Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080172630
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Larry Breen (2 months ago)
Regarding Claim 00017 Restricting the information only to "security" information surely does not constitute novely. Network discovery tools, business reporting tools which can include a broader persepective than just security information, but can also include security information should be taken account of in terms of novelty.2
Larry Breen (2 months ago)
To me, this looks like a simple dashboard style report a la Business Objects or Hyperion that is restricted to only provding security information. Business Objects, or any other commercial reporting tool, is able to select information from a plurality of data sources, and then produce graphical representations of that data1
Sheldon Linker (3 months ago)
The claims are so vague, and apply to so many things, that I don't know where to go about citing prior art. About the only prior art that the claims don't overlap with is cave drawings.Christopher Wong (3 months ago)
I think if you have any evidence whatsoever of the described claims its useful to upload it, regardless of the specificity of the prior art. These types of vague applications especially need reviewers like yourself to point the examiner in the right direction when he is reviewing the application. 
