Appeal No. 97-1273
Application No. 08/269,818
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 2-5 and 8-16, which
constitute all the claims remaining in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a remote control
device for providing control and data signals to a multi-media
data processing device. More specifically, the remote
controller has a voice transducer physically integrated
therewith and sends command signals to the multi-media device
for selecting, annotating and processing images displayed by
the multi-media device.
Representative claim 15 is reproduced as follows:
15. A hand-sized and manually activatable remote control
unit for selecting and annotating images in a multimedia data
processing device having a memory storage for storing images
and digitized voice annotations, a display for displaying the
images, and an information processor comprising;
discrete manipulatory controls for selecting and
accessing stored images on the display;
a voice transducer physically integrated to the unit
for producing voice signals for annotating the stored images;
and
a short range interface connected to the controls
and the voice transducer for converting outputs from the
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