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                   Appeal No. 2002-0378                                                                                                                            
                   Application No.  08/942,264                                                                                                                     




                                                                   BACKGROUND                                                                                      
                            Appellants’ invention relates to a method and system for changing rating data via                                                      
                   internet or modem in a carrier management system.  An understanding of the invention                                                            
                   can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.                                                                  
                            1.        In a carrier management system comprising a client data                                                                      
                            processing system and a host data processing system, a method of                                                                       
                            updating a set of data objects within a Data Access System (DAS),                                                                      
                            comprising the steps of:                                                                                                               
                            (a)       initiating a communication link between said client data processing                                                          
                            system and said host data processing system;                                                                                           
                            (b)       uploading a set of object tables from said client data processing                                                            
                            system to said host data processing system;                                                                                            
                             (c)       reading said set of object tables at said host data processing                                                              
                             system;                                                                                                                               
                            (d)       determining which data objects in said set of object tables is to be                                                         
                            updated and further determining which data objects in said set of object                                                               
                            tables is to be maintained;                                                                                                            
                            (e)       constructing a new set of object tables, at said host data processing                                                        
                            system;                                                                                                                                
                            (f)       transmitting said new set of object tables from said host data                                                               
                            processing system to said client data processing system;                                                                               
                            (g)       verifying accurate receipt of said new set of object tables at said                                                          
                            client data processing system; and                                                                                                     
                            (h)       restarting said client data processing system.                                                                               


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