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`Form PT0-1449 (Modified)
`List of Patents and Publications For
`Information Disclosure Statement
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`Serial No.:
`First Inventor:
`Filed:
`Art Unit:
`Examiner:
`Conf. No.:
`OTHER ART
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`14/719009
`Ross, D. Delano, Jr.
`05/21/2015
`3625 (in parent)
`Garg, Y.C. (in parent)
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`Author Title Date Pertinent Pages Etc.
`Claim Charts from Defendants' Amended Invalidity Contentions; Civil Action
`No. 2-06CV-42 (DF), comparing claims of Ross et al. U.S. Patent 6,629,135 to
`various references; February 6, 2012.
`Claim Charts from Defendants' Amended Invalidity Contentions; Civil Action
`No. 2-06CV-42 (DF), comparing claims of Ross et al. U.S. Patent 6,993,572 to
`various references; February 6, 2012.
`Claim Charts from Defendants' Amended Invalidity Contentions; Civil Action
`No. 2-06CV-42 (DF), comparing claims of Ross et al. U.S. Patent 7,818,399 to
`various references; February 6, 2012.
`Edwards, et al.; "Making Money In Cyberspace"; September 1998.
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`Archived web pages at www.wilsonweb.com; February 7, 1998.
`Archived web page at www.wilsonweb.com; June 26, 1998.
`Wilson, Ralph; "Review of ShopSite Manager 3.1"; Web Commerce Today; Issue
`2; September 15, 1997.
`Screen images from www.wilsonweb.com, showing "Review of ShopSite
`Manager 3.1"; from Web Commerce Today; Issue 2; September 15, 1997.
`Wilson, Ralph; "How Via Web and ShopSite Pro Incorporate Affiliate Program
`Software; Web Commerce Today; Issue 8, March 15, 1998 (as posted on
`www.wilsonweb.com)
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`Archived web page at astrology.net; October 29, 1996.
`Archived web pages at www.viamall.com; March 29, 1997.
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`Archived web page at www.austads.com; May 20, 1998.
`"The CDnow Story", pages 172-176, referring to history in November 1994, March
`1997, and "early in 1998."
`Screen image from Barry's Temple of Godzilla: www.godzillatemple.com,
`showing CDnow.com; September 24, 1998.
`Screen image from rollingstone.com, showing links to CDnow, September 24,
`1998.
`Halper, Mark; Archived web page at www.businessweek.com, dated June 15,
`1997, showing "Cyberstorefronts for Rookies"; October 12, 2008.
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`Archived web page at www.fredericks.com; July 21, 1997.
`Pages from Publishers Weekly, U.S. Copyright Office, and Phoenix Public
`Library, showing publication of Edwards' "Making Money in Cyberspace";
`August 10, 1998.
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`Archived web page at www.fredericks.com; April18, 1997.
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`ALL REFERENCES CONSIDERED EXCEPT WHERE LINED THROUGH.
`Date Considered: 11/09/2016
`Examiner:
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`EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw
`line through citation if not in conformance and not considered.
`Include copy of this form with next
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`Comparison of the U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135 and the DBC Prior Art
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`Comparison of the U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135 and the DBC Prior Art
`
`Claim
`No.
`
`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
`
`Relevant Disclosure in DBC Prior Art
`
`easy and reliable way to supplement a company’s existing website with an excellent
`source of the financial and market news.” DBC Co-Branded Sites.
`[DFNDT0002074-5]
`
`“DBC co-brands these pages by using the logo, background and navigation bars of
`the company’s web site, creating a . . . . [Brand Label Quote site] that retains the look
`and feel of the original site design.” Contribution Agreement between CBS Inc.,
`DBC and Marketwatch.com, LLC at 43, October 29, 1997 (hereinafter “Contribution
`Agreement”). [DFNDT0001546-81]
`
`“. . . DBC designs a customized company Web site quote page that enables another
`company’s Web site visitors to ‘seamlessly access’ DBC’s quote server even though
`it appears they are still on the original company’s site.” Data Broadcasting Real-
`Time Stock Market Quote Service Begins, Business Wire, April 26, 1996 (hereinafter
`“Data Broadcasting Press Release”). [DFNDT0001544-5]
`
`“DBC has offered other companies a special link to its quote server through a
`customized ‘brand-label’ quote service. DBC designs a quote page for the client’s
`company’s Web site and users actually access DBC’s quote server, even though it
`appears they are still on the original company’s site.” $29.95 a Month Press Release.
`
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`Claim
`No.
