Appeal 2007-0148
Application 10/964,939
explain how these paragraphs teach reformatting. Nevertheless, Hullfish
describes that an IM message is "converted" into an SMS message (¶ 0051),
which implies that the SMS text messages must be reformatted to be sent as
IM messages, for example, by at least adding an instant messenger identifier
for routing in an IM system (¶ 0011; ¶ 0036).2 This teaching of reformatting
a message file (SMS text message) for a different messaging system (IMS)
also would have suggested to one of ordinary skill in the art that the message
file could be reformatted for use with other messaging systems to provide a
"unified messaging system," which is a goal of Hullfish (¶ 0005). Therefore,
we conclude that the limitation of "plural messaging systems each having a
format different than the file" is suggested by Hullfish. The rejection of
claims 9-16 is affirmed.
2 Hullfish discloses (¶ 0011):
In one example, the instant message is generated from the
electronic message based on one or more predetermined rules. For
example, the one or more predetermined rules may select one or more
portions of the electronic message as the instant message and may
selectively delete one or more portions of the electronic message to
generate the instant message.
Although this sounds like reformatting, Hullfish is describing filtering to
remove undesired words (¶¶ 0074-0081), which is not really "formatting."
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