Appeal No. 2006-3093 Page 3
Application No. 10/754,306
66. A method of using a hand-held pointing device in cooperation with a remote
device, comprising the steps of:
sending, by the hand-held pointing device, a signal to the remote device;
receiving, by the remote device, the signal from the hand-held device;
sending, by the remote device, a response signal; and
receiving, by the hand-held pointing device, the response signal from the
remote device, the response signal received by the hand-held pointing device
including remote device information identifying the remote device and
available functions that may be performed by the remote device.
THE REFERENCES
The examiner relies upon the following references:
Shintani 5,646,608 Jul. 8, 1997
Kitao et al. (Kitao) 6,160,491 Dec. 12, 2000
(filed Sep. 9, 1998)
Burleson et al. (Burleson) 6,717,528 Apr. 6, 2004
(filed Feb. 17, 2000)
THE REJECTIONS
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1 and 16 stand rejected on the ground of nonstatutory
obviousness-type double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1
and 11 of U.S. Pat. No. 6,717,528 to Burleson.
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