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`Title: RECONFIGURATION MANAGER FOR CONTROLLING UPGRADES OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES
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`Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
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`INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT UNDER 37 C.F.R. 1.97
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`Sir:
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`Enclosed is a Form PTO-1449 and copies of documents listed
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`LETTER
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`Pursuant to the duty of disclosure set forth in 37 CFR 1.56,
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`Applicants call to the attention of the Patent and Trademark Office a
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`Search Report
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`issued abroad in reference to a corresponding foreign
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`application.
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`A copy of the Search Report dated November 7, 2000 is
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`attached,
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`Patent
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`The enclosed document is being called to the attention of the
`and Trademark office solely to comply with the duty of
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`disclosure set
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`From the INTERNATIONAL SEARCHING AUTHORITY
`To:
`INTERNATIONAAL OCTROOIBUREAU B.V.
`Attn. GRAVENDEEL, Cornelis
`Prof. Holstlaan 6
`NL-5656 AA Eindhoven
`NETHERLANDS
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`PCT
`NOTIFICATION OF TRANSMITTAL OF
`THE INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
`OR THE DECLARATION
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`(PCT Rule 44.1)
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`PCT/EP 00/ 05952
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`See paragraphs 1 and 4 below
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`97710612000
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`07/11/2000.
`{KONINKLIOKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
` 1. Ld The applicantis hereby notified that the International Search Report has been established andis transmitted herewith.
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`
`Filing of amendments and statement under Article 19:
`The applicantis entitled, if he so wishes, to amend the claimsof the international! Application (see Rule 46):
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`When? The timelimitforfiling such amendments is normaily 2 months from the date of transmittal of the
`Internationa! Search Report; however, for more details, see the notes on the accompanying sheet.
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`Where? Directly tothe—International Bureau of WIPO
`34, chemin des Colombettes
`1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
`Fascimile No.: (41-22) 740.14.35
`For more detailed instructions, see the notes on the accompanying sheet.
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`2. C] The appficantis hereby notified that no International Search Report will be established and that the declaration under
`Article 17(2)(a) to that effect is transmitted herewith.
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`3. | With regard to the protest against paymentof (an) additional fee(s) under Rule 40.2, the applicantis notified that:
`{] the protest together with the decision thereon has been transmitted to the international Bureau together with the
`applicant's requestto forward the texts of both the protest and the decision thereon to the designated Offices.
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`f] no decision has been made yet on the protest; the applicantwill be notified as soon as a decision is made.
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`4. Further action(s):
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`The applicant is reminded ofthe following:
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`* Shortly after 18 months from the priority date, the international application will be published by the International Bureau.
`if the applicant wishes to avoid or postpone publication, a notice of withdrawalofthe international application, or of the
`priority claim, must reach the intemational Bureau as provided in Rules 90bis.1 and 90bis.3, respectively, before the
`completion of the technical preparationsforinternational publication.
`Within 19 monthsfrom thepriority date, a demandfor international preliminary examination mustbe filed if the applicant
`wishes to postponethe entry into the national phase until 30 months from the priority date {in some Offices even later).
`Within 20 monthsfrom the priority date, the applicant mustperform the prescribed acts for entry into the national phase
`before all designated Otfices which have not been electedin the demandorina later election within 19 months from the
`priority date or could not be elected because they are not bound by ChapterII.
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` Authorized officer
`Nameand mailing addressofthe Internationai Searching Authority
`European Patent Office, P.B. 5818 Patentlaan 2
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`tel. (431-70) 340-2040, Tx. 31 651 epoal,
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`PATENT COOPERATION 1. <ATY
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`PCT
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT
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`(PCTArticle 18 and Rules 43 and 44)
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`Applicant's or agent's file reference
`PHA 23.706WO
`international application No.
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`FOR FURTHER ¢@ Notification of Transmittal of International Search Report
`(Form PCT/!SA/220) as well as, where applicable, item 5 below.
`ACTION
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`(Earliest) Priority Date (day/month/year)
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`30/06/1999
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`KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.Y.
