Appeal No. 2004-0935
Application No. 09/189,559
and system, conflict information pertaining to files and shared
resources is stored in a database, and then software conflicts
are resolved based on the stored conflict information.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A method of managing software conflicts in a computer
system, comprising the steps of:
receiving change information regarding actual changes made
to files and other shared resources during installation of
different applications into the computer system;
processing the change information to determine conflict
information pertaining to which files and shared resources
conflict with one another;
storing the conflict information in a database; and
resolving any software conflicts based on the stored
conflict information.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Stupek et al. (Stupek) 5,586,304 Dec. 17, 1996
Shipley 5,634,114 May 27, 1997
Choye et al. (Choye) 5,842,024 Nov. 24, 1998
(effective filing date Feb. 27, 1995)
Burns et al. (Burns) 6,018,747 Jan. 25, 2000
(filed Nov. 26, 1997)
Gross 6,192,375 Feb. 20, 2001
(filed July 9, 1998)
Claims 1, 5 through 8, 14 through 18, 22 through 25, 31
through 43, 45 through 52 and 58 through 65 stand rejected under
2
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