Appeal No. 2002-2295
Application 08/988,457
particular radio base station currently communicating with each
of the plurality of mobile units;
receiving a request to transfer data to a selected group of
the plurality of mobile units; and
transferring data from the central station to the selected
group of mobile units using the radio base stations identified by
the registration information stored in the registration database
for each mobile unit in the selected group, wherein the data
transferred to the selected group of mobile units includes
application software invoked by at least one of the mobile units.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Grube et al. (Grube) 5,553,314 Sept. 3, 1996
LaPorta et al. (LaPorta) 6,014,429 Jan. 11, 2000
(filing date Aug. 12, 1996)
Rejection at Issue
Claims 1 through 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 through 14, 16, 17 and 20
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
LaPorta in view of Grube.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the
Examiner, we make reference to the briefs1 and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
1 Appellants filed an appeal brief on January 30, 2002.
Appellants filed a reply brief on June 24, 2002. The Examiner
mailed an office communication on August 2, 2002, stating that
the reply brief has been considered and entered.
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