Appeal 2007-1867
Application 09/864,113
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2 The Appellants invented a way to automatically alert online shoppers to other
3 concurrently online shoppers, find other concurrently online shoppers, and let them
4 communicate together (Specification 3: 5-8).
5 An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
6 claim 1, which is reproduced below [bracketed matter and some paragraphing
7 added].
8 1. A method for providing enhanced online shopping experiences to
9 online shoppers for automatic association of two or more online
10 shoppers, said method comprising the steps of:
11 [1] searching a list of concurrently online shoppers according to a set
12 of search criteria,
13 [a] said shoppers each contemporarily being a user of a
14 common virtual shopping resource,
15 [b] said shoppers being otherwise disassociated with each
16 other;
17 [2] notifying a first online shopper that at least one other concurrently
18 online shopper meets said search criteria, and
19 [3] automatically associating said first online shopper with said one or
20 more concurrently online shoppers meeting said criteria. (emphasis
21 not in original.)
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23 This appeal arises from the Examiner’s Non-Final Rejection, mailed June 21,
24 2006. The Appellants filed an Appeal Brief in support of the appeal on September
25 15, 2006, and an Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief was mailed on November
26 20, 2006. A Reply Brief was filed on January 18, 2007.
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