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 .
Claims 1-8, 18-23, 31-34, 39, 42 and 43 are pending per amendment.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of 35 U.S.C. 112(a):
(a) IN GENERAL.—The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor or joint inventor of carrying out the invention.
The following is a quotation of the first paragraph of pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112:
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Claims 1-9, 18-23, 39 and 42 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(a) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), first paragraph, as failing to comply with the enablement requirement. The claim(s) contains subject matter which was not described in the specification in such a way as to enable one skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and/or use the invention. Claims 1 and 18 recite receiving a command from a local bootstrap server for configuring the local network “such that” traffic on the local network to the remote bootstrap server is directed to the local bootstrap server. However, beyond the specification essentially reciting the same language as in the claim limitations, the specification is silent regarding techniques for a bootstrap server configuring the local network to perform such traffic redirection.
Claims 2-8, 19-23, 39 and 42 are rejected by virtue of their dependency.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claim 31 is allowed. Claims 32-34 and 43 allowed by virtue of their dependency.
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Saarnivala et al. (WO 2020/157453): Bootstrap server which is operable as a configuration server to provision resources on the device 2 (i.e., a computer terminal or LwM2M client) and to provide configuration data operable to configure the device 2 (page 4, lines 8-14).
Pak (US 20170041287): “…a client initiated bootstrap comprises a request for bootstrap for a remote device at step 60 from a LWM2M client 62. In response, a LWM2M bootstrap server 64 provides a provision of LWM2M server objects 66 to the LWM2M client 62.” (par. 0048).
Bilal (US 20200034155): “The system can include a management server that stores one or more boot agents for use by devices in configuring and booting an OS. Firmware of a computing device can be preconfigured to contact a network address, such as a uniform resource locator (“URL”) upon boot. The URL can be an address for the management server. When the management server receives a request from the computing device, the management server can determine a boot agent and pre-OS boot environment to send to the computing device.” (par. 0028). “At stage 110, the firmware of a computing device is configured to boot from a network location.” (par. 0035). “HTTP boot can combine Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“DHCP”), Domain Name System (“DNS”), and HTTP to provide the capability for system deployment and configuration over a network.” (par. 0036). “At stage 330, the management server or configuration server can supply the OS configuration….For example, the OS configuration can be supplied as part of a pre-OS environment.” (par. 0061).
Sosnosky (US 20100257346): “…once client machine 410 has been successfully initialized by local boot component 422 and/or remote boot component 424, a data source location component 426 can be utilized to determine a location at which an operating system image (or portions thereof) for restoring client machine 410 can be found….For example, upon successful network booting, a remote boot server 430 can direct client machine 410 to a disparate location at which restoration information can be obtained.” (par. 0043)
Conclusion
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/CLAYTON R WILLIAMS/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2443