Ex Parte Ring - Page 2

              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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