Appeal No. 2001-0999
Application No. 08/972,220
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a client-server computer network management
architecture, such that, the client may configure the server to manage the computer
network using a graphical user interface and that a portion of the server and client are
computer platform independent processes. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A client-server network management system comprising:
at least one managed computer network element connected to a
computer network;
a computer network management agent operating on said at least
one managed computer network element;
a managed element server executing on a computer connected to
said computer network wherein said managed element server uses said
computer network management agent and an element manager object to
manage operation of said at least one managed computer network
element, and further wherein at least a portion of said managed element
server is computer platform independent; and
a client executing on another computer connected to said computer
network wherein said client configures said managed element server to
manage operation of said at least one manage computer network element
using a graphical user interface and further wherein at least a portion of
said client is computer platform independent.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Dev et al. (Dev) 5,295,244 Mar. 15, 1994
Wanderer et al. (Wanderer) 5,491,796 Feb. 13, 1996
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