Appeal 2007-2343
Application 09/928,856
specially flagged text replaced by the dispatcher or are “filled with data by
the client or agent, which are software modules, but not the same as the
claimed “users” (id.).
Appellants further contend that one of ordinary skill in the art would
not combine Martin’s tokens in Puskala since Puskala’s intention is to
prevent interruptions to multi-player gameplay by using entirely predefined
messages instead of tokens (Br. 11-16). Appellants argue that Puskala
teaches away from entering message text during gameplay because typing
on a numeric pad for entering text slows the process and is contrary to the
direction the invention of Puskala takes (id.).
The Examiner argues that Martin actually allows input from a user on
the device (¶ 0075-0077), which replaces the placeholder token if more
information is needed (Answer 16-17). The Examiner concludes that,
contrary to Appellants’ assertion, the user, as well as the client or dispatcher,
may enter text to edit the token text (Answer 18). With respect to
combinability of Puskala with Martin, the Examiner argues that the same
reason Puskala considers predefined messages advantageous during
gameplay, makes Martin’s use of tokens in text messaging desirable
(Answer 19). The Examiner adds that using tokens further minimizes text
editing or entering the entire message when the messages need to be
modified and therefore, its combination with predefined messages of
Puskala would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art (Answer
19-21).
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