Appeal No. 2005-2668
Application No. 09/765,823
capable of receiving commands transmitted from the central monitoring station 103. In
the event that the driver of the vehicle fails to disarm the system, the operator at the
central monitoring system 103 may control certain aspects of the vehicle operation,
such as locking and unlocking the power locks, turning off the ignition, sounding the
horn, flashing the head lights, or turning off the fuel line. The control and
communication unit 201 (Fig. 2) is connected to relays to effect control of the various
functions. Col. 5, l. 22 - col. 6, l. 2.
Instant claim 1 recites a communication interface coupled to the local policy
enforcement device “to transmit to a central agency information related to a failure to
meet a local policy and to receive from the central agency an enablement signal if the
information complies with a remote policy.” The claim places no limitation on “the
information” transmitted to the central agency, other than being “related to a failure to
meet a local policy.” The claim does not specify what the “enablement signal” relates to
(i.e., what may be enabled).
The above-noted claim 1 language reads on several different, alternative
combinations of elements that are described by Johnson. As the examiner indicates,
“the information” that is transmitted to the central monitoring system 103 may include
both alarm information (e.g., intrusion detection) and a security code which the vehicle
occupant may send to the central monitoring system so that the central monitoring
system can determine that the intrusion is by an authorized person. All the information
is related to a failure to meet a local policy (e.g., intrusion detection). If the information
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