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EP0974107 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TOUR OF WORLD WIDE WEB SITES [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	The application has been refused Status updated on 19.04.2019 Database last updated on 03.09.2024
Most recent event Tooltip	19.04.2019	Refusal of application	published on 22.05.2019 [2019/21]
Applicant(s)	For all designated states Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 / US
	[2015/20]
Former [2007/45]	For all designated states Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052-6399 / US
Former [2000/04]	For all designated states Webtv Networks, Inc. 305 Lytton Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 / US
Inventor(s)	01 / LEAK, Bruce, A. 426 Homer Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 / US
	02 / KILLIANEY, Michael 1133 DeHaro Street San Francisco, CA 94107 / US
	[2000/04]
Representative(s)	Goddar, Heinz J., et al Boehmert & Boehmert Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB Pettenkoferstrasse 22 80336 München / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2011/19]	Goddar, Heinz J., et al Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München / DE
Former [2007/42]	Gover, Richard Paul, et al Urquhart-Dykes & Lord LLP Tower North Central Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB
Former [2000/04]	Belcher, Simon James Urquhart-Dykes & Lord Tower House Merrion Way Leeds LS2 8PA / GB
Application number, filing date	98913146.1	26.03.1998
	[2000/04]
	WO1998US05952
Priority number, date	US19970824039	26.03.1997 Original published format: US 824039
	[2000/04]
Filing language	EN
Procedural language	EN
Publication	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	WO9843381
	Date:	01.10.1998
	Language:	EN
	[1998/39]
	Type:	A2 Application without search report
	No.:	EP0974107
	Date:	26.01.2000
	Language:	EN
	The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 01.10.1998 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application.
	[2000/04]
Search report(s)	International search report - published on:	US	14.01.1999
	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	28.09.2005
Classification	IPC:	G06F17/20	[2000/04]
	CPC:	G06F16/954 (EP,US); H04N21/47 (EP,US); G06F16/958 (EP,US); H04L67/02 (EP,US); H04L9/40 (US); H04N21/4112 (EP,US); (+) H04N21/4782 (EP,US); H04N21/4786 (EP,US); H04N21/6125 (EP,US); H04N21/858 (EP,US); H04L67/565 (EP,US); H04L67/568 (EP,US); H04L69/329 (EP,US); H04N21/4825 (EP,US); H04N21/4828 (EP,US); Y10S707/99933 (US); Y10S707/99945 (US) (-)
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LI, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE [2000/04]
Title	German:	VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR GENERIERUNG VON WWW-SITES	[2000/04]
	English:	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TOUR OF WORLD WIDE WEB SITES	[2000/04]
	French:	PROCEDE ET APPAREIL PERMETTANT D'EFFECTUER UN TOUR D'HORIZON DES SITES WEB	[2000/04]
Entry into regional phase	21.10.1999	National basic fee paid
	21.10.1999	Search fee paid
	21.10.1999	Designation fee(s) paid
	21.10.1999	Examination fee paid
Examination procedure	13.10.1998	Request for preliminary examination filed International Preliminary Examining Authority: US
	21.10.1999	Examination requested [2000/04]
	25.05.2007	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	12.09.2007	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	24.03.2009	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	16.07.2009	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	01.12.2015	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	21.04.2016	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	07.11.2018	Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 30.11.2018
	30.11.2018	Date of oral proceedings (cancelled)
	08.01.2019	Despatch of communication that the application is refused, reason: substantive examination [2019/21]
	18.01.2019	Application refused, date of legal effect [2019/21]
Divisional application(s)	The date of the Examining Division's first communication in respect of the earliest application for which a communication has been issued is 25.05.2007
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	21.10.1999	Renewal fee patent year 03
	08.03.2001	Renewal fee patent year 04
	13.03.2002	Renewal fee patent year 05
	11.03.2003	Renewal fee patent year 06
	15.03.2004	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.03.2005	Renewal fee patent year 08
	09.03.2006	Renewal fee patent year 09
	14.03.2007	Renewal fee patent year 10
	14.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 11
	31.03.2008	Renewal fee patent year 12
	15.03.2010	Renewal fee patent year 13
	15.03.2011	Renewal fee patent year 14
	14.03.2012	Renewal fee patent year 15
	07.03.2013	Renewal fee patent year 16
	07.03.2014	Renewal fee patent year 17
	06.03.2015	Renewal fee patent year 18
	10.03.2016	Renewal fee patent year 19
	10.03.2017	Renewal fee patent year 20
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Documents cited:	Search	[A]EP0747845 (IBM [US]) [A] 1-27* column 6, line 1 - column 10, line 16 *;
		[X] - JOHNSON A ET AL, "Automatic touring in a hypertext system", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PHOENIX CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS. TEMPE, MAR. 23 - 26, 1993, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, (19930323), vol. CONF. 12, ISBN 0-7803-0922-7, pages 524 - 530, XP010110096 [X] 1-27 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PCCC.1993.344525
		[X] - BIEBER M ET AL, "Some hypermedia ideas for the WWW", SYSTEM SCIENCES, 1997, PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTIETH HWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WAILEA, HI, USA 7-10 JAN. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA,IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19970107), vol. 4, ISBN 0-8186-7743-0, pages 309 - 319, XP010271849 [X] 1-27 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.1997.663403
		[A] - WITTIG H ET AL, "Intelligent media agents in interactive television systems", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMEDIA COMPUTING AND SYSTEMS. WASHINGTON, MAY 15 - 18, 1995, LOS ALAMITOS, IEEE COMP. SOC. PRESS, US, (19950515), ISBN 0-8186-7105-X, pages 182 - 189, XP010154596 [A] 1-27 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MMCS.1995.484923
		[A] - CHIANG T C, "Internet and World Wide Web technologies and opportunities", INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1996. (ICIT '96)., PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SHANGHAI, CHINA 2-6 DEC. 1996, NEW YORK, NY, USA,IEEE, US, (19961202), ISBN 0-7803-3104-4, pages 858 - 862, XP010232562 [A] 1-27 * the whole document * DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIT.1996.601721
	International search	[Y]US5321423 (YOSHIZAWA SATOSHI [JP], et al);
		[Y]US5343560 (TAKEDA HARUO [JP], et al);
		[Y]US5438662 (RANDALL STEPHEN [GB]);
		[Y]US5603025 (TABB LLOYD [US], et al);
		[YP]US5649188 (NOMURA KEIICHI [JP], et al);
		[YP]US5696982 (TANIGAWA HIDEKAZU [JP], et al);
		[YE]US5761485 (MUNYAN DANIEL E [US])
	by applicant	- JOHNSON A ET AL., "Automatic touring in a hypertext system", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL PHOENIX CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS. TEMPE, MAR. 23 - 26, 1993, NEW YORK, IEEE, US, VOL. CONF. 12 - 23 MARCH 1993, (19930323), pages 524 - 530
		- BIEBER M ET AL., "Some hypermedia ideas for the WWW", SYSTEM SCIENCES, 1997 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTIETH HWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WAILEA, HI, USA 7 - 10 JAN. 1997, LOS ALAMITOS, CA, USA, IEEE COMPUT. SOC, US, (19970107), vol. 4, pages 309 - 319
		- CHIANG T C, "Internet and World Wide Web technologies and opportunities", INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, 1996. (ICIT '96)., PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SHANGHAI, CHINA 2 - 6 DEC. 1996, NEW YORK, NY, USA, IEEE, US, (19961202), pages 858 - 862

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