Appeal No. 2000-2091
Application 08/441,024
by the transaction processing control section 11 of servers A
and B (Col. 4, lines 41-45 & 54-60).
Next, we address the Examiner’s contention that
Appellant’s claimed “client” acts as the server of Kobayashi
when the client monitors the failed server and provides
services. Appellant provides the definition for “server” as
“a computer or program that responds to commands from a
client.” Therefore, according to the definition, a client3
requests services from a server and the server provides the
requested services. We do not agree with the Examiner that
any device that sends data to another, functions as a server.
Notwithstanding their common goal of processing data, we find
that clients and servers are defined as having distinct roles
and capabilities that are not interchangeable. Based on the
definitions presented by Appellant, a server is ultimately
responsible for storing and managing data as well as making
resources available to clients in response to
3Microsoft Press Dictionary, 3rd edition, 1997, p. 400.
Appellant’s definition is consistent with that found in
Microsoft Press Dictionary, 2nd edition , 1994, pp. 75, 355,
which accompanies this decision.
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