Ex Parte Sansone - Page 9

                Appeal 2007-2446                                                                              
                Application 09/817,998                                                                        
                                this image is subject to an Optical Character Reading                         
                                (OCR).  (Para. 0021).                                                         
                      3) A database entry is made which includes delivery point                               
                                (delivery address), recipient name, and notification channels                 
                                such as e-mail address and phone number.  (Kuebert para.                      
                                0022).                                                                        
                      4) The notification information in the database comes from                              
                                available directories (e.g. phone directory).  (Kuebert, para.                
                                0037).                                                                        
                      5) Notification that the mail piece is in route can be made                             
                                through communication mediums including via telephone.                        
                                (Kuebert para. 0036).                                                         
                      6) Lynt teaches an apparatus for converting visual or auditory                          
                                information into tactile representations.  (Abstract).                        
                      7) Lynt teaches that one use of the invention is in connection                          
                                with a telephone, wherein Braille characters are presented                    
                                on the device in response to detected speech.  (Col. 6, ll. 19-               
                                26).                                                                          
                      8) Srinivasan teaches a system where a user can select how to                           
                                receive different types of messages.  (Abstract).                             
                      9) Srinivasan teaches that the user of the system is a subscriber                       
                                to the service.  (Col. 2, ll. 37-48).                                         
                      10) The messages in Srinivasan are electronic in nature, i.e.                           
                                facsimile, voice mail.  (Col. 2, ll. 23-35).                                  
                      11) Sherwood teaches that it is known that in some phone voice                          
                                mail systems, users of the system are charged for receiving a                 

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