Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Miller

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that “displaying information” was one of the “basic functions of a generic computer”
• indicating that data recording and storage are conventional functions of a generic computer
• noting that “in this case, although the field of use is narrow — conversion of one entity’s loyalty points into those of another entity — the preemptive effect of [the plaintiffs] claims within that field of use is broad.”
• finding technology for converting loyalty award points between multiple vendors was directed to abstract idea
• “[SJimple forms of data recording, storage, and calculation ... are conventional functions that can be performed by a generic computer without any novel programming or improvement in the operation of the computer itself.”
• “The fact that an invention 13 consists of simple calculations that can readily be performed by humans is a factor that 14 has frequently been held to be indicative of unpatentability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).