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`This international Search Report has been prepared bythis International Searching Authority and is transmitted to the applicant
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`Certain claims were found unsearchable (See Box I).
`Unity of inventionis lacking (see BoxII).
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`4. With regardto the title,
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`the text is approved as submitted by the applicant.
`LJ
`the text has been established by this Authority to read as follows:
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` This Internationa! Search Report consists of a total of
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`3
`sheets,
`[R] \t is also accompanied by a copy of each prior art documentcited In this report,
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`1, Basis of the report
`a. With regard to the language, the international search was carried out on the basis of the international apptication in the
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`languagein whichit was filed, unless otherwise indicated underthis item.
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`the international search was carried out on the basis of a translation of the international application furnished to this
`C]
`Authority (Rule 23.1(b)).
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`b. With regard to any nucleotide and/or amine acid sequencedisclosed in the international application, the international search
`wascarried out on the basis of the sequence listing :
`] contained in the international application in written form.
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`[_]_filed together with the international application in computer readable form.
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`furnished subsequently to this Authority in written form.
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`furnished subsequently: to this Authority in computer readble form.
`the statementthat the subsequently furnished written sequencelisting does not go beyond the disclosure in the
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`international application as filed has been furnished.
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`the statementthat the information recorded in computer readable form is identical to the written sequencelisting has been
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`the textis approved as submitted by the applicant.
`i the text has been established, according to Rule 36.2(b), by this Authority as it appears in BoxIll. The applicant may,
`aos
`within one month from the date of mailing of this international search report, submit commentsto this Authority.
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`6. The figure of the drawings to be published with the abstractis Figure No.
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`[X]
`because the applicantfailed to suggesta figure.
`becausethis figure better characterizesthe invention.
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`[| as suggested by the applicant. ry Noneof the figures.
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORTVSmernationalAumheaionng
`niernational Application No
`PCT/EP 00/05952
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`A. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER
`TPC 7
`=G06F9/445
`G06FO/44
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`According to International Patant Classification ((PC) or to both nationalclassification and IPC
`B. FIELDS SEARCHED
`Minimum documentation saarched (classification systam followed byclassification symbols)
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`IPC 7==GQ6F ,
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`Documentation searched other than minimum documentation to the extent that such documentsare included in the flelds searched
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`Electronic data base consulted during the International search (name of data base and, where practical, search terms used)
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`EPO-Internal,
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`INSPEC,
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`IBM-TDB, COMPENDEX
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`Cc. DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT
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`Category °|Citation of document, with indication, whare appropriate, of the relevant passages Ralavant to claim No.
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`US 5 809 287 A (SHAFFER DAVID SCOTT
`AL) 15 September 1998 (1998-09-15)
`column 1,
`line 60 -column 2,
`line 57
`colum 3,
`line 22 - line 30
`column 4,
`line 16 - line 24
`column 6,
`line 36 - line 42
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`ET
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`US 5 784 702 A (GREENSTEIN PAUL GREGORY
`ET AL) 21 July 1998 (1998-07~21)
`abstract; figures 1,16
`column 2,
`line 36 - line 59
`column 3,
`line 59 - line 66
`column 5, Tine 5 - line 7
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`1,2,7,8,
`11,12
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`"A" document defining the generalstate of the art which Is not
`considered to be of particular relevance
`"€"
`earlier document but published on orafter the international
`filing date
`*
`“L" decument which may throw doubts on priority claim(s) or
`whichis cited to establish the publicationdate of another
`citation orother special reason (as specified)
`"O" document refarring to an oral disclosure, use, exhibition or
`other means
`“p" document publishedpriorto the intematlonal
`latar than the priorlty date claimed
`Date of the actual completion of the international search
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`filing date but
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`Patent family membersare listed in annex.
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`"T" later document published after tha intemationalfiling date
`or priority date and notin conflict with the application but
`cited to Understand the principle or theory underlying the
`invention
`“Y" documentof particular relevance; the claimed invention
`cannot be considered noval or cannot be considered to
`involve an inventive stap whan the document is taken alone
`"¥" documentof particular relevance: the elalmed invention
`cannot be consideredto involve an inventive step when the
`document is combined with one of more other such docu—
`ments, such combination being obvious to a personskilled
`in the art.
