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Appeal 2007-2446
Application 09/817,998
making use of something of a continuing or periodic nature on a
prepayment plan" (10th ed., Page 1173).
(Answer 9).
In response to the Appellants second point, the Examiner states:
In response to this argument the Examiner points out that Kuebert et
al. teach that mail items are scanned by a camera (120) (Fig. 1) to
obtain an image of the mailing label, which is then translated by a
pattern recognition device (125) to create a database entry including a
recipient's name, delivery point and notification channels for
communicating with the recipient, such as a recipient's telephone
number [0022]; and utilizing the telephone number of the recipient to
inform the recipient of the availability of the deposited mail [0036].
(Answer 9-10).
Further, the Examiner finds that Lynt teaches a system where a Braille
reader is connected to a telephone for providing tactile representations of
speech. (Answer 10).
In response to Appellant’s third point, the Examiner states:
The motivation to combine Kuebert et al. with Lynt et al. to include
utilization of a tactile communication device for communication with
a customer would be to advantageously allow a visually or hearing
impaired person to communicate with other persons, businesses or
information channels, thereby obtaining information about the world
around them that a hearing or sighted person would ascertain through
hearing or vision, as specifically stated in Lynt et al. (column 1, lines
43-46; column 2, lines 56-59). And the motivation to combine
Kuebert et al. and Lynt et al. with Srinivasan to include charging the
customer for delivering mail to the customer would be generating
funds for the business to operate.
(Answer 10-11).
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