Appeal 2007-2449
Application 09/927,894
Appellants' invention relates block-level access to storage resources
over a computer network without a central file manager. (See generally
Specification 2:6-9.) Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A block-level shared network storage system, comprising:
a storage server comprising an array of disk drives, and comprising a
processor that runs a device driver to provide block-level access to data
stored on the array of disk drives; and
a host computer coupled to the storage server by at least one computer
network;
wherein the host computer and the storage server perform input/output
(I/O) operations over the at least one network using multiple, concurrent
logical connections, each logical connection being between the host
computer and the storage server over the at least one computer network,
such that a first I/O operation is executed over a first logical connection
while a second I/O operation is executed over a second logical connection.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims is:
Wang US 6,834,326 B1 Dec. 21, 2004
Claims 1 through 37 and 54 through 59 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102(e) as being anticipated by Wang.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed January 3, 2007) and to
Appellants' Brief (filed October 5, 2006) and Reply Brief (filed January 12,
2007) for the respective arguments.
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