Ex parte BELLEGARDA et al. - Page 7




          Appeal No. 1995-3030                                       Page 7           
          Application No. 08/073,091                                                  


          application claims a merging or combining of estimated                      
          likelihoods derived from speech and handwriting inputs, or                  
          claims a combination of input signals from speech and                       
          handwriting transducers, to select a most probable message                  
          that is input to the system."  (Appeal Br. at 19.)                          


               Claims 44-55 specify in pertinent part the following                   
          limitations:                                                                
               a first transducer for converting a user's speech to                   
               a first signal;                                                        
               a second transducer for converting the user's                          
               handwriting to a second signal; and                                    
               ...                                                                    
               a first likelihood estimator for generating a first                    
               list comprised of one or more probable messages                        
               conveyed by the informational content of the first                     
               signal;                                                                
               a second likelihood estimator for generating a                         
               second list comprised of one or more probable                          
               messages conveyed by the information content of the                    
               second signal;                                                         
               ...                                                                    
               a likelihood merger for selectively merging the                        
               first list and the second list to form a third list                    
               ....                                                                   









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