Appeal No. 2007-0028
Application No. 10/694,277
the destination host computer designated by the
destination protocol address are not on the same one of
either the first network medium or the second network
medium;
wherein:
responsive to the link layer protocol handler
determining that the source host computer which
transmitted the received data packet and the destination
host computer designated by the destination protocol
address are not on the same one of either the first
network medium or the second network medium, the link
layer protocol handler communicates a reply data packet
to the source host computer which transmitted the
received data packet;
the reply data packet comprises an address pairing;
and
the address pairing comprises the destination
protocol address and a hardware physical address
corresponding to a selected one of the first network
interface circuit or the second network interface circuit,
wherein the selected network interface circuit is coupled
to the same network medium as the source host computer
which transmitted the received data packet.
According to the appellant (brief, page 16), “there are items in Claim 30 that
precede the above quoted language that are admitted by the Specification to be,
standing alone, known features; however, with respect to the language set forth
above, additional and important features/functionality are provided yet the
Examiner fails not only to demonstrate how such is shown in the art, but the
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