Ex Parte Clement et al - Page 7



                Appeal 2007-0148                                                                              
                Application 10/964,939                                                                        
                explain how these paragraphs teach reformatting.  Nevertheless, Hullfish                      
                describes that an IM message is "converted" into an SMS message (¶ 0051),                     
                which implies that the SMS text messages must be reformatted to be sent as                    
                IM messages, for example, by at least adding an instant messenger identifier                  
                for routing in an IM system (¶ 0011; ¶ 0036).2  This teaching of reformatting                 
                a message file (SMS text message) for a different messaging system (IMS)                      
                also would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art that the message                
                file could be reformatted for use with other messaging systems to provide a                   
                "unified messaging system," which is a goal of Hullfish (¶ 0005).  Therefore,                 
                we conclude that the limitation of "plural messaging systems each having a                    
                format different than the file" is suggested by Hullfish.  The rejection of                   
                claims 9-16 is affirmed.                                                                      
                                                                                                             



                                                                                                             
                      2  Hullfish discloses (¶ 0011):                                                         
                            In one example, the instant message is generated from the                        
                      electronic message based on one or more predetermined rules.  For                       
                      example, the one or more predetermined rules may select one or more                     
                      portions of the electronic message as the instant message and may                       
                      selectively delete one or more portions of the electronic message to                    
                      generate the instant message.                                                           
                Although this sounds like reformatting, Hullfish is describing filtering to                   
                remove undesired words (¶¶ 0074-0081), which is not really "formatting."                      
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