PTAB: “Dwell Time” Ranking is “Internet-Centric” and Therefore Patent Eligible

In its pending application No. 12 / 814,020, eBay applies for a list of lists ranked by "dwell time" - "time when one or more users viewed the listing page" Trying to.

Initially, the examiner dismissed the claim that the abstract concept was incorrectly pointed out. But at the appeal trial, PTAB argued against the discovery that "staying time" is a unique "Internet-centric task" and the claimed solution was "to overcome special problems in the field of computer networks It is inevitably rooted in computer technology. " Please quote DDR Holdings. PTAB insists on insisting that "staying time" is not only "some commercial practices known in the world before the Internet" but simply "executing on the Internet".

Use the processor to associate each dwell time associated with each [list], the dwell time based on the time at which one or more users viewed the page describing the list, and the likelihood that a transaction will occur Dwell time listings

Question - There may be a way to preserve inventions based on qualifications, but since "DWELL TIME" is a phenomenon peculiar to the Internet, PTAB is clearly wrong. Obviously, no one of these PTAB's judges is engaged in retailing.

Please note that the chart above is explained as follows. "Figure 1 is a chart based on the likelihood of a transaction occurring on the Display Items page. The chart is actually a prophetic example - even if it is not recognized, the chart seems to be very problematic. It's not a big deal - except for the entire patent, the "staying time" function is turned on. If I am suing this patent, I will verify if the PTO knows the source of the data forming this number

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Initially, the examiner dismissed the claim that the abstract concept was incorrectly pointed out. But at the appeal trial, PTAB argued against the discovery that "staying time" is a unique "Internet-centric task" and the claimed solution was "to overcome special problems in the field of computer networks It is inevitably rooted in computer technology. "Please quote DDR Holdings. PTAB insists on insisting that "staying time" is not only "some commercial practices known in the world before the Internet" but simply "executing on the Internet".