Appeal No. 1997-4129
Application 08/237,988
load "the controller sends only the load modules required by
the terminal when requested" (col. 5, lines 33-37).
We find that Hughes discloses that the controller,
which corresponds to the claimed "master device," stores
configuration information about each terminal, which
corresponds to the claimed "capability information." Hughes
also discloses that the controller stores load modules of
loadable drivers to be downloaded to the terminals. The
configuration information and the load modules together
correspond to the claimed "control program." Hughes does
not describe how the configuration information and the
control program are related. However, there must be
configuration information for each terminal and load modules
for each type of device capable of being attached to a
terminal.
Claim 1 recites "means for reading the capability
information from a predefined portion of the control
program." Claim 4 contains a similar limitation. Claim 7
recites "inseparably associating the capability information
with the control program," where dependent claim 8 recites
that this step "comprises storing the capability information
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