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Microsoft International Holdings B.V. [2011] UKIntelP o31511 (9 September 2011)

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Patent decision

BL number
O/315/11
Concerning rights in
GB0711264.2
Hearing Officer
Mr B Micklewright
Decision date
9 September 2011
Person(s) or Company(s) involved
Microsoft International Holdings B.V.
Provisions discussed
Patents Act 1977 section 1(2)
Keywords
Excluded fields (refused)
Related Decisions
None

Summary

The invention related to providing thumbnails and summaries of videos and displaying these thumbnails and summaries in a results page following a query. A user may select a matching video and a summary of the video is then streamed to the user’s client device. The hearing officer found that the application related to a program for a computer as such and therefore refused the application.


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