Appeal No. 2006-1314
Application No. 09/823,084
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to a method for acquiring an internet service from a
broker. An understanding of the invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1,
which is reproduced below.
1. A method comprising;
registering an Internet service with a broker;
transmitting metadata, to the broker, describing at least one communication
proxy, including at least one supported protocol, a type, and a location of the
communication proxy; and
accessing, by the communication proxy, a web server to provide the Internet
service to a client if the type of the communication proxy matches a
communication proxy type specified by the client.
PRIOR ART
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the appealed
claims are:
Graham et al. (Graham) 6,594,700 July 15, 2003
(filed June 14, 1999)
REJECTION
Claims 1-21 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being unpatentable as anticipated by
Graham.
Rather than reiterate the conflicting viewpoints advanced by the examiner and appellants
regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference to the examiner's answer (mailed July
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