Appeal 2007-1826
Application 09/826,251
INVENTION
The invention is directed to a method of using devices in a Bluetooth TM
piconet to communicate with each other over a greater distance. The system
allows the Bluetooth TM devices that are connected to a non-Radio Frequency
network to provide a bridge to another Bluetooth device in another piconet. See
page 3 of Appellants’ Specification. Claim 1 is representative of the invention and
reproduced below:
1. A method comprising:
enumerating a plurality of devices in a first radio frequency network;
communicating address information about the devices in said first
radio frequency network over a non-radio frequency network to a second
radio frequency network; and
making the address information about the devices in the first radio
frequency network available to devices in said second radio frequency
network.
REFERENCE
The reference relied upon by the Examiner is:
Walley US 2002/0090961 A1 Jul. 11, 2002
(filed Jan. 5, 2001)
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