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`For: SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND
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`Claims 13-23 are pending.
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`Claims 1-15 were rejected under 35 U._S.C. §102(b) as allegedly being
`anticipated by any one of Cluts, U.S. Patent No. 5,616,876, Looney er al.. U.s. Patent ‘No.
`5,969,283, or Yatflalltfl et al-.. US-. Patem.No. 5,918,303.
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`Reconsideraition of the rejection of claims 13-15 in view of the following
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`anticipated by any of Cluts. U.S. Patent No. 5,616,876, Looney et al., U.S. Patent No.
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`5,969,283, or Yamaura et al., U.S. Patent No. 5,918,303. Applicants respectfully
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`"ndethod for providing multiple functions for a Play button in an electronic device” as
`recited in independentclaim 13. According to claim 13, the electronic device has “a first
`playback mode for playing audio files from :1 locnlstorage and a second. playback mode
`for playing audio information from other than the local storage." The method of claim 13
`comprises “determining whether the Play button is operated by a user in a first manner,“
`and ?‘if the Play button is operated in the first manner then perfonning the step of playing
`back an audio file from the local storage else performing the step of playing back audio
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`an electronic device may have first and second playback modes as recited in claim 13, or
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`that a playback mode can be selected by operating a Play button in a first manner or
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`Cluts discloses an “audio on demand" system that “allows a subscriber to
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`listen to songs provided by the system” and to select songs and playlists (Cluts, col. 4,
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`lines 45—49). The system includes a set-top terminal at the user's location, via which data
`is transmitted to and received from a headend system at another location (see Fig. 1;
`col. 5, line 66-col. 6, line l9). The set&top terminaJ."cornmu.nicates with the hcadend
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`system 12 to process the instructions transmitted by the remote control unit" (col. l0, line
`65~col. 11, line 1), As examples, Cluts discloses that the set-top tenninal forwards
`instructions (e.g., a request for prograrru-ning information) to the headend system,
`receives datav(c.g., programming information) inresponse, and displays the receiyed data
`' in the proper format (col. 1 1, lines l-10). Cluts does not teach that the set-top terminal
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`may include local storage of audio files (see Fig. 2, showing only memory storage of
`operating system 68, boot code 72, and application prograrn 68). Consequently, a person
`of ordinary skill in the art would infer that all audio data that is played back comes from
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`the headend, which is a remote source. Therefore, at least the "first playback mode for
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`playing audio files from a local storage" recited in claim 13 is not taught or suggested by .
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`Looney discloses a music organizer and entertainment center that plays
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`back music "frorn an onboard database that can include a large number of songs or titles“
`(Looncy, col. 2, lines l_-4). -A user of the entertaimnent center may load songs into the
`database by transferring the songs from a compact disc or other computer-readable media
`(col. 7, lines 27-44). Playback of songs from the onboard (MyData) database is disclosed
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`(see, e.g., Fig. 9), but playback of audio inforrnation from other sources is not. Therefore.
`. at least the "second playback mode for playing audio information from other than the
`local storage" recited in claim l3 is not taught or suggested by Looney.
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`Yamaura discloses an apparatus for selecting performance setting data. A
`tune table is provided, in which tune names are listed (Yamaura, col. 7, lines 4-6).
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`Associated with each tune name is a keyword providing artist, composer, and genre
`information for theitune (col. 7, lines 13-15) and performance setting data ."constituted of
`a style number, atone color number, a tempo value,'and a harmony number” (col. 7.
`lines '21-23). Yamaura teaches that performance setting data may be selected by selecting
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`a tune name and setting the performance environment using the performance setting data
`corresponding to the selected tune name (col. 5. lines 4-19). The performance setting
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`data apparatus is usefully employed inan electronic musical instrument (col. 5, lines 31-
`33) in which individual tones are generated by a user depressing keys (col. 6, lines 1 1-
`14). The perforrnancesetting data are used to establish properties ofthe generated tones»
`(see col. 6, lines 17-25). Yamaura does not disclose that actual tunes are stored; only the
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`name, the keyword, and general characteristics of the tune ————srylc, tone color, tempo, and
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`harmony —— are stored. Consequently, a person of ordinary slcill in the an would not infer .
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`that tunes are played back from local storage.’ Therefore, at least the “first playback
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`D mode for playing audio files from a localstorage” recited in claim 13 is not taught or
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`suggested by Yamaura.
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`Moreover. because none of the cited references teaches both of the first
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`and second playback modes as recited in claim 13, it follows that none teaches or
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`suggests the recited step of “if the Play button is operated in the first manner then
`-perfonningl thestep ofplaying back an audio file fiom the local storage else performing
`the step of playing back audio information from other than the local storage.“
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`For at least the "foregoing reasons, Applicants respectfully submit that the
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`cited references do not anticipate claim 13. Frlrrther, because claims 14 and 15 depend
`from claim 13, Applicants respectfully submitthal the cited references do not anticipate
`these claims. Withdrawalof the rejection of claims 13-1 5 under 35 U.S.C. §102(b) is .
`therefore respectfully requested.
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`Claims 16-23 have been added to more adequately clairn various features
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`found throughout the specification, for instance, in Figures .1 -3 and accompanying
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`disclosure at p. 3, line 32—p. 6, line 24, and at p. 9, line 26-p. 10, line 15.
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`Further, Applicants respectfully submit that claims 16-23 are patentable
`over the cited references. Claims 16-21 depend from claim 13 and are therefore
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`patcntable for at least the reasons stated above. Independent claim 22 recites a "method
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`for playing a song in an electronic audio device having a user interface including a
`display, a user input control, and a multi-function Play button." The method includes
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`steps of “when one ofthe displayed songs is selected, playing back the selected song
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`from the local storage when the multi-function Play button is operated in a first manner;
`y and when the multi-function Play button is operated in a second manner, playing back
`audioinforrnation from alsource other than the local storage while suspending playback
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`of the selected song." As explained above, the cited references do not teach or suggest a
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`multi-function Play button that provides both playback of audio data from the local
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`‘storage and playback of audio information fiom a source other than the local storage.
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`Therefore, claim 22 is patcntable over the cited references. For at least the same reasons,
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`claim 23, which depends from claim 22, is also patentable over the cited references.-
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`Toriumi does not discloses the breakdown of audio filed into plural categories including
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