Appeal No. 96-0734
Application No. 08/056,739
this measurement, calculates the polling level number for the
initial polling word of the next polling sequence" (column 3,
lines 47 through 53). In successive polling sequences, each
polling sequence starts with "an initial poll word which is
directed to a group of stations whose size is inversely
related to the loading of the system, wherein during a very
lightly loaded period the sequence starts at the highest level
000 and wherein during a very heavily loaded period, the
sequence starts at the lowest poll level 100, at which level
each station is individually polled" (column 5, lines 17
through 25). "Advantageously, the quantity of messages
collected [by the polling station 101] is calculated by
measuring the duration of polling . . . time required to
collect the messages" (column 1, lines 56 through 59). "The
size of the station group is advantageously calculated to be
inversely related to the duration of polling time" (column 1,
lines 60 through 62). Thus, any changes to the station groups
in Brophy are made based upon a measure of the time duration
required for the polling station 101 to poll the stations 0000
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