Appeal No. 2006-2763
Application 09/785,385
BACKGROUND
Appellant’s invention is directed to packetized communications through a
multicast cloud in a distributed environment. According to Appellant, network
routing systems distribute messages based on normal packet routing behavior as
well as their content (Specification 9). An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary independent claim 1, which is reproduced as
follows:
1. A distributed network computing environment, comprising:
a plurality of clients communicating within a multicast cloud using content-
specific messages to implement a groupware application; and
one or more network routing modules or router-embedded applets operative
to distribute the messages based upon the content in addition to normal packet-
routing.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references:
Waters US 5,841,980 Nov. 24, 1998
Lambright US 6,015,348 Jan. 18, 2000
DeSimone US 6,138,144 Oct. 24, 2000
The claim rejections under appeal are:
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