Appeal No. 2002-1905
Application No. 09/240,563
22. A data processing method for synchronizing the data
records of a plurality of disparate databases, the method
comprising the steps of:
providing a status file containing data records reflecting the
contents of data records existing in at least one of the disparate
databases at the time of a prior synchronization;
comparing data records from at least one of a first and a
second of the plurality of databases to corresponding data records
of the status file to determine whether data records of the
database have changed or been deleted since the prior
synchronization or whether there are new data records since the
earlier synchronization;
updating the first and second databases based on the outcome
of the comparing step; and
updating the status file so that its data records reflect the
contents of the data records after they have been updated,
wherein the data records of the first and the second databases
are without unique identification codes.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Boothby 5,684,990 Nov. 4, 1997
Claims 22 through 27 stand rejected under the judicially
created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting over claims
1, 6, 7, 9, 17 through 19, 21 and 22 of Boothby.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number 22),
the brief (paper number 26) and the answer (paper number 27) for
the respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
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