Appeal No. 95-3433
Application No. 07/812,982
Sharpe et al. (Sharpe) 4,713,761 Dec. 15, 1987
Haines et al. (Haines) 5,107,455 Apr. 21, 1992
(filed Mar. 23, 1989)
Claims 1 through 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Haines in view of Sharpe.
Reference is made to the brief and the answers for the
respective positions of the appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the entire record before us,
and we will reverse the obviousness rejection of claims 1 through
19.
Haines discloses a technique for reconfiguring a postage
meter. The meter sends an encrypted request code to a data
center computer. If the request code is valid, then the data
center sends an encrypted enable code to the meter. If the
enable code is valid, then the meter overwrites an old I/O
configuration number (IOCN) with a new IOCN to thereby
reconfigure the meter so that it is capable of selectively
enabling controllable features of external devices (column 1,
line 14 through column 2, line 23).
Sharpe discloses a data processing system that centrally
handles payments and accounting functions in the shipping
industry. The Abstract in Sharpe states that:
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