Appeal No. 2002-1136
Application 09/030,601
Internet Service Provider because McMullin teaches that the proxy
38, provides the function of converting the call to an Internet
Telephony format which is not at the Internet Service Provider.
See pages 6 and 7 of the brief and pages 1 and 2 of the reply
brief.
Upon our review of McMullin, we find that McMullin teaches
that the proxy IVRS would be equipped with the necessary software
and hardware to interconnect the caller with the sound equipment
of the proxy. See McMullin, column 11, lines 38 through 40.
McMullin further teaches that the IVRS is part of a called party
proxy 38. See McMullin, figure 2. McMullin teaches that figure
2 shows a functional block diagram of the logical network
elements interconnected with a called party proxy 38 which is
advantageously employed to provide an audio interactive voice
response to the calling party that attempts to call a subscriber
whose telephone link is busy. See McMullin, column 8, lines 13
through 20. McMullin teaches that the Data Communications
Service shown as element 50 in figure 2 is an Internet Service
Provider. See McMullin, column 1, lines 20 through 25, and
column 5, lines 34 through 63. Therefore, McMullin teaches that
the called party proxy 38 performs the function of providing the
necessary formatting of the incoming call and via the IVRS 14.
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