`;
`"a" document member of the samepatent family
`Date of mailing of the international search report
`
` Form PCT/NSA/210 (second sheet) (July 1992)
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`31 October 2000
`Name and mailing addrassof the ISA
`European Patent Office, F.B. 5818 Patantlaan 2
`Ni - 2280 HV Rijswijk
`Tel. (+31-70) 340-2040, Tx. 31 651 epo ni,
`Fax: (+31-70) 940-3016
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`07/11/2000
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`C.(Continuation) DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT
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`Category’|Citation of document,with indication,where appropriate,of the relavant passages Relevant to ciaim No.
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`PCT/EP 00/05952
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`INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT International Application No
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`US 5 499 357 A (SONTY ATASHI C
`12 March 1996 (1996-03-12)
`abstract
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`column 7,
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`line 60 -column 6,
`line 3 - line 21
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`International Application No
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`Informatian PCT/EP 00/05952 pate! amily members
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`Patent document
`Patent family
`Publication
`cited in search report
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`date
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`A
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`15-09-1998
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`US 5784702
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`US 5499357
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`A
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`21-07-1998
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`12-03-1996
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`5588143 A
`5960189 A
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`3053895 A
`2157728 A,C
`0703531 A
`8227355 A
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`5659786 A
`2100540 A
`0593874 A
`7295841 A
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`9402027 A
`0632371 A
`7006026 A
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`17-12-1996
`24-12-1996
`28-09-1999
`20-08-1998
`21-03-1996
`09-03-1996
`27-03-1996
`03-09-1996
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`19-08-1997
`20-04-1994
`27-04-1994
`10-11-1995
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`13-12-1994
`04-01-1995
`10-01-1995
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`UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`YASSER ALSAFADI
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`CHAVIS, JOHN Q
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`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704{(b}.
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`1.
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`The following is a quotation of35 U.S.C. 103 (a) which formsthe basis for all obviousness
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`rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`(a) A patent may not be obtained though the invention is notidentically disclosed or described as set forth in
`section 102 ofthis title, if the differences between the subject matter sought to be patented and the priorart are
`such that the subject matter as a whole would have been obviousat the time the invention was made to a person
`having ordinary skill in the art to which said subject matter pertains. Patentability shall not be negatived by the
`mannerin which the invention was made.
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`2.
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`Claims 1-21 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over Carrollet al.
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`(6,301,707) in view of the applicant’s design choice of determining to compare for uncompatible
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`versus compatible items to determine compatibility.
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`Claims
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`1. A processor implemented method for
`controlling the reconfiguration of an
`electronic device, the method comprising
`the steps of:
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`receiving information representative of a
`reconfiguration request relating to the
`electronic device;
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`determining at least one device component
`required to implement the reconfiguration
`request,
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`comparing the determined component and
`information specifying at least one
`additional component currently implemented
`in the electronic device with at least one of a
`list of known unacceptable configurations
`for the electronic device; and
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`Carroll
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`see thetitle, abstract and the
`Backgroundofthe invention.
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`This feature is inherent in view of
`col. 4 lines 37-49, specifically the
`Feature that indicates that
`“Reconfiguration can be selectively
`Selectively activated” (ie. Requested)
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`see col. 3 lines 20-35 and col. 5 lines
`54-col. 6 line 12.
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`see col. 1 lines 43-54, specifically the
`Phrasethat indicates “the core
`program needsto accessonly
`selected components... Also, see col.
`6 lines 13-23 (a subset of which are
`Be installed in the target system
`According to a profile of the target
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`System that is stored in the target
`system. These features indicate that
`A comparison is occurring; however,
`The comparisonis based on the
`“profile ofthe system”, whichinfers
`Thatlike items are compared.
