Appeal 2007-2533
Application 09/972,434
1 The Appellants invented a user interface for conducting contractual activity
2 over a computer network and for carrying out contractual activities between
3 contracting parties (Specification 1:5-9). The invention does this by automating
4 the contract negotiation and preparation cycle, and electronically facilitating
5 subsequent contractual activities executed pursuant to the contract. The invention
6 generates a contract between a seller and a buyer in the form of a Business Rules
7 Book (BRB) maintained by an administering organization, for example the seller,
8 containing a set of rules which may be included in the contract. The seller selects a
9 Terms and Conditions Set, and the seller and the buyer settle the provisions of the
10 contract by agreeing to a mutually acceptable Terms and Conditions Set
11 (Specification 6:5-14).
12 An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
13 claim 1, which is reproduced below [bracketed matter and some paragraphing
14 added].
15 1. A system for conducting a business activity between at least one
16 user and a seller or buyer over a computer network, comprising
17 a computer for
18 [1] storing information received from the user, and
19 [2] generating a user interface specific to the user,
20 containing a subset of information from the seller or
21 buyer selected based on the user information,
22 [3] wherein the user interface displays to the user
23 selected information from the seller or buyer
24 [4] based on information and processing rules contained
25 in an electronic file defining a relationship between the
26 user and the seller or buyer, and
27 [5] in response to a request for information from the user
28 the user interface is communicated to the user.
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