Appeal No. 1999-0297 Page 8
Application No. 08/502,253
format signal reflects a continuation signal, indicating that
the following packet contains additional information
associated with the message. Figure 4a discloses a selective
call signal protocol received by a pager. It includes (col.
3, line 67 - col. 4, line 14) a synchronization signal, as
well as address and data fields. The address field has a
predetermined number of address slots. Additionally, the data
field contains a corresponding number of data packets. If the
pager receives the signal of Figure 4a and finds its own
address, i.e., A1, it receives the associated message
information only in the data packet D1, in the data field.
However, in DeLuca, a message is not selected by comparing an
address count with an address transmission number that is
stored in the message header by the transmitter. In DeLuca,
(Figure 5) the program sequentially increments through each
address searched (step 210). If the address of the selective
call receiver is found, step 208 is executed, setting the
program to receive the data packet corresponding to the
address count. After incrementing through each address to see
if the address corresponds to the pager, the messages are
sequentially incremented in a similar fashion (steps 218, 220,
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