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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`11/538,989
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`Examiner
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`Status
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`1)IZ Responsive to communication(s) filed on 02 August 2012.
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`2b)IZ This action is non-final.
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`Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`5)|Z Claim(s) 28 30-36 38 39 41 46-55 83-89 91 92 94 104-116is/are pending in the application.
`5a) Of the above claim(s) _ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)IZ Claim(s) 83-89 9192 94 104-114 and 116 is/are allowed.
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`8 IX Claim(s) 28 30-36 38 39 41 46-53 and 115is/are objected to.
`9)I:I Claim(s)
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`Application/Control Number: 11/538,989
`Art Unit: 2653
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set
`forth in section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and
`the prior art are such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the
`invention was made to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains.
`Patentability shall not be negatived by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`1.
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`Claims 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41, 51-53 and 115 are rejected under 35
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`U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Woodhill US 6,934,858 in view of Han US
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`8,024,567 and further in view of Starrs US 7,389,913.
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`1.1
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`Regarding claim 28, Woodhill teaches:
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`providing a registration form to a registrant (visitor) on-line through a web-site
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`(column 8, lines 5-36; column 9, lines 6-20);
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`prompting the registrant to complete, at least partially, the registration form on
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`the web-site, including to provide at least one registrant electronic contact, and a name
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`or an address (figure 5; column 8, lines 13-36; column 9, lines 6-20);
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`verifying the registrant by:
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`establishing a connection with the registrant via the at least one registrant
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`contact (column 8, lines 17-22, 31-45; column 9, lines 21-32);
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`communicating a verification code to the registrant through the registration
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`form via the web-site (column 8, lines 17-22, 31-45; column 9, lines 21-27); and
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`prompting the registrant to input the verification code into a telephone
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`(column 8, lines 45-54; column 9, lines 21-27).
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`Woodhill teaches that the registrant receives the verification code from the web-
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`site and inputs the verification code into the established telephone connection for
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`verification. Woodhill does not specifically teach verifying the verification code in
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`reverse order, i.e. receiving the verification code from the telephone, and inputting the
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`verification code into the registration form.
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`However, Han discloses a user verification system, in that a user provide his
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`telephone number to a website via a web page, and receive a confirmation code on his
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`telephone, the confirmation code is then inputted in the web page to the website for
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`confirmation (figure 1C; column 2, lines 48-63).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to modify the Woodhill reference with the teaching of Han,
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`so that instead of receiving the verification code from a web page and inputting the
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`verification code into a telephone for verification, the verification code would have been
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`received via the established telephone connection and inputted into the registration form
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`(web page) for verification as taught by Han by substitute prior art elements to achieve
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`predictable results.
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`The modified Woodhill reference teaches registering a registrant (visitor) with a
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`name and an address (figure 5), but does not teach comparing the registration
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`information provided by the registrant with personal identification information, including
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`the name or address, from a database.
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`However, Starrs teaches a new customer registering on a merchant’s web site,
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`including entering a name, an address and a telephone number (figure 8), and the new
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`customer's information is verified with a private or public database (column 9, lines 3-
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`14).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to further modify the Woodhill reference with the teaching
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`of Starrs, so that the registrant’s information, including a name or an address, would
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`have been compared with information retrieved from an institutional database for
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`verification, by combining known prior art element by known methods to yield
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`predictable results.
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`1.2
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`Regarding claims 32-33, Woodhill teaches placing a call to a registrant telephone
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`number as stated in claim 28.
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`1.3
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`Regarding claims 35, 36, 38 and 115, the modified Woodhill reference teaches
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`sending a SMS which is a text message (see Han reference).
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`1.4
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`Regarding claim 39, Woodhill teaches sending a voice message to a user
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`telephone (column 8, lines 45-48).
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`1.5
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`Regarding claim 41, the modified Woodhill reference teaches prompting the
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`registrant to input a telephone number for receiving the verification code (Woodhill:
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`figure 2A, step 106; Han: column 5, lines 17-28).
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`1.6
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`Regarding claim 51, examiner takes an official notice that it was well known in
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`the art to detect whether a call is answered by a live person or by an answering
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`machine, and if answered by an answering machine, delaying the output of a message
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`until the answering machine is ready for recording (see Ladd, US 6,097,791, column 5,
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`lines 12-17).
