Appeal 2007-0928
Application 09/943,964
Appellants’ claimed invention relates to a system and method for
monitoring a remote data processing system in which a plurality of software
stage components are cascaded to form a remote software module to receive
a data message. The received data message is detected at a group of logical
nodes within the remote software module to determine the flow of the data
message between the logical nodes. Any software stage component that
blocks or disrupts the flow of the data message between two adjacent logical
nodes is identified as a deficient software stage component. (Specification
2-3).
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A remote data processing system comprising:
a data receiver for receiving a data message;
a remote software module arranged to receive the data message
from the data receiver, the remote software module including at least a
first stage software component cascaded with a second stage software
component; and
a fault detector associated with the first software stage component
and the second software stage component to detect a fault in the
remote software module by detecting whether the data message or a
derivative thereof flows entirely through at least one of the first stage
software component and the second stage software component.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Hirosawa US 5,237,677 Aug. 17, 1993
Pocrass US 5,428,806 Jun. 27, 1995
Neimat US 6,012,059 Jan. 4, 2000
Short US 6,178,529 B1 Jan. 23, 2001
Ullman US 2002/0112039 A1 Aug. 15, 2002
(filed Dec. 15, 2000)
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