Appeal No. 1998-0724
Application No. 08/231,287
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a method and system for providing multiple entry
point code resources. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of
exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. In a computer system, the computer system having a multiple entry point
code resource, the multiple entry point code resource comprising a main code resource
and an auxiliary code resource, the main code resource having global variables, the
auxiliary code resource having functions, a method for initializing an auxiliary code
resource comprising the computer-implemented steps of:
loading the auxiliary code resource into memory;
searching the loaded auxiliary code resource for a sequence of markers; and
storing a reference to the global variables into the sequence of markers so that
when a function is invoked, the function can access the global variables using the stored
reference.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Walsh 5,375,241 Dec. 20, 1994
(Filed Dec. 21, 1992)
Lefor et al., “Reaching into expanded memory (software design to access expanded
memory), PC Tech Journal, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 100-115 (May 1987) (Lefor).
DiLascia, “Questions and Answers: C/C++”, Microsoft Systems Journal, vol. 8, No. 7,
pp 83-88 (July 1993).
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