Appeal No. 2006-3280
Application No. 09/874,152
Now, the question before us is what Weisser, Knoerle and
Watts would have taught to one of ordinary skill in the art? To
answer this question, we find the following facts:
1. At column 9, lines 2 through 26, Weisser states the
following:
Initially, a call is initiated as shown in block
100. It is then determined whether the line for the
called number is busy (block 110, FIG. 2). If the
called number is not busy, the telephone network, using
the AIN, connects the call to the called line (block
120, FIG. 2). If the called party is busy, the system
determines if the called number subscriber is an
"Advertise-on-Busy" subscriber (block 130, FIG. 2). If
the called party is not an "Advertise-on-Busy"
subscriber, then the telephone system initiates a busy
signal to the calling party indicating that the called
line is busy or occupied (block 140, FIG. 2). On the
other hand, if it is determined by the telephone system
that the called line, which is busy, is an "Advertise-
on-Busy" subscriber, then the call is queued in a
service control point 26 and then temporarily connected
by a voice circuit to a chosen service node 39. The
service node then plays a recorded message selected by
the service control point to the caller while waiting
to provide a connection to the called line (blocks 150
and 160, FIG. 2). The queue established in this service
control point 26 establishes the order that calls
placed on hold will be connected to the called line.
The service control point 26 also stores indicia
related to the message to be played in the service node
39 for any given call. These recorded messages can be
chosen, selected, and created by the "Advertise-on-
Busy" subscriber.
2. Further, at column 3, line 66 through column 4, line 7,
Watts states the following:
If the called telecommunications device 18
disconnects, intelligent peripheral 40 initiates a call
to the calling telecommunications device 12 which is
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