Appeal No. 2000-1260
Application 08/518,852
configuration data being a set of configuration data that was
used when the computer program was previously booted
successfully.
Upon careful review of Garner, we find that Garner’s
invention is motivated by overcoming past problems that occurred
when a user moved an “already bootable computer” from one place
to another and the peripherals changed. See column 1 lines 35-50
of Garner. Specifically, we find that Garner is not directed to
the problems of “initial booting” of a computer but rather to the
problems of being able to switch between one peripheral and
another “after the system is booted.” See column 1 lines 58-64.
This is done by the accessing of a database that contains
information for the different peripherals that might be used
(i.e. a printer at a home office or a different type of printer
at a work office) and loading the appropriate data to allow
interaction between said “already” booted computer with the
peripheral of choice. See column 2 lines 12-17 and claim 1 of
Garner. To further support the finding above, we note that
Garner specifically discloses a system that provides for the
dynamic configuration system of a portable computer that
contains,
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