Appeal 2007-0482
Application 10/256,683
Appellant invented a method and apparatus for displaying the
locations of subscribers of a wireless communication system on mobile
stations of fellow subscribers. (Specification 5).
Claim 1 illustrates and represents the claimed invention. It reads as
follows:
In a computing environment, a method of operation:
receiving from a wireless mobile station external to the computing
environment a request for presence and locations of wireless communication
subscribers for a first geographic area;
in response, the computing environment performing one of
dynamically generating a displayable image that conveys
presence and locations of wireless communication subscribers for a
second geographic area substantially comprising the first geographic
area, and
selecting a pre-generated displayable image that conveys
presence and locations of wireless communication subscribers for a
second geographic area substantially comprising the first geographic
area; and
the computing environment further transmitting the dynamically
generated/selected displayable image to the external wireless mobile station
for display on the external wireless mobile station.
In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relied upon the
following prior art:
Hashimoto GB 2 322 248 Aug. 19, 1998
Burfeind US 2002/0152266 A1 Oct. 17, 2002
Singer US 5,485,163 Jan. 16, 1996
Kepler US 6,748,225 B1 Jun. 08, 2004
Smith US 6,084,951 Jul. 04, 2000
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