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`11/680,452
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`02/28/2007
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`Chuck Jennings
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`081009-406855 (DIVZ)
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`POLSINELLI PC
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`900 WEST 48TH PLACE
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`BLAIR DOUGLAS B
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`2442
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`Application No.
`11/680,452
`Examiner
`DOUGLAS B BLAIR
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`Applicant(s)
`Jennings et al.
`Art Unit
`2442
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`AIA Status
`No
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`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any earned patent term
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 10/2/2018.
`[:1 A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)D This action is FINAL.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)[:] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expa/te Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`6—35 and 41—132 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`is/are allowed.
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`Claim(s) 6—35 and 41—132 is/are rejected.
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`Application/Control Number: 11/680,452
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`The present application is being examined under the pre-AIA first to invent provisions.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A request for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set forth in 37 CFR
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`1.17(e), was filed in this application after final rejection. Since this application is eligible for continued
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`examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the
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`finality of the previous Office action has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's
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`submission filed on 10/2/2018 has been entered.
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`Response to Amendment
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`The applicant’s amendments have overcome the written description issues presented in the last
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`office action. The applicant’s amends have also created new written description issues presented in the
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`current office action. The applicant is encouraged to read the disclosure before drafting claim
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`amendments and supply the location of the source paragraphs of any such claim amendments in the
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`Remarks accompanying the amendments.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Applicant's arguments filed 10/2/2018 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
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`The applicant argues that the media files associated with each URL in Eyal are not analogous to the
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`segments claimed by the applicant but does not provide any reasoning based on the applicant’s
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`disclosure for reaching this conclusion. The Examiner has carefully studied the applicant’s disclosure
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`and found that it provides media clips in a similar way to Eyal.
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`In particular, the playscript containing
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`URL’s that identify media clips disclosed by the applicant beginning at paragraph 75 are conceptually
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`similar to the playlists of URL’s disclosed by Eyal. The Examiner does not see any technological
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`differences in what is covered by the applicant’s claim. A new reference, Holliman, was used to address
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`the newly amended features.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
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`(a) IN GENERAL—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and
`of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to
`enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to
`make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor orjoint
`inventor of carrying out the invention.
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`The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
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`The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and
`process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person
`skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the
`same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
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`Claims 6-35 and 41-132 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), first
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`paragraph, as failing to comply with the written description requirement. The claim(s) contains subject
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`matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to reasonably convey to one skilled
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`in the relevant art that the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the inventor(s), at the time the
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`application was filed, had possession of the claimed invention.
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`Claims 6 and 79 feature the following amended language:
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`receiving, by a management system via a communication netwerk. and from a communication device= a
`request associated with a user ot the communicatien device te have media content streamed to the
`communication device. tne requested media content cempnsing a piuraiity of media content segments,
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`the Euraiit of media content secments bein
`-ortiens at one rne-ciia centent tiie made availabie bi' a
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`me-ziia owner tor streamin wnerein the media content fiie is associate-Ci with a titie assiened b‘ the media
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`Claims 41 and 93 feature the following amended language:
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`receive. via a eemrmtrtieatier: netwerk and Emir: a eermrauraieatieri device, a request aseeeiatee‘
`with a user et the eemmtmieetien e'eviee te have media centertt etreemed te the eerrzmuraieatiere deviee,
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`the requested media eeritent eerrzerieéng a eiuraiity 0‘? segments the Email? 0? 3e merits eeén'
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`e‘f {me media eerttem file triade avaiiebie b‘ a media ewner tdr etreaménc wherein the rrxedia eentent file
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`ie aeeeeéetee with a title asst: nee h the media ewner;
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`The only reference to title assigned by a media owner is in paragraph 58 of the applicant’s
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`specification. This states that each ”media clip may have a title assigned to it by the media owner”. The
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`applicant has not provided any disclosure that media clips are divided into segments. The applicant did
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`not disclose that a user of a communication device can request segments that are a portion of one
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`media content file made available by a media owner. The applicant disclosed that the user could
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`request clips such as those referenced in paragraph 58 of the specification. The applicant disclosed that
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`the clips have a title assigned by the media owner. There is no disclosure that a single file supplied by
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`the media owner can be divided into segments and that each of the segments can be requested and
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`retrieved individually, as claimed. The only concept that can support the claimed ”segment” in the
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`applicant’s disclosure is the media clip.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`The following is a quotation of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`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, 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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`Claims 6, 17-19, 22, 24-27, 41, 52-55, 59-62, 79-88, 93-102, 107-116, 122-124, and 129-132
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`is/are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S. Patent Number 6,389,467
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`to Eyal in view of U.S. Patent Number 5,987,621 to Duso et al. and U.S. Patent Application Publication
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`Number 2002/0188570 by Holliman et al.
