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`APPLICATION NO.
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`FILING DATE
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`12/489,326
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`0612212009
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`Daniel J. Mendez
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`341244US91CONT
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`1393
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`22850
`7590
`06/02/2011
`OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`1940 DUKE STREET
`ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
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`EXAMINER
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`BURGESS, BARBARA N
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`ART UNIT
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`2457
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`06/02/2011
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`ELECTRONIC
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`Notice of the Office communication was sent electronically on above-indicated "Notification Date" to the
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`PTOL-90A (Rev. 04/07)
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`MobileIron, Inc., Ex. 1005 - Page 001
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`Office Action Summary
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`12/489,326
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`Examiner
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`MENDEZ ET AL.
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`Art Unit
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`2457
`BARBARA BURGESS
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`Period for Reply
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`Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133).
`Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any
`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
`1 )IZ! Responsive to communication(s) filed on 28 March 2011.
`2a)0 This action is FINAL.
`2b)[8J This action is non-final.
`3)0 Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims
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`4)[8J Claim(s) 46-85 is/are pending in the application.
`4a) Of the above claim(s) __ is/are withdrawn from consideration.
`5)0 Claim(s) __ is/are allowed.
`6)[8J Claim(s) 46-85 is/are rejected.
`7)0 Claim(s) __ is/are objected to.
`8)0 Claim(s) __ are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Application Papers
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`9)0 The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
`10)0 The drawing(s) filed on __ is/are: a)O accepted or b)O objected to by the Examiner.
`Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
`Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121 (d).
`11 )0 The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PT0-152.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)0 Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U .S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
`a)O All b)O Some * c)O None of:
`1.0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
`2.0 Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. __ .
`3.0 Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
`application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
`*See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
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`Attachment{s)
`1) [8J Notice of References Cited (PT0-892)
`2) 0 Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PT0-948)
`3) [8J Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO/SB/08)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date 3-4-11.
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`4) 0 Interview Summary (PT0-413)
`Paper No(s)/Mail Date. __ .
`5) 0 Notice of Informal Patent Application
`6) 0 Other: __ .
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`PTOL-326 (Rev. 08-06)
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`Office Action Summary
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`Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20110526
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`Application/Control Number: 12/489,326
`Art Unit: 2457
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Information Disclosure Statement
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`1.
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`The information disclosure statement (I OS) submitted on 3-4-11 is in compliance
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`with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is
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`being considered by the examiner.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`2.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that
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`form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless -
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`(e) the invention was described in (1) an application for patent, published under section 122(b), by
`another filed in the United States before the invention by the applicant for patent or (2) a patent
`granted on an application for patent by another filed in the United States before the invention by the
`applicant for patent, except that an international application filed under the treaty defined in section
`351 (a) shall have the effects for purposes of this subsection of an application filed in the United States
`only if the international application designated the United States and was published under Article 21 (2)
`of such treaty in the English language.
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`3.
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`Claims 46-85 are rejected under 35 USC 102(e) as being anticipated by
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`Mashayeki (hereinafter "Mash", US Patent 5,818,936).
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`As per claims 46 and 66, Mash discloses A global server and method for providing a
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`user of a remote user terminal with authenticated access to a service provided by a
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`service server via a first communications link between the global server and the remote
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`user terminal and a second communications link between the global server and the
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`service server, the global server being configured to provide the user of the remote user
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`terminal with authenticated access to the service provided by the service, the global
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`server comprising:
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`a communication interface configured to connect to the first communications link and
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`to connect to the second communications link (column 1, lines 20-22, column 4, lines
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`63-65);
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`a processor configured to:
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`authenticate the user with respect to the global server by rocessing first authentication
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`information for the user, the first authentication nformation being received from the
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`remote user terminal via the communication interface from first communications link, to
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`verify the identity of the user with respect to the global server (column 3, lines 60-65,
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`column 5, lines 14-21);
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`authenticate the user with respect to the service server by retrieving second
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`authentication information for the user and transmitting said second authentication
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`information to the service server via the communication link from the second
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`communications link, to verify the identity of the user with respect to the service server
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`(column 5, lines 22-25, 54-60, column 6, lines 4-8, 43-50) ;
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`conduct authenticated communications with the service server on behalf of the user, via
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`the second communications link and using the communication interface, after the
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`authentication of the user with respect to the service server (column 4, lines 1-11, 18-
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`20, column 5, lines 22-33);
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`provide the user of the remote user terminal with authenticated access to the service by
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`conducting authenticated communications with the remote terminal, via the first
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`communications link and using the communication interface, after conducting the
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`authenticated communications with the service server on behalf of the user (column 4,
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`lines 1-11, 18-20, column 5, lines 22-33).
