Appeal No. 1997-2769
Application No. 08/138,649
can be configured by the operator. Claim 1 is illustrative of
the claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
1. A computer system for monitoring a plurality of
telecommunication switches in a telecommunications network
comprising:
input means for receiving network events consisting of
alarms and messages reporting a failure from a
telecommunication switch in the telecommunications
network;
display means for graphically presenting, using icons,
only the highest existing severity level of said network
events for an individual telecommunications switch, and
presenting diagnostic routines executing for said
telecommunications switch for curing the said failure of
the telecommunications switch;
wherein the presentation of the display means is
dynamically configurable.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Welch et al. (Welch) 5,319,363 Jun. 07,
1994
(filed Aug. 20, 1992)
Appellants' Admitted Prior Art as disclosed on page 1, line 14
to page 2, line 20 of the specification (APA)
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over APA in view of Welch.
Reference is made to the Examiner's Answer (Paper No. 13,
mailed August 26, 1996) for the examiner's complete reasoning
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