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`In re Application of: E. Michael Lunsford, Steve Parker, David Kammer and David Moore
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`Serial No.: 09/727,727
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`Examiner: Milord, Marceau
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`Filed: 11/30/00
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`Art Unit: 2682
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`For: A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESSLY AUTODIALING A TELEPHONE NUMBER FROM A RECORD
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`STORED ON A PERSONAL INFORMATION DEVICE
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Examiner: Milord, Marceau
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`In re Application of
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`Lunsford et al.
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`Serial No. 09/727,727
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`Filing Date: November 30, 2000
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`For: A Method and System for
`Wirelessly Autodialing a
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`Dear Sir:
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`In response to the Office Action mailed October 9, 2003, the following
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`responses to the above captioned patent application are respectfully
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`submitted. Reconsideration of the above captioned patent application is
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`respectfully requested.
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`The claims remaining in the present application are Claims 19-34.
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`REMARKS
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`35 U.S.C. 103
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`Claims 19-34 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103 as being unpatentable over Bell
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`US. Patent No. 6,600,902 B1 (hereinafter, Bell) in view of Charlier, US. Patent
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`No. 6,577,877 B1 (hereinafter, Charlier). The rejection is respectfully traversed
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`for the following reasons.
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`Independent Claim 19 recites:
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`An automated telephone dialing system, comprising:
`a telephone having a wireless port for short range wireless
`data transfer; and
`a personal information device having a wireless port for
`communication with the Wireless port of the telephone, the personal
`information device configlred to control the telephone via a wireless
`communication such that the telephone dials a telephone number
`stored on the personal information device (emphasis added).
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`Claim 19 recites a system that comprises at least two devices: a telephone
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`and a personal information device. Claim 19 recites that the personal
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`information device is able to cause the telephone to dial a telephone number
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`that is stored on the personal information device. Applicants respectfully
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`assert that the neither Bell nor Charlier teach or suggest the limitations of
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`Claim 19, alone or in combination.
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`Bell teaches a wireless system that allows information to be transferred
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`from one device to another. However, Applicants have claimed more than
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`transference of information between one device and another. Applicants
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`have claimed that a first device is configured to cause a second device to dial
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`a telephone number stored on the first device. Bell fails to teach or suggest
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`the limitation Applicants have underscored above in Claim 19.
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`Figure 1 of Bell may illustrate a system comprising multiple wireless
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`stations that can communicate with one another. However, Figure 1 of Bell
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`fails to teach or suggest that a first device is configured to cause a second
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`device to dial a telephone number stored on the first device, as claimed by
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`Applicants.
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`Figure 2 of Bell illustrates a functional block diagram of a single one of the
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`wireless devices (col. 4, lines 42-43). The single wireless device may have
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`various transceivers 20, 21, 22 and a phone book 25A in RAM 25. However,
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`Applicants do not understand Figure 2 or the associated text (col. 4, line 42
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`— col. 5 line 9) to teach or suggest a first device being configured to control a
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`second device such that it causes the second device to dial a telephone
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`number stored on the first device.
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`In contrast, Applicants understand Bell to teach that an application may be
`transferred from one device to another. Figure '2 of Bell depicts an
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`application 27 in ROM 26. At col. 5, line 5 Bell teaches that the application
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`27 is distributed over the wireless stations 3-6. Bell further states that the
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`application is a computer program implementing a multiple link data
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`object conveying a method according to the invention (col. 5, lines 7~9).
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`At col. 5, line 17 et seq. Bell describes the application in more detail,
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`indicating that Bell envisions the application as “a virtual business card” or
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`“virtual calendar information”. Applicants note that Bell is silent as to
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`transferring a telephone number between the devices. Moreover,
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`Applicants note that the telephone book 25A is located in RAM 25, whereas
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`Bell indicates that the application 27 that is transferred is located in ROM
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`26.
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`Further, even if it is assumed arguendo that Bell suggests that a telephone
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`number may be transferred from one device to another, Bell does not teach
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`or suggest the claimed limitation of the first device controlling the second
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`device such that the second device dials the telephone number that is stored
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`on the first device.
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`Bell does state that the wireless device may be capable of making a
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`telephone call. However, Bell does not teach or suggest that the dialing of
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`the telephone call at one device is controlled in some fashion by another
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`device, as Applicants have claimed. At col. 5, line 26 et seq. Bell discloses
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`that a typical situation is a multiple conveyance, for example, swapping of
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`business cards and calendar information in a business meeting.
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`Applicants note that in step 34 of Figure 3 of Bell and the associated text Bell
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`indicates that the telephone call being placed is an ‘other function’. Thus,
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`suggesting that the placing of the telephone call is unrelated to the
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`information transference. Step 33 of Figure 3 is a test to determine if
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`information is to be swapped. If information is m to be swapped, then step
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`34 is performed, which comprises some other function. Bell indicates that
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`this other function may be displaying information on the screen or making
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`a telephone call. If the user desires to convey business cards, then the
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`process of Figure 3 goes on to step 35 to swap the information (col. 5, lines
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`35-41).
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`Bell at col. 6, lines 1-38 discusses the use of a personal identification code
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`(PIN). The use of PINs is to facilitate authentication of “business card
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`conveying capable links” (col. 6, lines 4-8). However, Applicants do not
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`understand this passage to be of relevance to the currently discussed claim
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`limitation.
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`For the foregoing reasons, Bell fails to teach or suggest the claimed
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`limitation of the personal information device configpred to control the
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`telephone via a wireless communication such that the telephone dials a
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`telephone number stored on the personal information device.
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`Charlier fails to remedy this deficiency in Bell. As such, the combination of
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`Bell and Charlier fails to teach or suggest this claimed limitation. Charlier
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`relates to a Wireless infrared interface for a communication device.
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`Applicants do not understand Charlier to provide any teaching or
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`suggestion as to a first device being configured to control a second device,
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`such that second device dials a telephone number stored on the first device.
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`For the foregoing reasons, neither Bell nor Charlier teach or suggest the
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`limitations of Claim 19, alone or in combination. As such, Applicants
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`respectfully request the allowance of Claim 19.
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`Claim 27 recites:
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`An automatic wireless telephone dialing method, comprising the
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`a) establishing a wireless communications link for a short
`range data transfer between a telephone and a personal information
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`b) accessing a telephone number stored on the personal
`information device; and
`c) controlling the telephone using the personal information
`device to cause the telephone to dial the telephone number stored on
`the personal information device (emphasis added).
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`For the reasons discussed in the response to Claim 19, Claim 27 is neither
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`taught nor suggested by Bell or Charlier, alone or in combination. As such,
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`Applicants respectfully request the allowance of Claim 27.
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`Claims 20-26 and 28-34 depend from Claims 19 and 34, which are believed to be
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`allowable for the foregoing rationale. As such, Claims 20-26 and 28-34 are
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`believed to be allowable.
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`allowance of Claims 19-34 is solicited.
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`Should the Examiner have a question regarding the instant amendment and
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`response, the Applicants invite the Examiner to contact the Applicants’
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`undersigned representative at the below listed telephone number.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`WAGNER, MURABI 0 & HA0 LLP
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`Dated:
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`Ronald M. Pomerenke
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`Registration No. 43,009
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