Appeal 2007-1720
Application 09/148,832
FINDINGS OF FACT
The relevant facts include the following:
1. Ginter relates to “systems and techniques for secure transaction
management,” and to “computer-based and other electronic appliance-based
technologies that help to ensure that information is accessed and/or
otherwise used only in authorized ways.” (Ginter, col. 1, ll. 9-14.)
2. Ginter also relates to “systems and methods for protecting rights of various
participants in electronic commerce and other electronic or electronically-
facilitated transactions.” (Ginter, col. 1, ll. 17-20.)
3. Ginter discloses a “virtual distribution environment” (VDE) that secures,
administers, and audits electronic information use (Ginter, col. 2, ll. 19-22).
The VDE allows electronic arrangements to be created involving two or
more parties including means for secure electronic content distribution
(Ginter, col. 8, ll. 20-26).
4. Ginter discloses that the content may include “commercially distributed
electronic information such as reference databases, movies, games, and
advertising” (Ginter, col. 8, ll. 27-32).
5. Ginter discloses that the content creator, distributor, and/or client
administrator can enforce control information for each property, which can
determine, for example: (1) How and/or to whom electronic content can be
provided; (2) How one or more objects and/or properties, or portions of an
object or property, can be directly used; (3) How payment for usage of such
content and/or content portions may or must be handled; and (4) How audit
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