Appeal No. 2004-2086 Page 2
Application No. 09/238,800
BACKGROUND
Appellants' invention relates to a front end translation
mechanism for received communications. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of providing received electronic communications
at a data processing system in a human language desired by a
recipient of said electronic communication, said method
comprising:
intercepting an incoming communication at said data
processing system, when said incoming communication is provided
in a first human language, which is different from the desired
human language; and
responsive to said intercepting step, dynamically
translating said incoming communication into said desired human
language.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Lyberg 5,546,500 Aug. 13, 1996
Boucher et al. (Boucher) 5,884,246 Mar. 16, 1999
(filed Dec. 4, 1996)
Claims 1, 2, 5, 7, 9-16, 18-25, and 27-35 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Boucher.
Claims 8, 17 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Boucher in view of Lyberg.
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