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`As to claim 6, Eyal teaches a method comprising: receiving, by a management system via a
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`communication network and from a communication device, a request associated with a user of the
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`communication device to have media content streamed to the communication device, the requested
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`media content comprising a plurality of media content segments (col. 19, line 48-col. 20, line 14),
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`wherein the media content segments are associated with a title assigned by the media owner (col. 7,
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`lines 1-3) and the management system comprises a combination of hardware and software (Figure 4,
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`search request 203 and col. 19, lines 30-35 and 41-44); and for each one of the plurality of media
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`content segments, (i) determining, by the management system, a plurality of resources (Figure 19, the
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`media sites are resources) available to obtain the media content segment from one or more media
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`storage devices (the "one or more media storage devices" is broad enough to cover any computer
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`memory in any context) and facilitate streaming the media content segment to the communication
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`device (col. 14, lines 50-60 describes a process of determining whether the media sites corresponding
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`to the URL are "available to facilitate streaming"); and (ii) transmitting, from the management system
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`to the communication device, an indication of the media content segment (col. 19, lines 38-40) and
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`information instructing the communication device identifying how to communicate with each of the
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`plurality of resources to cause the media content segment to be streamed to the communication device
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`(col. 20, lines 39-45); however Eyal does not explicitly teach upon occurrence of an error while the
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`media content segment is streamed from the first one of the plurality of resources to the
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`communication device, causing the media content segment to be streamed by a second one of the
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`plurality of resources, different from the first one of the plurality of resources and Eyal does not
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`explicitly teach that the segments are a portion of a media file made available by a media owner for
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`streaming wherein the media file is associated with a title assigned by the media owner.
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`Duso teaches upon occurrence of an error while streaming of the media content segment from
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`the first one of the plurality of resources to the communication device, causing the media content
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`segment to be streamed by a second one of the plurality of resources, different from the first one of the
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`plurality of resources (see Figure 42 and col. 55, lines 3-21).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`combine the teachings of Eyal regarding error detection while streaming a segment with the teachings
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`of Duso regarding causing a segment that was being streamed during an error to be restreamed because
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`the teachings of Duso would allow for the user in Eyal not to miss the segment with the error. Eyal skips
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`the segment where an error occurs during the streaming (see col. 27, line 66-col. 28, line 11 of Eyal) so
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`implementing Duso’s failover technique would be an improvement to user experience.
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`Holliman teaches that a media owner can segment a larger media file into clips (paragraphs 37
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`and 38).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`combine the teachings of Eyal regarding providing media clips with the teachings of Holliman regarding
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`creating media clips from a media file because such a technique would all for flexibility of presenting
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`different content clips in the playlists disclosed by Eyal.
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`As to claim 41, it is rejected for the same reasoning as claim 6.
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`As to claims 107 and 109, col. 19, lines 30-54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 108 and 110, col. 11, lines 31-37 of Eyal.
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`As to claim 79, Eyal teaches a method comprising: receiving, by a management system via a
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`communication network and from a communication device, a request associated with a user of the
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`communication device to have media content streamed to the communication device, the requested
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`media content comprising a plurality of media content segments (col. 19, line 48-col. 20, line 14),
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`wherein the media content segments are associated with a title assigned by the media owner (col. 7,
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`lines 1-3) and the management system comprising a combination of hardware and software (Figure 4,
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`search request 203 and col. 19, lines 30-35 and 41-44); for each one of the plurality of media content
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`segments, (i) determining, by the management system, a plurality of resources (Figure 19, the media
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`sites are resources) other than the management system available to obtain the media content segment
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`from one or more media storage devices (the "one or more media storage devices" is broad enough to
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`cover any computer memory in any context) and facilitate streaming of the media content segment to
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`the communication device (col. 14, lines 50-60 describes a process of determining whether the media
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`sites corresponding to the URL are "available to facilitate streaming"); and (ii) transmitting, from the
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`management system to the communication device, an identification the media content segment (col.
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`19, lines 38-40) and information instructing the communication device how to communicate with each
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`of the plurality of resources to cause the media content segments to be streamed to the communication
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`device (col. 20, lines 39-45); however Eyal does not explicitly teach upon occurrence of an error while
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`the media content segment is streamed from the first one of the plurality of resources to the
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`communication device, causing the media content segment to be streamed by a second one of the
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`plurality of resources, different from the first one of the plurality of resources and Eyal does not
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`explicitly teach that the segments are a portion of a media file made available by a media owner for
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`streaming wherein the media file is associated with a title assigned by the media owner.
