Appeal 2007-0149
Application 09/881,502
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention is directed to a system and method for reducing
the disruption costs associated with notifying a user of messages and/or
alerts. According to Appellant, a user may be notified presently based on
the likely available states of the user or the notification can be deferred until
a more convenient time for the user (Specification 7). An understanding of
the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary independent claim
1, which is reproduced as follows:
1. A notification system, comprising:
a monitor that monitors likely available states of an entity; and
a bounding system that classifies a notification to the entity
according to a predefined protocol and the likely available states, the
bounding system facilitating deferral of the notification based at least
in part on the notification classification.
The Examiner relies on the following reference in rejecting the
claims:
Aravamudan US 6,301,609 Oct. 9, 2001
Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being
unpatentable over Aravamudan.
Rather than reiterate the opposing arguments, reference is made to the
briefs and answer for the respective positions of Appellant and the
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