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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`09/727,727
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`FILING DATE
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`1 1/30/2000
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`E. Michael Lunsford
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`3COM-2910 .WHD.US . P
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`WAGNER, MURABITO & HAO LLP
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`MILORD, MARCEAU
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`2682
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`DATE MAILED: 10/09/2003
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03)
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`UNIFIED 1008
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`UNIFIED 1008
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`09/727,727
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`Examine,
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`LUNSFORD ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`Marceau Milord
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`2682
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`- Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed. may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
`Status
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`In no event. however, may a reply be timely filed
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`1)IXI Responsive to communication(s) filed on 02 April 2001 .
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`2a)I:I This action is FINAL.
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`2b)IX| This action is non-final.
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`3)I:I
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`Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 0.6. 213.
`Disposition of Claims
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`4)IZI Claim(s) 19-34 is/are pending in the application.
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`4a) Of the above claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`5)|:] Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`6)|Z Claim(s) 19-34 is/are rejected.
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`7)I:I Claim(s)
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`is/are objected to.
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`8)I:l Claim(s)
`Application Papers
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`9”] The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`10)[j The drawing(s) filed on __ is/are: a)[j accepted or b)l:| objected to by the Examiner.
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`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held In abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(
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`11)l:] The proposed drawing correction filed on _ is: a)D approved b)[:] disapproved by the Examiner.
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`If approved, corrected drawings are required in reply to this Office action.
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`12)l:] The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 119 and 120
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`13)I] Acknowledgment is made of a claim forforeign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`a)EI All b)[] Some * c)|:] None of:
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`1.|:I Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
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`2E] Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No.
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`3.[:] Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`14)|:I Acknowledgment is made of a claim for domestic-priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) (to a provisional application).
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`a) D The translation of the foreign language provisional application has been received.
`15)[] Acknowledgment is made of a claim for domestic priority under 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 and/or 121.
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`1) E Notice of References Cited (PTO~892)
`2) E] Notice of Draftsperson’s Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
`3) [I Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO-1449) Paper No(s)
`US. Patent and Trademark Office
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`4) [I Interview Summary (PTO-413) Paper No(s).
`5) [:1 Notice of Informal Patent Application (PTO-152)
`6) D Other:
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`PTOL-326 (Rev. 04-01)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application/Control Number: 09/727,727
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`Art Unit: 2682
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 USC. 103(a) which forms the basis for all
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`obviou‘sness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is not identically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 of this title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the prior art are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obvious at the time the invention was made to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`manner in which the invention was made.
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`Claims 19—34 are rejected under 35 USC. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Bell (US
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`Patent No 6600902 B 1) in View of Charlier et al (US Patent No 6577877 B1).
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`Regarding claim 19, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2),
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`comprising: a telephone (3 of fig 2) having a wireless port for short range wireless data transfer
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`(col. 3, lines 29- 51; col. 4, lines 24—57); and a personal information device (20, 21, 22 of fig. 2)
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`(col. 3, line 47- col. 4, line 9; col. 4, lines 48-67), the personal information device configured to
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`control the telephone via a wireless communication such that the telephone dials a telephone
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`number stored on the personal information device (col. 5, lines 5-3 5; col. 6, lines 1-3 8).
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`However, Bell et al does not specifically disclose the feature of wireless port for
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`“communication with the wireless port a telephone.
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`On the other hand, Charlier et al, from the same field of endeavor, discloses a wireless
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`infrared peripheral interface device for a communication device having a cellular radio
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`transceiver including a peripheral interface. Furthermore, Charlier shows in figire 2, a processor
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`30 that is electrically coupled to interface 28, wherein the processor controls the interface circuit
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`28 to process data signals that are conveyed through the interface source 16 (col. 3, lines 17— 57).
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`In addition, the processor conveys RF data signals associated with the infrared data signals
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`through the cellular radio transceiver, and to fiirther provide simultaneous IR and RF
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`communication to enhance interoperability (col. 5, lines 31- 67, “provide simultaneously IR and
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`RF, . .”; col. 3, lines 17- 65; col. 4, lines 28- 66). It is advantageous to provide a cellular
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`communication device that could accomplish communication activities with a variety of
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`peripheral devices, and reduce the dependency of optical alignment between the infrared data
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`ports of the peripheral device and communication device. Therefore, it would have been obvious
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`to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to apply the technique of
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`Charlier to the communication system of Bell in order to change one RF link to use two links as
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`suggested by Charlier for the purpose of allowing a user to interact simultaneously with both
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`devices.
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`Regarding claim 20, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2),
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`wherein the dialing of the telephone number by the telephone is automatically effected in
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`response to a user interacting with information stored on the personal information device (col. 3,
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`lines 25-60; col. 4, line 45- col. 5, line 26).
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`Regarding claim 21, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2)
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`wherein the information stored in the personal information device includes contact
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`information(col. 3, lines 52-67; col. 5, lines 1-40; col. 6, lines 1-26).
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`Regarding claim 22, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2),
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`wherein the information stored on the personal information device is presented as a list of
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`contacts and the telephone number dialed by the telephone corresponds to one of the contacts
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`selected by the user (col. 3, lines 1-60; col. 6, lines 1-40).