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`Duso teaches upon occurrence of an error in the streaming of the media content segment from
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`the first one of the plurality of resources to the communication device, causing the media content
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`segment to be streamed by a second one of the plurality of resources, different from the first one of the
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`plurality of resources (see Figure 42 and col. 55, lines 3-21).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`combine the teachings of Eyal regarding error detection while streaming a segment with the teachings
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`of Duso regarding causing a segment that was being streamed during an error to be restreamed because
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`the teachings of Duso would allow for the user in Eyal not to miss the segment with the error. Eyal skips
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`the segment where an error occurs during the streaming (see col. 27, line 66-col. 28, line 11 of Eyal) so
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`implementing Duso’s failover technique would be an improvement to user experience.
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`Holliman teaches that a media owner can segment a larger media file into clips (paragraphs 37
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`and 38).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`combine the teachings of Eyal regarding providing media clips with the teachings of Holliman regarding
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`creating media clips from a media file because such a technique would all for flexibility of presenting
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`different content clips in the playlists disclosed by Eyal.
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`As to claim 93, it is rejected for the same reasoning as claim 79.
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`As to claims 17 and 52, see col. 26, lines 19—32 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 18 and 53, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 19 and 54, see Figure 19 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 22, 57, 86 and 100, see col. 9, lines 5—12 of Eyal, the multiple sites described
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`by Eyal would qualify as a routing processor. The applicant does not explicitly limit the
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`definition of a routing processor.
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`As to claims 24 and 59, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 25, 26, 60, and 61, see col. 12, lines 64—67 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 27 and 62, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 80, 81, 94, and 95, see col. 13, lines 1—8 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 82 and 96, media player of Eyal clearly receives a format that it can use to
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`retrieve the media.
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`As to claims 83 and 97, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 84 and 98, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 85 and 99, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 87, 88, 101, and 102, see Figure 11 and corresponding text of Eyal.
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`As to claims 111 and 113, see col. 19, lines 30—54 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 112 and 114, see col. 11, lines 31—37 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 115—117 and 122—124, see col. 13, lines 1—8 of Eyal.
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`As to claims 129—132, see col. 20, lines 30—64 of Eyal.
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`Claims 7-14, 16, 42-49, 51, 118-121, and 125-128 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over U.S. Patent Number 6,389,467 to Eyal in view of U.S. Patent Number 5,987,621
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`to Duso et al. and U.S. Patent Application Publication Number 2002/0188570 by Holliman et al. in
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`further view of U.S. Patent Number 5,758,257 to Herz et al.
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`As to claims 7 and 42, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of claims
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`79 and 93 however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach the use of a viewer
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`profile to generate the identification for the plurality of portions of the media.
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`Herz teaches a method and system for delivering media to a user comprising using a viewer
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`profile to generate identification of a plurality of portions of media (Figures 1 and 2).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Herz regarding using a viewer profile to select media because using
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`a viewer profile would enhance the selection based on search results used by Eyal without modifying the
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`inventive concept of Eyal.
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`As to claim 8, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of claims 79;
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`however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach selecting other media based
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`upon a viewer profile.
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`Herz teaches a method of selecting other media to be included in a presentation comprising
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`selecting, based on upon a viewer profile, other media, wherein the other media is not requested by the
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`user of the communication device to be streamed to the communication device and transmitting the
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`other media to the communication device (col. 47, line 21-col. 48, line 22).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant’s
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Herz regarding adding other media to a presentation because doing
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`so can generate revenue through advertising for the media provider. Eyal does suggest the insertion of
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`commercials (see col. 13, lines 1-8).
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`As to claim 43, it is rejected for the same reasoning as claim 8.
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`As to claims 9, 10, 44, and 45, see col. 47, line 21-col. 48, line 22 of Herz.
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`As to claims 11 and 46, see col. 48, lines 5-22 of Herz.
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`As to claim 47, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of claims 93;
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`however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach the selection of a media clip
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`based on collected data associated with the user of a communication device.
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`Herz teaches a method of selecting other media to be included in a presentation comprising
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`collecting data and selecting a media clip based on the selected data (col. 39, line 20-col. 40, line 10).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant’s
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Herz regarding collecting data associated with a user for selecting
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`media because using collected data can enhance the relevance of media for a particular user.
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`As to claim 12, it is rejected for the same reasoning as claim 47.
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`As to claims 13 and 48, see col. 38, lines 18-41 and col. 39, line 20-col. 40, line 10 of Herz.
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`As to claims 14 and 49, see col. 47, line 21-col. 48, line 22 of Herz.
