Appeal 2007-1751
Application 09/769,511
1 The Appellant invented improved techniques for controlling access of
2 telemarketers or other types of call originators to user terminals of a
3 communication system (Specification 2). An understanding of the invention can
4 be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 16, which is reproduced below
5 [bracketed matter added].
6 16. A method for controlling access of call originators to user
7 terminals in a communication system, the method comprising the
8 steps of:
9 [1] storing for a given user terminal of the system a set of user-
10 specified access cost information to be applied to one or more
11 incoming calls directed to the user terminal; and
12 [2] determining an amount to charge an originator of a given
13 incoming call directed to the user terminal [3] based at least in part on
14 an access cost for the given incoming call as determined from the
15 user-specified access cost information;
16 [4] wherein the user-specified access cost information is at least in
17 part entered by the user at a web site associated with a service
18 provider that implements the storing and determining steps. (emphasis
19 not in original.)
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21 This appeal arises from the Examiner’s Final Rejection, mailed January 31,
22 2006. The Appellant filed an Appeal Brief in support of the appeal on October 9,
23 2006, and the Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief on
24 December 8, 2006. A Reply Brief was filed on December 27, 2006.
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