Ex Parte GONG et al - Page 2



         Appeal No. 2004-0499                                                       
         Application No. 09/251,789                                                 

         software application are run on first and second client                    
         information processing systems.  A query is made to the second             
         client information processing system to determine whether the              
         version of the software application with the second version is             
         newer than the software application with the first version.                
              Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:                      
                   1.   A system for changing client software on a private          
              network from a first client to a second client using peer-            
              to-peer communications, comprising:                                   
                   a plurality of client information processing systems             
              interconnected by a private network, wherein the private              
              network is within a gateway linking the private network to            
              other private or public networks, a first client information          
              processing system running a software application, and a               
              second client information processing system running the               
              software application with a second version;                           
                   a list of network addresses of the client information            
              processing systems interconnected by the private network              
              with the software application installed, wherein the list of          
              network addresses is available to the first client                    
              information processing system; and                                    
                   means for the software application with the first                
              version to automatically query the software application with          
              the second version over the network to directly communicate           
              with the second client information processing system at the           
              network address in the list using peer-to-peer                        
              communications and without the need to communicate through a          
              mediating server so as to determine if the version of                 
              software application with the second version is newer than            
              the software application with the first version;                      



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