Appeal No. 1999-0297 Page 10
Application No. 08/502,253
their transmission sequence number (col. 10, lines 2-11 and
24-28). To ensure that all of the messages sent by the
central terminal have been received, the messages may be
resent. Upon receiving a message corresponding to the
selective call receiver, 130, the message is stored in memory
140 (col. 8, lines 20-23). If, after a predetermined period
of time, a message in the sequence has not been received, a
message reconciliation request is sent to central terminal 102
through path 152 (col. 7, lines 28-35) and the message is
resent (Figure 10 and col. 13, line 58 - col. 14, line 33).
From these teachings of Kane, we find that because Kane
sequentially transmits and receives each message, Kane does
not select a message by comparing an address count with an
address transmission number that is stored in the message
header. In Kane, if the address of the message corresponds to
the address of the selective call receiver, the message is
stored. We find that Kane uses message sequence numbers
because the messages are sequentially transmitted. The
message sequence numbers ensure that all of the messages have
been received and are properly ordered. Because DeLuca
transmits messages that are grouped together, we see no
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