`
`8(c)
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`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
`
`Relevant Disclosure in DBC Prior Art
`
`Comparison of the U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135 and the DBC Prior Art
`
`upon receiving an activation of the provided link
`from the visitor computer, serving to the visitor
`computer an e commerce supported page with a
`look and feel corresponding to the captured look
`and feel description of the host website
`associated with the provided link and with
`content based on the commerce object associated
`with the provided link.
`
`the company’s web site, creating a . . . . [Brand Label Quote site] that retains the look
`and feel of the original site design.” Contribution Agreement. [DFNDT0001546-81]
`
`“. . . DBC designs a customized company Web site quote page that enables another
`company’s Web site visitors to ‘seamlessly access’ DBC’s quote server even though
`it appears they are still on the original company’s site.” Data Broadcasting Press
`Release. [DFNDT0001544-5]
`
`“DBC has offered other companies a special link to its quote server through a
`customized ‘brand-label’ quote service. DBC designs a quote page for the client’s
`company’s Web site and users actually access DBC’s quote server, even though it
`appears they are still on the original company’s site.” $29.95 a Month Press Release.
`[DFNDT0001582-3]
`
`“DBC Online’s quote retriever can now be put on your Web site – absolutely FREE!
`By adding just a few lines of HTML code, you can have data from America’s leading
`provider of market information directly on your own web page. The customizability
`of the quote page allows you to place the title of your Web site at the top of the
`results screen. And your site will always be backlinked at the bottom of the results
`screen, so that anyone who uses your ‘Personal Quote’ box will feel as though they
`were still on your Web site!” DBC Online website. [DFNDT0001584-9]
`
`“DBC co-brands these pages by using the logo, background and navigation bars of
`the company’s web site, creating a . . . . [Brand Label Quote site] that retains the look
`and feel of the original site design.” Contribution Agreement. [DFNDT0001546-81]
`
`“. . . DBC designs a customized company Web site quote page that enables another
`company’s Web site visitors to ‘seamlessly access’ DBC’s quote server even though
`it appears they are still on the original company’s site.” Data Broadcasting Press
`Release. [DFNDT0001544-5]
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`Claim
`No.
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`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
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`Relevant Disclosure in DBC Prior Art
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`[DFNDT0001582-3]
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`8(b)
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`providing the host website with a link for
`inclusion within a page on the host website for
`serving to a visitor computer, wherein the
`provided link correlates the host website with a
`selected commerce object; and
`
`“DBC Online’s quote retriever can now be put on your Web site – absolutely FREE!
`By adding just a few lines of HTML code, you can have data from America’s leading
`provider of market information directly on your own web page. The customizability
`of the quote page allows you to place the title of your Web site at the top of the
`results screen. And your site will always be backlinked at the bottom of the results
`screen, so that anyone who uses your ‘Personal Quote’ box will feel as though they
`were still on your Web site!” DBC Online: Person Quote Link,
`http://web.archive.org/web/19961115110927/www3.dbc.com/cgi-
`bin/htx.exe/core/dbc/pql... (November 15, 1996 version of www3.dbc.com/cgi-
`bin/htx.exe/core/dbc/pql... as archived by the Internet Archive. (see note 2))
`(hereinafter, “DBC Online website”).4 [DFNDT0001584-9]
`
`The selected commerce object is, for example, stock quotes from New York Stock
`Exchange.
`
`“DBC has offered other companies a special link to its quote server through a
`customized ‘brand-label’ quote service. DBC designs a quote page for the client’s
`company’s Web site and users actually access DBC’s quote server, even though it
`appears they are still on the original company’s site.” $29.95 a Month Press Release.
`[DFNDT0001582-3]
`
`“DBC Online’s quote retriever can now be put on your Web site – absolutely FREE!
`By adding just a few lines of HTML code, you can have data from America’s leading
`provider of market information directly on your own web page. The customizability
`of the quote page allows you to place the title of your Web site at the top of the
`results screen. And your site will always be backlinked at the bottom of the results
`screen, so that anyone who uses your ‘Personal Quote’ box will feel as though they
`were still on your Web site!” DBC Online website. [DFNDT0001584-9]
`
`“DBC co-brands these pages by using the logo, background and navigation bars of
`
`4 Also see DBC Online: Person Quote Link, http://web.archive.org/web/19970705042614/www.dbc.com/cgi-bin/htx.exe/core/dbc/pql.h... (August 5,
`1997 version of www.dbc.com/cgi-bin/htx.exe/core/dbc/pql.h... as archived by the Internet Archive. (see note 2)). [DFNDT0001584-9]
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`Comparison of the U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135 and U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 “Method and system for tracking the purchase of a product and
`services over the Internet ”1
`
`Based upon the Court’s claim construction order [DI 309], the claim interpretations Plaintiff appears to be asserting and the alleged applications of
`those interpretations to one or more products of Defendants’ products in Plaintiff’s Amended Infringement Contentions served January 23, 2012,
`U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 anticipates and/or renders obvious, alone or in combination with other prior art identified in Defendants’ Amended
`Invalidity Contentions, the asserted claims as described in part below.
