Appeal No. 2005-0170
Application No. 09/755,650
BACKGROUND
Appellant's invention relates to a distributed network system which transmits
information to users based on past transactions of the users. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced
below.
1. A distributed communications service system, comprising:
a mobile unit carried by a user, wherein said mobile unit is
configured to transmit identification information indicating a user of the
mobile unit, wherein the mobile unit transmits the identification information
in a wireless fashion;
a network;
a plurality of distributed wireless access points coupled to said
network, wherein each of said plurality of wireless access points is
configured to generate a wireless signal to cause a mobile unit in proximity
to the wireless access point to generate a response, wherein each of said
plurality of wireless access points is also configured to receive the
identification information indicating the user of the mobile unit, wherein,
after detection of said mobile unit by a first wireless access point of said
plurality of wireless access points in proximity to said mobile unit, and after
receipt of the identification information indicating the user of the mobile
unit, one or more past transactions of the user of the mobile unit are
identified, and said first wireless access point transmits information to said
mobile unit that is dependent upon the past transactions of the user of the
mobile unit, wherein the first wireless access point transmits the
information to the mobile unit in a wireless fashion.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
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