Appeal No. 1998-1259
Application No. 08/264,817
to claims 22 and 31 on July 23, 1997, concurrent with the
filing of the notice of appeal and brief. Appellants state
(brief, page 2) that the appendix of claims, as submitted,
does not include the claims as amended. An advisory action
issued on October 21, 1997 indicates that the amendment has
been entered. The examiner (answer, page 2) notes the minor
changes to claims 22 and 31 resulting from the July 23, 1997
amendment.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A wireless communication device comprising:
a receiver for receiving a desired communication signal;
a tactile alert generator for generating a tactile alert
pattern when enabled; and
a controller, operably coupled to the receiver and the
tactile alert generator, for enabling the tactile alert
generator to generate a particular tactile alert pattern as
one of a plurality of distinctive tactile alert patterns when
a particular desired communication signal is received, wherein
different particular tactile alert patterns are generated when
different corresponding particular desired communication
signals are received.
The following references are relied upon by the examiner:
MacDonald et al. (MacDonald) 5,293,161 Mar.
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