Appeal 2007-1867
Application 09/864,113
1 02. Disassociate means to remove from association2.
2 03. To associate, in the context of shoppers, means to spend time socially;
3 keep company2, 3.
4 04. Thus, the ordinary and usual meaning of the claim limitation
5 “shoppers being otherwise disassociated with each other” is that of
6 shoppers not spending time socially or keeping company.
7 Surfing
8 05. Odigo finds web sites other users are visiting, helps the user locate
9 other users the user wants to chat with at that site and then enables the
10 user to chat with the other users. (Surfing 2:Address: www.odigo.com.)
11 Odigo.com Web Pages
12 06. With its people-finding "radar", Odigo shows who's surfing on the
13 same site as the user - or on any other website - at a moment. All the
14 users have to do is click on any person icon, open a message window,
15 and start chatting. (Odigo Web Pages 8: Second ¶ under The best way to
16 meet people while surfing.)
17 07. Odigo members of all ages and with specific interests can be found in
18 any geographical location a user wants. Use Odigo's search engine to
19 find exactly the person you want to meet; put together a group with a
20 common interest. (Odigo Web Pages 9: First ¶ under Find people using
21 Odigo’s search engine.)
2 American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed. 2000).
3 The Appellants supply a definition from Merriam Webster which is essentially
the same (Br. 7, second definition).
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