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`1.7
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`Regarding claim 52, Woodhill teaches sending a confirmation code (information)
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`via telephone connection as stated in claim 28.
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`1.8
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`Regarding claim 53, examiner takes an official notice that it was well known in
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`the art that if a telephone number was an extension of a PBX, a live operator would
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`answer the call intended to the extension number (see Verdonk US 6,256,512, column
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`1, lines 21-28).
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`2.
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`Claims 30, 31, 34 and 46-50 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being
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`unpatentable over Woodhill US 6,934,858 in view of Han US 8,024,567 and further in
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`view of Starrs US 7,389,913 and further in view of Putta et al. US 2001/0032192.
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`2.1
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`Regarding claim 30, the modified Woodhill reference does not teach establishing
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`notification events for which the registrant is to be notified.
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`However, Putta teaches establishing notification events for which a customer is
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`to be notified [0123].
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to further modify the Woodhill reference with the teaching
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`of Putta, so that the registrant would have established notification events, by combining
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`known prior art element by known methods to yield predictable results.
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`2.2
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`Regarding claim 31, the modified Woodhill reference teaches notifying the
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`registrant of an event (see Putta).
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`2.3
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`Regarding claim 34, the modified Woodhill reference teaches notifying the
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`registrant by phone (see Putta).
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`2.4
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`Regarding claim 46, examiner takes an official notice that it was well known in
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`the art to notify a user of news associated with his account (see Kjelberg et al. US
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`7,233,790, column 7, lines 23-30).
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`2.5
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`Regarding claims 47 and 48, the modified Woodhill reference teaches notifying
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`the registrant of unauthorized access to his financial account (Putta).
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`2.6
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`Regarding claim 49, Woodhill teaches verifying the registrant before permitting
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`the registrant to access his account as stated in claim 1 (Woodhill: column 8, lines 47-
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`65).
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`2.7
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`Regarding claim 50, the modified Woodhill reference teaches notifying the
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`registrant of a notification event as stated in claim 30, and examiner takes an official
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`notice that the notification is a service provided by a service provider, and the service
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`provider obviously would have charged the registrant for its (additional notificaiotn)
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`service.
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`Claims 83-89, 91, 92,94, 104-114 and 116 are allowed.
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`4.
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`Claims 54 and 55 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base
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`claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the
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`limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments have been considered but are moot in view of the new
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`ground(s) of rejection.
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communication from the
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`The examiner can normally be reached on Monday - Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM.
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`Regarding claim 1, Woodhill teaches:
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`providing a registration form to a registrant (visitor) on-line through a web-site
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`prompting the registrant to complete, at least partially, the registration form on
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`the web-site, including to provide at least one registrant electronic contact (column 8,
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`lines 13-36; column 9, lines 6-20);
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`verifying the registrant, including establishing a connection with the registrant via
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`the at least one registrant contact (column 8, lines 17-22, 31-45; column 9, lines 21-32);
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`communicating a verification code to the registrant through the registration form
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`via the web-site (column 8, lines 17-22, 31-45; column 9, lines 21-27); and
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`prompting the registrant to input the verification code into a telephone (column 8,
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`lines 45-54; column 9, lines 21 -27).
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`Woodhill teaches receiving the verification code from the web-site and inputting
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`the verification code into the telephone for verification. Woodhill does not specifically
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`teach receiving the verification code from the telephone, and inputting the verification
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`code into the registration form.
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`However, Han discloses a user verification system, in that a user provide his
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`telephone number to a website via a web page, and receive a confirmation code on his
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`telephone, the confirmation code is then inputted in the web page to the website for
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`confirmation (figure 1C; column 2, lines 48-63).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`time the invention was made to modify the Woodhill reference with the teaching of Han,
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`so that instead of receiving the verification code from a web page and inputting the
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`verification code into a telephone for verification, the verification code would have been
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`received via a telephone connection and inputted into a web page for verification as
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`taught by Han by substitute prior art elements to achieve predictable results.
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`The modified Woodhill reference teaches registering a registrant (visitor) for e-
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`commerce (column 4, lines 47-65), but does not teach notifying the registrant of the
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`occurrence of a previously established notification event by establishing a connection
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`with the registrant via the at least one registrant contact.
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`However, Putta teaches notifying a user of e—commerce of a notification event,
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`such as any violations on the user account by telephone (paragraph [O123]).
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