Appeal No. 2004-1082
Application No. 09/106,166
switching between pessimistic notifications and optimistic
notifications.
Independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In a system including a plurality of distributed sites,
wherein each site is adapted to run at least one application and
application state information is maintained at a plurality of
local and remote sites, a method comprising the steps of:
receiving a request for an update to said state information
at a local site;
generating an update to said state information maintained at
said local site, in response to said request for an update to the
state information;
generating a notification of said update to said
application; and
dynamically switching between an optimistic notification
mode and a pessimistic notification mode.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Alonso 6,061,683 May 9, 2000
(filed Feb. 27, 1998)
Strom et al. “Concurrency Control and View Notification
Algorithms for Collaborative Replicated Objects”, IEEE 04/1998,
pp. 1-17. (Strom)
Claims 1-7 and 12-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as anticipated by Alonso.
Claims 1-16 stand further rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(e) as
anticipated by Strom.
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