Appeal 2007-0374
Application 09/891,167
requests for assistance when dangerous or emergency conditions are
encountered." (Col. 5, ll. 38-46.) More specifically, the secondary
reference's "FIGS. 5A and 5B provide a high level flow chart for the
operation of [a] central alarm and warning monitor/response center 10 . . . in
response to a received alarm message generated by warning unit 12. . . ."
(Col. 16, ll. 10-13.)
The part of Lemelson relied on by the Examiner describes
"broadcasting an emergency assistance/response page. This paging signal is
intended to illicit [sic] a response from emergency assistance/response
personnel that may be in the vicinity or area of the warning unit 12 that
issued the original distress message." (Id. ll. 52-56.) The Examiner is
correct that "the monitor center 10 checks for responses to the paging
message at unit block 206." (Id. ll. 56-58.) Furthermore, "[o]nce a response
message is received at block 214, control is passed to block 216 which sends
a confirmation message to warning unit 12 that will inform the user of the
warning unit that emergency assistance/response is en-route." (Col. 17,
ll. 14-18.)
"If no response to the page is received after a designated time,"
(col. 16, ll. 58-59), the page is retransmitted until "a total of 'M' tries have
been made. . . ." (Col. 16, l. 66 – col. 17, l. 1.) If no response is received
after the M tries, "control is passed to dispatch back-up assistance/response
block 212 where assistance/response is dispatched even though it may take
longer to reach the location of the warning unit 12 than it would have if
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