`
`
`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
`
`Relevant Disclosure in U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 (“the ’504 patent”)
`
`Claim
`No.
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`8
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`An e commerce outsourcing process providing a
`host website in communication with a visitor
`computer with context sensitive, transparent e
`commerce support pages, comprising the steps
`of:
`
`The ’504 patent discloses an e-commerce outsourcing process wherein a host website
`(“virtual outlet Web site,” Col. 5:25) in communication with a visitor computer
`(“customer computer,” Col. 5:37-38) is provided with context sensitive, transparent e-
`commerce support pages (“merchant Web page,” Col. 5:50) to facilitate purchases
`from customers:
`• A “method... where [a] merchant, virtual outlet owner, and customer each have
`a computer connected through a network and where [a] purchase is conducted
`as a transaction over the network.” Col. 4:5-7 (Summary of the invention).
`
`• “To purchase a product, a customer would first view a Web page provided by a
`VO... If a customer wishes to find more information about a product (e.g., cost
`or size information) or to purchase the product, the customer simply selects the
`image of the product displayed. When the image is selected, the customer
`computer then requests access to the merchant Web page identified by the
`associated URL. A merchant computer provides the merchant Web page to the
`customer computer.” Col. 5:40-53.
`
`The merchant computer dynamically creates a Web page with “a layout similar to that
`of the Web page for the [VO].” Col. 7:54-60.
`The ’504 patent discloses capturing a look and feel description associated with a host
`website (VO). The look and feel description is provided by the virtual outlet to the
`merchant.
`• “The Web page of FIG. 6 inputs information concerning the appearance that
`the VO expects for a merchant order Web page that will be displayed when a
`customer hot links through the VO to the merchant site. This information
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`8(a)
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`capturing a look and feel description associated
`with a host website;
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`1 Unless noted, all citations in this chart are to U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 “Method and system for tracking the purchase of a product and services
`over the Internet” by Arnold, Bennett, et al. (filed Aug. 28, 1996, issued Jan. 18, 2000). [DFNDT0000077-0000114]
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`services over the Internet ”
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`Comparison of the U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135 and U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 “Method and system for tracking the purchase of a product and
`services over the Internet ”
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`Claim
`No.
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`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
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`Relevant Disclosure in U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 (“the ’504 patent”)
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`
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`Claim
`No.
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`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
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`Relevant Disclosure in U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 (“the ’504 patent”)
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`includes a URL for a graphics file that contains the VO’s logo, the desired
`background color, and other such information.” Col. 9:14-20.
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`• “The example confirmation Web page repeats certain of the supplied sign-up
`information and displays the appearance requested by the representative for the
`merchant order Web page, including colors and fonts.” Col. 9:46-50.
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`• “[The Merchant Sign-up Component] prepares a confirmation Web page in the
`style specified by the VO for order processing Web pages, including specified
`logos, graphics, colors, and text fonts[.]” Col. 12:59-65.
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`• “[Software routines] support processes by which the VO changes the
`appearance of order Web pages displayed by the merchant to customers.”
`Col. 13:67-14:2.
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`• “FIG. 16 lists example information returned by the VO to the merchant during
`the sign-up process.” Col. 12:55-56.
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`The information in Figure 16 includes: URL of logos to display on order pages; URL
`for graphics for background; colors for various parts of screen; fonts for text; other
`characteristics for HTML display; etc.
`
`The ’504 patent also discloses capturing a look and feel description using the Screen
`Customization option Provided in the Virtual Outlet Signup Screen:
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`services over the Internet ”
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`Claim
`No.
`
`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
`
`Relevant Disclosure in U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 (“the ’504 patent”)
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`inclusion within a page on the host website for
`serving to a visitor computer, wherein the
`provided link correlates the host website with a
`selected commerce object; and
`
`inclusion within a page on the host website for serving to a visitor computer
`(customer), wherein the provided link correlates the host website with a selected
`commerce object (product):
`
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`8(c)
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`upon receiving an activation of the provided link
`from the visitor computer, serving to the visitor
`computer an e commerce supported page with a
`look and feel corresponding to the captured look
`and feel description of the host website
`associated with the provided link and with
`content based on the commerce object
`associated with the provided link.
