Appeal No. 2001-2260
Application 08/712,502
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for connecting a user to a computer information
network comprising the steps of:
providing a central processing station comprising a database
including an index of computer network access numbers and
associated information for using the numbers;
accessing the central processing station from a remote
computing device through a transmission line;
receiving location identifying information from the remote
computing device;
comparing the received location identifying information with
the index of network access numbers stored in the database;
selecting at least one appropriate computer network access
number from the database;
downloading the selected appropriate computer network access
number to the remote computing device.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Abel et al. (Abel) 5,289,371 Feb. 22, 1994
Weinberger et al. (Weinberger) 5,425,085 June 13, 1995
Chinnock et al. (Chinnock) 5,426,427 June 20, 1995
Claims 1-9, 11, 13, 14, 17-30 and 45-47 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers
Chinnock in view of Weinberger with respect to claims 1, 7-9, 11,
13, 14, 25, 26, 45 and 46, and Abel is added to this combination
with respect to claims 2-6, 12, 17, 18 and 47. Although not
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