Ex Parte Ratcliff - Page 2

                 Appeal 2007-1302                                                                                     
                 Application 09/818,003                                                                               

                        1.   A method for sending information to a data processing apparatus                          
                 for identification of a document having the information using a handheld                             
                 device capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus, the                              
                 handheld device having a memory, the method comprising:                                              
                        providing the document;                                                                       
                        capturing the information from the document, wherein the information                          
                 comprises actual data from the document;                                                             
                        storing the captured information in the memory of the handheld                                
                 device as document data;                                                                             
                        establishing a communications path between the handheld device and                            
                 the data processing apparatus;                                                                       
                        retrieving the document data from the memory of the handheld                                  
                 device; and                                                                                          
                        sending the retrieved document data from the handheld device to the                           
                 data processing apparatus through the communications path for                                        
                 identification of the document.                                                                      

                        The following references are relied upon by the Examiner:                                     
                        Neukermans   US 6,229,139 B1  May   8, 2001                                                   
                                                                        (filed Apr. 11, 2000)                         
                        Eldridge   US 6,515,988 B1  Feb.   4, 2003                                                    
                                                                        (filed Jul. 17, 1998)                         
                        Browning   US 6,707,581 B1  Mar. 16, 2004                                                     
                                                                        (filed Jun. 27, 2000)                         
                        Hayakawa   US 6,765,559 B2  Jul.   20, 2004                                                   
                                                                 (filed Mar. 20, 2001)                                
                        Hochendoner  US 6,771,568 B2  Aug.   3, 2004                                                  
                                                                  (filed Jan. 12, 2001)                               



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