Appeal No. 2006-1359
Application No. 10/098,417
policy;
• a trigger detection unit detecting timing for data conversion and/or distribution as a
trigger; and
• a data conversion/distribution unit converting and/or distributing data depending on a
data attribute managed by the attribute management unit when the trigger is detected,
which is managed by an operating system for managing the file system and operates
independently from an application program executed by the at least one system
connected via the network to the network-attached storage system in which said data
management mechanism is incorporated.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Pothapragada et al. (Pothapragada) U.S. Pat. 6,389,432 May 14, 2002
Filed: April, 5, 1999
Inohara et al. (Inohara) U.S. Pat. 6,567,828 May 20, 2003
Effective Filing Date: Oct. 27, 1998
The following rejection is on appeal before us:
Claims 1, 2, 4, and 7-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over the teachings of Pothapragada in view of Inohara. Claims 3, 5, and 6 have
been cancelled.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the examiner, we make reference to
the briefs and the answer for the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on appeal, the rejection advanced by
the examiner and the evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support for the
rejection. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken into consideration, in reaching our
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