Appeal 2007-0929
Application 10/000,774
Appellant has invented a method and an apparatus for routing a
message from an origin to a destination which subscribes to multiple
networks wherein a transmission route for the message is selected among the
multiple networks (Specification 3). The selection of the route depends on a
value of a route indicator (id.) which is maintained valid until a subsequent
delivery error occurs indicating delivery failure, at which point its value will
be changed again (id. at 6).
Claim 21, which is representative of the claims on appeal, reads as
follows:
21. A method for routing a message from an origin to a destination,
said destination being adapted to have a subscription to plural networks
adapted to transmit messages, said method comprising the steps of:
determining, whether said destination has a multiple network
subscription;
selecting a route for said message through said multiple networks, if
said destination has a multiple network subscription; and
transferring said message from said origin to said destination via said
selected route,
wherein said selected route is selected dependent on a value of a route
indicator, wherein said value of said route indicator is dependent on an
indication of a delivery error for a message previously to be routed to said
destination.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Robinson WO 97/07642 Feb. 27, 1997
Doviak US 6,418,324 B1 Jul. 9, 2002
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