IPO The application relates to a method for a service provider to target content delivery to a network node based on information requests from the network node.
The Hearing Officer applied the Aerotel/Macrossan test and decided that the contribution made by the invention fell solely within excluded matter. He also considered the Court of Appeal decision in Symbian and the decision in ATandT and Cvon and concluded that the contribution did not have a relevant technical effect. The application was refused as being a program for a computer as such.
Judges:
Mr S Brown
Citations:
[2010] UKIntelP o36510, O/365/10
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Intellectual Property
Updated: 22 October 2022; Ref: scu.458107