Appeal 2007-0660
Application 10/116,574
Appellant invented a method and system for allowing a user to
temporarily disable the automatic shutdown feature in a portable device.
(Specification 4).
Claim 1 is illustrative and representative of the claimed invention. It
reads as follows:
1. A method for suspending an automatic shutdown of a hand-held
device, the automatic shutdown resulting after a pre-specified time period
of inactivity of the hand-held device, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a user input to suspend the automatic shutdown;
disabling the automatic shutdown in response to the user input, such
that the hand-held device is shutdown only if a user of the hand-held
device manually shuts down the hand-held device;
automatically re-enabling the automatic shutdown to occur after the
pre-specified time period of inactivity, upon a subsequent power-up of
the hand-held device; and
providing an audible warning that the automatic shutdown is
imminent, at a pre-designated time prior to the automatic shutdown.
In rejecting the claims on appeal, the Examiner relied upon the
following prior art:
Kuroda US 6,530,524 B1 Mar. 11, 2003
Taylor US 6,685,683 B2 Mar. 8, 2005
The Examiner rejected the claims on appeal as follows:
A. Claims 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 11 through 13 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the combination of Taylor and
Kuroda.
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