Appeal No. 1999-1557
Application 08/650,397
or retrieve information from a row in the
table or a record contained in the master
file and to update that row or record in
both the master file and the backup . . . .
Naito does not
use terms such as record and database [but]
it is apparent that his files contain a
record equivalent structure and the records
are updated through transaction from
terminals as in a database . . . . [T]he
examiner concludes that the main file . . .
is equivalent to the "active database
system means" in light of the claims and
the specification . . . . [F]urther
Naito’s backup file is similarly equivalent
to the "redundant database means" also
referred to as the backup database . . . as
Naito’s backup file provides a backup and
can become active to take the place of the
main file providing requested data in the
same manner as the main file . . . .
The "concurrent recovery means" is
detailed in the current specification . . .
as the records being copied while inter-
leaving transactions or updates with the
copying of records. Naito does teach
"recovery and concurrence controls" as he
teaches a [sic] equivalent "concurrent
recovery means" . . . as it also
interleaves the updating of the files with
the copying of blocks of the files as "a
check is made to see whether or not a
request is sent from the terminal."
Examiner’s Answer at pages 8-10.
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