Ex Parte Goulden et al - Page 2



          Appeal No. 2005-2759                                                        
          Application No. 10/221,916                                                  

          area causes an alteration to a display when the portable                    
          transmitter is detected in the waiting area.                                

               Representative independent claim 6 is reproduced as follows:           
               6.  An interactive display system for use in a waiting area,           
          the system comprising:                                                      
               a display positioned in the waiting area;                              
               a portable transmitter carrier by a user in the waiting area;          
               a receiver positioned in the waiting area for receiving a              
          first signal from the portable transmitter; and                             
               a processor operatively connected to the display and for               
          receiving a second signal from the receiver and supplying a third           
          signal to the display, the processor configured to alter the                
          display based on a detection of the portable transmitter in the             
          waiting area.                                                               
               The examiner relies on the following reference:                        
          Lutterbach et al. (Lutterbach)     5,510,828      Apr. 23, 1996             
               Claims 6-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as                    
          unpatentable over Lutterbach.                                               






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