Appeal 2007-0663 Application 09/825,661 sends the data object to the client and avoids retrieving the rest of the response (e.g., by aborting the connection with the server). (Id. at 3.) B. ILLUSTRATIVE CLAIM Claim 7, which further illustrates the invention, follows: 7. A method for reducing network retrieval latency, comprising the steps of: receiving a first request for a data object; obtaining a digest value of said requested data object; inserting said digest value into a header portion of a response; sending said response, starting with said header portion; and upon receiving a second request to stop sending said response, stopping the sending of said response. C. REJECTION Claims 1-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as obvious over The HTTP Distribution and Replication Protocol, http://www.w3.org/TR/ NOTE ("DRP") and U.S. Patent No. 5,734,898 ("He"). II. FINDINGS OF FACT ("FF") 1. DRP "provides a complete description of the HTTP Distribution and Replication Protocol (DRP)." (§ 1.) 2. "[A] client can keep the data up-to-date using the DRP protocol." (Id.) 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
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