Opinion ID: 857341
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Heading: Morsa’s Patent Application

Text: On April 12, 2001, sole inventor Morsa submitted utility patent application No. 60/211228 (“the ’228 application”) entitled “Method and Apparatus for the Furnishing of Benefits Information and Benefits.” The ’228 application discloses both a method and an apparatus for receiving a benefit information request from a user, searching a benefit information database for benefits matching the request, and then returning benefit information to the user. In the specification, Morsa defines benefits as any “‘things’ of value” given away to target entities. J.A. 1850. Specifically, Morsa claimed in claim 271: 1 A benefit information match mechanism compris- ing: storing a plurality of benefit registrations on at least one physical memory device; receiving via at least one data transmission device a benefit request from a benefit desiring seeker; 1 The parties dispute whether this claim is actually representative and we make no determination on that issue. Claim 271, however, serves our purpose in generally describing the invention claimed in the ’228 application. INRE: STEVE MORSA 3 resolving said benefit request against said benefit registrations to determine one or more matching said benefit registrations; automatically providing to at least one data re- ceiving device benefit results for said benefit requesting seeker; wherein said match mechanism is operated at least in part via a computer compatible network. J.A. 298