Appeal No. 2005-0599
Application 09/734,805
interface repositories. Claim 1, which claims the method, is
illustrative:
1. A method for allowing a user to search program object
interface repositories, said Interface Repository (IR) comprising
an on-line database accessible through Object Request Broker
(ORB) protocol, said interface repositories being stored on one
or more server computers and containing metadata or definitions
of said available program component interfaces, the method
comprising the steps of:
providing a plurality of search criteria fields and a search
icon on a graphical user display of a networked client computer;
receiving one or more criterion input from a user via said
search criteria fields followed by selection of the search icon;
performing at least one search of at least one IR using
said ORB protocol for interfaces to available program objects for
which a match exists between the program objects’ specifications
and the criterion input; and
displaying a list of available interfaces to program objects
which match said criterion input on said graphical user display.
THE REFERENCE
Hogan et al. (Hogan) 5,778,368 Jul. 7, 1998
THE REJECTION
Claims 1-39 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being
anticipated by Hogan.
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