Appeal No. 95-2571
Application 08/245,053
This is an appeal from the final rejection of Claims
5-24, which constitute all the claims remaining in the
application.
Claim 5 reads as follows:
5. A method of resynchronizing first and second
nodes of a communications network following recovery from a
failure at the first node, one of said nodes transmitting
messages to the other of said nodes over a first route between
said nodes in accordance with status information regarding
messages previously transmitted over said route between said
nodes, said method comprising the steps of:
sending a request from said first node to said
second node over a second route between said nodes for said
status information regarding said messages previously
transmitted over said first route;
in response to said request, sending said status
information from said second node to said first node over said
second route; and
resuming message transmissions between said nodes
over said first route in accordance with said status
information sent to said first node over said second route.
The Examiner’s Answer cites the following prior art:
Morten et al. (Morten) 5,021,949 Jun. 4,
1991
Motles 5,095,444 Mar. 10,
1992
Brightwell 5,265,103 Nov. 23,
1993
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