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                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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