Appeal No. 1998-3399
Application No. 08/239,138
fallback settings for configurable options can be placed in a
resource file, and then if the options need to be changed for
a particular application, only the resource file needs to be
edited. Therefore, the application need not be recompiled.
Thus, Nye, like appellant, appears to be using the resource
files or context modules to allow applications to remain
unaltered when context changes become necessary.
Appellant further states (Brief, page 7) that
the office action states that system context
corresponds to the options that are specified by a
user and placed in a file and used as a default when
a user does not otherwise specify options.
Applicants respectfully disagree with this point.
As set forth in the claims a context module is
executed to perform a context check.... This is not
taught or disclosed by the Nye reference.
It is unclear to us why Nye's resource file cannot be
considered a context module which is evaluated or executed to
perform a context check. Appellant further asserts that Nye
fails to teach or disclose "the context manager retrieves the
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