Appeal No. 1996-3076
Application 08/118,773
We agree with the Examiner that modifying variables in
the memory of the main processor constitutes sending
information directly to the application programs running on
the system to be tested because the application programs are
stored in and run from the memory.
As to the limitation that "information is collected on
the application program which is observed for use by a
service program," the whole point of Dieter is to collect
information about the system under test.
For these reasons, we sustain the rejection of
claim 26.
Obviousness
Wade discloses a performance and measurement system for
a computing system. Performance data produced by the
operating system of the computing system is collected and
reduced before being logged. This reduces the data volume.
Once the data is logged, the data may be transported to a
workstation and accessed by a user.
Claims 1, 2, 4-7, 9, and 13-17
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