Ex Parte Simpson - Page 2

                  Appeal 2007-1602                                                                                         
                  Application 09/940,596                                                                                   
                                                         The Invention                                                     
                         Appellant invented a method and system for launching a browser or                                 
                  other service upon the occurrence of a predetermined event.  Particularly,                               
                  upon determining that a device has reached a predetermined status, a                                     
                  command is sent to a client resident service to launch the browser or service                            
                  to a particular network location indicating the status of the device.                                    
                  (Specification 4).                                                                                       
                         An understanding of the invention can be derived from exemplary                                   
                  independent claim 1, which reads as follows:                                                             
                  1. A method for launching a browser or other service, comprising the                                     
                  steps of:                                                                                                
                         determining if a predetermined event related to activity of a web or                              
                  network service has occurred; and                                                                        
                       sending a command to a system to launch the browser or service to a                                 
                  particular network location if the predetermined event is to have occurred.                              
                         In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relies upon the                                   
                  following prior art:                                                                                     
                  Tuchitoi  US 6,906,813 B1  Jun. 14, 2005                                                                 

                         The Examiner rejects the claims on appeal as follows:                                             

                  A.   Claims 1 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being                                
                  anticipated by Tuchitoi.                                                                                 







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