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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.