Appeal No. 1998-0918
Application 08/314,451
Representative claim 7 is reproduced as follows:
7. A telephone note-taking device, adapted to take
notes from a user before the user places an outgoing telephone
call through the telephone note-taking device, comprising:
selecting means, responsive to user selection, for
enabling the user to select a telephone using mode through
which, when selected, the telephone note-taking device is
instructed to accept notes to be entered by the user and
subsequently, upon a further command from the user, initiate
an outgoing telephone call to a called party;
party designating/inputting means, responsive to said
selecting means, for enabling the user to designate the called
party to which the telephone call is to be directed, wherein
the party designating/inputting means begins operation when
the user selects the telephone using mode via the selecting
means;
transmitting means, operative in conjunction with said
selecting means and responsive to the further command from the
user, for initiating the outgoing telephone call between the
user and the called party, said further command being separate
from and subsequent to the user selection of the telephone
using mode;
note inputting means for accepting the notes entered
by the user before the outgoing telephone call is initiated,
said note inputting means automatically commencing operation,
so as to accept the notes, sequentially after the party
designating/inputting means starts operation but before the
user, through the selecting means, commands the device means
to initiate the telephone call;
storing means, connected to said note inputting means,
for storing said notes entered via the note inputting means;
and
note displaying means, connected to the note inputting
means, for displaying the notes to the user as the notes are
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