Appeal 2007-0760
Application 09/974,373
FINDINGS OF FACT
The following findings of fact are supported by a preponderance of
the evidence.
The invention
1. Appellant invented a method and system for tracking a client (150,
155) real-time activity on a server website (110) in a disconnected
environment where the client (150, 155) and the server (110) are not
continuously connected to each other. (Specification 4.)
2. As depicted in figure 2, a client application subscribes to a
corresponding server application on the website via a subscribe heartbeat
channel (125). (Id. 11.)
3. The client application periodically sends status messages (heartbeat
signals) (175) to the server application to inform the server (110) that the
client (150, 155) is still on-line as well as to inform the server of the on-line
resources of the server that the client is currently using. (Id.)
4. The server (110) subsequently uses the received heartbeat signals to
generate statistics about the client computer’s activities on the server website
in order to track such activities while the client (150, 155) is online. (Id.)
The Prior Art Relied upon
5. Barker teaches a telecommunication network for remotely managing
the activities of online client computers. (Title, abstract and col. 2, ll. 18-33.)
6. Barker teaches that the client initially registers with the server to start
a connection session with the server. (Col. 39, ll. 24-30.)
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