Appeal No. 1996-3281
Application 07/895,467
“informing the sending party’s terminal of a time capable of
designation of transmission when the first local information
transmission starting time manually designated already has
passed the local time at the receiving party’s location.”
We note that these particular claims do not indicate such
a situation as an error, but only “inform” the sender of “a
time capable of designation of transmission.”
Sekiya provides for sending messages and calculating time
zone differentials and automatically sending messages at the
designated/calculated times. Takenouchi elaborates on the
various types of messages that may be sent which includes
registered mail which includes a return receipt (column 1,
lines 56 and 57). This registered mail may contain
instructions for a time of delivery (column 3, lines 59-62).
If the designated time for transmission has already lapsed,
Takenouchi immediately transmits the mail (column 12, lines
50+). In this manner, registered mail will be transmitted
later than the original designated time, and when received, a
time of receipt, i.e., a time that was capable of designation
of transmission, will be issued to inform the sender (receipt
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