Appeal No. 2006-0663 Page 2
Application No. 09/841,862
to the gateway which is bidirectionally coupled to a data
communications network. In a further embodiment, a path is
selected, utilizing stored satellite ephemeris information,
through a constellation of satellites to a destination gateway
with a description of the selected path being transmitted from
the user terminal to at least one of the constellation of
satellites.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as
follows:
1. A mobile satellite telecommunications system, comprising:
at least one user terminal;
at least one satellite in earth orbit; and
at least one gateway bidirectionally coupled to a data
communications network;
said user terminal comprising a controller responsive to
applications for selecting individual ones of a plurality of
Quality of Service (QoS)modes for servicing different application
requirements.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Wiedeman et al. (Wiedeman) 5,655,005 Aug. 05, 1997
Roccanova 6,522,658 Feb. 18, 2003
(filed Jun. 07, 1999)
Forslow 6,608,832 Aug. 19, 2003
(filed Jul. 23, 1998)
Claims 1-7 and 14-20 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a). As evidence of obviousness, the Examiner offers
Forslow in view of Roccanova with respect to claims 1-5 and 14-
18, and adds Wiedeman to the basic combination with respect to
claims 6, 7, 19, and 20.
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