Ex Parte Clark et al - Page 9



         Appeal No. 2006-2700                                                       
         Application No. 10/705,456                                                 
                   executable service functions, wherein said function-             
                   specific response is associated with one of said                 
                   generic executable service functions and includes said           
                   device information.                                              
              We note at paragraph 53, Appellants’ specification states             
         the following:                                                             
                        [0053] The service provider server 150 (more                
                   specifically, framework service 360) is next operative,          
                   in block 425, to determine which service to use to               
                   respond to the received service request comprising the           
                   feature/concepts. Next, in block 430, the service                
                   provider server 150 formulates one or more service               
                   requests for one or more service vendors, and sends the          
                   service request (or requests) to the vendor server (or           
                   servers) 160 that were determined in block 425. At each          
                   vendor server 160 the service request is responded to            
                   in block 435, with the response being directed back to           
                   the service provider server 150. In subroutine block             
                   900, the service provider server 150 handles received            
                   service results.                                                 
              Thus, the claim does require processing a plurality of                
         function-specific parameters pertaining to a wireless mobile device        
         to thereby generate a function-specific response to a submitted            
         request.                                                                   
              Now, the question before us is what Shapiro, Fisher and Jones         
         would have taught to one of ordinary skill in the art?  To answer          
         this question, we find the following facts:                                
              1. At paragraph 68, Shapiro states the following:                     
                        [M]ultiple web servers may be present to receive            
                   requests from client computers and broker the requests           
                   to application servers, the web server may itself                
                   interface directly with a database, application servers          
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