Appeal No. 2002-1797
Application 09/129,38
network connection. The network performance assessment ensures
whether minimum hardware requirements are met, assesses the
effect on performance from background or concurrent processes
running on the user's machine, assists the user in selecting a
zone (a group of servers) with the most desirable performance
characteristics, and after entry into a zone, verifying that the
use's connection has acceptable communications characteristics
(col. 2, lines 21-29).
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1-10, 13-18, and 21-25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Lipa.
Claims 11, 12, 19, and 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Lipa and Official Notice that
using agents or subagents to gather information was an old and
notoriously well known method of gathering information.
We refer to the final rejection (Paper No. 10) (pages
referred to as "FR__") and the examiner's answer (Paper No. 16)
(pages referred to as "EA__") for a statement of the examiner's
rejection, and to the brief (Paper No. 15) (pages referred to as
"Br__") and reply brief (Paper No. 17) (pages referred to as
"RBr__") for a statement of appellants' arguments thereagainst.
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