Appeal No. 2000-1363
Application No. 08/848,374
memory NVRAM 7, and a program POST allowing changes to be made to
configuration settings (see column 2, lines 37-56). Further,
Harada, as explained supra, suggests maintaining a
chronologically ordered history file. However, Harada fails to
teach allowing a user to select one of the plurality of
configuration settings. Although Harada does indicate (column 6,
lines 57-63) that when no stored configuration information
matches the detected configuration settings, user participation
is required to setup "new" system configuration, Harada does not
detail how the user sets up such "new" configurations.
Accordingly, we would have to speculate that the user in Harada
selects stored configuration settings in such situations.
Likewise, ASUS fails to disclose selection of stored
configurations when no match is detected. Consequently, we
cannot sustain the rejection of claim 1 and its dependents,
claims 2 through 4.
We reach the opposite conclusion as to independent claims 5
and 13. Specifically, as explained supra, Harada discloses a
computer system with a non-volatile memory storing configuration
settings, and a chronologically ordered history file of previous
configuration settings, and a program (or modification component)
for permitting changes to be made to the configuration settings.
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