Appeal No. 95-0323 Application 08/051,928 amendment after final rejection was filed on March 4, 1994, and was entered by the examiner. This amendment cancelled claims 11-14. Accordingly, this appeal is directed to the rejection of claims 1-10. The disclosed invention pertains to a method and apparatus for selection of random values from a set of N non- sequential values. The invention has application in a wide variety of areas in which it is necessary or desirable to generate random or pseudorandom values. The invention of independent claim 1 is directed to the method for selecting pseudorandom values in a computer to generate frequencies for hopping in a frequency hopping radio. Independent claim 1 on appeal is reproduced as follows: 1. A method for the selection of pseudorandom values in a computer to generate frequencies for hopping in a frequency hopping radio, the method comprising the steps of: providing a set of values numbering N; sorting the set of values from smallest value to largest value; creating a blank information pool from the N values; 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007