Appeal No. 95-3681
Application 07/956,705
telephone number is dialed and, thereafter automatically dialing
the telephone number via that most economical carrier.
The independent claim 17 is reproduced as follows:
17. A method of automatically selecting a
telecommunications carrier or any entity providing tele-
communications service for placement of a telephone call
with a carrier providing the least costly rates, said method
comprising the steps of:
a) capturing a telephone number dialed from a telephone
or a cellular phone, or entered into a keyboard of
a fax or computer/modem, or dialed via software;
b) determining rates for each carrier providing service
between a caller location and a destination of the captured
telephone number;
c) comparing carrier rates;
d) then selecting the most economical carrier for
handling placement of the telephone call;
e) automatically appending an access code of the
selected carrier to the telephone number; and
f) generating a telephone number with said appended
access code for routing to a telephone line or system via in-band
or out-of-band signaling methods.
The references relied on by the Examiner is as follows:
Mincone et al. (Mincone) 4,585,904 Apr. 29, 1986
Treat 4,751,728 June 14, 1988
Riskin 4,757,267 July 12, 1988
The specification is objected to under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
first paragraph, for failing to provide an enabling disclosure.
Claims 5, 9 and 36 through 38 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112,
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