Appeal No. 2002-1400
Application No. 09/131,279
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a cordless facsimile system with telephone
answering function incorporated into the portable cordless unit. An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced
below.
1. A unitary, portable, wireless, cordless facsimile unit with a telephone answering
function, said facsimile unit adapted to communicate via a base unit connected to a
telephone network, said facsimile unit comprising a single housing in which is located:
a radio circuit for demodulating a reception signal received from the base unit via
an antenna, and for modulating a transmission signal for transmission to
the base unit via said antenna;
a voice processor for converting an analog voice signal output from the radio
circuit into digital voice data and converting the digital voice data into the
analog voice signal for transmission to the radio circuit;
a memory for storing voice data for an outgoing message and an incoming
message;
a controller having means for establishing a speech path with the telephone
network via the base unit upon receiving a ring signal reflecting an
incoming call from the base unit, means for reading the voice data for the
outgoing message stored in the memory to transmit the read voice data to
the base unit through the voice processor and the radio circuit, and means
for storing in the memory the voice data for the incoming message
received from the telephone network through the radio circuit and the
voice processor.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
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