Response to Amendment
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
The amendment dated 7/1/26 has ben received and made of record.
Applicant argument with respect to claim 1, 8 and 14 have been fully considered but are moo in view of new grounds of rejection.
For example applicant alleges ‘KASTUR” reference fails to discloses wherein the device firmware that, upon execution by the device processing core, causes the device processing core to, without any involvement by an Operating System (OS} of the HIS.
In response the newly cited reference Vidyadhara discloses upon execution by the device processing core, causes the device processing core to, without any involvement by an Operating System (OS} of the HIS (see pars 011-0012 and pars. 0026-0027 where apply the device firmware update immediately without any additional OS reboots, that is After the firmware update is performed the newly added hot-pluggable device may be operated using the updated device firmware and without any additional reboot.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over KASTUR et al. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20110142063[hereinafter KASTUR] in view of Vidyadhara et al. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20170242686[herein after Vidyadhara].
As per claim 1, 8 and 14 Kasturi discloses an Information Handling System (IHS), comprising: a controller, wherein the controller comprises controller firmware that, upon execution by a controller processing core, causes the controller processing core to instantiate an orchestrator of a heterogeneous computing platform; and a plurality of devices coupled to the controller, wherein each device comprises device firmware that, upon execution by a corresponding device processing core, causes the corresponding device processing core to instantiate a node of the heterogeneous computing platform, wherein the device firmware that, upon execution by the device processing core, causes the device processing core to: (see fig. 2and pad description section 0025-0029, Exemplary information handling Network Device Configuration)
detect an adjacent node through a communication link; identify a communication protocol used by the adjacent node(see par. 0039, 0045, where an adjacent device information related to transport protocols (e.g., information in a TPIT) with other protocol adaptors in devices that are adjacent to network device 200 at the transport layer is detected)
obtain a protocol translation library [ Protocol adaptor 308 ] that translates the communication protocol used by the node to the communication protocol used by the adjacent node (see par. 0040, 0045, where Protocol adaptor 308 may consult a transport protocol translation table (TPTT) for translating transport protocols. A TPTT may include TPIT 400 that has been transferred from an adjacent downstream device.; and
communicate with the adjacent node using the protocol translation library.(see par. 0040-0041, 0045)
Kastur does not explicitly disclose causing the device processing core to, without any involvement by an Operating System (OS} of the HIS.
Vidyadhara discloses causes the device processing core to, without any involvement by an Operating System (OS} of the HIS(see pars 011-0012 and pars. 0026-0027 where apply the device firmware update immediately without any additional OS reboots, that is After the firmware update is performed the newly added hot-pluggable device may be operated using the updated device firmware and without any additional reboot). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art prior to effective filing date of the claimed invention to incorporate the teachings of Saraf into the system of Kasturi thereby enabling to update firmware of a hot pluggable device without requiring multiple information handling system reboots, i.e., with only one reboot being required after ESRT table update.
as per claim 2. 9, and 15 KASTUR discloses the IHS of claim 1, wherein the controller firmware causes the controller processor core to: add a header to a command, wherein the header specifies the adjacent node as the destination of the command; send the command to the node(see par. 0042).
as per claim 3. 10 and 16 KASTUR discloses the IHS of claim 2, wherein the controller firmware further causes the controller processor core to: add a sequence number to the header, wherein the sequence number specifies a sequence of each of a plurality of commands to be sent to the adjacent node; and send the commands to the node(see par. 0040,0043 where protocol adaptor 308 may send the packet in accordance with a transport protocol that is indicated in protocol field 406 of selected record 402-x..
as per claim 4, 11 and 17 KASTUR discloses the IHS of claim 1, wherein the device firmware further causes the device processor core to translate error messages from the communication protocol used by the node to the communication protocol used by the adjacent node(see par. 0045).
as per claim 5, 12 and 18 KASTUR discloses the IHS of claim 1, wherein the device firmware further causes the device processor core to download the protocol translation library from a cloud source at the commencement of each communication session(see par. 0065, where new transport protocol for the packet may be selected based on a lookup within the TPTT (block 810)).
As per claim 7, 13 and 20 KASTUR discloses The IHS of claim 1, wherein the device firmware further causes the device processor core to perform the acts of Identifying the communication protocol, obtaining the protocol translation library, and communicating with the adjacent node when a command is received that is destined for the adjacent node for the first time(see par. 0045, 0062).
Claims 6 and 19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over KASTUR- Vidyadhara and further in view of Saraf et al. U.S. Patent Application Publications No. US 20230195516[hereinafter Saraf].
As per claim 6 and 19 Kasturi discloses substantial features of the claimed invention as discussed above with respect to claims1, 8 and 14
Kastur- Vidyadhara does not disclose wherein the session comprises at least one of a time extending between each time the heterogeneous computing platform is turned on or re-booted or extending during the time an application is actively being used on the heterogeneous computing platform(see par. 0060). Therefore, it would have been obvious to one having ordinary skill in the art prior to effective filing date of the claimed invention to incorporate the teachings of Saraf into the system of Kastur- Vidyadhara so that a workflows can be extends over a period of time. For example, operation of the computing platform 202 can be extending based application or subroutine that can trigger long running processing needs.
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
A shortened statutory period for reply to this final action is set to expire THREE MONTHS from the mailing date of this action. In the event a first reply is filed within TWO MONTHS of the mailing date of this final action and the advisory action is not mailed until after the end of the THREE-MONTH shortened statutory period, then the shortened statutory period will expire on the date the advisory action is mailed, and any nonprovisional extension fee (37 CFR 1.17(a)) pursuant to 37 CFR 1.136(a) will be calculated from the mailing date of the advisory action. In no event, however, will the statutory period for reply expire later than SIX MONTHS from the mailing date of this final action.
Conclusion
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