Appeal No. 2002-1696 Page 2
Application No. 08/921,884
subscribers addressed by a group message display the same message, however, the
appellant asserts that conventional selective call messaging has been limited by "an
inability to subscriber-customize a group message." (Id.)
Accordingly, the appellant's invention delivers a master message addressed to a
first group of subscribers and a corresponding records message addressed to a second
group of subscribers. (Id. at 25.) For example, a master message may contain a
weather reporting template for subscribers in several cities, while separate records
messages may contain weather data for each city. (Id. at 9.) Upon receipt of the
master message and corresponding records message, a subscriber forms a
"subscriber-customized group message" from the master message, the records
message, and local data stored in the subscriber. (Id. at 25.) The appellant asserts
that his invention "retains the high efficiency characteristics of the prior art group
messaging . . . while adding a significant degree of customization for each subscriber
receiving the group message." (Appeal Br. at 5.)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claim.
1. A method in a selective call messaging system for delivering a
subscriber-customized group message, the method comprising the steps
of:
delivering a master message addressed to a first group of
subscriber units and a corresponding records message addressed to a
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