Appeal 2007-1569 Application 10/089,083 ISSUE The issue is whether Appellants have shown that the Examiner erred in rejecting the claims under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). The issue turns on whether the Nakamura reference or the Wiser reference discloses the claimed transmitting steps, and the first and second network. FINDINGS OF FACT Findings with respect to the rejection of claim 1. 1. Appellants have invented a method for reserving and accessing resources in a distribution server (#102, Figure 1) supplying video content (Specification, page 14) to a series of client PCs (#107, Figure 1). The distributing user, at his own PC #106, requests a reservation for a certain time from a Server Reservation Control Center (#101, Figure 1) across a first network, the Internet, and receives back authentication information through the same network. That information is stored on the distributing user’s PC. At the reserved time, the user presents his authorization, and transmits his content) over a second network (#108, Figure 1) from his PC to the streaming distribution server (#102, Figure 1). The distribution server then distributes the content to the ultimate users across the first network. (Brief, pages 2 and 3). 2. The Nakamura reference (See Figure 1) distributes video content from Data Stream Storage #121 to a series of users, 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next
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