Appeal No. 2004-1379
Application No. 09/823,458
and the information is filtered by user preferences stored in the
communication device.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method comprising:
identifying a reference location; and
providing consumer information determined at least
in part on a vendor’s proximity to the reference
location, wherein the consumer information being received
by a portable communication device is filtered by user
preferences stored in the portable communication device.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Amin et al. (Amin) 6,353,398 Mar. 05, 2002
(filed Oct. 22, 1999)
Titmuss et al. (Titmuss) 6,397,040 May 28, 2002
(filed Apr. 09, 1998)
Claims 1, 3-20 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a). As evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Amin in
view of Titmuss.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the brief and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejection advanced by the examiner and the evidence
of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
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