Appeal 2007-2343
Application 09/928,856
We agree with the Examiner’s position. First, Martin does teach that
the placeholder token may be filled with text entered by the user (FF6-7).
Second, using placeholder tokens in messaging scheme of Puskala is not
contrary to the purpose of minimizing typing messages during the gameplay.
Puskala uses predefined messages to minimize interruptions during the game
and therefore, when a message needs to be modified, using placeholder
tokens taught by Martin minimizes interruptions during a game and further
saves time (FF 2-4). Therefore, we also find Appellants’ argument (Br. 12-
14) that such process, by which only the text corresponding to placeholder
token is entered by the user, is in conflict with the teachings of Puskala
wherein predefined messages are used to save time, to be unconvincing.
Furthermore, contrary to Appellants’ assertion against combinability
of the references (Br. 11-16), combining Puskala and Martin is based on
common schemes for efficient use of time needed for composing text
messages. Puskala generally uses predefined messages, but also allows for
modifications made to these messages by the user (FF 3-4). In fact, since
Martin, by using placeholder tokens, reduces the number of key entries by
the user in completing a form or messages (FF 6-7), one of ordinary skill in
the art would have found it obvious to combine the references to benefit
from the minimized text entry associated with using placeholder tokens of
Martin.
Thus, in light of these findings, we find that the combination of
Puskala and Martin suggests the subject matter of Claim 1 as well as claims
2, 3, and 7, 8, 13-19, 23, 24, 29-34, and 37, argued together as one group.
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