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To: Clarksterh who wrote (34004)	7/4/1999 12:56:00 PM
From: JGoren	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Thanks for your clarification, Clark. When I read your earlier statement that Qualcomm obviously infringed, I cringed. I cannot imagine that prioritizing which signals the handset will talk to is patentable; it's as you say, a no brainer. It is only the way in which phone looks for and identifies the signal that MIGHT be patentable. Of course, there are probably many ways to do this, and infringement does not exist if the recognition is done differently. I am fairly sure that it is in the software. About a month ago I mentioned that I went into the Sprint store to see if I had the latest Q-phone software. I did have the latest software for the Q but they put in the latest software that, if I travel, will allow me to get on the Sprint system in other parts of the country. I interpreted this as being new Sprint locales. This indicates that the ability to recognize a "friendly" system (be it Sprint's or an analog roamer if I had that capability on a 1900mz phone) is in the firmware, i.e., the software. Another topic: The next version of the Thin Phone will have a vibrator.