Appeal No. 2003-0247
Application No. 09/185,924
The independent claims require that after a failed attempt
by a first computer system to initiate communication between a
network communications device of that computer system and a first
network communications device associated with a second computer
system, the first computer system is operated to at least try to
communicate a message to a second network communications device
associated with the second computer system.1,2
Thro discloses a system and method for spawning a
communication service, which can be a location determination
service, a schedule or itinerary communication service, or a
stored message service, when a call attempt from a first user of
a first communication unit to a second user of a second
communication unit fails (col. 1, line 66 - col. 2, line 5;
col. 2, lines 52-65).3 The first unit can be a wireline
telephone and the second unit can be a cellular phone, or the
1 In claims 5 and 10 the communications device of the first
computer system and the first communications device associated
with the second computer system are modems and the second
communication device associated with the second computer system
is a pager.
2 In claim 12, the first appearance of “second” should read
“first”.
3 “Spawning, generally refers to starting a second distinct
process or service based on a previous process or service”
(col. 4, lines 53-55).
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