Appeal No. 2002-0580
Application No. 08/980,336
Appellant's invention relates to a unique object identification in a network of
computing systems. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading
of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A method of uniquely identifying an object, comprising:
associating a unique host identifier with a data processing
system within a plurality of data processing systems;
associating a unique data item identifier with an object within
a plurality of objects within the data processing system;
associating a unique network identifier with a network of
data processing systems within a plurality of networks of data processing
systems, wherein the network includes the data processing system
containing the object; and
constructing a unique object identifier for the object by
combining a plurality of fields including a first field containing the data item
identifier, a second field containing the host system identifier, and a third
field containing the network identifier.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims is as follows:
Sidhu et al. (Sidhu) 5,884,322 Mar. 16, 1999
Munroe et al. (Munroe) 5,581,765 Dec. 03, 1996
Claims 1, 4-8, 11-16, 19 and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
unpatentable over Sidhu in view of Munroe.
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