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`Regarding claim 23, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2),
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`wherein the information stored on the personal information device is maintained by a
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`management program executing on the personal information device and the management
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`program controls the telephone via the wireless communication (col. 3, lines 38—60; col. 5, lines
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`10-57).
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`Regarding claim 24, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2),
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`wherein the management program is an address book program (col. 3, lines 52-67; col. 5, lines 1-
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`40; col. 6, lines 1-26).
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`Regarding claim 25, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1—2),
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`wherein the wireless communication is compatible with a version of the Bluetooth specification
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`(col. 4, lines 24-52; col. 6, lines 21-40).
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`Regarding claim 26, Bell discloses an automated telephone dialing system (figs. 1-2),
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`wherein the wireless communication is compatible with a version of the IrDA specification (col.
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`4, lines 48-62; col. 6, lines 44-65).
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`Regarding claim 27, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3), comprising the steps of establishing (3 of figs. 1-2) a wireless communications link for a
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`short range data transfer (20, 21, 22 of fig. 2; col. 3, line 47- col. 4, line 9; col. 4, lines 48-67);
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`accessing (3 of fig. 2) a telephone number stored on the personal information device (col. 3,
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`lines 29- 5]; col. 4, lines 24-57); and controlling (3 of fig. 2) the telephone using the personal
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`information device to cause the telephone to dial the telephone number stored on the personal
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`information device (col. 5, lines 5-35; col. 6, lines 1-38).
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`However, Bell et al does not specifically disclose the feature of transferring data between
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`a telephone and a personal information device.
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`On the other hand, Charlier et al, from the same field of endeavor, discloses a wireless
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`infrared peripheral interface device for a communication device having a cellular radio
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`transceiver including a peripheral interface. Furthermore, Charlier shows in figure 2, a processor
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`30 that is electrically coupled to interface 28, wherein the processor controls the interface circuit
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`28 to process data signals that are conveyed through the interface source 16 (col. 3, lines 17- 57).
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`In addition, the processor conveys RF data signals associated with the infrared data signals
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`through the cellular radio transceiver, and to further provide simultaneous IR and RF
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`communication to enhance interoperability (col. 5, lines 31- 67, “provide simultaneously IR and
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`RF. . .”; col. 3, lines 17- 65; col. 4, lines 28- 66). It is advantageous to provide a cellular
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`communication device that could accomplish communication activities with a variety of
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`peripheral devices, and reduce the dependency of optical alignment between the infrared data
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`ports of the peripheral device and communication device. Therefore, it would have been obvious
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`to one of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to apply the technique of
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`Charlier to the communication system of Bell in order to change one RF link to use two links as
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`suggested by Charlier for the purpose of allowing a user to interact simultaneously with both
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`devices.
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`Regarding claim 28, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) which includes the step of dialing the telephone number automatically in response to a user
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`interacting with information stored on the personal information device (col. 3, lines 25-60; col.
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`4, line 45- co]. 5, line 26).
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`Regarding claim 29, Bell discloses an automatic Wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) wherein the information stored in the personal information device includes contact
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`information (col. 3, lines 52-67; col. 5, lines 1—40; col. 6, lines 1—26).
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`Regarding claim 30, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) wherein the information stored on the personal information device is presented as a list of
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`contacts and the telephone number dialed by the telephone corresponds to one of the contacts
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`selected by the user (col. 3, lines 1-60; col. 6, lines 1-40).
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`Regarding claim 31, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) wherein the information stored on the personal information device is maintained by a
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`management program executing on the personal information device and the management
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`program controls the telephone Via the wireless communication (col. 3, lines 38-60; col. 5, lines
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`10-57).
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`Regarding claim 32, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) wherein the management program is an address book program (col. 3, lines 52-67; col. 5,
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`lines 1-40; col. 6, lines 1—26).
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`Regarding claim 33, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) wherein the wireless communication is compatible with a version of the Bluetooth
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`specification (col. 4, lines 24-52; col. 6, lines 21-40).
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`Regarding claim 34, Bell discloses an automatic wireless telephone dialing method (figs.
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`1-3) wherein the wireless communication is compatible with a version of the IrDA specification.
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`(col. 4, lines 48-62; col. 6, lines 44-65).
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`Conclusion
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`2.
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`The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's
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`disclosure.
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`Zicker et al US Patent No 6122523 discloses a cellular radiotelephone system including
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`mobile stations, which may be remotely programmed from a customer activation system to effect
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`activation and other programming needs.
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`Burdick et al us Patent No 6424820 B] discloses a short range inductively coupled
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`wireless communication system employing analog frequency modulation of a high frequency
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`carrier and magnetic coupling between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna.
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`Johansson et al US Patent No 5983100 discloses an integrated local communication
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`system comprising a plurality of locally-positioned communication devices at least one of which
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`locally-positioned communication devices is operable coupled to a local interface module.
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`Hsu US Patent No 6374079 B1 discloses a RF communication module for enabling RF
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`data communication in a wireless communication system.
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`Holshouser US Patent No 6282433 Bl discloses a personal communications terminal
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`includinga telephone unit and an application-processing unit that are operatively connected.
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`O’Neill, Jr. US Patent No 6069588 discloses a method and system for coupling antennas
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`to radiotelephones through a window that can provide enhanced operation in low link margin
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`communications
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`examiner should be directed to Marceau Milord whose telephone number is 703-3 06-3 023. The
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