Appeal 2007-0481
Application 10/654,049
We affirm a new ground of rejection of claims 1-6, 8-10 and 13-15
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being obvious over Davis in view of Naboulsi
and Kim.
Appellant’s invention relates to a wireless telephone that a user may
activate by squeezing. In the words of the Appellant:
A user of a communication device may initiate a
communication, i.e., a telephone call, a text message, a page, an alert
and the like, silently, via a macro-manipulation of the communication
device and without having to identify a particularly button or
sequence of buttons on the communication device. The
communication device may include housing into which is disposed a
sensor that detects the macro-manipulation of the communication
device by the user. An output form the sensor is associated with a
particular communication context, e.g., a particularly telephone
number to which a call is to be completed, a communication device to
which a text message is to be sent and the contents of the text
message, an email address to which an email is to be sent, a pager to
which either a page number, text or numeric message is to be sent,
and the like. Responsive to the output from the sensor, the
communication device initiates the communication according to the
define context. Thus, a user of the communication device may initiate
a communication in total darkness, without removing the
communication device from a purse or pocket, and without having to
identify a particular key or keys on the communication device.
(Specification, para. [0008]).
Claim 1 is exemplary:
1. A communication device comprising:
a housing;
a sensor disposed on a surface of the housing and responsive to a user
macro-manipulation of the communication device to provide a sensor
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