Appeal 2007-2215
Application 09/918,287
1 [O]ne method for locating the customer in the stands is through the
2 use of the customer’s ticket which would include a seating location.
3 This information can be included in an identification code associated
4 with the customer and be provided to imaging system or controller 15.
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6 In the context of the Applicants’ Specification, “seating location” must be a
7 location at which there is a reasonable expectation to find the customer at most
8 times during the entertainment event if the customer is in attendance at the event.
9 Also, that seating location is associated with the customer and not shared with
10 other customers at the event.
11 The photo-opportunity locations in Weston do not qualify as a seating
12 location for any customer at the theme park because there can be no reasonable
13 expectation of finding the customer at that “seating location” at most or any
14 particular time during the entertainment event, i.e., the entire time when the park is
15 open to patronage, and also because any other customer in the park is free to
16 occupy that “seating location” at some time during the entertainment event. An
17 image taken at what the Examiner regards as a customer’s “seating location”
18 during different times of the entertainment event would likely yield an image of
19 different customers.
20 Accordingly, Weston does not disclose these steps recited in claim 1:
21 (a) recording an imaging service selected by the customer and
22 assigning an identification code to the customer selection, said
23 identification code including at least information on the selected
24 imaging service and information inputted by the customer on a
25 seating location of the customer at the entertainment event, and
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27 (b) supplying images to the customer based on the selected
28 imaging service, said images including images of participants in the
29 entertainment event and images of at least the customer at said
30 seating location while viewing the entertainment event. (Emphasis
31 added.)
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