Appeal No. 2006-2890
Application No. 09/842,747
can automatically receive a mailbox content list from a mail server, (Stein,
col. 3, lines 8-23, col. 7, line 48-col. 8, line 7, col. 8, lines 41-48). Stein
further teaches pulling the mailbox content list if the list has not already
been pushed and stored, (Stein, col. 3, lines 8-23).
Even though this so-called “push model” feature is recited only in the
preamble of independent claim 1 on appeal, it is the substance of the nature of the
arguments presented by appellant in the brief. From our perspective, figure 2 of
Stein shows as element 222, a push manager. Note also, the teachings and
showings in figure 4, figures 12 through 14 (in particular figure 13) and the
teachings at column 7, lines 31 through 36; the teachings beginning at line 41 of
column 8 and the middle of column 13 to the end of the patent. In a manner
corresponding to the disclosed and claimed invention, the server in Stein does a
pushing function such as to automatically send or otherwise permit the wireless
device to “automatically receive” information, including current mailbox content
lists.
The nature of the information automatically pushed or sent by the server
includes a mailbox list in Stein such as shown in figure 3 according to the
preloading teachings, the showings in figure 5, figure 14 and the discussion of
element 1418 at column 17, lines 1 through 15. The ability of the system to
operate overall in a wireless environment with scroll and select capabilities has
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