Appeal 2007-3518
Application 10/995,295
recording medium storing the predetermined contents and the contents
identifier and prepared and stored the contents identifier in the Cookie file
prior to transmission.” Thus, the scope of claim 7 includes a stored cookie
that contains a contents identifier read from a storage medium that contains
both content and a contents identifier.
While we concur with the Examiner that use of cookies is well known
we do not concur with the Examiner that one of skill in the art would modify
Meyer such that a cookie file to contain an contents identifier read from a
storage medium that contains both content and a contents identifier.
Initially, we note that there is no dispute as to the scope of the term
“cookie,” and it is accepted that the cookies taught by Montulli are of the
same file type as claimed. We consider the term cookie to be as described in
Montulli, a file that transfers the state information and information
describing the range of URLs for which information should be repeated
back. (Fact 9). Further, while we find that many types of data may be
included in the cookie we find that this data is all related to the state of the
communication between client and server processor. (Facts 7-8).
As discussed above with respect to claim 1, we find that Meyer does
teach storing the contents identifier. However, as discussed above, this
storage is using the broad meaning of the term, and we rely upon Meyer’s
inherent storage of data in a register or Meyer’s teaching of downloading a
media file, which contains the identifier to meet the storing limitation of
claim 1. However, we do not find that either of these storing steps involves
a cookie (a file that transfers the state information and information
describing the range of URLs for which information should be repeated
back). Further, we do not find that the contents identifier relates information
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