Appeal No. 2002-2176 Page 3 Application No. 08/948,931 A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following claim. 1. A computer system comprising: a storage subsystem including a storage medium and a controller, the controller having a controller interface for controlling access to the storage medium; a virus target structure stored on the storage medium; a translation means for translating between logical requests for access to the storage medium and corresponding parameters used in the controller interface; and a detection means for detecting a virus using an alternate path to the storage medium by detecting alteration of the correspondence between logical requests for access to the virus target structure and the corresponding controller interface parameters. Claims 1, 3-9, 17-26, and 31-36 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, Artificial Immunity for Personal Computers, vol. 34, no. 2 (July 1991) ("TDB") and U.S. Patent No. 5,881,151 ("Yamamoto").Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007