Appeal No. 2006-2700
Application No. 10/705,456
plurality of generic executable service functions wherein
said function-specific parameters are associated with one of
said generic executable service functions,’ and ‘a response
generating module for generating a function-specific
response from one of said generic executable service
functions, wherein said function-specific response is
associated with one of said generic executable service
functions and includes said device information,’ as is
claimed in claim 3 of the present invention
In order for us to decide the question of obviousness, “the
first inquiry must be into exactly what the claims define.” In re
Wilder, 429 F.2d 447, 450, 166 USPQ 545, 548 (CCPA 1970).
“Analysis begins with a key legal question-- what is the
invention claimed?”...Claim interpretation...will normally
control the remainder of the decisional process.” Panduit Corp.
v. Dennison Mfg., 810 F.2d 1561, 1567-68, 1 USPQ2d 1593, 1597
(Fed. Cir. 1987).
We note that representative claim 3 reads in part as
follows:
a plurality of generic executable service
functions callable by any of the plurality of vendors
to facilitate delivery of a plurality of heterogeneous
data services;
a parameter processing module for processing
function-specific parameters, including device
information for a wireless mobile device, for one of
said plurality of generic executable service functions
wherein said function-specific parameters are
associated with one of said generic executable service
functions; and
a response generating module for generating a
function-specific response from one of said generic
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