Reexamination Control No. 90/005,742
Patent 5,253,341
1 means for transmitting said query from said remote query and data
2 retrieval means to a remote host processor via a concentrator means;
3
4 said remote query and data retrieval system receiving a compressed
5 response to said query from said remote host via said input/output means, said
6 remote query and data retrieval system decompressing said compressed response
7 to said query, and displaying a presentation corresponding to said query response
8 on output means, wherein said remote host utilizes a RISC based processor and a
9 UNIX based operating system.
10
11 We are construing the phrase "said remote query and data retrieval system" (emphasis
12 added) in the third paragraph as referring to the "remote query and data retrieval means"
13 (emphasis added) recited in the first and second paragraphs. We note that because the end user
14 means formulates the query and inputs it to the "remote query and data retrieval means" for
15 transmission to "a remote host processor via a concentrator means," it is clear that the "remote
16 query and data retrieval means" is part of, rather than remote from, the end user means.
17 We are also construing the phrase "said input/output means" (emphasis added) in the
18 third paragraph, which has no antecedent, as " an input/output means" (emphasis added).
19 Furthermore, we understand the phrase "said remote host" in the third paragraph to be referring
20 to “a remote host processor," recited in the second paragraph.
21 The term "processor" can be read on a central processing unit (CPU), which consists of a
22 computer's internal storage, processing, and control circuitry, including the arithmetic-logic unit
23 (ALU) and the primary storage. Que's Dictionary at 82. The term "processor" is broader than
24 "microprocessor," which is an integrated circuit chip that contains the ALU and control unit of a
25 CPU. Id. at 293.
- 13 -
Page: Previous 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007