`However,it is considered a choice of
`Design to select to compare either
`Items that are compatible (as taught
`By Carroll) or items that are not
`Compatible; since, both provides the
`Sameresult of determiningif the
`Component is compatible with the
`Target. Therefore, it would have
`Been obvious to a person of ordinary
`Skill in the-art at the time of the
`invention to substitute for the feature
`Of comparing to determine similarity
`(based Ontheprofile ofthe target
`system), With comparing to
`determine if the items are dissimilar
`(Unacceptable configurations), since
`The test merely utilize opposite types
`Ofdata (similar vs dissimilar) to
`Determine the sameresult
`(compatibility of the update).
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`see col. 8 lines 49-53.
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`see the rejection of the last step of
`claim 1, supra.
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`generating information indicative of an
`approval or a denial ofthe reconfiguration
`request based at least in part on the result of
`the comparing step.
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`2. The method of claim 1 furtherincluding
`the step of generating information indicative
`of an approval ofthe reconfiguration
`requestif the determined component and the
`additional component are consistent with a
`given one of the known acceptable
`configurations.
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`3. The method of claim 1 further including
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`see again the last step of claim 1.
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`the step of downloading the determined
`componentto the electronic device if the
`determined component and the additional
`componentare consistent with a given one
`of the known acceptable configurations.
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`4, The methodofclaim 1 further including
`the steps of: comparing the determined
`component and information specifying at
`least one additional component currently
`implemented in the electronic device with
`the list of known unacceptable
`configurations for the electronic device; and
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`generating information indicative of a denial
`of the reconfiguration request if the
`determined component and the additional
`componentare consistent with a given one
`of the known unacceptable configurations.
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`5. The method of claim 1 further including
`the steps of: comparing the determined
`component and information specifying at
`least one additional componentcurrently
`implemented in the electronic device with
`the list of known unacceptable
`configurations for the electronic device; and
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`generating information indicating that the
`requested reconfiguration is unknownif the
`determined component andthe additional
`componentare not consistent with a given
`one of the known acceptable or
`unacceptable configurations.
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`6. The method ofclaim 1 further including
`the step of transmitting in response to the
`reconfiguration requesta list of additional
`components required in the electronic device
`in order to implement the reconfiguration.
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`see the comparing step of claim 1.
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`see the last step of claim 1.
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`see claim 1.
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`see claim 1.
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`7. The method of claim 1 wherein the
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`See the PCN’s, which identifies the
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`information specifying at least one additional
`component currently implemented in the
`electronic device includes identifiers of each
`of the components in a set of components
`currently implemented in the electronic
`device.
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`8. The method of claim 7 wherein the
`identifiers of each of the components in the
`set of components are includedin the
`reconfiguration request.
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`9, The methodof claim 1 wherein the
`reconfiguration request comprises a request
`for an upgrade ofat least one of a software
`component and a hardware component of
`the electronic device.
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`10. The method of claim 1 wherein the
`reconfiguration request is received from the
`electronic device over a network connection
`established with a reconfiguration manager
`implementing the receiving, determining,
`comparing and generating steps.
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`software components, col. 7 lines
`19-32.
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`See again therejection of claim 7.
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`It is considered inherent that the
`software downloaded can beutilized
`to update software or hardware (such
`as providing new drivers) “based
`Onthe profile of the system”
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`See col. 5 lines 14-29.
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`Claims 11-20 are rejected as claims 1-10 above.
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`The features of claim 21 is taught via claim 1.
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`Any inquiry. concerning this communication or earlier
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`communications from the examiner should be directed to Examiner
`Chavis whose telephone number is (703) 305-9665. The examiner can
`normally be reached on Monday-Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
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`If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are
`unsuccessful,
`the examiner's supervisor, Gregory Morse, can be
`reached on (703) 308-4789. The Official Fax Numbers for TC-2100 are:
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`receptionist whose telephone number is (703) 305-3900.
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`John Chavis
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`Notice of References Cred .
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`Carroll at al.
`L 717
`177
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`5,634,075
`5/1997
`Smith et al.
`710
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`5,918,194
`6/1999
`Banaskaetal.
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