Appeal No. 2003-0330
Application No. 09/533,805
and not the call itself can be routed to an SCP, there is no
teaching within these references that prepaid calls can be routed
in this manner.
With respect to independent claims 37 and 38, the
examiner finds that Donovan teaches determining whether a call
requires one of a prepaid call service or postpaid call service
based on Translation Type mapping capability of at least one of a
Signaling Control Connection Part (SCCP) layer of Signaling
System 7 (SS7) and SS7 User Part (ISUP) messaging [answer, pages
5-6]. Appellants argue that Donovan and Granberg both fail to
teach determination of a service type, e.g., either a prepaid
call service type or postpaid call service type, based on
Translation Type mapping or Translation Type capability [brief,
pages 13-14]. The examiner responds that Donovan uses the same
standards disclosed by appellants [answer, pages 13-14].
Appellants respond that Donovan fails to teach how the
determination is made as to what the service type is. Appellants
argue that nowhere does Donovan teach determining a service type
based on Translation Type mapping or Translation Type capability
[reply brief, page 3].
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