Appeal No. 2006-2064
Application 09/771,761
useful purpose by itself. Further included is a validation engine which
provides a valid order for components identified for installation ensuring
that each shared component is installed subsequent to non-shared
components.
Claim 1 is illustrative of the invention and reads as follows:
1. A system to facilitate installation and/or removal of components
including at least one shared component, comprising:
a validation engine operative to provide a valid order; and
an installer operative to control at least one of an install and removal
operation of the components based on the valid order and operative to effect
manipulation of at least one property associated with the at least one shared
component to reflect dependency for the at least one shared component
according to the installation or removal thereof.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Taylor 5,721,824 Feb. 24, 1998
Kruger et al. (Kruger) 6,367,075 Apr. 02, 2002
(filed Jun. 30, 1999)
Curtis 6,442,754 Aug. 27, 2002
(filed Mar. 29, 1999)
Claims 1, 8-13, 16, 18, 21, 22, 25, and 26 stand finally rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Curtis. Claims 2-7, 14, 15, 17,
19, 20, 23, 24, and 27-31 stand finally rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a). As
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