Appeal 2007-1317
Application 09/731,623
Independent claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An authentication method comprising the steps of:
generating a first security context in response to a first user
authentication;
generating a second security context in response to a second user
authentication, wherein said second security context is an aggregate of said
first security context and a security context corresponding to an identity in
said second user authentication.
THE REFERENCES
The Examiner relies upon the following references as evidence of
unpatentability:
Wu US 5,774,551 Jun. 30, 1998
John Savill, “Where can I find a Unix SU (substitute user) like utility?”
InstantDoc #15120, Dec. 10, 1999.
THE REJECTION
The following rejection is on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-6, 8-14, 16-22, and 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over the teachings of
Savill in view of Wu.
Rather than repeat the arguments of Appellants or the Examiner, we
make reference to the Brief and the Answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
Only those arguments actually made by Appellants have been
considered in this decision. It is our view, after consideration of the record
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