Appeal No. 2003-0227
Application No. 09/428,871
image from a data storage unit. The claimed system, method or
protocol for multi-tier data storage does not require the claimed
method or protocol for using a unique file identification value
to access a digital image from a data storage unit, and
vice versa.
The rejection of the claims directed toward a method or
protocol for using a unique file identification value to access a
digital image from a data storage unit cannot be affirmed because
the examiner has not addressed these claims in his explanation of
the rejection.
The claims directed toward a system, method or protocol for
multi-tier data storage require a second data storage tier which
archives digital images from a first data storage tier, and
require that if a requested digital image is unavailable on the
first data storage tier, a third data storage tier caches the
requested digital image from the second data storage tier.
Garfinkle discloses two-tier data storage wherein an image
server (16) stores digital images in a commercially available
database on a RAID (redundant array of independent (or
inexpensive) disks) disk partition to guard against disk
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