Appeal 2007-0638
Application 09/933,655
surveillance equipment to focus in on an identified area. . . . The area placed
under surveillance is the location of the subscriber’s mobile terminal or a
remote area identified by the subscriber” (Spec. 1-2).
In operation, a person located at, for example, a bus stop
suddenly becomes aware that he/ she is in danger and needs
help. With this system the mobile terminal subscriber dials a
surveillance service by, for example, pushing a single button to
dial a stored phone number. Upon completion of the
connection, the geographical position of the mobile terminal
subscriber is automatically obtained by the surveillance service.
A video surveillance camera located in the vicinity of the
mobile terminal is selected. Knowing the location of the video
camera and that of the mobile terminal, the orientation of the
video camera can be determined. This information is
transmitted to the video camera control system to orient the
video camera to focus in on the mobile terminal subscriber.
(Id. at 3.)
DISCUSSION
1. CLAIMS
Claims 1-9 and 11-21 are pending and on appeal. Except with regard
to the § 102 rejection of claims 1 and 2, the claims subject to each rejection
have not been argued separately and therefore stand or fall together. 37
C.F.R. § 41.37(c)(1)(vii). We will focus on claims 1, 2, 5, 11, and 19, which
are representative and read as follows:
1. A method of controlling the surveillance of an area with a
mobile terminal comprising the steps of;
receiving a request for surveillance from the mobile terminal,
identifying the area that is to be under surveillance, and
orienting equipment to effect surveillance of the identified area.
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