Appeal No. 2005-0946
Application No. 09/915,448 Page 9
Anytime a user triggers a sensor, the Intelligent Agent
Coordinator receives an "environmental cue." It is further
disclosed (col. 47, lines 53-61) that "[t]hese cues not only
enable the Intelligent Agent Coordinator to gain an understanding
where users are for information delivery purposes, but also learn
the standard patterns (arrival time, departure time, etc.) of
each person's life. These patterns are constantly updated and
refined to increase the system's intelligence when delivering
information." The Intelligent Agent Coordinator also tries to
determine where each user is physically located throughout the
day for routing purposes (col. 48, lines 28-31). As an example,
if a user were at her desk using the web client, the Intelligent
Agent Coordinator would know to send any necessary information to
her PC. As an alternative, if the Intelligent Agent Coordinator
had just received an indication (via the key card reader next to
the exit) that the person had left the building, and minutes
later an urgent message is received, the Intelligent Agent
Coordinator, knowing the person has left the building, will send
the text of the urgent message to the hand held device (col. 48,
lines 40-44 and 46-56).
From the disclosure that the system will recognize that a
person has left the building and send an urgent message to the
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