Appeal No. 2000-1250
Application No. 08/662,077 Page 3
b) an object server with predefined managed objects and a
database management library;
c) an object server applications programmer interface (API)
means coupled to said at least one MMI agent and coupled to said
object server for hiding the internal architecture of the object
server from said at least one MMI agent with respect to said
predefined managed objects; and
d) a database which stores managed object related data,
wherein
said API includes a set of generic messages for controlling
the plurality of different high speed digital telecommunications
switches, each of which responds to a different set of native
messages,
said object server includes a generic message interpreter,
and
said database includes data relating to native switch
messages.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Astmann 4,853,956 Aug. 1, 1989
Ramstrom et al. (Ramstrom) 5,691,973 Nov. 25, 1997
(Effectively filed June 28, 1991)
Orfali et al. (Orfali), “Essential Client/Server Survival Guide”,
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1994, pages 341, 344, 345, 348, 349, 422
and 423.
Claims 1-6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Ramstrom in view of Astmann.
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