The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is
not binding precedent of the Board.
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
__________
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
__________
Ex parte IHOR WACYK
__________
Appeal No. 2006-1156
Application No. 09/903,882
___________
ON BRIEF
___________
Before HAIRSTON, KRASS, and SAADAT, Administrative Patent Judges.
KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-4 and 9-17. Claims 5-8
have been indicated by the examiner as being directed to allowable subject matter and are not
before us on appeal.
The invention pertains to wireless control of one or more nearby devices, best illustrated
by reference to representative independent claim 1, reproduced as follows:
1. A system comprising a wireless controller that binds one or more devices from a
neighborhood group of devices to the controller, the controller having a processor that processes
data and formats signals and a transceiver that transmits and receives signals, the controller in a
binding procedure transmitting an address inquiry signal to an address (ADDR1) of a first device
in the neighborhood, receiving back a response to the address inquiry signal from the first
device, determining whether one or more additional responses to the address inquiry signal are
received from one or more of the other devices in the neighborhood group, and sending a
randomize address signal addressed to ADDR1 if one or more additional responses to the
address inquiry signal is received.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007