Appeal No. 2006-1734
Application 09/855,624
It is therefore clearly apparent to us that the artisan would have readily
appreciated the teaching value of both references relied upon as relating to
packet switching techniques leading us to conclude that, contrary to some
arguments made in the brief and reply brief, Aziz as well as Crowle
inherently necessarily teach the concept of packet switching and packet
conveyance of information between networks and network terminals.
Appellants also argue the absence of the matching requirement of the
independent claims on appeal as well as the updating capability of the
storage device claimed. Both features are clearly taught and/or suggested in
Aziz. The ability of Aziz to dynamically configure or otherwise
dynamically update address information with respect to a client terminal’s
server is taught beginning in the abstract of Aziz. The Background
Invention discussion in the paragraph bridging columns 2 and 3 of Aziz is
also compelling. The latter portions of column 2 indicate that with respect
to a condition where a server address has changed, the “configuration files
would then have to be updated on every authorized client every time the
address of a protected host changed. The network administrator could send
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