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`As per claims 47 and 67, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the first
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`authentication information and the second authentication information are different
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`(column 5, lines 14-27).
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`As per claims 48 and 68, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the first
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`authentication information comprises a password and a user ID (column 5, lines 14-16).
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`As per claims 49 and 69, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to retrieve the second authentication information from
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`storage on the global server, in dependence on an identity of the service server (column
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`5, lines 23-25).
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`As per claims 50 and 70, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to provide authenticated access to services provided by
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`a plurality of different service servers (column 4, lines 63-67).
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`As per claims 51 and 71, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to retrieve a service address for the service server from
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`storage on the global server, in order to provide authenticated access to the service
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`provided by the service server (column 6, lines 4-10).
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`As per claims 52 and 72, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to provide authenticated access to the service on the
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`basis of one or more authentication levels associated with a respective service (column
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`6, lines 43-50).
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`As per claims 53 and 73, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`first communications link comprises an Internet communications channel, the user
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`accessing said service on the remote terminal via a web browser (column 5, lines 18-
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`20).
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`As per claims 54 and 74, Mash discloses The global server of claim 53, comprising a
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`security system configured to create the first communications link as a secure
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`communications link for communication with the remote user terminal (column 5, lines
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`50-55).
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`As per claims 55 and 75, The global server of claim 54, wherein the secure
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`communications link is created in response to the remote user terminal using a uniform
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`resource locator (URL) to access the global server (column 6, lines 60-67).
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`As per claims 56 and 76, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`remote user terminal is configured using a downloadable executable, the downloadable
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`executable being configured to authenticate the user of the remote terminal with respect
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`to the global server (column 5, lines 13-17).
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`As per claims 57 and 77, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to access a key store to retrieve said second
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`authentication information (column 5, lines 35-40).
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`As per claims 58 and 78, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to retrieve a service address of the service server, and to
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`use said service address to set up said second communications link (column 6, lines 4-
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`10).
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`As per claims 59 and 79, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`service server comprises a service engine for operating on workspace data, at the
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`service server, in response to said authenticated communications conducted by the
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`global server (column 5, lines 13-16).
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`As per claims 60 and 80, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to retrieve data identifying a set of services, associated
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`with a particular user, in order to provide authenticated access to said services (column
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`6, lines 23-27).
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`As per claims 61 and 81, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to retrieve an authentication level needed in order to
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`provide authenticated access to the service provided by said service server (column 6,
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`lines 50-55).
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`As per claims 62 and 82, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`remote user terminal a smartphone (column 4, lines 62-67).
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`As per claims 63 and 83, The global server of claim 46, wherein said service is
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`provided on a smartphone (column 4, lines 62-67).
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`As per claims 64 and 84, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor of the global server is configured to conduct synchronization of a workspace
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`element with respect to an independently-modifiable copy of the workspace element
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`stored on the service server, in addition to providing access to the service provided by
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`the service server (column 6, lines 45-55).
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`As per claims 65 and 85, Mash discloses The global server of claim 46, wherein the
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`processor is further configured to conduct the authentication of the user of the remote
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`user terminal with respect to the service server in response to the authentication of the
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`user of the remote user terminal with respect to the global server (column 5, lines 15-
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`23).
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`Conclusion
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`supervisor, Ario Etienne can be reached on (571) 272-4001. The fax phone number for
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`the organization where this application or proceeding is assigned is 571-273-8300.
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`Art Unit 2457
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`May 26, 2011
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`/Barbara N Burgess/
`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2457
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