Ex Parte AMRO et al - Page 4




                    Appeal No. 2001-0465                                                                                                                                  
                    Application No. 09/070,039                                                                                                                            


                              Independent claim 1 present in the application is reproduced                                                                                
                    as follows:                                                                                                                                           
                    1.        In a computer managed communications network with user                                                                                      
                    access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive                                                                                       
                    receiving display stations and with a system for displaying                                                                                           
                    documents transmitted to said display stations from locations                                                                                         
                    remote from said stations, said documents including a sequence of                                                                                     
                    at least one display screen page including images, the                                                                                                
                    improvement comprising:                                                                                                                               
                              at least one of said receiving display stations including                                                                                   
                    disk storage means, random access memory means and a cache                                                                                            
                    including portions of said disk storage means and said random                                                                                         
                    access memory means for storing data representative or received                                                                                       
                    screen pages; and                                                                                                                                     
                              means for determining the size of said portions of disk                                                                                     
                    storage means and said random access storage means for said cache                                                                                     
                    comprising;                                                                                                                                           
                              means for monitoring the quantities of disk storage and of                                                                                  
                    random access memory used in said cache during prior transmission                                                                                     
                    of screen pages to said at least one receiving display station,                                                                                       
                    and                                                                                                                                                   
                              means for sizing the portions of disk storage and random                                                                                    
                    access memory allocated to the present cache based upon said                                                                                          
                    monitoring.                                                                                                                                           
                                                                           REFERENCES                                                                                     
                              The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:                                                                                    
                    Vishlitzky et al.                                5,706,467                                         Jan.  6, 1998                                      
                    (Vishlitzky)                                                                                                                                          
                    Nielson                                5,826,031                                                   Oct. 20, 1998                                      
                                                                                                    (filed Jun. 10, 1996)                                                 




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