Appeal 2007-1271
Application 10/005,583
[0008] Although memory is not quite as scarce as it once was,
embedded systems still have limited local memory resources.
Only so much space is available for pre-installed services. But
if services can be loaded on demand, then a small
microprocessor can become a much more versatile computing
system. Where once a device could perform only one or two
operations, now it can perform a wide variety of operations.
This approach to embedded services simplifies management of
the devices. The services can be maintained and administered in
a centralized location, and can be delivered via the network as
required. Users are no longer required to replace the entire
device in order to upgrade to new services or capabilities. They
simply load a new version of the controlling service [emphasis
added].
(Somashekar, ¶¶ 0007, 0008, see also Figs. 4 and 5).
Therefore, with respect to issue 6, we find Somashekar teaches and/or
suggests uploading a control screen to a user browser.
Issue 7:
7. We decide the question of whether a person of ordinary skill in the art
having common sense at the time of the invention would have been
motivated to employ Somashekar’s embedded server in Kuwata’s system
given that Kuwata’s scanning control component is an actual server.
a. Appellant argues that there is no reason why a person of
ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to employ an
embedded server in Kuwata’s system given that Kuwata’s scanning
control component is an actual server (Br. 17, ¶ 2). In the Reply
Brief, Appellant argues that no person having ordinary skill in the art
would reasonably think to embed a server within a server (Reply Brief
8, ¶ 1).
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