Appeal No. 2002-0648
Application 09/090,698
sending a request to a server, wherein the request comprises
an address;
receiving a response from the server, wherein the response
comprises a message;
determining that the message indicates that the address is
invalid;
altering the address to create a second address in response
to the message; and
sending a second request to the server, wherein the second
request comprises the second address,
wherein the determining step further comprises searching for
the message in a user-selected list of error messages.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Nielsen 5,907,680 May 25, 1999
(filing date June 24, 1996)
Earl et al. (Earl) 6,041,324 Mar. 21, 2000
(filing date Nov. 17, 1997)
Berstis et al. (Berstis) 6,092,100 July 18, 2000
(filing date Nov. 21, 1997)
All claims on appeal stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Earl in view
of Nielsen as to claims 6, 8, 10, 11, 18, 20, 22, 23, 30, 32, 34
and 35, with the addition of Berstis as to claims 9, 12, 21, 24,
33 and 36.
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