Appeal No. 2001-1569
Application No. 09/007,714
Appellant's invention relates to an internet telephony system with automated call
answering with retrieval by the called party via the internet telephony web site. An
understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced below.
1. A call answering and messaging system for an internet telephony
web site, comprising:
an internet telephony server for providing internet telephony
functionality through a web site, wherein the web site
enables a calling party to initiate and connect a voice call to
a called party over the internet;
a data storage system; and
a processor coupled to said data storage system, said processor
operative to receive a message from said calling party via
the internet telephony web site, and to store said message
in said data storage system for retrieval by said called party
via the internet telephony web site.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is as follows:
Hulen et al. (Hulen) 5,497,373 Mar. 05, 1996
Bowater EP 0 794 650 Sep. 10, 1997
(European Patent Application)
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