Appeal 2007-0036
Application 10/699,452
FINDINGS OF FACT
Appellants invented a method of indicating a delay to a subscriber
seeking to gain network access (Specification 4: 7-8).
The method calls for transmitting at least one message comprising
existing delay information corresponding with an estimated delay length
associated with accessing the (network) service through an open loop
network (Specification 9: 3-4, 17-23; Fig. 3).
The estimated delay length may comprise at least one time interval
between a first instant corresponding with a received autonomous service
request generated at a predefined moment in time and a second instant
corresponding with granting service access (Specification 7: 16-18).
The predefined moment in time comprises at least one of a periodic
and an aperiodic instant (Specification 7: 18-19).
Ament describes a system and method for controlling the service
engagement in a data bus system that transmits at least one message
comprising existing delay information corresponding with a delay length
associated with accessing the (network) service (para. [0043]).
Ament teaches a delay length comprising a time interval between a
first instant corresponding with a received service request and a second
instant corresponding with granting service access (para. [0043]).
Bender teaches a method and apparatus for rapid assignment of a
traffic channel in digital cellular communication systems, including
accessing a service through an open loop network (col. 1, ll. 42-44; col. 2, ll.
59-61; col. 4, ll. 24-28).
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