Appeal No. 2004-2179
Application No. 09/785,919
26. A method comprising:
receiving a first command from a remote control
unit in a first format for a first consumer device;
translating said first command to a second format
and forwarding said first command in said second format
to said first consumer device;
receiving a second command from a remote control
unit in the first format for a second consumer device;
and
translating said second command to a third format
and forwarding said second command in said third format
to said second consumer device.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Fukuda 5,995,844 Nov. 30, 1999
(filing date Jun. 20, 1997)
Kitao et al. (Kitao) 6,160,491 Dec. 12, 2000
(effective filing date Nov. 07, 1995)
Schultheiss 6,195,548 Feb. 27, 2001
(effective filing date Dec. 02, 1996)
Claims 26-28, 30, 33-36, 39 and 40 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Schultheiss. The
remaining claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Schultheiss
in view of Fukuda as to claim 29 and Schultheiss in view of Kitao
as to claims 31, 32, 37 and 38.
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