Appeal No. 2005-0418
Application No. 10/124,248
Looking into the similarities between the instant claimed
invention and the method/apparatus of Klein for operating on a
text-based message, Klein does search a message (a text message)
to see if an integrated voice-and-fax delivery is indicated. If
it is so indicated, a computer parses the message to separate it
into segments classified by type. An e-mail message has a
predefined header followed by a sequence of lines of ASCII
characters. Other types of segment lines are defined as
whitespace, prose, and non-prose (column 5, lines 4-10). Each
line of the message is classified into one of these four types
and the four types are identified by different means, e.g. the
header is identified by “sentinels predefined for this particular
e-mail system” (column 5, lines 12-13). Further, a computer
inserts into a voice message, at places that were occupied in the
e-mail message by the non-prose segments, voice pointers to the
appropriate fax segments (see column 6, lines 1-5).
Thus, it would appear that Klein discloses many of the same
words of the instant claim, e.g., “pointer,”, “predefined.” But,
the examiner has not shown where Klein is performing the claimed
steps or shows the claimed apparatus. The examiner has not
specifically shown how the “predefined header” of Klein equates
to searching a message for a signal having “pre-defined
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