Appeal No. 2005-2657 Page 2
Application No. 09/898,497
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method and apparatus
for location-sensitive subsidized cell-phone billing
(specification, page 1).
Claim 1 is representative of the invention, and is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method for determining a billing rate of a mobile
telecommunications connections associated with a mobile
telecommunications unit (MU), comprising the steps of:
determining whether a location of the MU is inside
or outside a predetermined subsidized zone;
responsive to a determination that the location of
the MU is inside the subsidized zone, adjusting the
billing rate for the telecommunications connection to a
first predetermined billing rate; and
responsive to a determination that the MU is
outside the predetermined subsidized zone, adjusting
the billing rate for the telecommunications connection
to a second predetermined billing rate.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Owensby 2002/0077130 Jun. 20, 2002
(filed Dec. 10, 1998)
Jones 6,411,891 Jun. 25, 2002
(filed Apr. 26, 2000)
Claims 1, 2, 4, 6-13, 15, 17-24, 26 and 28-33 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by
Owensby.
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