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[datuk]

Not sure if this is helpful but recently I was given a prior art has a host server connected to a plurality of computers. In my case, I use a host server, a mobile phone and a client terminal connected to said host server for doing something.

The examiner remarks that a plurality of computers in prior art would read a mobile phone and the client terminal. Is this correct intrepretation ? As far as I know the prior art is meant for a user to operate a computer connected to a host server and not using both a computer and a mobile phone at the same time.

Initially I consider using two different networks to distinguish, ie a host server connected to a client terminal over a fixed network, wherein said host server is connected to a mobile phone over a mobile network.

On second thought if the examiner is right then despite using TWO networks both are still 'computers' ? And isn't it apparent to one skilled that a mobile phone is not a fixed connection without needing to claim this.

Thanks

[JimIvey]

It's really hard to offer suggestions without knowing more -- and it's probably best we don't know more.  The problem is that cell phones tend to be implemented as digital computers in a handheld package.  In addition, reciting "wireless" is usually not sufficient since you've got WiFi out there and that arguably covers "mobile" too.

Your "second network" might have merit, but it seems that any internet includes two networks.  I was thinking of doing something with a base station, but perhaps a WiFi access point is a base station.  You can recite "telephonic" somewhere in there, but Skype and VoIP generally could be a problem.

I think what you have that stands out is that a single user uses two devices simultaneously -- a mobile one and a less "mobile" one.  Maybe there's something you can do with that -- it seems a bit redundant and therefore probably non-obvious.

Regards.