Appeal 2007-2110
Application 10/223,408
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellants seek our review under 35 U.S.C. § 134 of the Examiner’s final
rejection of claims 1-19 and 21-26, all the claims currently pending in the
application. We have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) (2002).
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM.
THE INVENTION
Appellants claimed invention is directed to a method and system for
delivering and receiving a purchased article (Specification 1:4-5). Claims 1 and 7,
reproduced below, are representative of the subject matter on appeal.
1. In a system for performing electronic commerce involving an
article over a network and managing a locker for delivery and receipt of the
article, an article delivery method comprising the steps of:
receiving an order for the article over said network and setting and
storing receipt identification information used to open said locker, said
receipt identification information identifying a recipient of said article;
receiving a specification of said locker to which said article is to be
delivered;
outputting delivery request data including article identification
information identifying said article and locker information indicating said
locker;
setting a locking password with a password management module
when said article delivered to said locker is placed in said locker;
outputting said locker identification information and said article
identification information with a delivery information issuance module; and
after the article is delivered to the locker, sensing a physical parameter
of the article to determine whether an article has been delivered and issuing
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