Appeal No. 2003-0705
Application No. 09/144,024
can receive only the high power signals, and cannot communicate with the first device
along a return low-power channel.
Representative independent claim 23 is reproduced as follows:
23. A method for communicating a call-type in a satellite radio-communication
system wherein a mobile radio-communication device is operating in a disadvantaged
mode, the method comprising:
transmitting a paging message including a designation of the call-type;
wherein the paging message further comprises a first string designating a
request for a communication corresponding to the call-type and the communication is to
take place when the mobile radio-communication device is operating in an advantaged
mode in which two-way communication is possible.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Thompson 5,465,401 Nov. 7, 1995
Foladare et al. (Foladare) 5,894,595 Apr. 13, 1999
(filed Feb. 21, 1997)
Helferich 6,087,956 Jul. 11, 2000
(filed Sep. 19, 1997)
Claims 1, 3-5, 7-13, 17-19, 23, 25, 27, 29-31, 34 and 36-43 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Helferich and
Thompson with regard to claims 1, 3-5, 7-13, 17-19, 23, 25, 27, 29-31 and 34. The
examiner offers Foladare and Helferich with regard to claims 36-43.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner.
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