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`As to claims 16 and 51, they are rejected for the same reasoning as claims 7 and 42.
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`As to claims 118-121 and 125-128, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject
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`matter of claims 115 and 122 including inserting advertisements into segments (Eyal, col. 13, lines 1-8)
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`however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach how the advertisements are
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`chosen.
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`Herz teaches the manners of selecting advertisements based on audience, profiles,
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`demographics and rules (col. 29, lines 31-51).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention to
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`combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding selecting commercials with the
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`teachings of Herz regarding selecting commercials based on audience, profiles, demographics and rules
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`because doing so allows for particularly relevant commercials.
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`Claims 15 and 50 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over U.S.
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`Patent Number 6,389,467 to Eyal in view of U.S. Patent Number 5,987,621 to Duso et al. and U.S. Patent
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`Application Publication Number 2002/0188570 by Holliman et al.
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`in further view of U.S. Patent Number
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`5,933,811 to Angles et al.
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`As to claims 15 and 50, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of
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`claims 79 and 93 however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach the selection of
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`other media to be included with a request based on revenue.
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`Angles teaches a method and system for delivering media to a user comprising using a viewer
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`profile to generate identification of a plurality of portions of media (col. 4, lines 17-26).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Angles regarding selecting other media base done revenue because
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`Eyal discusses commercials can be inserted into a playlist (see col. 13, lines 1-8) and Angles shows that
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`revenue can be used to persuade a content provider to insert advertising.
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`Claims 20, 21, 55, and 56 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`U.S. Patent Number 6,389,467 to Eyal in view of U.S. Patent Number 5,987,621 to Duso et al. and U.S.
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`Patent Application Publication Number 2002/0188570 by Holliman et al. in further view of U.S. Patent
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`Number 6,654,807 to Farber et al.
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`As to claims 20 and 55, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of
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`claims 19 and 93 but the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach selecting a different
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`resource if a resource is not available.
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`Farber teaches a method of distributing data comprising selecting a different resource to
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`facilitate streaming a portion of media if a resource is not able to stream the portion of media and
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`transmitting an identification of a different resource to a communication device (See Figures 5 and 6).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Farber regarding selecting another resource when a first resource is
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`unavailable because such a selection allows for a more efficient distribution of data (see background of
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`Farber).
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`As to claims 21 and 56, see Figures 5 and 6 of Farber.
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`Claims 23, 28-35, 58, 63-78, 89-92 and 103-106 are rejected under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as
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`being unpatentable over U.S. Patent Number 6,389,467 to Eyal in view of U.S. Patent Number 5,987,621
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`to Duso et al. and U.S. Patent Application Publication Number 2002/0188570 by Holliman et al. in
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`further view of U.S. Patent Number 6,385,596 to Wiser.
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`As to claims 23 and 58, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of
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`claims 22 and 57; however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach the generation
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`of reservations comprising reservation IDs.
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`Wiser teaches a method comprising generating a reservation associated with streaming a
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`portion of media to a communication device with the reservation comprising a reservation ID (see
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`Figure 9).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Wiser regarding reservations because reservations allow for a
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`media providing to obtain compensation for media provided to a user (see background of Wiser).
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`As to claims 28-35 and 63-70, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter
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`of claims 79 and 93; however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not teach the claimed
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`authorization techniques.
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`Wiser teaches the claimed techniques for authorizing the use of media (see Figure 9 and
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`corresponding text).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Wiser regarding the authorized use of media because authorizing
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`the use of media allows for compensation to be provided to a media producer (see background of
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`Wiser).
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`As to claims 71-78, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter of claims 79
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`and 93 however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach the claimed settlement
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`methods.
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`Wiser teaches the claimed settlement methods (see col. 15-col. 20).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Wiser regarding settlement techniques because financial settlement
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`provides a benefit for content providers to provide media over a network (see background of Wiser).
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`As to claims 89-92 and 103-106, the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination teaches the subject matter
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`of claims 24, 27, 53, and 62 however the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination does not explicitly teach
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`embedding authentication information and reservation information in each URL.
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`Wiser teaches a method of providing video via a URL including retrieving authentication and
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`reservation information (col. 18, lines 9-55).
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the applicant's
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`invention to combine the teachings of the Eyal-Holliman-Duso combination regarding providing media
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`to a requester with the teachings of Wiser regarding including authentication and reservation
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`information in a URL because such information allows a server to determine whether a request for
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`information is valid.
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`Conclusion
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor,
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`Application/Control Number: 11/680,452
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`/DOUGLAS B BLAIR/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2442
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