Appeal No. 2005-0004
Application No. 09/135,230
Claim 1 is representative of the invention and is reproduced below:
1. A method for providing a network connection between a network browser and
a network, the network browser operating on a client machine, said method
comprising:
(a) selecting a particular network address to access a server machine
coupled to the network, the server machine being identified by the particular
network address;
(b) subsequently providing a network connection between the network
browser and the server machine in accordance with connection information
associated with the particular network address; and
(c) accessing the server machine located at the particular network
address using the network connection,
wherein the connection information is retrieved by accessing a
configuration table that resides in the client machine, and locating the connection
information stored in the configuration table indexed by at least a part of the
particular network address.
References
Gauvin et al. (Gauvin) 5,790,800 August 4, 1998
Little et al. (Little) 6,018,770 January 25, 2000
(filed Oct.13, 1997)
Pearce et al. (Pearce) PCT/ WO09/17030 April 23, 1998
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1 through 4, 7, 8, 21 through 23, 25 through 27, 38 through 42, 44 and 46
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Gauvin in view of
Little. Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Gauvin in view of Little and Pearce.
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