Appeal 2007-1720
Application 09/148,832
8. Ginter’s object may also contain permission records (PERCs):
Logical object structure 800 shown in FIG. 17 may also
include one or more PERCs 808. PERCs 808 govern the
use of an object 300, specifying methods or combinations
of methods that must be used to access or otherwise use
the object or its contents. The permission records 808 for
an object may include key block(s) 810, which may store
decryption keys for accessing the content of the
encrypted content stored within the object 300.
(Ginter, col. 135, ll. 51-58.) As such, Ginter discloses a data package or
“object” which contains attribute data (e.g., permission records).
9. The permission records within the objects describe the scope of the data that
may be accessed and therefore the boundary of the data that is accessible.
10. Each of the Ginter’s object types has a format that differs in size and content
from one another. Further, each instance of each of these objects has
variable content that results in its size and contents differing from other
instances of the same object.
11. A different size implies a different boundary. The maximum boundary of
the data is defined by the number of data blocks within the object, which
would be implicit in the identification of the object provided in the header
(Ginter, col. 135, ll. 20-24).
12. Thus, the type of object and the number of blocks are attributes for the
transaction that affect the defined boundary.
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