Appeal 2007-1361
Application 09/681,573
B. ILLUSTRATIVE CLAIMS
Claims 1 and 5, which further illustrate the invention, follow:
1. A method to electronically publish media to a document
management system comprising the steps of:
accessing an electronic data file;
receiving a publication instruction from a document
creation application to publish the accessed data file;
initializing a publication enabler capable of converting a
data file into at least one publication format in response to the
publication instruction, wherein the publication enabler is
independent of the document creation application used to create
the electronic data file;
selecting a publication format via the publication enabler;
if necessary for publication to the document management
system, converting the accessed data file directly into another
publication format; and
publishing the data file in at least one publication format
to a document management system.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of publishing further
comprises the step of transmitting the data file and a plurality of
document parameters to the document management system,
wherein the data file and plurality of document parameters are
configured to enable the document management system to
automatically assign a coded filename, a storage location, and a
file identifier to the data file.
C. REJECTIONS
Claims 1-11, 13-15, 25, 27, and 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as obvious over Academic Technology Services, Adobe PDF for
Electronic Publishing ("ATS") and U.S. Patent Application Publication
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