Appeal No. 1999-0080
Application No. 08/558,929
system to later developed hardware and system changes and store the updated operating
system. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary
claim 21, which is reproduced below.
21. A computing system comprising:
one of various types of processors for executing software; and
a software operating system for use by said processor, the operating
system comprising
a boot-up file for beginning execution of an initial portion of a boot- up
routine which initial portion of said boot-up routine identifies the type of
processor present and passes execution of the boot-up routine; and
a self-contained enabler file, containing processor-specific
information, which receives execution of the boot-up routine from said
operating system and enables said operating system to execute application
programs in the identified one of various types of processors using said
processor-specific information, said enabler file being initially stored in a
read-write memory device so that said enabler file may be replaced with an
updated enabler file when system changes are made in said computing
system.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Schmidt et al. (Schmidt) 4,558,413 Dec. 10, 1985
Mitani et al. (Mitani) 4,620,273 Oct. 28, 1986
Arnold et al. (Arnold) 5,128,995 Jul. 07, 1992
Sherer et al. (Sherer) 5,459,854 Oct. 17, 1995
(Filed Jul. 09, 1991)
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