Appeal No. 1998-2936
Application No. 08/665,590
transmits information between the units. Rather, the depression of the “transmit” key after
input of the entire telephone number transmits the phone number to the base station in
accordance with the signaling information exchanged between the telephone and the base
station in the cell.
With an alternative interpretation, we view the acknowledge back signal or no
acknowledge and retransmission of the signal as an exchange of signaling information
between the telephone and the base station.
The examiner admits that Burke does not teach or suggest “completing the
placement of the telephone call after the base station receives audio voice information
transmitted from said wireless telephone to said base station, the audio voice information
including an identification of a telephone number to be called.” Specifically the examiner
admits that Burke does not disclose the use of “voice audio information.” (See answer at
page 4.) We agree with the examiner.
The examiner offers Gerson as evidence of the use of voice audio information for
input of a telephone number. We agree with the examiner that Gerson teaches the use of
voice audio information to input both function commands and called party identification
information. (See Gerson at col. 5.) Gerson teaches the inclusion of a telephone number
in the voice audio information. Id. at lines 29-30. With the broad language of claim 16,
as discussed above, it is our view that Gerson alone would read
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