Ex Parte Rocha et al - Page 11

                Appeal 2007-1992                                                                               
                Application 09/318,447                                                                         

                representative of the claims being rejected, Hartman patent claim 13 appears                   
                to be the claim whose subject matter most closely matches the subject matter                   
                of claim 108 on appeal. The table below compares the two claims, the                           
                shaded portions in the table representing the subject matter they have in                      
                common.                                                                                        

                108. A method in a client system for    11. A method for ordering an item                      
                ordering an item, the method            using a client system, the method                      
                comprising:                             comprising:                                            
                receiving from a server system a                                                               
                client identifier of the client system; displaying information identifying                     
                persistently storing the client         the item and displaying an indication                  
                identifier at the client system;        of a single action that is to be                       
                when an item is to be ordered,          performed to order the identified                      
                displaying information identifying      item; and                                              
                the item and displaying an indication                                                          
                of a single action that is to be        in response to only the indicated                      
                performed to order the identified       single action being performed,                         
                item; and                               sending to a server system a request                   
                in response to the single action        to order the identified item                           
                being performed,                                                                               
                sending to the server system a          whereby the item is ordered                            
                request to order the identified item    independently of a shopping cart                       
                along with the client identifier, the   model and the order is fulfilled to                    
                client identifier identifying account   complete a purchase of the item.                       
                information previously supplied by a                                                           
                user of the client system wherein the   12. The method of claim 11 wherein                     
                user does not need to log in to the     the server system uses an identifier                   
                server system when ordering the         sent along with the request to                         
                item; and                               identify additional information                        
                when account information is to be       needed to generate an order for the                    
                changed,                                item.                                                  
                coordinating the log in of the user                                                            
                to the server system;                   13. The method of claim 12 wherein                     
                receiving updated account               the identifier identifies the client                   
                information; and                        system and the server system                           

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