Appeal No. 2004-0961
Application No. 09/785,863
Claim 1, which claims the method, is illustrative:
1. In a communication network comprising a
plurality of subscriber telephone lines, each coupled
to an associated telephoning switching facility, each
subscriber telephone line having at least one directory
number and an associated subscriber profile including
selected information services, a method for providing
information services to a subscriber, comprising:
detecting an off-hook condition at a subscriber
telephone line;
determining the information services selected by
the subscriber by correlating the subscriber directory
number with the selected information services in the
subscriber’s profile in accordance with predetermined
criteria, wherein the predetermined criteria includes
the time, date, or day of week; and,
in response to the off-hook condition, generating
a message corresponding to the selected information
services for receipt by the subscriber.
THE REFERENCES
McLeod et al. (McLeod) 5,222,120 Jun. 22, 1993
Kung et al. (Kung) 6,373,817 Apr. 16, 2002
(filed Dec. 30, 1999)
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-5, 8-16, 19-27 and 30-38 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over McLeod in view of
Kung.
OPINION
We affirm the aforementioned rejection.
The appellants indicate that the claims all stand or fall
together (brief, page 4). We therefore limit our discussion to
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