Appeal No. 1997-0198
Application No. 08/227,609
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method of presenting traffic event information at a
vehicle, the method comprising the steps:
transmitting a stream of traffic event information,
said traffic event information including a descriptive
portion and a location portion;
monitoring said stream of traffic event information at
said vehicle;
comparing at said vehicle said location portion of said
traffic event information relative to a previously stored
travel route model specifying a corresponding travel route
of said vehicle, said travel route model being defined at
said vehicle while said vehicle was previously traversing
said travel route; and
displaying for presentation at said vehicle a subset of
monitored traffic events, said subset including only events
which coincide geographically with said travel route.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Sumner 5,164,904 Nov. 17, 1992
Martell et al. (Martell) 5,317,311 May 31, 1994
(filed Sep. 13, 1990)
Claims 1, 2 and 4 through 14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(b) as being anticipated by Sumner.
Reference is made to the brief (paper number 14) and the
answer (paper number 15) for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
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