Appeal No. 2005-0709
Application No. 09/767,197
particular, the data and/or commands are entered through selected
ones of down, up, right, left, and other patterns of stroking
touch sensitive keys. The employment of two stroking directions
is sufficient to represent the 26 letters of the English
alphabet, with additional key stroking patterns available to
represent selected numbers of punctuations and commands.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A wireless mobile phone comprising:
an input keypad having a plurality of touch sensitive keys;
and
means coupled to the input keypad to interpret key stroking
patterns of said touch sensitive keys by a user to facilitate
entry of alphanumeric data or commands, wherein each key stroking
pattern is composed of one or more stroke pattern directions with
each stroke pattern direction defined by a stroking of two or
more adjacent ones of said touch sensitive keys.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Kushler et al. (Kushler) 5,945,928 Aug. 31, 1999
Smith 5,982,303 Nov. 9, 1999
Claims 1-3, 5-24, 26-42, and 46 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Smith in view of Kushler.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
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