Appeal No. 2000-2238 Page 2
Application No. 08/826,922
According to the appellants, when a user created a short message, heretofore,
he formed the message one character at a time. (Id.) Because digital mobile phones
usually do not contain letter keys, they explain, the user entered letters by pressing
numbers, special characters, and function keys in a certain order. (Id.) Because the
selection of a letter required several keystrokes, add the appellants, forming a textual
message by such means was slow. (Id.)
In contrast, the appellants’ digital mobile phone uses menus to form a message.
More specifically, a user selects parts of the message based on questions or options
presented by menus of the phone. (Id.) The phone compiles responses from the user
into a short message for transmission. (Id. at 2.)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim:
7. A method for creating a short message on an electrical
communication device, which short message is a string of characters
complying with a predetermined structure, characterized in that the
communication device presents to the user data input options according
to said structure and, in response to data entered by the user, said
communication device compiles said short message in accordance with
said structure, wherein the message is in human readable form.
Claims 1-4, 6-9, and 11-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 5,887,249 (“Schmid”).
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