Appeal No. 2003-1619
Application No. 09/442,888
transactional and non-transactional data processing activities
are typically mixed in a system at any given time. According to
Appellants, their invention provides for development of a more
flexible environment which is limited by the conventional systems
where the outcome of the transaction is usually determined by
fixed rules.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. Apparatus for processing one or more sets of data
processing tasks, said apparatus comprising:
means for receiving inputs indicative of results from one or
more participating components of said one or more sets of data
processing tasks;
means for mapping each of said inputs to a corresponding
mapped value by accessing a mapping table;
outcome processor means for accepting the mapped values as
inputs and determining an outcome for said one or more sets of
data processing tasks; and
Means, responsive to said means for determining, for
transmitting an indicator of said outcome to said one or more
participating components;
Wherein the inputs and mapped values of the mapping table
are programmably changeable to thus provide a high degree of
flexibility with respect to said inputs.
The following references are relied on by the Examiner:
Thai 5,560,007 Sep. 24, 1996
Biegel et al. (Biegel) 5,608,720 Mar. 4, 1997
Herrmann et al. (Herrmann) 5,737,536 Apr. 7, 1998
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