media; and
a distribution component that delivers the customized media to the
user.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Catona US 6,288,319 B1 Sep. 11, 2001
Claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 as being unpatentable over Catona.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed July 27, 2006) and to
Appellants' Brief (filed February 21, 2006) and Reply Brief (filed
September 27, 2006) for the respective arguments.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
As a consequence of our review, we will reverse the obviousness
rejection of claims 1 through 3 and 5 through 25.
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