Appeal 2006-2504
Application 09/422,998
respectively). We further note that Wookey ‘507 teaches the administrator
provides user control over which tests are executed and how frequently they
are executed (Fig. 4, col. 11, ll. 18-24, see also Fig. 9 and associated
discussion col. 14, ll. 7-38). In particular, Wookey ‘507 teaches that
“Schedule Test button 915” invokes a schedule editor that enables the
administrator to control how often an enabled test is run on the selected
monitor (col. 15, ll. 6-11, Fig. 9).
After considering all the evidence before us, we find the limitations
argued by Appellants are suggested by Wookey’s ‘507 patent disclosure of a
schedule editor (i.e., a client - a requester of services) as invoked by the
system administrator (col. 15, ll. 6-11, col. 8, ll. 33-42). We note that
Wookey ‘507 specifically teaches an embodiment where the administrator
operates from a client system:
An RPC is a common protocol for implementing the client-
server model of distributed computing, in which a request is
sent to a remote system to execute a designated procedure, and
the result is returned to the caller. Thus, all monitors in a subnet
can be viewed with an administrator.
(Wookey ‘507, col. 8, ll 37-42, emphasis added).
In particular, we find that Wookey teaches the schedule editor (i.e.,
client administrator) requests the diagnostic tests (i.e., queries) be
performed by the individual monitor programs (i.e., reporting applications)
in Wookey’s “monitored system” (Fig. 4) accordingly to a schedule
designated by the system administrator using the schedule editor (Fig. 4, col.
11, ll. 23-24).
We agree with the Examiner that each of Wookey’s diagnostic tests
consists of a specific set of instructions for extracting particular data
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