Appeal No. 1999-1557
Application 08/650,397
a redundant database in said redundant database
system means for storing a plurality of said records wherein
said redundant database is a replica of said active database;
and
concurrent recovery means coupled to said active
database system means and to said redundant database system
means for recreating said redundant database concurrently with
con- tinuing operation of said active database system means.
Construing claim 6, we first note that the claim
language plainly requires a “database system.” Appellant
provides a meaning of the word database from the Dictionary of
Computing. It reads, in part:
database 1. Normally and strictly, a body
of information held within a computer
system using the facilities of a database
management system. All accessing and
updating of the information will be via the
facilities provided by this software as
will be the recording of information on the
log file, database recovery and multiaccess
control.
Dictionary of Computing 119 (4th ed. 1996).
Appellant’s “database,” by definition, uses a “database
management system.” Although Appellant only claims a database,
the database and database management system are integral
entities. The Dictionary of Computing also defines “database
management system.” The definition reads in part:
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