Appeal No. 2002-1531
Application No. 08/828,548
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a connection of a computer to a telephone
exchange. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. Method for using a computer as a telephone comprising the steps
of:
connecting the computer to a telephone exchange via a computer
network, such that the computer is capable of receiving telephone calls
over a direct telephone connection between the computer and a calling
party;
registering, in the exchange, the computer as a telephone;
allocating, by the exchange, a unique telephone number that is to
be associated with the computer;
setting up, via the computer network, a traffic channel between the
telephone exchange and the computer, for sending and receiving speech
signals;
generating data packets containing telephony by applying, in the
exchange, a signal structure, suitable for telephony, to speech signals
intended for the computer; and
sending the data packets containing telephony to the computer
over said traffic channel wherein telephony comprises speech signals
transmitted between a user of the computer and the calling party in real
time.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
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