Appeal No. 2001-1529
Application No. 08/696,627
BACKGROUND
The invention is directed to a programmable medical imaging system.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A method for executing commands in a client-server based medical
imaging system, the medical imaging system including at least one client unit
and at least one server unit, the client unit having a graphical user interface and
an interpreter for executing a plurality of scripts, each script including script
commands, said method comprising the steps of:
operating the interpreter to execute the scripts; and
upon executing a script command requiring a server transaction,
transmitting the server request from the client unit to the server unit;
suspending the script containing the server request until a reply is
received to the server request; and
maintaining the graphical user interface interactive while awaiting the
reply.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Hilton et al. (Hilton) 5,452,416 Sep. 19, 1995
(filed Dec. 30, 1992)
Judson 5,572,643 Nov. 5, 1996
(filed Oct. 19, 1995)
Claims 1-4, 6, 7, and 9-12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Hilton and Judson.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 11) and the Examiner's Answer
(Paper No. 18) for a statement of the examiner's position and to the Brief (Paper No.
-2-
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007