Appeal No. 2002-0592
Application No. 09/107,090
Appellants’ invention relates to a object oriented framework mechanism for data
transfer between a data source and a data target. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor;
a memory coupled to the at least one processor; and
an object-oriented framework mechanism residing in the memory and executed
by the at least one processor, the framework mechanism providing a user-extensible
data transfer mechanism that transfers data from a data source to a data target
according to portions of the framework mechanism that are extended by a user, wherein
the framework mechanism comprises a user-extensible place class, the place class
defining:
at least one place object corresponding to the data source;
at least one place object corresponding to the data target; and
a first set of object methods to transfer the data from the data source to the data
target, at least one of the first set of object methods being extensible by a user.
The prior art of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are as follows:
Chow et al. (Chow) 5,642,511 Jun. 24, 1997
Jordan et al. (Jordan), citation from website
.java.sun.com/research/forest/COM.Sun.Labs.Forest.doc.cootx_95.paper_pdf.pdf, last
updated 9 Sep 1996
Diwanji et al. (Diwanji), citation from website
.java.sun.com/javaone/javaone96/pres/NetApps.pdf, last updated 28 May 1996
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