Appeal 2007-1877
Application 09/887,306
Appellants’ claimed invention relates to the management of document
production over a computer network in which a document production
request is captured and user interfaces are generated for associating selected
services and related options with the production request. The production
request, the selected services, and the related options are merged into a
production plan which is delivered to one or more selected document
production devices. (Specification 2).
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A method for managing electronic document production
over a computer network, the method comprising:
presenting, to a remote computing device, a first user interface with
user accessible controls for selecting services for producing a production
request captured on the remote computing device;
presenting, to the remote computing device, a second user interface
having user accessible controls for selecting one or more, if any, document
production devices identified as being capable of providing services selected
through the first user interface;
merging the selected services and the captured production request into
a production plan; and
delivering the production plan in a device specific format to one or
more selected document production devices selected through the second user
interface.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Van Der Linden US 2001/0013947 A1 Aug. 16, 2001
(filed Dec. 28, 2000)
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