`
`“The Catalog_Browser routine allows a VO representative to browse through
`catalog Web pages supplied by the merchant... Items for sale are described and
`listed along with URLs corresponding to the order Web page that the merchant
`will supply to a customer linking through a VO Web page to the merchant site
`in order to purchase the item. The VO may incorporate items into the VO Web
`pages by including the URLs obtained from the merchant’s catalog as hot links
`in the VO Web pages.” Col. 10:41-50.
`
`
`
`The ’504 patent discloses, upon receiving an activation of the provided link from the
`visitor computer (customer selects merchant hotlink on VO Web page), serving to the
`visitor computer (customer computer) an e-commerce supported page (order page)
`with a look and feel corresponding to the captured look and feel description of the host
`website (VO) associated with the provided link and with content based on the
`commerce object (product) associated with the provided link:
`• Where a request to display an order Web page corresponding to an item
`displayed by the VO on a VO Web page “has come to the merchant via a
`hotlink from the VO Web Page” the Merchant Order Processing Component
`“retrieves stored information supplied by the VO that allows the merchant
`computer to construct a description of an order Web page that appears
`similar to a VO Web page and uses the information to construct a description
`of an order Web page and send it to the customer[.] Some information,
`including the VO logo, may be obtained from the VO by accessing VO files
`using stored URLs. Other information may be stored entirely on the merchant
`computer.” Col. 14:15-27 (emphasis added).
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`• Claim 1 (emphasis added):
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`providing the host website with a link for
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`[See ’504 at Figure 6.]
`As described in the “Screen Customization Field: “You may make our scrrns (sic) look
`just like an extension of your own Web site by customizing colors and background
`images!”
`The ’504 patent discloses providing the host website (VO) with a link (URL) for
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`services over the Internet ”
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`Claim
`No.
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`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,629,135
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`o Displaying at the customer computer the virtual outlet Web page;
`o Receiving from the customer at the customer computer a selection of
`the product;
`o Sending from the customer computer to the merchant computer a
`request for the merchant Web page identified by the link associated
`with the selected product, the request including an indication of the
`virtual outlet;
`o Receiving at the merchant computer the request for the merchant Web
`page;
`o Upon receiving the request for the merchant Web page, under
`control of the merchant computer, modifying the merchant Web page
`[...]
`o Sending from the merchant computer the modified merchant Web
`page...
`• Claim 2 (emphasis added):
`o The method of claim 1 wherein the merchant computer maintains a
`database of information describing a desired layout of the merchant
`Web page when the merchant Web page is accessed through the virtual
`outlet Web page and wherein the merchant computer customizes the
`merchant Web page in accordance with the information.
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`• Claim 3:
`o The method of claim 2 wherein the information includes a name and
`logo of the virtual outlet.
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`• Claim 4
`o The method of claim 2 wherein the information includes preferred
`coloring of the merchant Web page.
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`• Claim 5
`o The method of claim 1 wherein the links are universal resource locators.
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`Based upon the Court’s claim construction order [DI 309], the claim interpretations Plaintiff appears to be asserting and the alleged applications of
`those interpretations to one or more products of Defendants’ products in Plaintiff’s Amended Infringement Contentions served January 23, 2012,
`U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 anticipates and/or renders obvious, alone or in combination with other prior art identified in Defendants’ Amended
`Invalidity Contentions, the asserted claims as described in part below.
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`Claim Language of U.S. Patent No. 6,993,572
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`Relevant Disclosure in U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 (“the ’504 patent”)
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`a data store including a look and feel description
`associated with a host web page having a link
`correlated with a commerce object; and
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`An e commerce outsourcing system comprising: The ’504 patent discloses an e-commerce outsourcing system wherein a virtual outlet
`Web site outsources e-commerce requests from a customer computer to a merchant.
`(Summary of the Invention; Col. 5:24 - 6:65).
`The ’504 patent discloses a data store (database) including a look and feel description
`associated with a host web page (VO Web page) having a link correlated with a
`commerce object (product):
`• See Col. 7:54 - 8:6.
`• Claim 1 (emphasis added):
`o […]
`o Sending from the customer computer to the merchant computer a
`request for the merchant Web page identified by the link associated
`with the selected product, the request including an indication of the
`virtual outlet;
`o Receiving at the merchant computer the request for the merchant Web
`page;
`o Upon receiving the request for the merchant Web page, under
`control of the merchant computer, modifying the merchant Web page
`[...]
`o Sending from the merchant computer the modified merchant Web
`page...
