Appeal No. 95-4543
Application 07/605,052
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims
1-6, 8-12, 14-16, and 18. The other remaining claims (Claims
7, 13, and 17) were allowed.
Claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A method for operating data processing means
coupled to a communication network, comprising the steps of:
transmitting a message from a first network node
over a wireless medium, the message being addressed to a
second network node;
receiving the transmitted message with means for
interfacing the wireless network medium to a wired medium
having a physical conductor for conveying the message;
retransmitting with the interface means, as the
message is received, the received message to the wired medium;
retransmitting with the interface means, as the
message is received, the received message to the wireless
medium;
receiving the retransmitted message with the first
network node; and
comparing, with the first network node, the message
being transmitted with the received retransmitted message to
determine if they are the same and, if not, determining that a
collision has occurred.
The examiner’s Answer cites the following prior art:
Knapp 4,975,926 Dec. 4, 1990
(filed March 30, 1989)
-2-
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007