The Federal Circuit found that using a generic computer as an intermediary between a sender and a receiver is a method of organizing human activity and therefore, an abstract idea. The Federal Circuit also found that the patent application did not disclose an inventive concept that would transform the subject matter of the application into something more than the abstract idea. The patent application failed to disclose a particular improvement in how computers carry out the basic functions relevant to implementing the abstract idea. Based on these findings the Federal Circuit affirmed the refusal.