Appeal 2007-2130
Application 10/141,222
As best representative of the disclosed and claimed invention,
independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A dynamic configuration method, comprising:
receiving collection criteria categorizing a relevant node on a
network;
receiving collection instructions indicating usage information to
collect from the relevant node based on the collection criteria; and
providing configuration update information for the relevant node to
collect the indicated usage information based on the collection criteria and
the collection instructions.
The following references are relied on by the Examiner:
Sugihara US 6,385,197 B1 May 7, 2002
(Filed July 9, 1999)
Taghadoss US 6,944,657 B1 Sept. 13, 2005
(Filed September 22, 1997)
Claims 11 through 19 and 31 through 33 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 101 as being directed to non-statutory subject matter.1 Claims 1
through 7, 9 through 15, 17 through 24, and 26 through 33 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Taghadoss. Along with
Sugihara, Taghadoss is utilized to reject claims 8, 16, and 25 under 35
U.S.C. § 103.
Rather than repeat the positions of the Appellant and the Examiner,
reference is made to the Brief and Reply Brief for Appellant’s positions, and
to the Answer for the Examiner’s positions.
1 At pages 2 through 4, 8, and 9 of the Answer, the Examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 20
through 28 as being directed to non-statutory subject matter within 35 U.S.C. § 101. This has been
confirmed at pages 3 through 5 of the Reply Brief.
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