Appeal No. 1997-3276 Page 3
Application No. 08/478,567
signals responsive to a user’s interaction with the control
graphics. The user can employ the output and input circuitry
to search on several fields including name, category, or
keywords. Such searching providing a fuller listing of
advertisers.
Claim 40, which is representative for our purposes,
follows:
40. An electronic phone book comprising:
processing circuitry;
telephone interface circuitry for coupling the
processing circuitry to a telephone line;
a display comprising output circuitry to output
information and a control menu to input criteria
data insufficient to obtain a unique telephone
number based on said criteria data and sufficient to
obtain a plurality of criteria telephone numbers
based on said criteria data and input circuitry for
generating control signals responsive to user
interaction with said control menu; and
communication circuitry coupled between said
processing circuitry and said telephone line for
retrieving said criteria telephone numbers for said
display via the telephone line, said communication
circuit being responsive to said control signals.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Johnston et al. (Johnston) 4,814,760 Mar. 21,
1989
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