Appeal No. 97-1657 Page 9
Application No. 08/216,735
is the subject of the current display generated by graphics
engine 12. A user may change the data by entering new data in
textual form or by manipulating the associated graphical
object via a mouse 26. Col. 3, ll. 44-59; figs. 1-2.
Hogan recognizes the problem of ensuring consistency
between the data in the local store and the data in the remote
database. The reference implements a “message exchange
protocol” to solve the problem. Col. 5, ll. 8-11. If a user
changes displayed data, link manager 13 sends a message to the
database system. The message includes the updated data so
that the database system can update its copy of the data.
Similarly, if during presentation of a graph, the user changes
data using the database’s input means, the link manager sends
a message containing the new data to local data store for
update. Id. at ll. 13-21. Because Hogan already solves the
problem of consistency, it would not have suggested the
addition of Gay to solve the same problem.
We disagree with the examiner’s position that Hogan’s
message exchange protocol suggests the claimed interrelated
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