Appeal No. 2000-1711
Application 08/808,870
to display various menus and alphanumeric characters for the user
interface. Data is entered by rotating the end cap 104 until the
desired menu selection or alphanumeric character appears in the
menu section 204; then the cap is pushed in the direction 114 to
select the menu item or alphanumeric character; and the menu item
or character appears in the alphanumeric section 202. Example 2
(cols. 5-6) is an example of entering a telephone number.
Metroka teaches that the data entry device is an improvement in
terms of size, weight, and cost over keypads (col. 2, lines 3-9;
col. 8, lines 55-59). Thus, Metroka is an excellent teaching of
a data entry device almost identical to appellants' device.
The examiner first finds that Metroka does not teach a pager
for entering and transmitting data (EA4). The examiner finds
that Indekeu teaches "a method for selecting information services
from a menu in [a] selective call transceiver which comprises a
selective call receiver for entering and transmitting a message
(200, figure 1; col. 1, lines 38-39 & col. 2, lines 57-59) for
the purpose of being capable of sending multiple types of
information" (EA4). The examiner concludes that it would have
been obvious to include a pager in Metroka as taught by Indekeu
"for the purpose of being capable of sending multiple types of
information" (EA4).
Appellants note that Indekeu teaches a paging system in
which a subscriber to an information service selects from a menu
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