The application relates to a system for controlling or monitoring internet access by categorizing URLs and the structure of a cache memory to achieve this.
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 some combination of a mathematical method and a program for a computer as such.
Citations:
[2009] UKIntelP o11409
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Intellectual Property
Updated: 21 October 2022; Ref: scu.457363