Appeal 2007-1415
Application 09/795,704
The Examiner responds that Mazur discusses integrating circuit and
packet switching services in cellular communication systems in the
Background section of the patent. The Examiner adds that since Rydbeck
specifically teaches that the subscriber can add communication modules as
new protocols are introduced, the skilled artisan would have had ample
reason to include a packet stack in Rydbeck’s system in light of Mazur
(Answer 5-6).
We will sustain the Examiner’s rejection of independent claim 1
essentially for the reasons stated by the Examiner. Rydbeck discloses a
mobile telephone 100 with multiple communication modules 120 that each
contain functionality for effectuating communication between the telephone
and a respective communication network 200 using the protocol of the
particular communication network (Rydbeck, col. 2, ll. 36-48; Fig. 1). That
is, each communication module has an associated communications protocol
that is compatible with a particular communication network 200. In
addition, the communication modules are easily connected and disconnected
from the converter 110. Such functionality enables the user to equip a
particular telephone to communicate with a variety of networks having
diverse protocols by merely connecting the appropriate modules (Rydbeck,
col. 3, ll. 5-12).
Controller 160 (1) detects the presence of each communication
module 120, and (2) identifies the particular protocol supported by each
respective module (Rydbeck, col. 3, ll. 14-35). Once the controller 160
knows which protocols are supported by the mobile telephone based on
which modules are attached to the converter, the controller determines which
networks are available in the telephone’s current location. Based on this
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