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            Appeal 2007-1720                                                                                 
            Application 09/148,832                                                                           
                   information about usage information related to at least a portion of a                    
                   property should be collected, reported, and/or used.  (Ginter, col. 46,                   
                   ll. 5-27).                                                                                
                6. Ginter also discloses the format of a generic logical object structure data               
                   package in Figure 17 (Ginter, col. 134, ll. 15-28), and discloses specific                
                   embodiments of this generic data package as applied to traveling objects                  
                   (Figure 19), content objects (Figure 20), and smart objects (Figure 73).                  
                7. Ginter discloses:                                                                         
                         The content portion of the object is typically divided into                         
                         portions called data blocks 812.  Data blocks 812 may                               
                         contain any sort of electronic information, such as,                                
                         “content,” including computer programs, images, sound,                              
                         VDE administration information, etc.  The size and                                  
                         number of data blocks 812 may be selected by the creator                            
                         of the property.  Data blocks 812 need not all be the same                          
                         size (size may be influenced by content usage, database                             
                         format, operating system, security and/or other                                     
                         considerations).  Security will be enhanced by using at                             
                         least one key block 810 for each data block 812 in the                              
                         object, although this is not required.  Key blocks 810                              
                         may also span portions of a plurality of data blocks 812                            
                         in a consistent or pseudo-random manner.  The spanning                              
                         may provide additional security by applying one or more                             
                         keys to fragmented or seemingly random pieces of                                    
                         content contained in an object 300, database, or other                              
                         information entity.                                                                 
                   (Ginter, col. 135, l. 59 – col. 136, l. 8.)  As such, Ginter discloses a data             
                   package or “object” which contains data relating to the transaction (e.g.,                
                   content material).                                                                        

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