Appeal No. 1999-2317 Page 8
Application No. 08/634,543
second subscriber line is not busy; upon establishing that
said second subscriber line is not busy, holding said second
subscriber line and signaling through said control network to
notify said first of said central office switching systems
that said second subscriber line is available and that a
processor is associated with said second of said central
office switching systems ....” Therefore, we reverse the
rejection of claims 1-9 as obvious over Wheeler in view of
Gordon. We conclude with the last group of claims.
II. Claims 10-22
The appellants argue, "there is no teaching or suggestion
in Wheeler or Gordon, considered individually or in
combination, of a link between an Internet module and the
signal transfer point of the control network of the
telecommunications network." (Appeal Br. at 17.) Claims 10
and 11 specify in pertinent part the following limitations:
"at least a pair of said central office switching systems
having connected thereto an Internet module, said central
office switching systems providing selective connection
between said modules and the subscriber lines connected to
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