Appeal No. 2006-0663 Page 5
Application No. 09/841,862
specification. As pointed out by the Examiner (id.), the mobile
station of Forslow enables a user to connect to the data
communications network utilizing the various programs running on
the mobile station.
We also find to be unpersuasive Appellants’ contention
(Brief, pages 5 and 6; Reply Brief, pages 3-5) that, in contrast
to the Examiner’s assertion, Forslow lacks a disclosure of a
bidirectionally coupled data communications network gateway, as
well as a controller for selecting quality of service (QoS)
modes, as claimed. In our view, the illustration of gateway 116
in Forslow’s Figure 9, as well as the information flow depicted
in the flow charts of Forslow’s Figures 10-13, supports the
Examiner’s position. In addition, we find that the accompanying
description beginning at column 14, line 25 of Forslow, which
indicates that the gateway 116 enables communication among the
various entities on the network, further establishes that
such gateway is bidirectionally coupled. Similarly, we fail to
see why Forslow’s user terminal mapper (107, Figure 9, column
14, lines 51-54), which selects the network and network bearers,
i.e., circuit-switched or packet-switched, based on quality of
service considerations, would not be considered a “controller”
as claimed.
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