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`INFORMAHON STOFCAGB AND DELIVERY
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`Dear Sir:
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`The applicants hereby submit their Supplemental Information Disclosure Statement
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`CITATIONS
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`August 18, 1998
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`RECEIVED
`SEP 1 3 1999
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Scott B. Allison, Reg. No. 38,370
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`The method ofclaim 1, wherein after the primary server receives
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`The method of claim 1, including [the step of] making one ofthe
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`selection [step] are included in said location signal sent fiom the information server to the
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`wherein the banner is sto d in one or more servers connected to the computer network, and the
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`device is connected to e computer network via an intermediary server, comprising [the steps
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`The method ofclaimincluding [the step ot] having said first
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`topologically on said computer network between the client device and the primary server.-«
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`The method ofclaim 1, wherein said first portion of informafion is a web page,
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`said second portion of information is a banner, and said reference is a link.--
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`In the Office Action, Paper No. 7, dated March 4, "1999, the Patent examiner rejected
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`claims 1-42 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being tmpatentable over the article to Kohda at al. in view
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`of US. Patent No. 5,43 1,47? issued to Firkin at at.
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`The applicants have carefully considered the patent examiner's rejections, the reasons for
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`the rejections, and the prior art cited by the patent examiner. In response, the applicants have
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`deleted claims 2, 13, 26, and 42 and added new claims 43-82.
`In addition, the applicants have
`amended claims 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11,12,111-,15, 16, 13, 19, 22, 23, £1, 27, 29, 30, 34, 36, 37, and
`41 to define more clearly the essence oftheir invention. Please note that the applicants do not
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`desire or intend that any elements of any ofthe pending claims be construed as being in step-
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`plus-function claim element format and none ofthe elements of any ofthe pending claims should
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`be construed as being in such step—p1us~function claim clement format. The applicants have also
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`amended the specification to correct inconsistencies noted by the applicants. No new matter is
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`the applicants’ invention. I In order to-do. so, it is also important to recognize at least four of the
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`fundamental principles of the applicants’ invention.
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`First, applicants’ invention is specifically directed to the serving of banners or other
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`infonnation from a server device to a client device via a computer network and the accurate
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`Applicants‘ disclosure, page 5, line 20 to page 6, line 1; page 11, line 17 to page 12, line 3; page
`13, line 19 to page 14, line 9; page 39, lines 6-17. Inaccurate counting ofbanner displays on the
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`on proxy servers, or other intermediate devices topologically connected between the client device
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`and the server device, which prevent requests or request signals for the banners generated or sent
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`by the client device from reaching the server device. Thus, as a result of such caching or storage
`ofthe banners on the client device, proxy servers, or other intermediate devices, such requests or
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`request signals are blocked or otherwise prevented front reaching the server device. See,
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`Applicants’ disclosure, page 11, line 20 to page 12, line 3; page 12, line 16 to page 13, line 18;
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`page 18, line 8 to page 22, line 1; page 25, line 3 to page 26, line 5. Applicants‘ in