Appeal No. 1998-0666
Application 08/467,876
controls the repeat period for which a mobile unit listens for
paging messages. The system transmits a signal to the mobile
unit commanding the mobile unit to either use its currently
assigned repeat period or to use a different repeat period.
Representative claim 13 is reproduced as follows:
13. A method for commanding a remote station to listen
for pages in a radiocommunication system comprising the steps
of:
providing a plurality of paging frame classes, each
class having a different repeat period for listening for
paging messages;
assigning one of said plurality of paging frame
classes to said remote station when said remote station
registers with said system; and
transmitting, from said system, a paging frame modifier
which commands said mobile to either use said assigned paging
frame class or to use a different paging frame class.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Tayloe et al. (Tayloe) 5,373,506 Dec. 13, 1994
(effective filing date of Nov. 26,
1990)
Claims 13-15, 47, 48 and 54-62 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by the disclosure of
Tayloe. Appellant and the examiner have both recognized that
dependent claims 60-62 improperly depend from claim 60 rather
than claim 59. For purposes of deciding this appeal, we treat
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