Appeal 2007-1978
Application 10/185,702
have jurisdiction under 35 U.S.C. § 6(b) to decide this appeal. We affirm-in-
part.
The Invention
Appellants invented a method and system for transmitting data over a
switched network without using the transport control protocol/internet
protocol (TCP/IP) to route the data. When the data is stored in contiguous
sectors of a storage system, the data is read or accessed in one read request.
Alternatively, when the data is stored in non-contiguous sectors, the data is
read or accessed through multiple read requests. (Specification 11-13).
An understanding of the invention can be derived from exemplary
independent claim 1, which reads as follows:
1. A method of transmitting data over a switched network without
using a TCP/IP suite of protocols comprising the steps of:
receiving a request to read a piece of data from a storage system, the
piece of data being enabled to be read through one read request when stored
in contiguous sectors of the storage system or through multiple read requests
when stored in non-contiguous sectors of the storage system;
accessing the piece of data if the piece of data is stored in contiguous
sectors of the storage system or accessing part of the piece of data if the
piece of data is stored in non-contiguous sectors of the storage system in
response to the received request;
dividing the accessed data into a plurality of packets;
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