Appeal No. 96-0667
Application 08/061,249
fee for advertising. Rather, the claims require that the
statement rendered to the businesses include thereon "the cost of
each telephone call to each selected business location, cost of
1+800-XXX service, and cost of advertising associated with each
selected pay telephone" [emphasis ours]-claim 1; or "the cost of
each telephone call to the assigned telephone number from each
pay telephone for the cost of each telephone call and the cost of
advertising associated with each pay telephone" [emphasis ours]-
claim 7.
As recognized by appellant, at page 9 of the brief,
while businesses certainly have been charged for advertising and
for toll-free telephone service, the bill therefor included a
total charge for the service without regard to the particular
telephone from which the calls were made. As explained by
appellant, "[t]hese bills are not separated for selected pay
telephone locations with supporting statements for calls from the
selected pay telephone along with costs of advertising located
adjacent the selected pay telephone." As required by the instant
claims, the statement rendered according to the claimed method
includes, inter alia, the "cost of advertising associated with
each selected pay telephone." This is not taught or suggested by
the prior art of record.
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