Ex Parte SIEFERT - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1996-3670                                       Page 2           
          Application No. 08/217,063                                                  


               New versions of the master programs become available                   
          periodically.  The invention includes software, running on the              
          remote computers, that detects when such new versions become                
          available.  When the availability of a new version is detected,             
          the software requests that the new version be downloaded to the             
          remote computers.  The invention then installs the new version in           
          the remote computers without intervention from a user.                      


               A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by            
          reading the following claim:                                                
                    7.   A method of installing software in a local                   
               computer, comprising:                                                  
                    a)   establishing a data link with a remote                       
                    computer;                                                         
                    b)   dowloading [sic], from the remote computer to                
                    the local computer:                                               
                         i)   installation software;                                  
                         ii) software to be installed;                                
                    c)   running the installation software, which                     
                    installs the software, without significant input                  
                    from a user.                                                      
          (Appeal Br. at 27.)                                                         











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