`• Claim 2 (emphasis added):
`o The method of claim 1 wherein the merchant computer maintains a
`database of information describing a desired layout of the merchant
`Web page when the merchant Web page is accessed through the virtual
`outlet Web page and wherein the merchant computer customizes the
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`1 Unless noted, all citations in this chart are to U.S. Patent No. 6,016,504 “Method and system for tracking the purchase of a product and services
`over the Internet” by Arnold, Bennett, et al. (filed Aug. 28, 1996, issued Jan. 18, 2000). [DFNDT0000077-0000114]
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`including the VO logo, may be obtained from the VO by accessing VO files using
`stored URLs. Other information may be stored entirely on the merchant computer.”
`Col. 14:15-27 (emphasis added).
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`The ’504 patent also discloses capturing a look and feel description using the Screen
`Customization option Provided in the Virtual Outlet Signup Screen:
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`merchant Web page in accordance with the information.
`• Claim 27 (emphasis added). A method in a computer system for establishing a
`relationship between a virtual outlet and a merchant so that the virtual outlet
`can offer to a customer over a network, a product that is for sale by the
`merchant; the virtual outlet, customer, and merchant each having a computer;
`the method comprising:
`o establishing a database of information at the merchant computer, the
`database including an identification of the virtual outlet and
`representative interface aspects to be provided by the merchant
`computer to the customer computer; and
`o supplying from the merchant computer to the virtual outlet
`computer a link that identifies a merchant resource associated with
`the merchant computer and that uniquely identifies the virtual outlet;
`wherein the virtual outlet computer supplies the link to the customer
`computer, when the customer computer uses the link to access the
`merchant resource, the merchant computer provides the merchant
`resource to the customer computer in a manner customized to the virtual
`outlet, such manner being based on the database of information and
`identifying the virtual outlet that provided the link to the customer
`computer.
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`• "FIG. 16 lists example information returned by the VO to the merchant during
`the sign-up process.” Col. 12:55-56. The information in Figure 16 includes:
`URL of logos to display on order pages; URL for graphics for background;
`colors for various parts of screen; fonts for text; other characteristics for HTML
`display; etc.
`• "In step 1509, sign-up_Request permanently stores the sign-up information on
`the merchant computer and flags the stored information for review by a
`representative of the merchant computer.” Col. 13:2-5 (emphasis added).
`The Merchant Order Processing Component "retrieves stored information supplied
`by the VO that allows the merchant computer to construct a description of an order
`Web page that appears similar to a VO Web page and uses the information to construct
`a description of an order Web page and send it to the customer[.] Some information,
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`[See ’504 at Figure 6.]
`As described in the “Screen Customization Field: “You may make our scrrns (sic) look
`just like an extension of your own Web site by customizing colors and background
`images!”
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`a computer processor coupled to the data store
`and in communication through the Internet with
`the host web page and programmed, upon
`receiving an indication that the link has been
`activated by a visitor computer in Internet
`communication with the host web page, to serve
`a composite web page to the visitor computer
`with a look and feel based on the look and feel
`description in the data store and with content
`based on the commerce object associated with
`the link.
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`The ’504 patent discloses a computer processor (Merchant computer) coupled to the
`data store (Database) and in communication through the Internet with the host web
`page (Virtual Outlet) and programmed, upon receiving an indication that the link has
`been activated by a visitor computer (Customer computer) in Internet communication
`with the host web page, to serve a composite web page to the visitor computer with a
`look and feel based on the look and feel description in the data store and with content
`based on the commerce object (Product) associated with the link:
`• See Col. 7:41 - 8:6.
`• “The virtual outlet component of the VO provides Web pages to customers that
`comprise a collection of text or images that describe or represent various
`products or services that the customer can purchase. Those text descriptions or
`images that represent items to be ordered from a merchant are associated on the
`VO Web page with hot links that allow a customer to directly access a
`merchant's order Web page.” Col. 8:9-15.
`• Claim 1 (emphasis added). A method for tracking a purchase of a product
`supplied by merchant; the purchase being made by a customer through a virtual
`outlet; the merchant, virtual outlet, and customer each having a computer
`connected through the Internet; the method comprising:
`o receiving at the virtual outlet computer from the customer computer a
`request for a virtual outlet Web page, the virtual outlet Web page
`having an indication of the product and a link associated with the
`product, the link identifying a merchant Web page of the merchant
`computer, identifying the virtual outlet, and identifying a virtual outlet
`return Web page;
`o sending from the virtual outlet computer to the customer computer the
`virtual outlet Web page;
`o displaying at the customer computer the virtual outlet Web page
`o receiving from the customer at the customer computer a selection of the
`product;
`o sending from the customer computer to the merchant computer a
`request for the merchant Web page identified by the link associated
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`with the selected product, the request including an indication of the
`virtual outlet;
`o receiving at the merchant computer the request for the merchant Web
`page; o upon rece