Appeal No. 2003-0334
Application No. 09/519,964
The disclosed invention pertains to a method and
apparatus for identifying, in a directory server, a new mail
domain associated with an incoming message that is received by a
messaging server.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of identifying, in a directory server, a new
mail domain associated with an incoming message that is received
by a messaging server, comprising:
receiving a new domain name associated with the incoming
message at the messaging server;
creating a corresponding entry in a directory in the
directory server for every component included in the new domain
name that does not already exist in the directory;
automatically updating a corresponding real domain service
record in a domain name server associated with the directory
server based upon the entry; and
identifying the new mail domain by the directory server
based upon the automatically updated real domain record.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Masters et al. (Masters) 5,920,697 July 06, 1999
Call 6,154,738 Nov. 28, 2000
(filed May 21, 1999)
Claims 1-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As
evidence of obviousness the examiner offers Masters in view of
Call.
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